Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

Happy birthday to you,

happy birthday to you,

happy birthday, dear Susan,

happy birthday to you!

Andrea home alone

Yes, I’m still alive… and yes, I haven’t flipped the page in three days. Busy with math and physics and pedagogy.

This morning, André left for (Northern) Ireland, so I’m home alone for a week.

Update to André’s post: He just phoned and said he arrived safely and managed to meet with his host. Yay!

Community

A very happy 24th wedding anniversary, Diane and David Singer! Alles Gute zum Hochzeitstag!

Community

Something I meant to post for a week now: Jan-Willem‘s take on the Scripting News/Blogger dinner in Amsterdam:

Questions

1993: What’s your number?

1998: What’s your email?

2003: What’s your weblog?

Channel One

Today I received an email from Ken McNatt, the highschool student who maintains The facts about Channel One. The subject came up almost a month ago, initiated by Garret‘s link to The Phenomenon of Channel One (Kuro5hin).

Ken McNatt wrote that about 40% of all US students have to watch Channel One, and sent me a link to Obligation, Inc.‘s site about Channel One – The Most Controversial Show On Television. Although I have to admit that it is not the best-organized site I’ve seen, they have accumulated a lot of information, including specific examples of advertising that is inappropriate for school-age kids. They also have quite a few links to related info on the web.

Weblogs

Hmmm… I thought I linked to Blogging as a Form of Journalism by J. D. Lasica, but I can’t find it. It’s the first of two parts of a very well-written article about weblogs, and here is the second part: Weblogs: A New Source of News – Dan Gillmor, Doc Searls and Dave Winer about weblogging.

Link via Jeff and Doc Searls.