NYTimes: When School is Held on Snow Days. Yes! Technology to the rescue. I am of the opinion that students already get far too many days off school. Why we continue to follow such an antiquated schedule with summers off, I don't know. This is a holdover from the days when children were needed in… Continue reading When School is Held on Snow Days
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O'Reilly Awards $10,000 1-Click Bounty to Three “Runners Up”
O'Reilly Awards $10,000 1-Click Bounty to Three “Runners Up”. O'Reilly Awards $10,000 1-Click Bounty to Three “Runners Up”–Tim O'Reilly decides to split the $10,000 Bounty on Amazon's 1-Click patent between the three submitters who unearthed prior art that strikes at the heart of Amazon's claims. … [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]
Create an LDAP Address Book
Create an LDAP Address Book. Create an LDAP Address Book [PHPBuilder.com New Articles]
what does .NET beta2 have in store for us
Dan Anderson has some Hailstorm speculation and other info on “what does .NET beta2 have in store for us?” [scobleizer]
Too Much Stuff Around the House
Too Much Stuff Around the House. How much money do you have “invested” in household things you never use? A Fool laments. [The Motley Fool]
Interoperability, Not Standards
O'Reilly Network: Interoperability, Not Standards. Clay Shirky. To have standards, you need a standards body. To have interoperability, you just need software and conversations, which is good news, since that's all we have right now. The bad news is that the conversations are still so fragmented and so dispersed. [Tomalak's Realm]
SEC Chief to Enforce Standard
Bloomberg News: SEC Chief to Enforce Standard. The rule, which went into effect in October, prohibits companies from giving important news to selected Wall Street analysts before they announce it publicly. It seeks to stop companies from giving briefings to a selected few on market-sensitive information such as earnings, new products and mergers. Laura S.… Continue reading SEC Chief to Enforce Standard
Python Web Application Tools
O'ReillyNet: Python Web Application Tools “Digital Creation's Zope is the most well known Python web application server. In features and maturity, it has no real competitors. When it comes to Python web application development, however, it does have some challengers. Chuck Esterbrook leads a project to create an application server more oriented to Python developers,… Continue reading Python Web Application Tools
Record Industry Plays Both Sides
Record Industry Plays Both Sides. The recording industry's defense of its copyright has brought the online music business to its knees. Now that the industry wants to launch its own MP3 business, it's asking musicians and publishers for a break on royalties. The irony of it all has not gone unnoticed. By Jeffrey Benner. [Wired… Continue reading Record Industry Plays Both Sides
One study
“Hard medical evidence is beginning to accumulate supporting the contention (long intuited in medical circles) that Alzheimer's Disease is less common among people who engage in intense and diverse intellectual activity through most of their lives. In other words, the more you use your mind, the less you're likely to lose it. We're still arguing… Continue reading One study