Posted on slashdot is a story about how Students Design A Satellite Via Internet, sharing a news server and having weekly chat sessions. Besides the inherent complexity of designing a working satellite, what stands out is the fact that they did it using relatively old Internet technologies. That just emphasizes for me the fact that it doesn't really matter how shiny, impressive, and expensive the software/applications available for collaboration among people is. What's more important, and usually more difficult to accomplish, is getting people to embrace and use tools to get real work done every day.

Coordination between groups is carried out using a dedicated news server and weekly Internet Relay Chats (IRCs) as well as the SSETI website. Face-to-face meetings are the exception rather than the rule, with group representatives meeting every six months for a workshop at ESTEC.

On the Sports Economist:Is the Fox Soccer Channel in our future? seen on Soccer TV

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation has filed trademark applications 78444142 and 78485747 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to register the names "FOX Soccer Channel" and "The Soccer Channel".\ Multiple sources indicate that FOX is planning to convert FOX Sports World (US) into an all-soccer channel sometime in the first quarter of 2005.

Over on BigSoccer, the operator of soccer tv is known for posting theories and tying rumors together but if this is true, I may have a reason for upgrading my ancient Dish Network receiver to a newer Dish 500 model.

Dungeons and Dragons turned 30 this past Saturday, just 6 months older than me. What better way to celebrate than by watching the Dungeon Majesty teaser! first seen here: Boing Boing: Live-action women's Dungeons and Dragons show