Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Open Source Code Maintainability Analyzed [Slashdot:] 3:46:47 PM      Google It!.

False Alarms in Tsunami Warnings. An early tsunami warning system has been in place for 26 Pacific nations since 1965. Problem is, it has a track record of false alarms, undermining public confidence in the alerts and costing millions of dollars in business disruption. [Wired News] 11:07:54 AM      Google It!.

PHPmac - The Largest Online Resource Totally Dedicated to Mac Users of PHP By martindale. [Edubloggers Links Feed] 11:05:57 AM      Google It!.

OLS Overview. Wiley presentation on how the OLS software and support framework works By martindale. [Edubloggers Links Feed] 11:05:21 AM      .

Future of Radio Is Downloadable. A new station in Berlin is attempting to redefine music broadcasting for the interconnected internet age. The key will be MP3s and cell phones, not the old-fashioned radio. By Jason Walsh. [Wired News] 10:57:58 AM      Google It!.

Another Novel Use for A Blog. Yet another exmaple to show that weblogs can be more than just a place for teen diaries and cat fetishes, Steven Cohen has hoisted a presentation into Blogger format- see "Staying Ahead of Your Patrons With Weblogs and RSS". Is it anything different than a garden variety PowerPoint slide show? No, not in terms of content- it is a linear series of bullet point screens, some with hyperlinks. But is that novel? Yes, because instead of pushing out a 3 Mb PowerPoint by email, it is just a few k to send a URL. Plus it can be updated later. Plus it can be made available to those not in the room and will be there for a long time. Plus it can get comments from others. Can your PowerPoint do that? But where is the familiar blue background, the cool screen builds, wipe transitions and woosh sounds? No comment. I just enjoy seeing blogs used for un-intended purposes, and given Steven's content, it is the ideal vehicle to present information about blogs. [cogdogblog] 10:32:54 AM      Google It!.

Firefox Plugin Annodex For Searching Audio, Video [Slashdot:] 9:19:56 AM      Google It!.

Dvorak on Google and Wikipedia [Slashdot:] 9:16:58 AM      Google It!.

Draft: Blogging howto for small city newspapers. "Say goodbye to the notion that reporters are interchangeable parts, readers are right to trust sources that identify themselves, and that goes for reporters too." [Scripting News] 9:13:28 AM      Google It!.

New Zealand early adopter of Moodle - Scoop. “New Zealand has taken the lead internationally in adopting Moodle softwareâ€�, said Dr Reynold Macpherson, CEO of Waiariki. “The February 3 and 4 conference at Waiariki was the largest ever to date with over 170 participants, with many more participating [Online Learning Update] 9:09:52 AM      Google It!.