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Prof replaces term papers with Wikipedia contributions, suffering ensues
By John Timmer

The use of Wikipedia as a source of information for classwork has been widely reported on and has even happened in classes taught by our own Ken Fisher. But this may not mean that Wikipedia has no place in the classroom, if Martha Groom at the University of Washington-Bothell has her way. Instead of letting her students rely on Wikipedia as a source, however, Groom has turned it into a destination for their classwork: in place of a term paper, her students were required to create Wikipedia entries.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: the Ars Technica review
By John Siracusa

I’m not going to quote this (it is far, far, far, too long to have any quote do justice) but suggest that even if you, as I am, are a Windows user, it’s worth reading the review to become aware of all the really cool technology Windows users may never see. And the icon below is funny.