Superintendent Wilfredo T. Laboy finally passed the Communication and Literacy Skills Test, reportedly with flying colors. —Lawrence schools boss passes language skills test (Boston Herald) It’s only fair to follow up with the good news, since I’ve already blogged the bad.
Brewster Kahle wants the world to know that old software is an important part of our cultural history and — like books, films and other media — should be preserved. —Daniel Terdiman —Fighting to Preserve Old Programs Problem? The DMCA prohibits the archiving of software, on the grounds that doing so violates intellectual property rights.
..the most evocative and atmospheric experiences were conveyed entirely through text. Text adventures, with their terse locations, thrived on the role of objects, which were there to be discovered, smashed, used, examined and combined: you find the lamp, but now you need the oil to fill it and the match to light it. Only then…
At one prestigious university, a sophomore imported 30 biology books from England this fall and sold them outside his classroom for less than the campus-bookstore price, netting a $1,200 profit. Next semester, if all goes well, he plans to expand the operation. | “The only difference is that they say `international edition’ in little print…
A professor agrees to review a manuscript that is under consideration for publication at a journal. He has promised to keep the paper and its contents absolutely confidential. When he reads it, however, he realizes that his student’s experiments will never work; the paper shows that they are futile. Does he keep mum, or does…
The author of one of the books I blogged wrote me an interesting reply, but sent it via e-mail. Can I place her comment in my blog comments without violating some written or unwritten code? —John SpurlockBlogging E-Mailed CommentsE-Mail) If I were to send a letter to the editor to a newspaper, I shouldn’t be…