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Maybe, finally, found the perfect blog editor
Although the built-in editor for WordPress works pretty well, it still feels a little bit kludgy. If I’m on my MacBook I like to use Windows Live Writer or Textmate, but Windows Live Writer requires me to fire up VMware and Textmate seems to also be a little kludgy. I’ve looked at the ScribeFire Firefox…
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Free access to Encyclopedia Britannica articles
Encyclopedia Britannica, through their Encyclopedia Britannica Webshare program allows web publishers free online access to the encyclopedia and the ability to give their readers free access to an article in its entirety. A special program for web publishers, including bloggers, webmasters, and anyone who writes for the Internet. You get complimentary access to the Encyclopaedia…
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Where’s the outrage?
[][] [][] photo credit: jigpuAfter I first read this story, I thought that it was a pretty cool: When Victory Baptist School, a small private school in Sherwood, Ark., was struggling to keep its computer network together last year, an 11-year-old student named Jon Penn stepped in as network manager. Upon reflection I realized that…
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SYSK – Test your SMTP mail server with telnet
[][] photo credit: TalkingTreeWhen troubleshooting email, it may be necessary to see what the email server is spitting out, just to make sure everything is working. The easiest way to do that is to use the telnet command. Telnet allows you to connect to various services on remote or local machines through the command line.…
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Skills You Should Know (SYSK) – vi
I’m starting a new category, that goes along with my blog post Yes I will lead. The new category is called Skills You Should Know – SYSK. Little bits of information that through my experience aren’t something that you may not necessarily use every day, but may someday save you a ton of trouble. Today’s…
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Interactive response systems
[][] [][] photo credit: swpermanAs we investigate ways to use mobile Internet devices in our classrooms, it hit me that they could be used as an interactive student response system (ISRS). Since current ISRSs are around \$100 per person, why not invest in a more useful device such as the iPod Touch, Sony PSP, or…
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Your assignment: 20 minutes on your DS before school
Scottish authorities [have begun other trials of ‘More Brain Training with Dr Kawashima’ on the Nintendo DS][] in 16 schools: A 20-minute burst of the ‘brain training’ exercises on Nintendo’s DS console at the start of the day apparently improves performance in maths tests by as much as 10 per cent, according to a Scottish…
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USPTO overturns Blackboard’s 44 patent claims
[][] [][] photo credit: Erin NealeyDesire2Learn is reporting that the United States Patent & Trademark Office has overturned all 44 of Blackboard’s patent claims: On March 25, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued its Non-Final Action on the re-examination of the Blackboard Patent. We are studying the document, found here, but in short, the…
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Paradox of choice
[][] ![Creative Commons License][] credit: javYliz In the technology world it seems we’re continually confronted with new products, services, software, hardware, etc. And for those of us who have a tough time focusing on one thing at a time, this dizzying array of choices can easily distract us or keep us from finishing previous tasks.…
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