December 2007
99 posts
"Can I send Twitter updates from the command... →
FlickrFan public beta →
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself- File Formats →
iMac (Flat Panel) and iMac (17-inch Flat Panel):... →
Two brilliants talks on education | Everything is... →
Cocoa Dev Central: Learn Cocoa →
Mahalo Daily » Blog Archive » MD026 - Flock →
Django | The Web framework for perfectionists with... →
BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Fighting the... →
“Once you’re on MySpace, you’re trapped,” said Jake Dobson, 12,...”
– When schoolyard bullies are faceless / Suicide of Missouri girl tormented by cruel messages from MySpace members in an elaborate hoax sheds light on how technology lets adolescent nastiness be even nastier
Blair Converts to Catholicism --... →
“took the cash and then called each of my three kids and relayed the message:...”
– One family outsources the holiday spirit — chicagotribune.com
Oh My God! Apple Killed Think Secret! Those... →
Frameworks Exist for Conceptual Integrity →
A Merry Lego Santa Claus Family Portrait →
The first 15 minutes of the Lego® Store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago is fairly entertaining; anything beyond that becomes a form of Chinese lead torture.
It’s what they love now, Legos®, and both Evan and Colin arrange much of their living space around the mighty investment into the building brick sets. Evan counted up how many pieces are dedicated to the Lego® Star Wars® sets and the number...
So This Is Carl Kasell! - WSJ.com →
Radio legend, Carl Kasell
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of blogging... →
Can Blogs Do Journalism? - Publishing 2.0 →
evhead: Will it fly? How to Evaluate a New Product... →
“The best way to make sense of the Second Amendment is to take away all the...”
– Clause and Effect - New York Times
“I am becoming increasingly concerned that the FCC appears to be more concerned...”
– Defiant FCC chief refuses to delay vote - Los Angeles Times
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Via tweet from...”
– Amyloo’s OPML blog: Friday, December 14, 2007
Reflections: Journey Into Night: Reporting &... →
Jonathan D. Coffman | Convergent News Specialist... →
Another voice in new media
“I’ve got very little time today, and I’ve been writing a whole book...”
– :: Douglas Rushkoff - Weblog ::
Coffee Stains: The Five People you meet in School →
I’ve just finished emailing a former student and saying that I couldn’t attend her wedding reception in a few weeks. And it’s got me thinking about a previous comment that I’ve made to a student when they asked “Do you like all of your students?” To which I replied simply “No.” And I think that conversation then pushed the limits of typical classroom scripting when the same student asked “Are...
Human Brain Cloud: Massively Multiplayer Word... →
“It shows a really interesting thing that’s going on in language....”
– Merriam-Webster’s Word of ‘07: ‘W00t’ — chicagotribune.com
Old time radio Christmas plays -- free, public... →
Tim Burton to direct Alice in Wonderland - Boing... →
“Russian President Vladimir Putin should become prime minister after stepping...”
– BBC NEWS | Europe | Medvedev says Putin should be PM
Humans evolved fast after advent of agriculture /... →
Linux.com :: CLI Magic: A little script to... →
Autistic powerlifter's quest -- chicagotribune.com →
A longer, in-depth story of Jamie Smith and living a life of autism.
Note-taking: How to Index Your Paper Notebooks →
“I trust the weakest pen more than the strongest memory, and note taking is—in my...”
– Note-taking: How to Index Your Paper Notebooks
A Passion for Reading →
iPod U: Profs get podcast tools, students get... →
A hunger for books | Review | Guardian Unlimited... →
Doris Lessing’s acceptance speech for literature
“Ask any modern storyteller and they will say there is always a moment when they...”
– A hunger for books | Review | Guardian Unlimited Books
Nokia to W3C: Ogg is proprietary, we need DRM on... →
“BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official struck a conciliatory tone on product...”
– U.S. conciliatory on safety ahead of China summit | Politics | Reuters
“The education official responsible for the science curriculum in the state of...”
– Science Friday Archives: Education and Evolution in Texas
On Getting Creative Ideas →
Oh yeah… he also coined the term “quark,” after developing key aspects of the modern theory of quantum physics… for which he earned an unshared Nobel prize in physics in 1969. His ideas revolutionized the world’s thinking on elementary particles. In t