links for 2007-05-09

“The US military is now posting video clips on YouTube showing US troops in combat and insurgents being bombed in a “boots on the ground” perspective of the Iraq war, officials said today.”

While I’m not sure of his motivations, I am nevertheless delighted with the uncharacteristically large amount of money being added to Education funding in the National Federal Budget! 🙂

Keynote talk on ‘Intermediation’ by Kate Hayles at the National Humanities Center’s 2006 Autonomy, Singularity, Creativity conference.

$US250+ million later, MySpace solves its Photobucket dilemma by buying the company out.

“British Prime Minister Tony Blair took to the Internet on Monday to congratulate Nicolas Sarkozy on winning France’s presidential election. Blair posted a message on video-sharing site YouTube, praising Sarkozy as ‘a strong leader.'”

A blog which documents and protests instances of internal academic bullying in universities. (Controversial, to say the least.) [Via]