Our Cultural Commonwealth: The final report of the American Council of Learned Societies Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities & Social Sciences
The ACLS is pleased to announce that “Our Cultural Commonwealth: The final report of the American Council of Learned Societies Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities & Social Sciences” was released December 13, 2006. In 2004, ACLS appointed the Commission and charged it to recommend how the humanities and social sciences could develop online research […]
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Mirror gives Italian village its place in the sun – Yahoo! News: A village in the Italian Alps is finally basking in winter sunlight thanks to a giant mirror installed on a mountain top to reflect the sun’s rays into the main square. Viganella, with a population of less than 200, lies in a valley […]
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Read MoreDonald Vance, American POW.
Donald Vance, American POW.: The NYT has a remarkable story about a 29-year-old American working for an Iraqi contractor who became an FBI informant against them, only to have the FBI arrest him for working for the company. He was held as a POW (in the same prison holding Saddam Hussein) and abused for 97 […]
Read MoreThree Cheers for High Tuition  AMERICAN.COM: A Magazine of Ideas, Online
Three Cheers for High Tuition  AMERICAN.COM: A Magazine of Ideas, Online : Modern academics often liken their work to drinking from a fire hose. Historians, philosophers, and physicists all find it impossible to keep up with every potentially relevant paper or study. It’s not just a matter of catching up to the state of […]
Read MoreJoi Ito, new chairman of Creative Commons
Joi Ito, new chairman of Creative Commons: Here’s how my Friday night went. Tonight, in the virtual Kula islands, Joi Ito, Lawrence Lessig, Jimmy Wales (and many others from Creative Commons), gathered in an ancient stadium to celebrate the fourth birthday of Creative Commons. On the screen behind them was a live feed from San […]
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What Color is Your Brain? GREEN: At work or in school: I work best by myself. I like to focus on my ideas until my desire for understanding is satisfied. I am easily bored if the subject holds no interest to me. Sometimes, it is hard for me to set priorities because so many things […]
Read MoreFind yourself on the Map of the Internet!
Find yourself on the Map of the Internet!: Not sure where you lie in the great wilderness that is the Internet? Wondering how far away your friends (or enemies) are along the TCP/IP pipes? Look no further  just use the Map of the Internet! ——- handy, and interesting mapper.
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MnemonicPT: The Mnemonic Periodic Table By Mr. Brugge’s 8th-Grade Students —— smart kids:)
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