And where were you educated?. Last week in class I asked my students where we had all learned that it is illegal to kill people. (Let’s set aside for the moment why this question would come up in a grad seminar on the Social Implications of Info and Communication Technologies.. the question seemed to make […]

The need for digital preservation. Scott Carlson, The Uncertain Fate of Scholarly Artifacts in a Digital Age, Chronicle of Higher Education, January 30, 2004 (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: Some authors “wonder whether we are entering a digital dark age or a bright new era for scholarship. The raw materials of research — novels, notes, […]

somehow, i don't think that the people who gave to harvard endowment meant for it to be spent like this. imagine if you are a small donor, giving what you can then you hear this? i'd be very upset……. over 100 million…

this is a pretty interesting examination of the question 'what makes a terrorist' i'm not sure that i agree it takes a religion, unless religion can be expanded to include ideology, because certainly many capitalists perpetrate terror in their pursuit of money, likewise environmentalists have been accused, etc. etc.

'It's just wrong what we're doing' In an exclusive interview, repentant Vietnam War architect Robert McNamara breaks his silence on Iraq: The United States, he says, is making the same mistakes all over again. He decided to break his silence on Iraq when I called him up the other day at his Washington office. I […]

Cambodian hybrid motorcycle/WiFi network [bOing bOing]

The Blacksburg campus of Virginia Tech is closed on Monday, January 26, due to the snow, ice, and low termperatures. Classes are cancelled and offices are closed. This includes night classes. Check with local media and other sources to determine the status of extended campuses and off-campus offices.

Gabriel and Eno Start Digital Music Artist Union. An anonymous reader writes “We have long heard stories about how the record companies cheat their own artists with audit techniques that would make Enron … [Slashdot] [Ted Ritzer: Free Music] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

great comic, bought the book ages ago.

several people are coming here for the powerlaws abstract. it is here http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy/blog/2003/08/22.html