WSIS support for open access. David Dickson, Information summit endorses key role of 'e-science', SciDev.Net., December 14, 2003. Excerpt: “The first session of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) ended on Friday (12 December) with endorsement of a broad list of principles intended to guide the future development of information and communication technologies […]

WSIS Highlights 12 December 2004. Words For the End of a Beginning ÷ First Phase of WSIS Concludes Following the smooth adoption of the Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action at 1800 hours on the last day of the Summit, Mr Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General summed up the end of the long road to Geneva […]

Contractor served troops dirty food in dirty kitchens. Contractor Halliburton served troops dirty food in dirty kitchens Well, Bush served up clean turkey and these guys were busy overcharging the Pentagon on energy so they could reap big bucks…Cheney remains in his gopher hole. [MetaFilter] The Pentagon reported finding “blood all over the floor,” “dirty […]

Views We Could Do Without. What is the Defense Department and media's fascination with playing and replaying Saddam's medical exam? We think it's gross and… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

Tommy, you're permanently expelled!. “Want to get arrested? Walk home with me.” It's LawForKids, the site devoted to giving the kids the education they need about drinking and other kewl stuff through the aid of really, really,

i just made a new tribe for those interested in science and technology studies on tribe.net. so i'm encouraging people to join up. i decised to do it after seeing several other discipline oriented tribes pop up, like communications and sociology, so i thought a nice interdisciplinary tribe would be worth having.

The tiny T-Cube. Speaking of cubes, there's a tiny new full-functioning PC the size (and color) of an orange. The T-Cube, as it's called, runs on the… [Gizmodo]

At Bard College, a Plan to Teach Teachers More of What They're Teaching. The president of Bard College is starting a master's program for prospective high school teachers that will address a common complaint: that teachers do not know enough. By Karen W. Arenson. [New York Times: Education] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

Scientists pinpoint ingredients for 'feelgood Christmas' [Ananova: Quirkies]

DASER presentations. The presentations from the DASER Summit (Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 21-23, 2003) are being put online. DASER = Digital Archives for Science and Engineering Resources. (Thanks to Garrett Eastman.) [Open Access News]