Inbox is down to 26, in part because I'm blogging it here while I look at it.
The Midwest ISO has declared an Energy Emergency Alert level 2 for the afternoon. Power pricing map for the region (requires SVG) shows how congested the grid is.
Marshall Poe interview in the Atlantic Online on the marvels and pitfalls of Wikipedia.
Doctored orange juice from Everfresh / Home Juice in Detroit, a story of father vs. son. (via Metro Times)
The Michigan Ohio CHI group (MOCHI) has a blog. including a report from CHI 2006 on tagging and folksonomy.
Tuesday was an Ozone Action Day. Don't fill your car with gas during the day, and don't mow the lawn (as if that's a high priority when it's 95 in the shade). National maps from Airnow (EPA).
There was a 3 foot by 3 foot Federal Depository Library logo graffiti stenciled to the side of the State Theater in Ann Arbor visible during Art Fair; it's gone now. (via GOVDOC-L, and MSHS '87 grad Noa Kaumeheiwa)
Google Book Search made some small changes to their page layout and URL structure,
and now you can link to books there by ISBN. I fixed the Google Books Linky on superpatron.
(thanks to Laura Pope-Robbins from Dowling College, who noted that you just need to
change @class='title' to @class='btitle' in the source).
Beinhocker's "Origin of Wealth" suggests wealth creation is
a function of a three step process, or so says the review (tracking
down a copy now): 1. Differentiate. 2. Select. 3. Amplify. (4. Profit!!!) (via value-networks)
Untapped niche: translate Japanese productivity books for the American GTD market.
UC Berkeley is putting an Internet and Communications Technology for Development
graduate certificate program into their new School of Information curriculum. (Noted by Steve
Jackson)
Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot by Julian Dibbell has been ordered for the Ann Arbor District Library collection. Cataloged under "Internet addiction - economic aspects". (I love it when the library orders my suggestions)
The Askwith Media Library at the U of Michigan has over 25,000 titles in closed stacks of DVDs, CDs, video tapes, 16mm film, and laserdiscs. The core collection of what is now the Askwith Media Library was established in 1939 as the University Extension Division’s “Visual Education Bureau”. (thanks Jake)
The Socrates Cafe meeting for this month is going to be on Thursday, Aug 31st, 7.00PM -8.30PM, at the main Branch of the AADL at the Freespace, which is located on the 3rd Floor. The Socrates cafe is based on the concept of asking Socratic questions, and is affiliated with the Society for Philosophical Inquiry, started by Christopher Phillips, author of the book "Socrates Cafe". (thanks Sid)
Clickstream heat maps show how Ajax and new web technologies are changing user browser and focus behavior. (via Web Site Optimization and Andy King) And eye tracking and thermals show user behavior at a variety of ages on SirsiDynix designed pages (via Stephen Abram and WILS World)
Pew report on blogging - surprise, surprise, most users report on personal experiences, not politics. (thanks Stephen Abram)
Chad Vader, Day Shift Manager, filmed on location at the Willy Street Coop in Madison, WI. (via Boing Boing)