Students are expected to maintain a personal, class-related weblog for the duration of the course. Instruction in the technology and practice of blogging will be provided. The weblog will be evaluated on the quality of engagement with themes of the class, as well as clarity of expression and cultivation of community through regular posts and comments. (social study of i&t)

anyhow, i don't have to 'use a clarity of expression ...' and anne galloway has written some interesting papers on ubiquitous computing. (thanks to mmm)

a 'social' bookmarks manager: this system is pre-pre-alpha.

is a bug whose presence is affected by act of observing it."

The specific context was a Smalltalk-80 image on a Unix workstation. We noticed that when we left the Smalltalk image running (with the cursor over one of its windows) unattended for a long time (like an extended lunch) and returned, the system was hung and the screen was filled with a huge stack of walkbacks. Yet, as soon as the mouse moved, the screen cleared, everything came back to life, and all was well.