Hypertext 3.0
Hypertext 3.0: “I just heard the good news that Johns Hopkins Press will be publishing George Landow’s Hypertext 3.0 next year. V“ (Via Mark Bernstein.) —- cool
Read MoreRepubs Paid Programmers To Create “Vote Switching” Software
Repubs Paid Programmers To Create “Vote Switching” Software: “ Texas to Florida: White House-linked clandestine operation paid for ‘vote switching’ software By Wayne Madsen for the Online Journal. According to a notarized affidavit signed by Clint Curtis, while he was employed by the NASA Kennedy Space Center contractor, Yang Enterprises, Inc., during 2000, Feeney solicited […]
Read MoreRepubs Paid Programmers To Create "Vote Switching" Software
Repubs Paid Programmers To Create “Vote Switching” Software: “ Texas to Florida: White House-linked clandestine operation paid for ‘vote switching’ software By Wayne Madsen for the Online Journal. According to a notarized affidavit signed by Clint Curtis, while he was employed by the NASA Kennedy Space Center contractor, Yang Enterprises, Inc., during 2000, Feeney solicited […]
Read MoreFT.com / Arts & Weekend – Dock of the bay
FT.com / Arts & Weekend – Dock of the bay: “As this magazine was going to press, a Guantánamo public affairs officer said the combatant status review tribunals were continuing at the camp despite the judge’s ruling. ‘In the meantime, some legal issues are being argued in Federal Court which may or may not ultimately […]
Read MoreFT.com / Arts & Weekend – Dock of the bay
FT.com / Arts & Weekend – Dock of the bay: “As this magazine was going to press, a Guantánamo public affairs officer said the combatant status review tribunals were continuing at the camp despite the judge’s ruling. ‘In the meantime, some legal issues are being argued in Federal Court which may or may not ultimately […]
Read MoreRobbers Scared by GTA
Robbers Scared by GTA: “HellSpam writes ‘Some robbers tried to burglarize a poor old lady and her 3 grandsons. Her grandsons happened to be playing Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas, and the sounds of the police from the game scared them away! From the article: ‘The police in the game were saying, ‘Stop, we have you […]
Read MoreThe Cecil B. DeMille Syndrome
The Cecil B. DeMille Syndrome: “The Cecil B. DeMille Syndrome. n. 1. Named for the Hollywood director famous for his casts of thousands–The Ten Commandments, Samson and Delilah, Cleopatra, and many others. 2. The tendency of student writers to begin their essays, no matter how…” (Via Matthew G. Kirschenbaum.) —– i still do this, and […]
Read MoreWonder, Delight and Approval
Wonder, Delight and Approval: “A must read: Rep Henry Waxman’s report on The Content of Federally Funded Abstinence- Only Education Programs finding that these curricula, meant for children and adolescents, present “false, misleading, or distorted information about reproductive health” (including assertions that an abortion will make you sterile and that condoms don’t protect against STDs) […]
Read MoreUniversity Instruction as Toilet-cleaning
University Instruction as Toilet-cleaning: “ From a student column in the Oregon Daily Emerald: Students pay teachers to educate us, yet they are then allowed to tell us how much we’re learning. The whole situation seems akin to a boss paying her employee to clean toilets and the employee turning around and telling the employer […]
Read MorePenn State Tells Students To Ditch IE
Penn State Tells Students To Ditch IE: “Hoyceman writes “About 80,000 students and staff are being told to use an alternate browser. The Penn State ITS department sent the alert ‘because the threats are real and alternatives exist to mitigate Web browser vulnerabilities.’ InformationWeek is carrying the story.”” (Via Slashdot.) i’ve told everyone that reads […]
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