Conference presentations on eprint and thesis archiving. The presentations from the INDEST meeting on INDEST Extended, eprint archiving, and electronic theses and dissertations (Delhi, October 7, 2003) are now online. (Thanks to Subbiah Arunachalam.) [Open Access News] ——- some papers here

Damn hard quiz.. King William's College annual quiz. Every year the students of King William's College on the Isle of Man are quizzed before xmas. The average score is apparently 2/180. The kids are then supposed to come back with all the answers after the holiday. Try it – it's pretty hard. (You'll have to […]

Thorstein Veblen. “The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.” [Quotes of the Day] [Seb's Open Research] ——- this is an interesting quote

i want to eat better and excercise more. I think both of those will be aided by the other two resolutions. I'm thinking simply here, and am primarily aiming at eating more fruits and veggies, drinking water, juice, or tea instead of soda, etc. exercise wise, i have my exercise bike that i should ride […]

Cheers Halley [Joi Ito's Web]

Hidden data roundup. It is time for the 2003 roundup of information leakage through hidden data. This summer I finally got around to writing up my scaled exploitation of other peoples' hidden data through MSWord Documents. This has brought me many emails from users and administrators, including some from large organizations with sensitive data. It […]

TerraFly. TerraFly®http://terrafly.fiu.edu/ TerraFly® changes the way you view your world. Simply enter an address, and our system will put you at the controls of a bird's view aerial imagery to explore your digital earth. A public service of Florida International University sponsored by the National Science Foundation, NASA, the United States Geological Survey, and IBM. […]

i walked out of the front door, proceeded down the walk to pass next to my car, while trying to get some stuff into my pocket, tripped and fell hard. and just like the time that Lorrie knocked me down on the ice, i roadrashed the side of my knee and my hand. though this […]

today was a good day for getting things done. i not only got rid of the tv and vcr, but i also cleaned the beater, the beater is the car that i drove for 10 years or so. now i have to give it away or sell it, so i had to clean all my […]

SPURRIER OUT?. MSNBC reports, Steve Spurrier resigned as coach of the Washington Redskins on Tuesday, ending a failed attempt to bring his Fun 'n' Gun offense to… [OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY]