Wednesday, June 15, 2005

The Gadget That Came to Dinner. A small $49.95 egg-shaped gadget called Powerseed is designed to slow down eaters and improve eating patterns. By MICHELLE SLATALLA. [NYT > Technology] 11:07:18 PM      Google It!.

Major Implementation of .LRN Open Source CMS. I'll just quote Scott Leslie: "Just to follow up on last week's posts concerning adoption of some open source apps that have been unfairly dissed as not being 'enterprise ready,' this news story from the .LRN site reports that The Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) is moving their approximately 200,000 students onto the .LRN platform." The post contains several links to original sources. By Scott Leslie, EdTechPost, June 15, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 11:03:23 PM      Google It!.

Nokia and Intel Group Up To Develop WiMax [Slashdot:] the could be wonderfullly disruptinve if it is done well --BL 11:29:28 AM      Google It!.

Open Source in Education - Something Has Got to Change. James farmer takes a more conciliatory tone after his anti-WebCT rant last week, but he doesn't back down on the open source issue (nor should he). He writes, "I contend that our universities, schools and other educational institutions are wasting enormous amounts of money and making huge mistakes using commercial software where open source software could do as good as or better a job." I agree with this, especially when public institutions pay for this software (and educational content generally) though taxpayer contributions. He continues, "I despise the way education is turning into a cash cow for vendors. We should be spending what little money we have on teachers, genuinely valuable resources and teaching and learning." By James Farmer, incorporated subversion, June 14, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 11:23:56 AM      Google It!.

EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers. The legal bits in this useful guide are intended for American readers, so if you are blogging elsewhere your mileage may vary. Nonetheless, the EFF has offered a valuable contribution useful to all bloggers as it offers a great summary of the issues and suggests recourses when the blog and the law tangle (and this will happen if you blog long enough). By Various Authors, EFF, June, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 11:22:53 AM      Google It!.

Jon Udell: "AJAX isn't the best imaginable lever. It is, however, sitting on the right fulcrum." [Scripting News] 11:16:05 AM      Google It!.

The Care and Feeding of FOSS: The Lifecycle of Software Technology [Edubloggers Links Feed] 10:53:38 AM      Google It!.

Sakai as platofrm or product (or both). must meet Michael someday, really enjoy his posts and his POV [Edubloggers Links Feed] 10:37:51 AM      Google It!.

Socrates Learning Systems. cf. Donat and TD [Edubloggers Links Feed] 10:32:43 AM      Google It!.

BBC - Radio 3 - Beethoven Experience - downloads [Edubloggers Links Feed] let the great music keep crossing generations -- BL 10:09:22 AM      Google It!.

Largest Privately Owned Supercomputer [Slashdot:] 9:57:34 AM      Google It!.

More than 200 institutions license WebCT Vista academic enterprise system [Edubloggers Links Feed] 9:40:14 AM      Google It!.

Dell Axim X50 Running Linux [Slashdot:] 9:35:17 AM      Google It!.