Afghanistan

Focus for today: Writing about IMS and related issues

I've carved out most of the day to work on an article about the IMS standards for BC&C.

Doh, Lisa also called to remind me that I need to be working on our fundraising efforts! (I'm glad that she reminded me.)

Adam Curry writes about schoolblogs

Weblogs in Education "Hosting and maintaining such a service however, with actual users (teachers, students, parents) who expect your services to perform like any other infrastructure (gas, electricity, hot water...) is a totally different matter. It takes resources: time, people and money." [link from David Carter-Tod]

Interesting tidbits

MIT unveils new center supporting technological innovation in New England. "Their gift of $20 million will establish the initial phase of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation (DCTI), which will be a part of MIT's School of Engineering. The center will be dedicated to supporting leading-edge research on novel technologies in collaboration with the high technology and venture capitalist communities of New England and will support undergraduate education in engineering practice."

Just Beyond Our Windows (LA Times) "Tired of operating personal computers like this? A lot of researchers are, and they're trying to change the way people interact with the ubiquitous beige boxes by creating virtual spaces that take into account the way people behave in the real world." [link from Amy Wohl]

Profile of a Killer (NYT) "I think I know who sent out the anthrax last fall. He is an American insider, a man working in the military bio-weapons field. He's a skilled microbiologist who did not aim to kill anybody or even to disrupt the postal system. Rather, he wanted to sow terror. Like many in the bio-warfare field, he felt that the government was not sufficiently attuned to the risks of anthrax, so he seized upon the opportunity presented by Sept. 11 to get more attention and funding for bio-terror programs like those that have been his career."

For those slashdot readers out there: Deconstructing Katz

Rise of Internet 'Borders' Prompts Fears for Web's Future (Washington Post) "For much of its life, the Internet has been seen as a great democratizing force, a place where nobody needs know who or where you are. But that notion has begun to shift in recent months, as governments and private businesses increasingly try to draw boundaries around what used to be a borderless Internet to deal with legal, commercial and terrorism concerns." [link from Benton]

Federal judge okays keyboard stroke capture (Infoworld) "A FEDERAL JUDGE in New Jersey rejected a defense motion last week to suppress computer evidence gained in a U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case against an accused Mafia loan shark, possibly clearing a path for the government to use secretly installed keystroke logging tools to defeat encryption."

Lawrence Lessig on Charlie Rose tonight?

Jon Udell wrote that Lessig is supposed to be on Charlie Rose tonight. The Charlie Rose website says (at least at 11:20am) that tonight's guest is TBA. I've emailed the show for confirmation.

(4:57pm) Yes, indeed. The Charlie Rose website now reports as guests: "Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute; Kristin Scott Thomas, Actor, 'Gosford Park' and 'Life as a House'; Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School, Author of 'The Future of Ideas'"

Fear of continued starvation in Afghanistan

An article in the NYTimes today raises new concerns for me about the effectiveness of relief efforts in Afghanistan.(A version of this article is also being run in the SF Chronicle.)

(Through my church, I’ve given money to World Concern for its Afghan relief efforts.)

I'm grateful that Laura's curious

In response to my mention yesterday of a TLS review and the thoughts it induced in me, Laura wrote: "Yes? And? Look forward to seeing more about the fruits of these thoughts." I will write more later today....(I promise!)

Dec Feb

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