Blurts

Advice for college students. Some good – you can find free books in the library. Some questionnable but appealing to the audience – getting in under 21.

HackCollege is educating the students of the world about effective, open source software, putting techno-political arguments in everyday language, and creating a cult of “Students 2.0.”

The ReadWriteWeb reports that the proportion of Flickr images offered with a CC license is decreasing. The article appears to argue that Flickr makes it too difficult to apply CC permissions and also to locate CC images.

I kind of agree – I admit most of my images are not offered as CC and I mostly don’t make the effort to go in a mark them as such.

You know your son is a dad when the top “artist” on his lala profile is “Dora the Explorer”. I am proud.

For my ND readers and others interested in health care reform. Here is a piece featuring North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad. Try the video – interview from Stephanopolous Botton Line.

Audio versions of open source books. I have been listening to Huck Finn.

I forward this link to a recent presentation on education by Bill Gates not because I endorse the comments, but because I think politicians listen.