links for 2007-08-29

A case against Blackboard: It’s slow; has a clunky instructor interface; isn’t easily extendable; leads to a homogeneous student online experience; doesn’t talk to the world outside the university well; and costs too much.

“Video-sharing website YouTube has met with harsh criticism in Germany for hosting clips that incite racial hatred, according to a news report due to be broadcast on German public TV late on Monday.”

Wonderful fictional website for the Yamagato coroporation, featuring a mini-documentary on the “Sword Saint”, narrated by John Rhys-Davies, promoting the TV series Heroes. [Via]