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TED Talks Robots

We are talking about robots in my Intro to CS class, so I found a few TED talks on the subject. We look at one or two each class period hoping ot get some discussion going. It does occasionally happen. Hod Lipson builds “self-aware” robots | Video on TED.com (tags: ted robot 6:05) Rodney Brooks […]

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PHP & JSON, Style guides, Internet laws links for 2009-10-29

PHP: json_encode – Manual (tags: development json php) The Ultimate Resource Guide List for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE “Here you will find resource pages for each different style, university tutorials, and free work cited generators. By viewing examples of research papers and using programs that are designed to facilitate your style accuracy, you can […]

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Interesting tools – editing images, generating text and phrases, power guide to Chrome

Came across a nice collection of tools the other day. Also an interesting article in reporting on a study that reinforces the notion of learning by discovery. Actually the article was about learning by making mistakes, but as you learn by discovery you’re likely to make a few mistakes along the way. Splashup “Splashup, formerly […]

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Retirement in uncertain times

We can’t predict the future, so we’re always in uncertain times. We can try to plan for the future though. Here’s a section from the NY Times Business section about doing just that. Business News – Retirement – The New York Times retirement special section of the ny times (tags: retirement nytimes)

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Web 2.0 5 years later, open data and searching

Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On: Web 2.0 Summit 2009 – Co-produced by TechWeb & O’Reilly Conferences, October 20 – 22, 2009, San Francisco, CA “Five years ago, we launched a conference based on a simple idea, and that idea grew into a movement. The original Web 2.0 Conference ( now the Web 2.0 […]

Links to CSS sites

The students in my CPSC 448, Advanced Web Techniques, decided to create a delicious account name umwcpsc448. The primary purpose was to collect links dealing with CSS. Here are a few that I collected and put in my own delicious area, http://delicious.com/ernestackermann Words of Wisdom: Quote Database laren’s excellent site demo css (tags: cpsc448 css […]

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Death by Audio in the NYT & Green Cleaning Products links for 2009-09-22

Music – Vivian Girls in the Hype Cycle – Anointed, Dismissed, Overworked – NYTimes.com Several mentions of Death By Audio as a venue (tags: deathbyaudio brooklyn ny) method: home care green cleaning products (tags: cleaning green)

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Cobrowsing, media Literacy, Montoring your web server links for 2009-09-14

Reading some of my feeds at bloglines I came across these interesting links. Co-Browsing Tools: Guide To The Best Online Services (tags: cobrowsing library2.0 brainstorming collaboration tools)Tools for several people to simultaneously browse a Web site Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens – Sep 05 09 (tags: media literacy) […]

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Some TED talks to savor

I often use TED talks as videos in my classes to motivate students, to give them a point of view that I can’t express. Here are a few to savor and to note. Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the web | Video on TED.com At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares […]

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Recycling, Bicycle Tools, Pytthon links for 2009-09-13

Home | MyBoneYard Recycle free shipping recycling (tags: computer technology green environment recycling recycle sustainability) Lugged steel bicycles, wool clothing, and leather saddles from Rivendell Bicycle Works (tags: bicycle shopping reading newsleter cycling equipment bicycling biking rivendell) BeginnersGuide – PythonInfo Wiki beginners guide to Python (tags: programming tutorial python howto Beginner)

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