More propaganda remix posters   New additions to a previously-Boinged online gallery featuring brilliantly modernized versions of old propaganda posters. You can buy the retweaked graphics on sporty messenger bags, t-shirts, coffee cups, and — well by golly, even a thong or two. Link (Thanks, Squiddo) [bOing bOing] [A blog doesn't need a clever name] […]

5,000,000,000 per Year. I had a talk today with Make Technologies, I‰¥úve known them a long time and I have some shares. They‰¥úre doing a lot of work on legacy conversion, both methodology and technology; helping people who have mission-critical applications that they want to move to modern infrastructure, specifically J2EE. I knew that this […]

CFP: Rhetorically Rethinking Usability. Via TechRhet comes this call for papers: The editors of Rhetorically Rethinking Usability: Theories, Practices, and Methodologies are seeking 15-25 page articles for a collection discussing how usability studies have impacted theory and practice in writing and English studies. The editors invite submissions from a wide range of topic areas and […]

Milton Mueller, Vint Cerf and others are addressing the questions surrounding the net's future…..

penn state students behaving badly…..

interesting paper…..

nicely crafted too

Enough Said. Librarians Ruled “Brainiest” in Britain  “In a credit to the library profession, The British Library's team on the BBC2 show 'University Challenge – The Professionals' won out as the brainiest of the brainy professionals.” [Katonah Village Library 125th Anniversary] [The Shifted Librarian] —– oh…. not that surprising really, in terms of professionals, i'd […]

Advice for Graduate Students Giving Conference Papers. Four of “my” graduate students (never quite sure what the academic possessive actually implies) are giving conference papers in the near future. Here's some general advice. Feel free to add on. The rule of thumb is one double-spaced page will… [Matthew G. Kirschenbaum] —- my advise…. be prepared […]

Who's Better in the Driver's Seat?. THE ECONOMY Who's Better in the Driver's Seat? Under Democratic presidents, the engine hums along http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-blaustein19sep19,1,6555082.story?coll=la-sunday-commentary ÊÊ By Arthur I. Blaustein, former chairman of the President's National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity under Jimmy Carter BERKELEY ÷ A businessman who voted for President Bush four years ago and Bill […]