Following a link from one of Josh's friends' blogs, I took the "What SF Character Are You?" quiz.
John Sheridan
An experienced survivor who has maneuvered around many obstacles, you are looked up to by those who rely on your good judgment.
I suppose I should be flattered. John Sheridan was pretty cool. A bit too straight-laced, though, but cool. At least I wasn't that green dancing chick from Star Trek (or worse)...
It would be really cool if Technorati or Bloglines (or Google, or BlogBridge, or Antarcti.ca, or PlumbDesign, or someone else) created a visual relationship mapping tool for the connections between individuals online.
I suppose it would have to be "Identity 2.0" driven, since people may have more than one online presence (a primary blog, a work blog, a personal blog, a Flickr account, a Del.icio.us account, etc...) and the value is showing relationships between people and not software.
On this day, in 1918, marked the end of The Great War. The War To End All Wars. Later, to be known simply as "World War 1". My grandfather served in that war, and luckily survived both the war and the flu pandemic that it quickly spread with returning soldiers. I had family serve in WWII as well, and thankfully all returned home safely. Millions of others (on both sides) were not so lucky.
DOH! A while back, I switched to using Dave Winer's OPML editor, and at about the same time (apparently - I hadn't noticed - it was just pointed out to me on the EdTechTalk brainstorming conference call) the Educational directory on iPodder.org went dark.
I had assumed that the OPML editor would create a file that iPodder.org could parse, and that the hosting provided by the OPML software would work. I'm not sure which fell over, but I'll revert to a manually edited, hand-published .opml file ASAP.
Apple released an update to WebObjects - WO 5.3.1 Developer - which includes these changes:
This update addresses the issues and adds support for the features listed below: (emphasis mine)
- Adds a modified Developer tools license that allows WebObjects applications developed with Xcode 2.2 to be deployed on any compatible platform
- Adds better SQL Generation in the EOModeler Plug-in design tool in Xcode
- Improved FetchSpecification building in the EOModeler Plugin design tool in Xcode
- Adds a "components and elements" window for improved workflow in WebObjects Builder
- Addresses incompatibilities with Xcode 2.2 Developer tools on Mac OS X 10.4
- Bug fixes
Way to go, Apple! You had us all a bit nervous after the switch in licensing scheme at WWDC2005, but it's sooooo good to see the decision come down on the right side of the fence. This will go a long way toward helping retain/grow WebObjects usage.
I just came across a reference to Joe Tan's Flickr Post Bar plugin for WordPress. It adds a handy-dandy "add image from Flickr" bar to the WordPress authoring form. You can set it to add any of the standard Flickr sizes. I've set it to use "medium" - the 500px wide image. If it worked, there should be a fun picture of Evan, Teddy, and Daddy playing human totem pole...
Christopher D. Sessums just wrote a piece on using weblogs as a source of reflection in teacher education.
I'm very interested to hear Christopher's thoughts on this topic - we're working on a project with the Faculty of Education here to develop an ePortfolio/reflection process (heavy on the ePortfolio side - likely using Pachyderm and Drupal - that we're just in the early stages of putting a proposal/demo together for).
Weblogs offers several key features that I believe can support a constructive, collaborative, reflective environment. For one, it's convenient. The medium supports self-expression and "voice." Collaboration and connectivity can be conducted efficiently especially interms of participants' time or place. You can access and link to a number of appropriate resources. It provides multiple communication channels (e.g., you can write, record and/or cast your thoughts). Publishing your thoughts online forces you to concretize your thoughts.
via Peak Oil News:
In 1865, Englishman William Stanley Jevons, one of the greatest social scientists of his day, wrote an exhaustive study titled "The Coal Question: An Inquiry Concerning the Progress of the Nation, and the Probable Exhaustion of our Coal Mines." Jevons' argument was that England was about to exhaust all available coal resources, which inevitably would mean the collapse of the industrial enterprise upon which Great Britain's mighty empire depended. He wrote:
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via Nature.com (via Digg):
10 centimeter windmills may be the answer for wireless networks in the middle of nowhere... nature. These windmills are super efficient and could free scientist of batteries or huge cables for their equipment.
A possible solution for Post Peak Oil? Why not have small scale windfarms all over the place. Combine that with solar paint, etc... hmmm....
After my thinking out loud about Peak Oil, I've been doing some more thinking about it (as have others). The changes required to prevent The End Of Oil are so drastic and large-scale that I really don't see that happening. The oil is going to run out (or become so expensive that only Bill Gates can drive his 2033 Prius) and there's just nothing that can be done to prevent that. Cue an image of what the "haves" were doing in Mad Max - they weren't filmed, but SOMEONE had access to the oil.
I just finished the first Weblogs and RSS workshop/presentation - "Personal publishing with weblogs and RSS" - an introductory overview of blogging, rss, aggregation, and benefits (and some risks) of blogging.
The session was sold out (20 people), and I think it went reasonably well. Not the best presentation I've ever given, but it seemed to be received OK. It's a hard topic to present about - acronyms are in blogging's DNA - and some of the concepts are just plain foreign to novices. Read/write web? Aggregators? etc...