the importance of focus. I hope to design studies this summer applying notions from traditional arts to HCI (human computer interaction). Painters/draftsmen have been dealing with the representation of objects in the two-dimensional plane since cave paintings at Lasceaux. The following study was based… [Weez Blog] —- weeze's comments didn't work, maybe trackback will. weez, […]

How to Build a Raft. This is why I love MetafilterI don’t know how I managed to remain ignorant of this, but a group called… [Blog de Halavais] — this is one of those posts that just captures the imagination.

Another Everyday Injustice from John Aschroft's Justice Dept.. The Miami Herald’s best columnist, Carl Hiassen, The An arbitrary deportation campaign writes about the Aschroft Justice Department’s assinine campaign to deport productive, legal, US residents: So this is the new America. Our government wants to deport an Oregon woman who was convicted 11 years ago of […]

Wi-fi “infobahns” for England. Last Mile Communications says that on 6 April it will announce plans to cover England with up to 150,000 wi-fi transceivers hidden in the country's existing street lamps. According to the company's press release, this “will create a 'microcell mesh'… [InternetPolicy.net] ——- sweet, i wish blacksburg would do something like this […]

Digital Information in the Information Research Field. Digital Information in the Information Research Fieldhttp://informationr.net/fr/freejnls.html The journals and newsletters listed here all include at least a sample of papers or news items that are freely accessible. Sites that simply provide the contents lists of journals that are not freely accessible are not listed. Note that only […]

Judge Orders Cheney Document Release. A federal judge has ordered several government agencies to release documents related to Cheney's energy task force. In an opinion… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

Truly Beautiful Photography [digitalwarfighter.com] —— interesting enought, some are rather striking…

Digital Library Construction Tools. Digital Library Construction Toolshttp://www.bcdlib.tc.ca/ A guide to digital library collections, primarily text-based ones, and digital library construction technology in BC and around the world: Digital Library Construction Tools: StandardsDigital Library Construction Tools: How-To CoursesDigital Library Construction Tools: How-To ManualsDigital Library Construction Tools: PreservationDigital Library Construction Tools: Software [Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., […]

Canada's RIAA can't prove infringement by P2P uploaders, says court. Canada's Federal Court has ruled that the Canadian Recording Industry Association was not able to prove copyright infringement by the uploaders it sued. The judge also said that under that country's copyright law, downloading is not illegal. Link Chris Hoofnagle, Assoc. Director of EPIC, The […]

Sad chapter for university presses, by Marilyn Gardner, The Christian Science Monitor. When Northeastern University Press prints the final books on its 2004 list later this year, the titles will have a dubious distinction: They will be the last ones bearing the university imprint. After 27 years, the respected press is shutting down, a casualty […]