Links for 2007-03-09 [del.icio.us]
Links for 2007-03-09 [del.icio.us]: Big Brother State – an animated short by David Scharf fantastic animated short about government surveillance and our rights — i’m going to show this to my students. ————- Dan points toward this cool flash video explaining the nature and issues with the big brother state and mass surveillance.
Read MoreKroger responds to denied 'morning after' pill request – CNN.com
Kroger responds to denied ‘morning after’ pill request – CNN.com: ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) — Kroger Co. said Friday it was reiterating its drug policies to all of its pharmacists after a Georgia woman claimed she was denied the “morning after” pill at one of the company’s stores.The Cincinnati-based grocery chain said if its pharmacists object […]
Read MoreDr. Dobb's | Sun Opens Project Darkstar To Game Developers | March 6, 2007
Dr. Dobb’s | Sun Opens Project Darkstar To Game Developers | March 6, 2007: Sun Microsystems announced on Monday a new open-source development platform for servers designed to help massive multiplayer online game developers bring their creations to market faster. Dubbed Project Darkstar, the Java-based software lets developers create a variety of games that can […]
Read MoreDigital Humanities: Expert Seminars
Digital Humanities: Expert Seminars: Here is a list of podcast-seminars undertaken by the Methods Network at the Centre for Computing in the Humanities here at King’s. And don’t you just love the Internet; it means that you don’t have to attend all these seminars. http://www.methodsnetwork.ac.uk/podcast/methnet-podcast.xml ——- some great content on digital humanities.
Read Moreunfiction.com » online tools
unfiction.com » online tools: online tools this is a solid collection of tools that some of you might find useful, for instance an anagram finder and some steganography tools… along with some basic reference items and converters
Read MoreWhy Google's universal library is an assault on human identity
Why Google’s universal library is an assault on human identity: Why Google’s universal library is an assault on human identity. How’s that for a headline? Andrew Keen pull sno punches in this short ZDNet blog post. “John Updike put it best in his response to Kevin Kelly’s notorious 2006 New York Times magazine piece about […]
Read MoreE-Learning Resource Collection: Second Life
E-Learning Resource Collection: Second Life: E-LEARNING RESOURCE COLLECTION Second Life — This is a start of a growing list of e-learning resources in second life. the other great place to look is the simteach wiki.
Read MoreMuseum Professionals and the Relevance of LIS Expertise
Museum Professionals and the Relevance of LIS Expertise: Marty, Paul F. (2007) Museum Professionals and the Relevance of LIS Expertise. — Paul Marty, who I met while interviewing at FSU, is cranking out some great papers in museums, museum informatics, and museum professionals in relation to library/information professionals
Read MoreSarah Davies: Intellectual Property Legislation With Human Rights
Sarah Davies: Intellectual Property Legislation With Human Rights: I’m very interested in the whole notion of open content and Creative Commons licensing in the nonprofit space. Recently, I discovered Sarah Davies of FreedomforIP and after listening to her elevator pitch online from the Ignite Seattle event, I asked her for an interview. She told me, […]
Read MoreFree Music Project: Creativity on Children's Machine XO
Free Music Project: Creativity on Children’s Machine XO: While we are all impressed by mini TamTam, the OLPC XO music generation software, not every child is a composer at heart. But every child can find joy, fun, creativity, and education in music. We wanna sing & dance! That’s the idea behind the Free Music Project, […]
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