From the Financial Times via Brad DeLong’s site.

He calls it the biggest reason to impeach Bush and Cheney and I see no reason to disagree:

… if you are going to put Celebrity Poker Showdown on the air, can you please make sure the celebrities who come on the show have some idea how to play poker? It’s really not asking that much.

The lead singer of Creed was on tonight — and he proved to be even dumber than he looked.

Tom Hoffman has an edu-tech wish-list for 2004, and its an excellent list. (I personally love the first one — let’s get schools demanding control of their own data — and the fifth one — hey Six Apart, how about an educational version of MT that is tailored a bit more to school needs? Oh…and keep it free. Hm. Maybe I’m asking a bit much.)

But I’ll add a few more:

• More school systems — especially New York City — understanding that schools are content-providers and let schools host their own services. Give more teachers and students and administrators email and web tools.
• More understanding of how technology is a progressive educational tool. Let’s get more programs like blogging that encourage student writing, student creation, student-centered learning.
• More university projects like Berklee Shares where universities share their knowledge with the general public (even if there’s a cost for the higher-level stuff.)
• An increase in e-rate monies — and a change in its funding equation — so that schools can upgrade their hardware.
• More school-business partnerships that are true partnerships, where the businesses aren’t just looking at the school as a possible target market.
• More teachers and students and administrators blogging. Let’s read more about the experiences we all share in our schools.

Happy 2004 everyone!