Do as I say, not as I did
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WindMaker
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WindMakerWindMaker is an ambient weather widget that applies the current wind conditions to your Web site. First, it uses a United States ZIP Code to grab local conditions from the Yahoo Weather RSS feed. Second, it parses your Web site into individual pieces such as text blocks and images. Finally, WindMaker sets the pieces in motion according to the strength of the wind.
Relaunch: TED
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TED relaunches with a new look and a membership option.
Jackie Robinson Day
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Jackie Robinson Day Happy Jackie Robinson day...
David Thornburg: On Wikipedia and the Meaning of Everything
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David Thornburg : On Wikipedia and the Meaning of Everything I still encounter educators who block student access to Wikipedia because it is "created by amateurs without peer review". (In fact, it is created by a wide audience, including many content experts, and the peer review process is so dynamic that some entries are frozen from time to time when the edits become too hectic.)
Kurt Vonnegut Is Dead at 84
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Kurt Vonnegut Is Dead at 84 So it goes... Goodbye Mr. Vonnegut
Pop!Tech - The Impact of Technology on People
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Pop!Tech - The Impact of Technology on People Talks from PopTech are up...Via Scoble
Twaiku
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Bwana.org » Blog Archive » TwaikuTwaiku allows you to simultaneously post to Twitter and Jaiku. The main improvement I’ve done is here is allow you to use Jaiku’s icon set with your posts.
Technology Review: Is Twitter Here to Stay?
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The Earth Day Groceries Project
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Mark Ahlness posts about The Earth Day Groceries Project. Mark is an early pioneer on using the Internet in his classroom and has been working on this project since 1994.