For the new webmaster: Newcomer's Guide from Webmaster World.
Welcome to Adobe GoLive: "80,500 websites didn't bother to change the default title on the page they made with Adobe's Go Live software.
Google helps students cheat.. duh!: "Most teachers wouldn't be surprised to hear that students have bribed friends or siblings to do their homework in exchange for a few bucks. What might surprise them is that Google Answers sometimes takes school kids up on the offer."
Talk of the Nation on NPR: "A year ago, on Sept. 10, we examined the notion of the United States as the modern empire. Tuesday on Talk of the Nation, join host Neal Conan for a look at how the idea of the United States as an empire has changed in a year."
On Path to the U.S. Skies, Plot Leader Met bin Laden: "On Nov. 29, 1999, a 31-year-old architecture student in Germany named Mohamed Atta, unknown to the world but already determined to strike an unforgettable blow against those he believed to be his enemies, boarded Turkish Airlines Flight 1662 from Istanbul to Karachi, Pakistan. Mr. Atta took at least a couple of days to reach his final destination: a training camp in Afghanistan run by Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden's sprawling international terrorist organization." Its a long story, but this article ties together many of the loose threads.
On this date last year, the world seemed normal: "The basketball world was wondering whether Michael Jordan would stage a comeback. The two parties were fighting on Capitol Hill over spending cuts. Tax rebate checks were in the mail. The big movies were 'The Musketeer' and 'Rock Star.' And Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said he was determined to wrestle waste out of the Pentagon budget."
The Atlas of Forgotten Nations: "The idea of the nation-state is a relatively young one, and in much of the world has not completely taken root. It is therefore unsurprising that the nations we see on maps often have a hard time asserting control over the territory that they have claimed. This work provides an overview of ephemeral states, micronations, secessionist states, and every other kind of country you never heard of in high school. From Maryland in Africa to the Republic of West Florida to the Centro-Caspian Dictatorship, I've included as many of the forgotten nations as I could find (and brother, I'm still lookin)."
I've updated the search page to allow for easy browsing of all the weblog skills.
Building Online Communities for Professional Networks: "Online communities can be an excellent means for educational professionals to maintain currency of knowledge, access the expertise of peers and share resources. "