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Gracenote, maker of the leading tool for identifying music tracks, has become a powerhouse in the digital music biz and is building its reach in consumer electronics. The firm's humble origins, however, began with the sweat of music fans worldwide. By Katie Dean. [Wired News] Metadata, baby .< 2:17:06 PM  >avbloggers Salon picked up on the aviation bloggers scooping bigpubs on Kerry's running mate choice. .< 11:01:28 AM >DIGITAL DOCUMENT QUARTERLY The main section below, Topics in Digital Preservation of Knowledge, argues that the technical component of digital preservation research and development should focus on the design and management of digital objects [OE]hardened[base '] for durability. It leads to today[base ']s most difficult conceptual question: [base "]How can today[base ']s information producers represent their output so that its eventual consumers might be able to understand the meanings that these producers intend to convey?[per thou] To suggest how to proceed towards practical digital preservation, this section combines prior DDQ material with analyses of economic projections and technical trends. For research into answering the difficult conceptual question, we believe that the soundest foundation is early 20th century theories of empirical knowledge. We identify seminal works that collectively seem a sufficient basis[~]works by Wittgenstein, Carnap, Quine, Popper, and Nimmer. We recommend specific ideas from these sources as starting points for research into preserving knowledge. Dr. Henry Gladney's latest newsletter on Basic Topics in Digital Preservation of Knowledge .< 12:52:59 AM >As Slow As Possible The sound of an E and E-sharp rang out of an abandoned German church yesterday. They were the latest organ notes in a musical piece that will take another 636 years to finish playing. Avant-garde composer John Cage (1912-1992) composed Organ2/ASLSP in 1985. The title comes from the tempo Cage had in mind when the work would be played: "as slow as possible." [Boing Boing] We have been, and will be, covering this one for a while. .< 12:49:04 AM >Apple's WWDC 2004 #2: Necessity breeds PowerBook battery hacks Here are my suggestions for squeezing extra life from your PowerBook battery. [Tom Yager] |
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