Did you feel it?. So I’m sitting in the library today when the shelves around me start to shake. And I’m thinking to myself: death by books? There must be better ways to go. 4.5 on the Richter scale. Not bad for Virginia. UPDATE: the Roanoke Times reports that this “was the strongest earthquake in […]

tibook is back, i tested it on my xmas present from my sister, which is firefly the complete series and it seems to be fixed.

the superdrive died last night, very entertaining.

New state, same as old but worse.. The Miami Model… [“What is the Miami Model? It is several things: extremely violent police response to nonviolent demonstrators, embedded reporters behind police lines – and arresting and harassing “non-embedded” journalists…(and) mass arrests and an arsenal of “non-lethal” weapons.] …represents the next step in the criminalization and repression […]

grrr, i think my powerbook is broke again! today i put in a dvd, watched some of the office yesterday, was going for another britcom this evening and it took it didn't recognize it, would eject it until i rebuted and returned my new dvd with 4 concentric scratches on it, then i tried another […]

I Saw the Light. As a historian, I am dismayed by the letters I see that proclaim that America was founded as a Christian nation. “America is not a Christian nation but rather a nation of mostly Christians. That was the intent of the Founders, to allow each of us the right under natural law, […]

SIMILE: Semantic Interoperability of Metadata and Information in unLike Environments. SIMILE: Semantic Interoperability of Metadata and Information in unLike Environmentshttp://web.mit.edu/simile/www/ SIMILE is a joint project conducted by the W3C, HP, MIT Libraries, and MIT's Lab for Computer Science. SIMILE seeks to enhance inter-operability among digital assets, schemas, metadata, and services. A key challenge is that […]

Craftsmanship and design in programming: “Writing code is not production, it's not always craftsmanship (though it can be), it's design. Design is that nebulous area where you can add value faster than you add cost. The New York Times magazine has been raving about the iPod and how Apple is one of the few companies […]

On-line Forum About Virtual Universities. From ICT Net mailinglist: An Invitation to participate in an Internet discussion forum on virtual universities and transnational education is made by UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). The forum will focus on policy. The virtual university is one example of new developments in higher education and raises questions […]

Logicampus – new open source CMS. http://www.logicampus.com/ New open source CMS that was the result of a joint project between Tap Internet and Tarrant County College in Texas. The PHP-based system is quite full featured and will be quickly comprehensible by anyone who has used any of the more 'content-focused' style CMS. Note I have […]