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Politics and Technology
Obama was hailed by supporters and detractors alike for his tech-awareness (Twitter, Blackberry, a very well put-together web site, etc). It seems, however, that Obama has the same problems with technology that everyone else has. He may have to give up his Blackberry, for example, over security issues.
More interestingly, Obama’s “Open for Questions” website, [...]
More Ubiquity Commands
For those who found this post interesting, there are a whole host of additional Ubiquity commands available to you. If you have already set up Ubiquity (follow this link if you haven’t), then you may be interested in Mozilla’s (incomplete) repository of commands that other people have been creating for this exciting new interface. Be [...]
The Unicode Collection: Volumes I-IV
Awhile back I posted a four-part series on the advantages of Unicode for typing out Biblical Greek and Hebrew. I am linking these posts here so those interested have a one-stop shop for the whole series.
These posts provide a detailed but understandable explanation of what Unicode is, how to set up Greek and Hebrew Unicode [...]
Copyright Law: A Proposal of Best Practices
I ran into some copyright conundrums in the course of preparing for NTI, particularly regarding distribution of (out-of-print) materials. The problem is that copyright law is complex, and while individuals, libraries, and academic institutions are protected by “fair use,” it is not always clear what situations it covers (and the most efficient way to find [...]
Google Takes a Stand
Google makes a rare (for Google or any other publicly-owned corporation) stand on a California legislative initiative that does not affect Google’s core business, Proposition 8:
While there are many objections to this proposition — further government encroachment on personal lives, ambiguously written text — it is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on [...]
The Many Uses of Wordle: Politics
I have mentioned wordle before, the cool free web-app that turns a pile of words into a occurrence-based cloud image.
John Schweneler has recently applied wordle to the official campaign blogs of McCain and Obama. This is interesting on so many levels, but of particular note is that the most frequently used word on both blogs [...]
McCain, Obama, and Rick Warren
The two candidates will make their first joint appearance this Saturday at Saddleback Church, hosted by Rick Warren. The website for the event can be found here. NPR reports:
Warren has said that the conversations will focus on issues such as
poverty, AIDS, climate change and human rights. The forum also gives
the politicians the chance to appeal [...]
The Letdown of Internet Obsession
Peter Sagal on All Things Considered:
Like a lot of people, I am constantly checking my e-mail accounts. I also check if anybody has commented on my blog, and I check my phone for text messages, and I await instant messages like a trembling young fawn. But I noticed recently that once I’ve received an e-mail, [...]
Should the President Twitter: An Update
I asked the question here. The answer, perhaps, is available here. An excerpt:
Up until last night, the person with the most followers on the micro-messaging service was Digg founder and Web celeb Kevin Rose, with 56,482 other people following his every public mind burp. It took none other than Barack Obama (or, rather, Obama’s [...]
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