Computers and Internet

What it’s like to own an Apple product.  I’m perfectly content with 4-year old technology; it’s nice to NOT do $2K worth of upgrades every year. Tip from the Hud. Update (24 June).  The geekerati are becoming disenchanted with iPhones and Apple’s totalitarian behavior. Tip from the Instapundit. Update ( 19 July).  You think the Read more

…in order to use a great new video capture tool, Screenr.com, I’ve opened a Twitter account.  Catch me @TheRandomTexan. Update (26 April).  It’s going to get worse:  revisit lets me visualize a Twitter stream.  Tip from Nathan at Flowing Data.  BUT!  This may be my wakeup call to get my students more engaged.  Apparently today’s Read more

Here’s a great "getting started with Processing" tutorial. Tip from Flowing Data. Read more

Mind maps have always been around, somewhere in the background.  I’ve been using Cmap Tools on and off, and I’ve finally knuckled down and started using it as a course organizer and lecture guide.  If you’re still shopping around, check out this map. Tip from the Geek Press. Read more

Nathan at Flowing Data smacks a plagarist.  Be nice to Nathan. Read more

I must be a bad programmer, ’cause I don’t even understand some of these problems. (Of course, I have pretty much rid myself of the ones I DO understand.)  I guess a man’s got to know his limitations. Tip from the Geek Press. Read more

Eagle Scout David Browning is one of the world’s first Windows 7 system administrators.  Get this kid a scholarship to Stanford or CMU. Tip from the Instapundit. Read more

The Harvard Writing Program has an excellent guide to Writing with Internet Sources.  It gives some great pointers for avoiding plagarism and some useful strategies for doing internet research. Tip from Lisa Gold. Read more

Introducing:  Chrome OS for the Clueless.  Hey, I didn’t write the headline.  No way I’m trusting my data and intellectual property to the guys who play footsie with the Chicoms. Update (10 July).  Five non-political reasons to avoid Chrome. Read more

Joe Katzman finds a great interview about agile programming in order to be self motivated, you can’t have roosters coming around, squawking and giving you tangential instructions Read more