chris @ November 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Ordnance Survey move raises political stakes | Technology | The Guardian
In the UK, the Ordnance Survey and the free-our-data movement are heading for a clash. "In short, you're not allowed to put data you created (the toilets' locations), and then provided to OS, on to a different map - even though that new map is […]
chris @ November 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Star Wars: A New Heap | Triple Canopy
John Powers' article on Star Wars.
(tags: scifi history article starwars)
chris @ November 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The 419 Eater | Harry Potter & The Well of Scammers
Scambaiters are people who attempt to turn the tables on internet scammers. Here is a tale of how one fellow going by "Arthur Dent" gets their correspondent to copy out a Harry Potter novel, in rather attractive longhand writing.
(tags: spam security harrypotter psychology web scam)
chris @ November 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Hueniverse: Beginner’s Guide to OAuth – Part I: Overview
Part 1 of 4 of a readable guide to OAuth. Because we need to understand this stuff.
(tags: web tutorial standards programming OAuth)
BBC NEWS | Americas | US Elections 2008 | 'Secret' Obama code name revealed
Totally non-secret but fascinating communications codenames for US presidents and their families.
(tags: bbc […]
chris @ November 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
IETF mailing List | number of Spamhouse.org users
(tags: spam SpamHouse DNSBL email)
kyte: TechCrunchIT | David Recordon and Kevin Marks on OpenID at the Internet Identity Workshop
44+min, interesting interview about the "Open Stack" and all the new terminology, obstacle, processes, specs, and the underlying thought.
(tags: OpenSocial OpenID KevinMarks web2.0 internet video)
chris @ November 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Digital Preservation Policies Study : JISC
Resources for digital preservation policies for institutions.
(tags: information digital knowledgemanagement)
chris @ November 3, 2008 # One Comment
Comparing the Obama and McCain Emails | .eduGuru
Karlyn Morissette takes a hard look at the McCain and Obama campaigns from an email marketing point-of-view. Must-read for any email marketing professional.
(tags: marketing email politics usa election)
chris @ November 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | E-mail error ends up on road sign
When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.
Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to […]