Archive for October, 2004
Friday, October 29th, 2004
A fascinating aspect of electronic voting is that when problems occur some people believe it must be a people problem - we just have the wrong type of voter obviously. The fact that a machine fails regularly when used by ordinary people should perhaps indicate that the technology is inappropriate.
(Thanks ...
Posted in Electronic Voting | Comments Off on Voting machine problems, or inadequate voter problems?
Thursday, October 28th, 2004
OK, who's really surprised that tens of thousands of ballot papers have already gone missing in Florida?
Posted in Electoral politics | Comments Off on In Florida ballot troubles increase
Wednesday, October 27th, 2004
There's been lots of attention paid to the iPod photo (over-hyped, not what I want) and to the U2-themed iPod (generally negative) but I haven't seen anyone comment on the announcement that the iTunes music store will soon sell the entire U2 back-catalogue as a bundle. Some time ago I ...
Posted in Computing Technology | Comments Off on Completism is in!
Wednesday, October 27th, 2004
Structured Procrastination is something every grad student should know about. I've been meaning to post about it for some time....
Posted in Trivia | Comments Off on I’ll get back to you on that
Wednesday, October 27th, 2004
Media Minutes 2004-10-22
Posted in Corporate media | Comments Off on Media Minutes 22 October 2004
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004
Tariq Ali spent a short time in Urbana last week with Allen Hall and the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS/MillerComm). I went to see him talk on Thursday, on what he described as the 'echoes of history' in Iraq. He provided some useful and interesting background information on the history ...
Posted in International Affairs, International law and structures | Comments Off on Tariq Ali on Iraq / Me on Ireland
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004
Media Matters Oct 24th 2004
Posted in Corporate media | Comments Off on Media Matters Link
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004
The latest Media Geek program.....
Posted in Alternative Media | Comments Off on MediaGeek link
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004
Wow. It appears that no-one is claiming responsibility for the seizure of the Indymedia servers. The UK authorities weren't involved (even though the seizure took place on British soil, and their involvement would presumably be required). The FBI claim that they know nothing about it - though they had earlier ...
Posted in Alternative Media, Computing Technology, Freedom of the press, International Affairs, Online communication, Political activism | Comments Off on Confusion surrounds seizure of Indymedia servers
Thursday, October 21st, 2004
Media Minutes 2004-10-15
Media Matters 2004-10-17
Media Matters 2004-10-10
Media Geek 2004-10-15
Media Geek 2004-10-08
Posted in Alternative Media, Corporate media | Comments Off on Latest media files