In the second installation of the series I fly to the Big Easy, New Orleans, Louisiana to show you what the Mississippi River has to do with a computer board. Please enjoy and leave your comments below. I’d love to get your honest feedback on the direction this is going as I look to make […]
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Telling a Digital Story
During the months of October and November I do a lot of traveling for work. This year I find myself at four separate conventions in a two month period combined with taking a vacation immediately following that travel. As I set off on my first outside Florida trip, I realize that this is a perfect […]
Bytes of the Street – Episode 0 – Bit of the Hills
In this first stab at a serial web video series, I travel to San Francisco to show how the hilly streets compare to 1s and 0s on a computer disc. Please leave your commends and suggestions for making this series better below. In the next episode, I will travel to New Orleans!
Virtual Computing for Educators
By now you’ve probably heard of the “Cloud”. You also probably know that the cloud is more than just a place where data rides on fluffy bits in the proverbial sky we call the Internet. But can you have your own cloud? And how can teachers use their own cloud to help them in their […]
Let’s Rethink Antivirus
I don’t run anti-virus software, of any kind, and I haven’t for years. While yes I switched to Mac, contrary to the popular myth, that platform isn’t immune to viruses. So why would I be so gullible as to not run anti-virus software where the chance of getting infected by something lurks even in banner […]
An Educator’s Guide to Web Media
HTML5, MPEG4, WEBM; it’s an alphabet soup of initialisms. As an educator there is a need to put compelling media in front of your kids; but how do you make heads or tales of all these media formats? How can you easily create your own media? And where can you find media that can be […]
Adaptive Learning Products Abound
This past Tuesday Virtual Strategy Magazine writes about a new Adaptive Learning product released from McGraw Hill. In this latest round of products, McGraw Hill effectively reaches the K-20 market with their technology reach. “McGraw-Hill Education’s adaptive solutions break down the cognitive processes behind learning with precision and granularity” writes the author, which is really […]
Stop Timeout on Brighthouse Networks DVR when using EyeTV and HD-PVR
I recently switched away from a SageTV running on an old PC to a new quad-core Mac Mini. I’ve found EyeTV to be a very worthy replacement for Sage; furthermore its compatibility with the HD-PVR is pretty good save for its lack of IR capability. Luckily, the DVR I have from Brighthouse has an active […]
Fixing file locks on OSX from the command line
Ran into a problem where a huge number of files copied from a Windows system to a removable drive on my Mac. The files could be read, but not modified in any way. For example, if I attempted to run the command “chmod 755 filename” it would return “Operation Not Permitted.” Same if I attempted […]
Hamed’s Hints for Civilization III
Hamed Mokhtar was kind enough to submit some helpful hints for Civ3. Try them out and let me know how you do! And if you have some tips of your own, send them in. Select at least a Large Map. If you’re computer is a bit slow however, stay away from the Huge maps because […]