Famine in Niger.

I am watching the Nightline program on this, and I can't believe nobody is doing anything about it. I can't believe the networks have been feeding us celebrity hype, dance contests, and athlete temper tantrums, and this is the first look we've had at this. Fortunately, now that we know, we can do something. Make a difference and use one of these links to save some lives. These three organizations allow you to designate where you want your cash donation to be used.

Donate to the World Food Program here

Donate to Save the Children here

Donate to Catholic Relief Services here (Africa in Crisis)

11:12:30 PM    

Firefox and Netscape: Good news, bad news.

Firefox downloaded 75 million times. The Mozilla Foundation marks a milestone, but it remains to be seen whether growth rates can recover. [CNET]

Netscape releases four critical patches.

(InfoWorld) - Netscape has released a series of fixes for serious security flaws in its browser and, incredibly, listed a further 10 that it has yet to patch.

The Netscape 8.0.3.1 update repairs the most serious security flaws in Firefox, on which Netscape is based, the company said. But it also stated that the current version of Netscape 8 also contains 10 other flaws that will be fixed in the coming weeks.

[InfoWorld: Top News]

10:38:10 PM    

E-Portfolios overview.

This is a good introduction to the concept of E-portfolios if you are unaware of what they are and how they are used.

An Overview of E-Portfolios - George Lorenzo and John Ittelson, Educause. E-portfolios are a valuable learning and assessment tool. An e-portfolio is a digitized collection of artifacts including demonstrations, resources, and accomplishments that represent an individual, group, or institution. This collection can be comprised [Online Learning Update]

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