Peter Murray

I love cross-fertlization like this, especially when new ideas are needed, like they in the area of citation analysis. - Mr. Gunn

Definitely. It has a very practical aspect when trying to disambiguate citations from various sources and various media formats. That is how I'm hoping to put it to use. - Peter Murray

"The bottom line is that unless the course material is ONLY available on the Kindle and NO OTHER way, there is no issue. Is it nice to have a Kindle with all those fancy things,like note taking and Internet browsing, yes? Is it necessary? No. From what I have heard of arguments put forward by the National Federation of the Blind, it is exactly because the Kindle does not provide an accessible version of all those fancy things that is the issue. From the NFB perspective, the question is about equity of experience with the content as much as it is about access to the content. If the Kindle makes it possible for a sighted person to make notes with the Kindle interface, that same capability must be available to the non-sighted person. If the Kindle makes it possible to share those notes with others (I don’t know if the Kindle does or not, but other e-textbook platforms do), then the same capability must be available to all users of the Kindle." - Peter Murray

One wonders how long this price point can be sustained. What will get blown up first: the $10 price or the publishing industry as we know it? - Peter Murray

"Not too long, I hope. ;-) Perhaps "overly comprehensive" instead?" - Peter Murray

Good article, with controversy brewing in the comments about what is fair use. - Peter Murray

"Words like "scam," "fraud," and "arrest" filled the air during a Senate hearing on Tuesday that focused on the controversial marketing companies that allegedly dupe consumers into paying monthly fees to join online loyalty programs. Ray France, a U.S. Army veteran, testifies at a Senate hearing about how consumers are duped into paying monthly fees to join online loyalty programs. (Credit: U.S. Senate Commerce committee) Vertrue, Webloyalty, and Affinion generated more than $1.4 billion by "misleading" Web shoppers, said members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which called the hearing." - Peter Murray from Bookmarklet

I love this kind of name and shame - the only thing that really works. - Mr. Gunn

"The DiamonDisc uses standard DVD players and burn software" -- I'm skeptical, but it sounds interesting - Peter Murray from Bookmarklet

As the article notes, it's one of those untestable claims. But it's not using the weak points in recordable media (the dye layer), so it's not implausible--and for those prices, you should get some kind of archival life. - Walt Crawford

"Ever wish songs just sang what was happening in the music video? Well now they do! Vocals by Rob O'Hara. Many thanks to DustoMcNeato for the idea and inspiration; I hope mine is 1/10 as good as his. RIP Jim Henson. Please buy both the Muppet Movie on DVD and the Muppet Movie Soundtrack. I think that about covers it." - Peter Murray from Bookmarklet

"This is an interesting little futurist tease of a movie by MAYA that’s “a fast paced preview of a larger effort — I’m guessing where they fill in the gap at the end. The idea is that computing right now is at one of those thresholds where we can’t quite grasp the idea of the “next generation.” Just as computing in the 60s and 70s was about mass calculation and interpretation of external data and experts foresaw little of what we have now, the future of computing involves such a low level of fundamental integration and a high number of nodes that it’s practically impossible for us to see how it will work. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try, though." - Peter Murray

Amused. - carolh