This might just turn me back on to paper. Mead Releases New Grad-School-Ruled Notebook RICHMOND, VA—Company officials say the new notebooks feature lines 3.55 millimeters apart, making them “infinitely more practical” for postgraduate work than the 7.1 millimeter college-ruled notebooks. In college, people are at a stage in their education where they require 9/32nds of …
I blogged awhile back about cell (2D, including QR) barcodes. The Times published a piece about a pilot program at Case Western Reserve Univ using the technology… the result? But interest in the pilot project, which started Feb. 1 and will run at least through May 15, has been tepid, according to students on campus, …
I’ve had a few household problems lately where I’ve turned to my usual trusty answer-source–Google. Today it was a flood, and the question is how to (or can you) kill mold with bleach. Most of the top hits said the same thing: bleach is ineffective at killing mold (especially on porous surfaces). I have no …
I’m not a lawyer, but two related stories caught my eye today: First, on the question of whether “making a file available” counts as copyright infringement, a New York court says it does. Obviously this isn’t the final word, but the pessimist in me sees this as the start of a trend. On one hand, …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
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