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The Velvet Underground's White Light
White Heat

The Velvet Underground's White Light
White Heat 07/23/2004 09:36 AM
The Velvet Underground's White Light White Heat played on banjo, bass guitar, ruler, music box, violin, toy piano, electric guitar, accordion, squeezebox, euphonium, ukulele, kazoo, xylophone, pixiphone, uumskither, mbira, pod, delay, turntable and percussion.

White Light / White Heat

White Light / White Heat 07/23/2004 11:15 PM

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White men bad; white dogs worse

White men bad; white dogs worse 04/05/2005 09:24 AM

We spent the weekend in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with an anthropologist friend who has two 3-year-old bitches (Lab and Husky) and 4 acres of land on which Alex and Sammy could play with them.  One of the nice things about colleges located in areas where real estate is cheap is that the professors live close to the campus and are available to students for informal dinners and shared extracurricular activities.  Thus over the weekend we encountered a few other Gettysburg College professors.  I asked one of them whether faculty could bring their dogs to work.  She replied "The college's Affirmative Action lawyer, before she left, made up a lot of new rules.  One of them was that junior and senior faculty could not sleep together.  Another was to ban dogs in the buildings."

This is a good measure of how desperate PhDs are for jobs as college professors.  The college pays lower salaries, to people of the same age, as the public high school down the street.  The high school teachers were able to go to work at age 22 without suffering through a long period of starvation wages as graduate assistants.  The high school teachers are union members who ever have to worry about losing their job, compared to the college professors who live for 7 years in fear of being tossed out as a middle-aged has-been ("denied tenure" is the polite term for this event).  And now these poor souls are expected to get through their day without a dog at their side and without the possibility of an interlude with a more senior professor.

[Note to parents:  if you want to know why tuition prices have risen so fast, consider that a very small liberal arts school was paying a full-time lawyer to work on affirmative action; Walmart has a "Chief Diversity Officer" but they had $billions in revenue over which to spread the cost.]

More Eric Meyer

More Eric Meyer 04/14/2004 02:36 PM
Well since the cat seems to be out of the bag, More Eric Meyer on CSS is hot off the press and on its way to a bookstore near you. As a technical reviewer of the book (along with...

"Eric explains "

"Eric explains " 11/05/2003 09:27 PM

ERIC Database

ERIC Database 09/02/2004 06:26 AM

ERIC Database

ERIC Database
http://www.eric.ed.gov/

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. The new ERIC online system, released September 2004, provides the public with a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966. Effective October 1, more than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004), previously available through fee-based services only, will be available for free. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will also be added to Academic Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide and Education and Distance Learning Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide.

Joel on Eric

Joel on Eric 12/15/2003 09:11 PM

Joel Spolsky's latest essay reviews Eric Raymond's The Art of Unix Programming (a book I really want to pick up) and uses it as background for a discussion of the cultural differences between Windows and Unix programmers. As always, it's an insightful piece.

Joel's key point is that while Unix programmers write code for other programmers, Windows programmers write code for end users. Unix programs end up being far more powerful and flexible, but Windows programs allow Aunt Madge to send email. Joel places the blame for the lack of success of Linux as a desktop operating systems on the cultural values that underpin it, which celebrate the diversity of multiple window managers rather than condeming them for confusing end users.

It's all good stuff. I'd argue that the rise of web-based applications balances the playing field somewhat in terms of ease of use of the different platforms - most people can handle a web application now (look at the success of webmail) and most browser behave in pretty much the same way no matter what operating system they run on. I guess that's why Microsoft were so scared of Netscape back in 1996.

Eric Berlin:

Eric Berlin: 03/31/2005 07:28 PM
132nd edition of Carnival of the Vanities .. Eric Berlin's blog .. 132nd

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"Eric.Webl0g()"

"Eric.Webl0g()" 05/27/2004 04:55 AM

Eric Meyer on CSS

Eric Meyer on CSS 06/27/2004 10:06 AM

I read this book on the plane to and from Chicago. Eric Meyer is apparently a CSS God, although I hadn't heard about him before this book came out.

In the end, the book wasn't for me. If you're a CSS hacker of some repute, you're probably not going to get a lot out of this book. But if you've just started CSS and want to become such a hacker, this one is right up your alley.

The book is divided into "projects." In the beginning of each chapter, Meyer states what you're going to try and do, then walks you though every line of CSS to get there, explaining what you're doing along the way.

The idea is that you'll download the project files from the companion Web site, and follow along — changing the CSS as he writes, then refreshing your pages. This is a fantastic way to do it, and is perfect for the beginner who wants to see exactly what their changes produce.

Sadly, however, I was on a airplane at the time, which doesn't lend itself well to coding, and rather than completing long-winded projects, I was really looking for some wicked tips and theories to earn myself entrance to CSS Nirvana.

I did learn a few things. The chapter on fixed background positioning was good, as was the last chapter in the book, where he tries to take the layout of the book, and convert it into CSS for equivalent display on the Web. The best bits for me, it turned out, where the little sidenotes in the margins.

Don't get me wrong, this is a good book. I was just the wrong audience. He has another one — More Eric Meyer on CSS. Perhaps I'll try that one.

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Eric goes stati

Eric goes stati 06/09/2004 05:54 AM
Stat!.

Right. Apparently as I get more and more tired, the entry titles suck more and more.

Anyways, lately I've been involved in more than a few discussions where knowing about the composition of the "FOAF-sphere" (god, I must be tired) would be useful.

Specifically, right now there exist a lot of different kinds of FOAF in the world. Some mal-formed, some using old vocab items, some piping hot and fresh from active developers and systems. Being able to say what percentages exist would be really really nice.

So, I've dragged out the scutter code, and currently the "SemanticWebStatsBot" is crawling around the FOAF web. It's as polite as I'm getting for off-the-cuff code, namely it only does one request per second. It kinda pays attention to HTTP codes, but not really. iono quite what to do about Livejournal just yet, probably mull that one over in my sleep at some point.

Currently, I'm trying to answer the following "starter set" of questions:

• # of files (banal, not very useful, but likely to be a nice big spooky number)
• %age of files that are valid RDF
• %age of files that follow the OWL rules for the various vocabs (FOAF, REL, WOT, TRUST)
• "verbosity" of FOAF files (aka how many terms are used, both with FOAF vocab items and others)
• # of files that exist which have a "minimal useful FOAF personal document" set of vocab items
• # of files with a Document/maker combo (adoption rates)
• # of files with a PersonalProfileDocument/maker combo (adoption rates)
• # of files with depreciated or "made up" terms in the FOAF vocabspace
• Tallies of the usage of current terms (aka X many people use foaf:name, Y many people use foaf:nick, etc)
• %age usage of WoT and Trust vocabularies
• If possible, try to figure out generator information (admin vocab? scutter vocab?)

If the data looks interesting coming out of this, and it isn't too difficult to maintain (see: LiveJournal), I'm thinking I might just do this as a monthly compendium. Sort of a "State of the FOAF" if you will. So, the question is: If you had a monthly peek at the "Semantic Web" (or at least a fairly broad subset of the publicly available part of it), what kind of questions would you want answered?[esigler.2nw.net]

About Google's Eric Schmidt

About Google's Eric Schmidt 11/05/2003 07:07 PM
AlwaysOn: But you bought blogging software and a blogging search engine with a million registered users, as far as I understand. ...

Interview with Eric Meyer

Interview with Eric Meyer 01/23/2003 05:05 PM
What is the future of CSS and how complex is the learning curve for a web developer? Eric Meyer answers our questions.

Eric J. Heller Gallery

Eric J. Heller Gallery 06/07/2004 06:03 AM
www.ericjhellergallery.com/ .. makes incredible pictures .. Eric J. Heller's Gallery .. gallery

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Eric Scott: Playing To Win

Eric Scott: Playing To Win 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
"The idea has to be big, simple and true. Apple's a great example of that. You know what's behind Apple." By Sam McMillan (Apple via MyAppleMenu)

Eric Rosebrock's New Book Available!

Eric Rosebrock's New Book Available! 08/20/2004 02:39 PM
Eric Rosebrock's new Book, Setting Up LAMP: Getting Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Working Together is now available in stores! Learn how to setup your own Linux Web Server!

The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer

The XML.com Interview: Eric Meyer 03/12/2003 07:07 PM
Russell Dyer talks to Eric Meyer, invited expert to the W3C's CSS Working Group, and author of O'Reilly's "Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide."

Eric van der Vlist on W3C XML Schema

Eric van der Vlist on W3C XML Schema 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

An Interview with Eric Blossom

An Interview with Eric Blossom 05/07/2004 05:06 AM
The creator behind GNU Radio discusses its future as a business and possible fallout from the FCC.

Entrevista a Eric Meyer en WSG

Entrevista a Eric Meyer en WSG 05/01/2004 11:40 AM

Congrats to Eric Rice

Congrats to Eric Rice 03/22/2005 09:39 PM

Eric has just gotten Warner Bros to sponsor him and his posse's podcasting.

I guess he beat out Adam Curry.

Congrats to Eric.

Interview With ATI's Eric Demers

Interview With ATI's Eric Demers 11/06/2003 06:13 PM

Eric Alterman on Abu Ghraib and the
media.

Eric Alterman on Abu Ghraib and the
media. 05/26/2004 06:10 PM
Eric Alterman on Abu Ghraib and the media. Alterman: And how pathetic is it that the only cable network really grappling with the media's failure is Comedy Central? Let's give the last word to the Daily Show's incomparable Stephen Colbert: "The journalists I know love America, but now all anybody wants to talk about is the bad journalists--the journalists that hurt America.... Who didn't uncover the flaws in our prewar intelligence? Who gave a free pass on the Saddam-Al Qaeda connection? Who dropped Afghanistan from the headlines at the first whiff of this Iraqi snipe hunt? The United States press corps, that's who."

Eric 'phpfreak' Rosebrock's Book Is
Here! Come Get It!

Eric 'phpfreak' Rosebrock's Book Is
Here! Come Get It! 12/02/2003 01:26 AM
Eric Rosebrock's book has finally arrived. We'll be shipping them out starting next week. Author signed copies are available. Visa / Mastercard and PayPal are accepted.

Eric Sink on Finance for Geeks

Eric Sink on Finance for Geeks 12/02/2003 03:11 AM

Eric Sink on MSDN: Finance for Geeks.

Pythonline > Biographies > Eric Idle

Pythonline > Biographies > Eric Idle 05/26/2004 07:25 AM
Eric Idle has a new song: The FCC Song 5/20 .. Idle

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OSI President Eric Raymond Steps Down

OSI President Eric Raymond Steps Down 02/01/2005 09:48 PM

Eric Rice discovers that HP is doing
DLAs

Eric Rice discovers that HP is doing
DLAs 12/30/2004 08:02 PM

Eric Rice wrote.....

It's like Flickr, location-based moblogging with audio annotation, and a mobile-phone based operating system shell that reminds me of those guys that tried to make an OS that was history-based and stacked:

Keyword(s): digital media; photo sharing; multimodal; camera phones; storytelling

Abstract: The convergence of communication and imaging capabilities in a single device, the camera phone, is changing the way people take, share and communicate around pictures. In this paper, we describe and discuss three complementary research prototypes - MemoryNet Viewer, Plog and StoryMail - that we built to explore how media can be used as part of everyday storytelling activities. Each system focuses on informal, casual and lightweight solutions for multimedia storytelling and conversation. We conducted small preliminary pilot studies that revealed interesting patterns of use of the media within social networks, which we plan on investigating further.

Tech Report: HPL-2004-180: Enabling Informal Communication of DIgital Stories

[ eric rice]

Another reason I love Eric Sigler

Another reason I love Eric Sigler 01/16/2004 11:28 AM
OPML or bust.

OPML or bust.

Right. So, recently Dave Winer has been working on a service to allow people to publish their OPML files into a collective group aggregation. Spiffy enough. He's made the data public, he's made an SDK, the data is even under a Creative Commons "Share Alike" license . All is well with the world.

Until you read "How you may use the data" from the SDK:

Our intention in sharing this data is to make it possible for developers to create applications that help people discover new sources of information in RSS and other syndication formats. A second goal is to help foster the use of OPML as a format for sharing such information. If you want to use the information for this purpose, and don't redistribute it in a format other than OPML, as provided on this site, you may use the information without asking for permission. It is licensed for such use under the Creative Commons for-attribution, share-alike license.

If you wish to use the data for a different kind of application, or convert the data into a format other than OPML, for redistribution, it's likely we'll say yes, but you must ask first. We want the data to be useful to you, but we also want to create an installed base of compatible data to encourage others to follow. We've learned that it's necessary to say basically that you can't use this data to thwart the purpose of our project. We wish it weren't this way, but it is, so we have to say it.

Winer attempted to create a "dual license" for his data, so that one type of usage (in OPML format) is covered under CC's by-sa license, and the other kinds of usage (anything else) is a "mother may I" sort of thing. It seems all well and good. But there's a problem. The CC's by-sa license allows anyone to make a derivative work of the data, and in any format they choose.

Relevant bits:

...License Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright) license to exercise the rights in the Work as stated below...

...to create and reproduce Derivative Works;...

...The above rights may be exercised in all media and formats whether now known or hereafter devised...

"So", you say, "he can just say that using the by-sa license, people have to keep their work in OPML". But the terms of the license don't allow him to make stipulations as to how the data is used beyond what is in the license. Othe rs have found this out the hard way.

Relevant bit:

...You may distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or publicly digitally perform a Derivative Work only under the terms of this License...

So, to recap:

1. Dave Winer dual licenses his data under CC's by-sa license and "mother may I" (for lack of a better term).
2. The CC license he chose allows for derivative works.
3. The CC license he chose allows derivative works to be in any format.
4. The CC license he chose does not allow him to restrict the format.

So...

• The CC license he chose allows anyone to transform the data from OPML into anything they want, as long as the resulting work is under the same license.

I don't even know that I have the right interpretation of this. But since the SDK says it's "draft", now is probably the time to address these issues.

(Hell, one quick way out is to just pull the CC license. As I understand it the content served while the license was granted is still under the old terms, but anything served after that wouldn't be.)[esigler.2nw.net/blog]

I should note that we (Broadband Mechanics) have everything to gain by having OPML promoted.  We have an on-line outliner - called the WebOutliner - that saves off and imports OPML.

Theoretically all of these CC OPML files can be used by the WebOutliner to.....

Maybe this is something Joi should look into.

Eric Drexler's new nanoscience site

Eric Drexler's new nanoscience site 05/04/2004 10:52 AM
Nanotechnology pioneer K. Eric Drexler has launched a site focused on the "science behind emerging technologies of broad importance." Along with deep technical information on nanotechnology, e-drexler.com will also explore secure, distributed computing efforts.

"A better understanding can benefit both technical leaders seeking productive directions for research and development, and policy makers aiming to make wise decisions."

A sister site called metamodern.com will delve into the social implications of these technologies.

Eric Eldred in the Boston Globe

Eric Eldred in the Boston Globe 07/20/2004 05:50 PM

In honor of the 150th anniversary for Thoreau's Walden, Creative Commons co-founder Eric Eldred decided to share and print free public domain copies of Walden (here's the Word doc version at Eldred's own site) at Walden Pond, but was asked to leave.

The Boston Globe published an article about this yesterday, complete with a great photo of Eric sporting a Creative Commons t-shirt.

What Eric Schmidt Found at Google

What Eric Schmidt Found at Google 04/26/2004 04:58 AM
Business Week Apr 26 2004 9:18AM GMT

Eric Albert on counting threads

Eric Albert on counting threads 11/02/2003 02:07 PM
I had lunch with Eric Albert and Buzz Andersen at the OS X conference. Eric helped me debug a mach port leak in NetNewsWire. It was in a method which counted the current number of threads in use.

In case you’re curious about how to count threads, here’s Eric's post on how to do it without leaking mach ports.

Eric 'phpfreak' Rosebrock turns the big
2-7!!

Eric 'phpfreak' Rosebrock turns the big
2-7!! 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
Happy Birthday to the namesake of phpfreaks.com! He turns 27 on September 22, 2003. Join me in wishing Eric a very happy birthday!

New York City art opening: Eric Paulos

New York City art opening: Eric Paulos 09/13/2004 10:31 AM
David Pescovitz: BB pal Eric Paulos has work in Passage of Mirage, a group exhibition opening tomorrow night (9/14) at Manhattan's Chelsea Art Museum. Paulos and the Experimental Interaction Unit will debut Limelight, an ambient display that illuminates our culture's anxieties about terrorism, disaster, and other potentially-catastrophic threats.

"Limelight is a personal tactical system that removes the burden of anxiety associated with our continuous worry of emerging global and local threatening conditions. Using a collection of embedded sensors, local measurements of radioactivity and RF signals are continuously scanned for hostile patterns. Similarly, remote precursors of threats such as the appearance and frequency of specific keywords and discussions by various military, news, and independent sources are continuously monitored. The collected data is carefully analyzed and summarized as a visual output where various threats are mapped across a spectrum of illumined and pulsing colors."

L ink

Eric Idle's Greedy Bastard Tour

Eric Idle's Greedy Bastard Tour 12/05/2003 10:16 AM
Around the States in Eighty Days. Monty Python's Eric Idle is three quarters of the way through a North American tour and keeping an extensive online diary as he goes. "I would never be sitting at home writing my memoirs like this. There's just something about the time available and the different places we visit that invites introspection."

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Eric Meyer

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Eric Meyer 04/22/2004 01:21 PM
Ten Questions for Eric Meyer .. this great interview

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Eric Czarny’s new XML-RPC Cocoa
code

Eric Czarny’s new XML-RPC Cocoa
code 02/17/2004 12:10 AM
Eric Czarny posted a new Cocoa XML-RPC client implementation. I took a quick look at it—and it looks good. Eric is using the design patterns you’d expect from a Cocoa implementation. Cool.

So the Who was Eric Rice Engadget
Podcast is Back

So the Who was Eric Rice Engadget
Podcast is Back 03/22/2005 04:23 PM

I have known for a couple of weeks that Eric Rice was going to be the new host of the Engadget Podcast, and today it is on the streets check it out. If you have any other podcasting tips send em here we will get the word out on the street of things happening. [Engadget]

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