Pseudo Echo — “Funkytown”
from Geekologie’s writeup of the world’s largest (known) tetris game board. This was a design someone spent way too much time on.
“I think education is one of the most important missions we have. Spreading knowledge has always been important to me and openness is an integral part of that. And OpenCourseWare is this really smart—and increasingly established—way to be open about education and spread knowledge throughout the world.” — Kevin Donovan, Founder of Georgetown Students for Free Culture
“ If we come to an impasse, we’re going to move forward with our reforms anyway,” Ms. Rhee said. “Then it potentially gets uglier. ”
from a recent Kristof column in the NYT. I admire her grit and will hopefully be working with her this summer.
How did I miss this? It’s sorta oldish, but really, “like, awesome,” just like being a mom.
Group rope jumping. Involves trains, Russia, ice, and ropes. !
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“There was never any inappropriate (contact) between me and anyone else,” Burris said. “And I will answer any and all questions to get that point across and keep my faith with the people of Illinois.”
Burris declined to answer questions.
”Enough said. (via)
“ Newspapers can’t entice us into small payment systems, because we care too much about our conversation with one another, and they can’t force us into such systems, because Off the Bus and Pro Publica and Gawker and Global Voices and Ohmynews and Spot.us and Smoking Gun all understand that not only is a news cartel unworkable, but that if one existed, their competitive advantage would be in attacking it rather than defending it. ”
from Clay Shirky’s “Why Small Payments Won’t Save Publishers.” The quote is long, yes, but it gets at the main point I’ve been trying to make about plans like Steve Brill’s: if I am charged for one news outlet’s content and not charged for its competitor’s, I’m heading on over to its competitor, even if it’s a—gasp!—blog.
Bonus hilarity: In that memo, Brill suggests that “For the first year, print subscribers would get the online version for free (which might enable an increase in the print price). After the first year they might pay 50% of the online price. (Many print readers also read the online version for convenience or to pass around a story to someone else.)”
Does anyone out there think that’s a good idea at all? (“Let’s charge our most loyal readers more for the print edition so they have the privledge of using our once-free website for a year. After they’re hooked on our dying print edition, let’s make ‘em pay for online content. But don’t worry, they’re going to get a classy 50% discount—you know, to show ‘em how much we care.) Really brings a whole new meaning to “conveinence charge,” a term coined by Ticketmaster and one that makes my Top 10 Worst Things to Ever Come Across.
Make your own at AnyoneCanSwiss.com. (via)
