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Tuesday, March 07, 2006



What Good Is A Blog If You Can't ... fess up that you have had a testing days in the last seven months, at least help get buzz for your book and to some extent let readers know about some ironic (hard core) links. As they say it is never late until midnight and after that it’s early ... Now between the lines and out I am in a need of a huge bottle of Jim Beam!

Progressives and curious people around the country want to get foreign news unfiltered. So how can ordinary people do this on the cheap? Big Stories, Shortwaves

The Blog, The Press, The Media: A new and insidious threat to the World Wide Web
And there is a new and insidious threat to the World Wide Web: a slowly rising tide of "original content" on Internet sites that is at best worthless

There is a new and insidious threat to the World Wide Web: a slowly rising tide of "original content" on Internet sites that is at best worthless, and at worst possibly even dangerously inaccurate. I should know; I've been writing some of the stuff myself


Our Columnist Creates Web 'Original Content' But Is in for a Surprise [ Readers Bemoan 'Original' Content ; Blogging law profs assault ivory tower: Is it scholarship, or a cyber chit-chat? Law Schools package ]
• · Hell hath no fury like a philosopher scorned - even one who doesn't believe in hell. Two of the leading philosophers of evolution have been caught in an email slanging match When evolutionists attack ; In a world of way-too-much media, no one medium is ever going to get a firm grip on our attention Those Busted Blogs
• · · BuzzMetrics Our Word-of-Mouth ; BuzzMetrics to Monitor TV Show Buzz ; Isobel Kerr noted ‘Seven is exploring further research opportunities in the area of inter-activity and viewer involvement in event programs Inter-activity (PDF version)
• · · · Isobel Kerr, Research Manager Seven Network Measurement and evaluation: Free TV taking on research role ; The Internet provides Arab liberals with the platform and anonymity that they need in order to begin bringing an online Enlightenment to the greater Arab world. In Arabic, 'Internet' Means 'Freedom'
• · · · · Author Douglas Preston has posted a letter via PublishersMarketplace member Susan Henderson's blog recounts his recent arrest in Italy while he was there to complete research on a book he is writing along with Italy's Mario Spezi and a Florentine serial killer. "This was a naked attempt to use the power of the state to intimidate and silence two journalists, and it may be a prelude to a legal action in Italy to block publication of the book." He adds: "We desperately need to publicize this attack on journalistic freedom. I'm back in America and safe, but Spezi is at grave risk. His financial health, his career, and his very freedom, are at risk." Naked attempt ; National Library of Australia Launches Libraries Australia Portal Libraries Australia
• · · · · · Online Searches Conducted in January 2006 Reach Almost 5.7 Billion 5.7 Billion of Media Dragons ; Sabrina Presents Workshop on Best Sites and Services for Research Digital Initiatives: Ask The Expert