Amit Kothari talks with Talis about QuotationsBook.com>

Amit Kothari talks with Talis about QuotationsBook.com>
Your Podscope hit is at 8:43 In our latest Talking with Talis podcast, I talk with Amit Kothari of QuotationsBook.com. During our conversation, we explore some of the background to QuotationsBook and touch upon Amit's plans for the future. We also address the recent Creative Commons-licensed release of QuotationsBook data in RDF, and investigate some of the risks and opportunities posed by this open approach to data sharing. Listen Now | Download MP3 [61 mins, 42 Mb] During the conversation, we refer to the following resources; Amazon answers.com Facebook FOAF Future of Web Apps 2007 Iron, by Amit Kothari LibraryThing Linking Open Data community Lulu Moo Qoop QuotationsBook.com Shelfari Spinvox Spreadshirt Twitter Zoominfo This conversation was conducted over Skype on Thursday 24 May, recorded with Ecamm Network's Call Recorder for Skype, and edited on a Mac with Garageband. For further Talking with Talis podcasts on the emerging Web of Data, see here. Technorati Tags: Amit Kothari, FOWA07, FOWA2007, FOWALondon07, FOWALondon2007, Linked Data, open data, Podcasting, qb, quotationsbook, Semantic Web, Talis, Talking with Talis, Web 2.0, Web 3.0

(Cool) Shite Podcast 112 - The Fly acid-drops Spiderman>
Your Podscope hit is at 7:00 The Podcast This episode comes in at 37 megs.Direct Link to mp3 Digg the Review Show digg_url = "http://digg.com/podcasts/Cool_Shite_on_the_Tube_Review_Podcast"; Reviews Spiderman 3 The Fly [Buy From Amazon] Sponsors hava.nl - For all your website hosting needs intas.net.au - For all your Australian Internet needs Feedback And leave comments and suggestions in our forum thread or on this post. Technorati Tags Technorati Tags: movies, film, podcast, Tasmania, Australia, spiderman 3, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, The Fly, Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, David Cronenberg Listen to the Podcast Now Download audio file (112-01_2007_05_05_-_Cool_Shite_112.mp3)

Leonid Meteor Shower: November 19, 2006
Leonid near Orion. Image credit: Mark A. Brown Click to enlarge One of the best meteor showers of the year is about to get rolling, so make sure you mark …

Milky Way Shaped Life On Earth
Frenzied star-making in the Milky Way Galaxy starting about 2,400 million years ago had extraordinary effects on life on Earth. Harvests of bacteria in the sea soared and crashed in …

Dan York - The Black Bag Security Review>
Your Podscope hit is at 17:18 "Practice safe VoIP," is Dan York's appeal to the new entrants in the digital telephony landscape. In a spicy, fictional anecdote, CISSP's Director of Emerging Communication Technology cleverly reveals the possible security vulnerabilities VoIP networks are amenable to. Like all happy tales, in the end, the bad guys lose; VoIP security tools are to the rescue. But in real life, Dan warns, the potential threats are only increasing.

Since There is No Desert Here Yet

Since There is No Desert Here Yet
Constantines - "Time Can Be Overcome" . Somewhere on the 33rd floor of a 51-storey apartment bloc in South Korea there is a man called Yes.

Space Boomerang Toss Now On Video
Speaking of sports in space , Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency has finally released the video of astronaut Takao Doi's famous boomerang toss in space.

Scientist: Bright light over N.M. was a meteor
PEOPLE IN ALBUQUERQUE WONDERING WHAT THEY SAW EARLY THIS MORNING. VALERIE CASTRO IS LIVE DOWNTOWN WITH DETAILS.... AND VIDEO OF THE SIGHT THAT MOST OF US MISSED BECAUSE WE WERE SLEEPING -- VALERIE.. IF ...

A very, very old rock can be seen at Utah's Department of Natural Resources
A man who found a meteorite in Utah is giving it to the public. The 18-pound Gunlock Meteorite is the size of a bowling ball and now on display at the Utah Department of Natural Resources in Salt Lake City.

Dinosaur dung auctioned for USD 960
NEW YORK: A pile of 130 million years old dinosaur dung was sold at a New York auction for nearly USD 1,000. The prehistoric deposit fetched USD 960 at Wednesday's auction, said a spokeswoman for Bonhams New ...

Outside Edge: Aliens get Vatican blessing (Financial Times)

Outside Edge: Aliens get Vatican blessing (Financial Times)
In the great historical sweep of things, we can safely say that the big news item this week was the announcement by Father Jose Gabriel Funes, the Vatican’s chief astronomer, that intelligent life-forms may exist outside Earth.

Fossil Fool at Maker Faire

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Weekly report

Weekly report

This week I'm only including my Elementary students, next week I'll include my high school students. We took Friday off this week to spend a day with my mom. Isaiah is working through a Beyond Five in a Row unit based on the book Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. Here is what he learned a...

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