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Category Archives: technology
Mark Twain, Father of the Internet
By Crawford Killian in Tyee we have Mark Twain, Father of the Internet cute!
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Flickr
This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.
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Langara College – Environmental Achievements
Award from national Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry Article from Office of Energy Efficiency at Natural Resources Canada Another from OEE More from OEE status (gold) record at VCR/GHG Challenge Registry CS Workshops in partnership with CityGreen Report by … Continue reading
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Carbon Footprint
Carbon Footprint includes a “calculator” for estimating one’s personal contribution of CO2 to the atmosphere and suggests various ways of reducing or offsetting it. But the encouragement to “plant trees” (or pay for same) may be misguided, since it seems … Continue reading
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RealClimate – Climate Science Blog
RealClimate is a blog about climate science maintained primarily by Gavin Schmidt. It appears to be a forum for active discussion of current issues with input from a wide cross section of those active in the field.
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Contrary Brin: Predictions Registries and Markets
Contrary Brin: Predictions Registries and Markets look like a good idea.
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Deep Sixing
My main reason for posting about this from David Brin is to see if any qualified comments come back on the feasibility of subductive disposal.
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Update on Blackboard Patent
Stephen Downes links to this article by John Cox
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What Is Jamming?
I got to this via a posting by Zac at SquareCircleZ. At IBM, Jamming is apparently a way of stimulating and sharing the creativity of a large group of individuals. I don’t know what the participants’ experience is really like … Continue reading
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Moving at the Speed of Creativity � Blog Archive � Elephants and YouTube
Moving at the Speed of Creativity � Blog Archive � Elephants and YouTube
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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
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EdTechPost: Ulises Ali Mejias on
EdTechPost: Ulises Ali Mejias on “The Tyranny of Nodes”
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Digital Web Magazine – The Rise of Flash Video, Part 1
In Digital Web Magazine – The Rise of Flash Video, Part 1 (found via Stephen Downes), Tom Green discusses how apple Microsoft and Real “lost” the video player market. If Flash is still being developed by the “futureSplash” team who … Continue reading
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EdTechPost: Blackboard Patent and Prior Art
Scott Leslie comments in his EdTechPost on the Blackboard Patent and Prior Art. I find the patenting of obvious and/or commonplace techniques and concepts to be grossly offensive and believe that I will now find it necessary to avoid any … Continue reading
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Peter Huber Defends Big Pharma
Commentary – Of Pills and Profits: In Defense of Big Pharma “If you like the way Canada operates its health-care system, you will never like the way Big Pharma does drugs.”
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The New Yorker: Fact
This article about Wikipedia in the New Yorker continues the debate about how much need there is for “authority” in order for such a resource to be useful. My own view is that all information sources should be taken with … Continue reading
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