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We have a new FAQ ... (Oct 17 2003 21:37 GMT) - We have a new FAQ in the "My Account" section. It answers a lot of questions. However, I want to explain how to get good looking headers in your weblogs... Your image must be 120 pixels in height.... |
Rocky's News Blog!
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Header Graphics/tBLOG FAQ (Oct 17 2003 21:37 GMT) - We have a new FAQ in the "My Account" section. It answers a lot of questions. However, I want to explain how to get good looking headers in your weblogs... Your image must be 120 pixels in height.... |
Gawker
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Seen On the Street: Pot Rules (Oct 17 2003 21:37 GMT) - Sometimes the marijuana lobby is its own worst enemy, as evidenced by this poster plastered all over midtown. Poor... |
Jack Bog's Blog
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Gee whiz, you don't say (Oct 17 2003 21:36 GMT) - Big headline in the paper today: Multnomah County's expert consultants are telling us that the county income tax won't bring in as much money as the county thought it would, because there's no mandatory wage withholding and a lot of... |
Gavagai
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Hey Dan! (Oct 17 2003 21:36 GMT) - You check this site way too often. Turn off the computer. Go out. Go meet a girl. Or something. |
EdTechPost
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Guide to Institutional Repository Software (Oct 17 2003 21:35 GMT) - http://www. soros. org/openaccess/software/ Really helpful report from George Soros' Open Society Institute that looks at the currently available open source institutional repository systems that comply with the Open Archives Initiative metadata harvesting protocols. (Note these aren't 'learning object' repositories per se - these are typically more focused on archiving scholarly publishing and other institutional materials, though through things like z39. |
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Aspen (Oct 17 2003 21:35 GMT) - Sehr schön. Danke, swen. A man-made waterfall cascades off the roof into a pond where ducks conspire. |
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NewsFactor Sci::Tech
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Better Switches Could Mute Cell-Phone Static (Oct 17 2003 21:35 GMT) - Researchers at the University of Missouri and Motorola are developing three-dimensional switches and tiny fuel cells to improve the reception quality and extend the operating time for wireless communications and other wireless-sensing devices. |
NewsFactor Sci::Tech
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New Software May Vanquish Rural Telecom Headaches (Oct 17 2003 21:35 GMT) - Small, rural communities may finally have access to affordable cell phones, say researchers who have tested software that can replace a cellular tower's room full of communications hardware with a single desktop computer. The new product -- called Vanu Software Radio T -- also can run emergency communications. |
NewsFactor Sci::Tech
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China Launches 1st Manned Space Flight (Oct 17 2003 21:35 GMT) - After months of anticipation, China's Shenzhou V spacecraft was finally "good to go." And go it did. The nation's first manned space flight blasted off from its launch pad in the Gobi Desert, carrying Yang Liwei, China's first taikonaut, or divine navigator, into space, and at the same time taking his country into the record books. |
linkfilter.net
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Plexifilm (Oct 17 2003 21:34 GMT) - Plexifilm is a maker of DVDs of independent films. Their latest release is "Hell House" a documentary about a Christian "haunted house" (which was posted HERE as an LF link by Couchdive). Coming in November is "Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)" about the band They Might Be Giants, which will include 4 1/2 hours of extras. |
eLearning New Ways to Learn
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Edublogging: student blogs (Oct 17 2003 21:34 GMT) - In this post by Sebastian Fiedler, there are a number of interesting insights regarding the use of blogs by students as a new form of learning. He first quote from this post by Spike Hall: Reading two edublogging entries ( one here and the second here) from James Farmer started me off. Initially he cited blog entries of Seb Fiedler and Seb Paquet , [in response to Seb Fiedler] on equipping college and graduate students with weblogs as a major learning and self-development tool. Their entries are well worth your time. |
The Left Coaster
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What Happened to Improved Airline Security? (Oct 17 2003 21:34 GMT) - OK, explain this to me. First, Bush didn’t want a Department of Homeland Security at all. Then, after Democrats pushed him into it, he said he strongly supported it but the security needs of the country required that no one... |
Pristine's Ledge
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Living good. (Oct 17 2003 21:34 GMT) - WARNING: Before you begin to read this small book, you need to a) go to the bathroom, b) get a... |
random items
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you have to go where the target audience is :: (Oct 17 2003 21:33 GMT) - "You have to go where the target audience is," says Col. Thomas Nickerson, director of strategic outreach for the U.S. Army Accessions Command, who says that the Army just reached its recruitment goal of 100,200 enlistees this year. "Our research tells us that hip-hop and urban culture is a powerful influence in the lives of young Americans. |
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