EU Bookshop: From science and society to science in societyTowards a framework for ‘co-operative research’ This report arises from intensive discussions at an innovative two-day ‘Gover’Science’ Seminar organised by the Governance and Scientific Advice Unit of DG RTD in November 2005. The Seminar focused on a variety of complex and hotly contested questions that are […]
Read MoreINEC Declaration on Open Networks being forged; Community Leaders around the World to Sign / INEC / News / Home – Scin: While “Open†is one of the main thematic angles of INEC’s Broadband Cities 2006 (Stockholm, November 8-9), INEC is engulfed in drafting the so-called INEC Declaration on Open Networks, to be signed by […]
Read MoreOLPC UI demo: Video provided by 90percentofeverything.com ——— olpc has a cool interface.
Read MoreModern Archival Literature: A Brief Annotated Bibliography: Because I have not yet published anything about how to take the ACA exam yet, I thought I would at least post a fairly brief annotated bibliography of many of the books and articles I read in preparation for the exam. Hopefully, some will find it helpful. It […]
Read More25 Greatest Science Books of All-Time – Discover Magazine – science news articles online technology magazine articles 25 Greatest Science Books of All-Time: In 1543, the same year that Copernicus’s De Revolutionibus appeared, anatomist Andreas Vesalius published the world’s first comprehensive illustrated anatomy textbook. For centuries, anatomists had dissected the human body according to instructions […]
Read MoreMemories for Life: Memories for Life is a unique project, funded by the EPSRC, bringing together a diverse range of academics in a bid to understand how memory works and to develop the technologies to enhance it. We are our memories. Our memories underpin every thought we have, every fact we learn and every skill […]
Read MoreWikipedia Brown and the Case of the Captured Koala: ——– hehehehehe heh
Read MoreDo you have a useful skill?: Lauren’s starting a wiki called Help Us Help Ourselves, a compilation of how-to articles created by us in the feminist community. If you’ve got a useful skill, and particularly if you have specialized professional knowledge you can share, please consider writing up a contribution. Read more about the project […]
Read MoreI made a new category and re-categorized my one laptop per child posts so that people can find them. In general, I am against the principles of OLPC on many grounds, mostly to do with lack of technical support, educational purpose, and the general lack of awareness or outright willful dismissing of prior work in […]
Read MoreNotebooks dropping to $99 | CNET News.com: Circuit City will try to best Wal-Mart Stores and Staples in notebook pricing this holiday season with a Compaq notebook for $299 after rebates, or $99 with rebates and a 12-month subscription to Vonage, according to bargain-hunting Web site Black Friday Ads. The site posts scans of Sunday […]
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