Friday, September 02, 2005

LiveJournalism from New Orleans. The Interdictor: This journal has become the Survival of New Orleans blog. In less perilous times it was simply a blog for me to talk smack and chat with friends. Now this journal exists to share firsthand experience of the disaster and its aftermath with anyone interested. Extraordinary... [Dan Gillmor's blog] 8:42:06 PM    comment []

U.N. Says It Hasn't Found Much New About Nuclear Iran. Key elements of Iran's nuclear program remain shrouded in mystery, according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency. By MARK LANDLER. [NYT > International] 8:41:48 PM    comment []

From ACM Washington Update: TURING AWARD LECTURE FOCUSES ON INTERNET'S IMPACT Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn gave a lecture titled “Assessing the Internet: Lessons Learned, Strategies for Evolution, and Future Possibilities.” The Turing Lecture provides a forum for learning what lessons emerged from award winners' research, what strategies they propose for evolving the technology, and what possibilities lie ahead for future applications. The storied team of Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn received ACM’s latest Turing Award for their work developing TCP/IP – the networking language of the Internet. The award is ACM’s highest and is considered by many to be the Nobel Prize of Computing. The lecture is available as an archived webcast (RealPlayer required) at http://beansidhe.isc-net.upenn.edu:8080/ramgen/seas/Turing.rm 5:56:31 PM    comment []