???...links are for checking...2600.com is "now making available an RSS feed for our readers' convenience. It contains the headlines for articles posted to our website, and in addition can be used to automate downloading of our radio programs Off the Hook and Off the Wall." Bing! [Scripting News]

 

4:47:59 PM    

 

What is this blogging thing all about again?  Description of a discussion I'll lead at Harvard's I&S conference. [Scripting News]

 

4:46:01 PM    

 

...what is this landscape architecture design studio pep talk...'work hard/play hard'...is that code for abusive work schedules?  Electronic Arts promises workplace change. In wake of charges of abusive work schedules, a company memo admits that "there are things we just need to fix." [CNET News.com]

 

4:43:41 PM    

 

Tech jobs to be replaced by new tech?. In the data center, project management is hot; administrative work is not, according to a Gartner vice president. [CNET News.com]

 

4:41:27 PM    

 

Wikinews Project Launched. Eloquence writes "The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia and other wiki-based projects, has just launched the English and German editions of Wikinews, a free news-source created collaboratively by volunteers around the planet. See my article Wikinews and the Growing Wikimedia Empire for more on this and other recent developments in the Wikimedia world." [Slashdot]

 

4:40:23 PM    

 

eWEEK: Berners-Lee Maps Vision of a Web Without Walls. The Web of the future, for which Berners-Lee, the W3C and other research and industrial partners have been working to lay the foundation since about 2000, will give us a rice box that, when scanned, electronically unfurls that multifaceted, rice-related Web of data--without having to squint at dinky type. [Tomalak's Realm]

 

4:39:48 PM    

 

With desktop video the next step after desktop publishing, the following is important to grasp as a landscape architecture tool of communicaiton...The Future of Student Films. EL-34 writes "With professional visual effects tools and technology readily available in film schools across the country, students have been able to do more than ever before. At the USC School of Cinema-Television, SCFX teaches the trade, and helps create VFX for various student films. With endowments from Robert Zemeckis, EA, AlienWare, Intel, and Adobe, cinema students are able to achieve feats never before possible in animation, rendering, and compositing. At the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts, students even have access to HD equipment, a Vicon 3-D Motion Capture System, and a green screen stage." [Slashdot]

 

4:38:28 PM    

 

This is about stories...stories as part of a landscape design, stories via the Web as a project deliverable...oh, yes, and of course, O. Henry is one of the greatest short stroy tellers!  This being the audio Christmas, I recorded one of my favorite short stories as a child, The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. It's a story about love and sacrifice, it's a funny story, but a simple one that children can understand. If you have a child nearby, let me tell them a story, along with you. [Scripting News]

4:35:42 PM    

 

Broadband Usage Up, TV Usage Down. jZnat writes "BBC Tech News reports that the increased usage of broadband internet in Europe is cutting into the viewing of television. This is mainly due to the decreased price of broadband in Europe and the usefulness of the internet. Is it possible that the usefulness of TV has decreased with the internet so expansive these days?" [Slashdot]

 

4:31:09 PM