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Tweets
- Someone has been kind enough to point out that this is *exactly* the luck of the Irish, BTW. (I am irony-blind!) 2 days ago
- Microsoft keeps bugging me. http://alex.halavais.net/ms-for-your-protection 2 days ago
- I do not have the luck of the Irish. Got 2 flat tires on my way back from school Weds night. Replacements won't arrive for a week. 2 days ago
- Much better title than "Steal This Book": http://is.gd/aIpF3 6 days ago
- Each year, more of the clocks in my house spring ahead on their own. 1 week ago
- At ikea. Just bought a room's worth of furniture. Power has failed & so no systems for delivery. Sooo, sleeping here tonight? 1 week ago
- Yeah, yeah. Lady Gaga video. But I like the new Kate Nash: http://is.gd/anfMX 1 week ago
- Not cool enough for #sxsw this year. But *am* strategizing for chaperoning some grad students next year. 1 week ago
- These notes, taken by @TreborS when I was a guest in his classroom, should look familiar to former students: http://is.gd/aeoq1 1 week ago
Archives
Monthly Archives: January 2004
MacMobsters
“If you’re a bad guy and you want to frustrate law enforcement, use a Mac.”
– Dave Thomas, former chief of computer intrusion investigations at FBI headquarters, unwittingly auditions for Apple’s next “Switch” commercial. (via Silicon Valley.com)
Best weblog definition so far
I had a very earnest proto-journalist from the school paper come and interview me about weblogs today. Naturally, she asked what a weblog is. Unlike Liz & Danah, I don’t find this (or the subsequent question of what types there are) to be especially enthralling. Of course, there is the issue of working definitions for [...]
Web Analysis Intro 1.1
What makes the web special
Like many revolutionary technologies, the web is predicated on a relatively simply idea: Users can remotely request documents, and those documents contain the means to remotely request documents. The documents themselves can be just about anything, including images, audio, and computer programs. HTML holds all of these together, providing a basic [...]
Neat looking workshop
CFP: WWW2004 Workshop on the Weblogging Ecosystem: Aggregation, Analysis and Dynamics. If I’m not completely worn out by March, I need to plan to send them something. Great group of organizers, very interesting set of topics.
Via A via B via C
This is mainly a reminder so I can find it later, but Prof. Paquet over at Many-to-Many points to Mr. Blaze’s post on the rumor and citation process within the blogosphere.
While this has little to do with the larger social issues of attribution, and the communication issues of iteration and gossip, it [...]
Remaindered Links
Penguin Pounding (Via Jeremy, via MF–Oh, and 325.6 is the distance to beat ;)
Air Video (quicktime): Adding a new leg to the pipeline for directors Porn -> Music Video -> Indie -> Big budget (-> Broadway, at least for Boz). Do they get worse at each step? Not the best Air, but worth seeing, assuming [...]
Streaming Scholcom