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Ziepod - Podcast Receiver and Player
Ziepod is an easy-to-use toolkit to reach and manage audio-based content published through podcasts. It feeds you voice of people from all around the world by bringing what people talks through podcasts right in front of you.

This is an interesting archive. Too bad that publication of new stuff has ceased.

The Technology Source Archives
Published from 1997 to 2003, The Technology Source (ISSN 1532-0030) was a peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical whose purpose was to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that would assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations.

Two GL Members Podcast — What It’s Like Going to Law School

OPML at Harvard: Really Simple Knowledge Sharing is happening today
It is an OPML outline of an annotated bibliography. Because the outline is in OPML it can be carried into other OPML environments and edited, integrated, shared, tagged, etc.

Laszlo - Platform Overview
OpenLaszlo is the leading open source platform for the development and delivery of rich Internet applications on the World Wide Web.

Database query tool - Aqua Data Studio is the query analyzer that works with Oracle, DB2, Sybase, MySQL and more.
Aqua Data Studio is a database query tool and administration tool that allows developers to easily create, edit, and execute SQL scripts, as well as browse and visually modify database structures. Aqua Data Studio provides an integrated database environment with a single consistent interface to all major relational databases. This allows the database administrator or developer to tackle multiple tasks simultaneously from one application.

If you really want to talk about what is messed up with copyright in this country, here’s a prime example. This award winning documentary about the US civil rights movement has been unviewable in the United States for years because the original rights for various media used in the series had expired and the film maker lacked the funds to clear the rights anew. Now I know that the holders of copyright are entitled to full enjoyment of their rights, but there needs to be some provision in the law for use such as this. Think about, how could the rights holders be economically harmed if soembody just released ‘Eyes’ on DVD without clearing rights?

Wired News: Cash Rescues Eyes on the Prize
When filmmaker Henry Hampton first created the series, the owners of still photos, video footage and music granted permission to use the material for various lengths of time. Many of those rights have since expired, and it is more costly now to re-clear them.

The task of reacquiring those rights has fallen on Forman and a team of film industry veterans who worked on the Eyes series. They have a formidable job ahead: Blackside used video footage from 82 archives, and approximately 275 still photographs from about 93 archives, according to Forman. About 120 song titles were used as well.

This is cool. I’ve been thinking of putting something like this together for the kids.

MAKE: Blog: HOW TO make a Penny Arcade
“I have a hobby of creating arcade machines using computers and MAME. This is a budget arcade cabinet. Instead of a computer running the MAME software, the gaming is provided by a Namco TV Games 5-in-1 game controller, hacked for real arcade controls. So, instead of spending a few hundred on a computer, the controller is $20. Also, inside is a 14″ TV, saving money there too. The Penny Arcade plays Pacman, Galaxian, RallyX, DigDug, and Bosconian“

FeedMail » FeedMail FAQ
FeedMail sets up an individual, encrypted, private blog between you and each of your contacts.
Messages to Contacts are sent like email (”To, CC, BCC..”) from within your FeedMail pages, but instead of email addresses, you use your contact’s FeedMail Username or pick them from your Contact List.

This looks intersting, but I’ll be in New Orleans for AALS that weekend:(

PodcasterCon.org

Linux Today - LinuxPR: OpenOffice.Org Announces Version 2.0 Public Beta 2
The OpenOffice.org project is pleased to announce that the second public beta release of OpenOffice.org 2.0 is now available for download.

This post came up on De Novo, one of the student blogs I track. We spend a fair amount of time going on about things like laptops and wireless in the classroom and it is of interest to hear what students may have to say.

De Novo: Re: Student Use of Technology in the Classroom
The way I see it (and our Dean seemed to agree at a question and answer session I attended last spring), if a professor can’t keep my attention, whose fault is that really? Probably mine, but it doesn’t change the fact that if she can’t keep my attention, no amount of banning instant messenger is going to help. Back before I had a laptop, I doodled. I doodled masterpieces during classes that were uninteresting. Or I daydreamed. I can easily do those things again, and I still won’t be paying attention.

Just out of curiuousity, how many law schools know if their students are blogging?

Upcoming IBM software continually backs up files - Computerworld
IBM plans to release new software next month for automatically backing up files on laptop computers. The product will be aimed primarily at mobile workers and is intended to protect data in the event that files are accidentally deleted or become corrupted, or if a laptop is stolen, IBM said.

Sure Slashdot’s all worked up about the headline “Has Google Peaked?” but the real fun of the article is at the end where the idea of using iPods loaded with OS 10.4 to boot Intel PCs and sending MSFT into spasms is the real neat idea:) Just think about. A 20 gig hard drive you carry around loaded with a functional operating system and lots of your stuff. Just plug in and boot up. Cool

PBS | I, Cringely . August 25, 2005 - Has Google Peaked?
“Every one of those iPods is a bootable drive. What if Apple introduces OS 10.5, its next super-duper operating system release, and at the same time starts loading FOR FREE the current operating system version — OS 10.4 — on every new iPod in a version that runs on generic Intel boxes? What if they also make 10.4 a free download through the iTunes Music Store?“

A couple of interesting things here…

Business 2.0 - Magazine Article - Printable Version - The $50 Million Giveaway
Want to start a company? We found 11 venture capitalists sitting on business ideas they’re dying to bankroll. All you have to do is send them exactly the right business plan.

Sounds like fun. There is a lot ofpossibility behind that little click wheel:)

MAKE: Blog: Recipes for your iPod
Kraft is offering up over 100 recipes that you can download and put on your iPod and read using the notes function.

freshmeat.net: Project details for XML-RPC debugger
Unlike other debuggers, which focus on the XML-RPC protocol, this one is for debugging the service itself, allowing manual calls to RPC methods with syntax like that of an object-oriented programming language rather than manually writing XML.

We’ve taken CALI Radio live. This little adventure in podcasting will initially feature interviews with CALI authors wherein they discuss the law and cases behind their CALI Lessons.
The first 2 episodes feature Prof. Lawrence Wilkins, Indiana University - Indianapolis and Professor Scott Burnham, The University of Montana School of Law. The feed is here.

How to Use CSS to Position Horizontal Unordered Lists - WebReference.comLet’s say that you’ve chosen to use a horizontal styled unordered list for your navigation and have followed the generally accepted CSS methods put forward by the many CSS information sites on the web. All’s well until you decide that you don’t want your menu to be left aligned. You want to be able to position it centrally or to the right and this is where it starts to get tricky.