Our partners on this campaign to save the net: * Amnesty International Australia * Australian Lawyers Alliance * Australian Network for Art and Technology * Civil Liberties Australia * Human Rights Coalition * Human Rights Council of Australia * Human Rights Law Resource Centre * Libertus.net * National Arts and Cultural Alliance * Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance * Public Interest Law Clearing House * Somebody Think of the Children

It's been an amazing week for Australia in terms of the debate on filtering, censorship and internet safety. Our country is now on an international surveillance list of repressive regimes. Ouch.

Doubt has been cast on the federal government's proposed internet censorship regime after a blacklist of banned websites was leaked online. Note: this article incorrectly suggests that Wikileaks has been removed. The Wikileaks site says the org's servers were overwhelmed by popular demand.

THE communications regulator has been forced to change its internal processes after the address of a prohibited anti-abortion web page in its top-secret blacklist was widely distributed on the internet. The move comes after the Australian Communications and Media Authority threatened a fine of up to $11,000 a day against a web host for displaying the banned web page link. The host supplies services to popular internet community website Whirlpool.

The HTAV is proud to present a series of public lectures "MYTHOLOGIES" in conjunction with the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne.The first of these will be held on 18 March @ The ICT Building, 111 Barry Street, Carlton starting at 6.30pm.

Having problems connecting to wireless connection at work - need MAC address.

Senator Nick Xenophon blocks Conroy's mandatory filter.

Includes AGIMO guidelines and other information.

US government best practice guidelines but really good advice for anyone planning/re-structuring their web site.

Moodlerooms, Inc., a global organization that offers optimized solutions that make online teaching and learning effective, has teamed up with Google to develop an integration that allows Moodle users to access Google Apps™ Education Edition from Moodle using a single sign on (SSO). "This integration means that schools and institutions need only load their users into Moodle, and the integration will automatically load these users into their Google Apps Education Edition, providing users with Web-based e-mail, document authoring, spreadsheets, presentations and sites, all integrated with their online learning platform.

Free online tool that gives you colour values and fine control. Very nifty!

Julian Ridden recorded himself developing an entire Moodle theme from scratch. A 5-parter...

This looks very interesting - Moodle theme that you can edit without having to download, edit and upload. CC NC SA

People will still need to read TOS to determine whether or not they can be shown in public I'd imagine...

Social Networks Re-Rank January 2009

Australian Flexible Learning Framework e-Portfolios blog. Hat's off to Allison Miller -- good stuff!

The 2009 edna Workshop tour has the dates dialed in. The tag is ednaconf.

Ann Martin's book, Foods Pets Die For, provides information rarely seen anywhere else. It is a shocking, sometimes disgusting look into the pet food industry, and should open the reader's eyes regarding the sources of the "nutrition" most Americans trust as their pets' sole food source.

The natural diet of cats in the wild is MEAT, NOT meat-flavoured cereal!