The art of science
and really you should go to the site to see the rollovers. http://xkcd.com/877/
2803, 2011
Category Archives: Technology
1403, 2011
Controlling twitter notifications to your phone
Go to Settings>Mobile Text message notifications:Twitter will send alerts to your phone, depending on your settings. You can limit it to particular times (I would not want to receive alerts in the middle of the night), or particular types of messages. You can limit to only those you allow to send to send alerts via twitter (perhaps, your family, dearest
0803, 2011
Question of the day: Tweet from your mobile phone (or change your number)
I know this info is available online, but it’s my question of the day, so here goes. 😉 Note> You can set it up twitter to use web or wifi if you have a smartphone; in that case, you may just want to use the appropriate Twitter app for your phone: Iphone; or Android (ton of choices). On your menu
0503, 2011
Wikispaces free for higher ed
Wikispaces for Higher Education – FREE!http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/highered We are giving away all of the features of our Plus wikis (normally $50/year).No fine print, no usage limits, no advertising, no catches. * Post, Publish, and Share with Ease Unlimited pages let you and your students share text, images, files, and more. * Set Privacy You can decide who has access to your
1002, 2011
The Smartest Machine on Earth (Ai, machine learning & more)
Last night I watched Nova’s Smartest Machine on Earth program.Really fascinating stuff as it explored how machine learning happens (it is essentially a weighted relevance ranking dependent upon data and rules, but then it makes decision based upon specific bits of information including pattern seeking). It also touched on what makes us human, our peopleness and how our experiences shape
1501, 2011
archiving geocities – remember them?
Some of you may remember geocities (from yahoo), an early online & free website builder. Yahoo abandoned it some time ago, but it is now being archived. Interesting (and short) article about obsolete websites, archiving, and cultural history. http://tinyurl.com/2wmyw48
1201, 2011
Seeking participants in Internet Privacy (Athens area)
Russell Forum, a civic engagement program of the Russell Library is still actively seeking about 5-7 additional participants to test a new National Issues Forums guide on privacy on the internet. This issue guide will be of particular interest to those who mediate internet resources and public users in library contexts. No previous experience with NIF forums is necessary to
0612, 2010
eink, ereader, tablets, hybrids, oh my! what do I buy?
my shopping list: definitely need color screen for video and photos. speaking of photos … need a built in camera. not too big, not too little (10.2 inches seems about right not too heavy or thick dualcore processor think is a necessity wifi possibly bluetooth usb SD card slots Less than 1000$ Optionals: eink keyboard (external usb keyboard ok) flash
0112, 2010
Net neutrality: the future
Net neutrality basically deals with control of web access by broadband providers, but in controlling access, libraries and other web content providers would be impacted.———————————–The FCC, via its chairman Julius Genachowsky, has officially staked its claim on the future of the Webs. Net Neutrality all the way. …he simplifies the arguments about Net Neutrality down to three key points: 1.
3011, 2010
Blue beanie day – support web standards!
Our lives as users and coders would be much easier if ALL browsers supported web standards.Thus, arose the blue beanie day to show support for web standards.My haiku:New web journeys waitof Blue beanies sing; old mud walks to break internet You don’t even need to own a blue beanie either (tho I have several). You can fake it here.