Today I saw a tweet from Andy Carvin (of NPR fame) that got me involved in a quick Yahoo Pipes project to aggregate Gustav-related volunteering and housing posts from craigslist. I didn’t do much, but now there is a big long feed of housing offers and volunteering opportunities on the…
Blogging for democracy
So Barack Obama announced his veep pick via text message (although he was a bit late on Twitter). In many ways technology is changing the face of politics. My current favorite is blogging. I find it fascinating how stories from personal blogs bubble up to the top and become visible…
National Center for Edtech Research Announced
Glad to see the field getting a boost like this. This promises to be a really positive step for US education. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2008/08/new_national_center_for_edtech.html This past week, President Bush signed into law a bill that will establish a new national research center for studying digital technology and learning. The center aspires be…
Taking T-mobile @home VOIP router back…
I have decided to take the router back and use a regular land line for now. I still can’t pinpoint the problem, but I have found that re-flashing the firmware is a temporary fix. For some reason this works, but simply restarting the router doesn’t. So that’s what I have…
Mac formatting questions I’ve asked myself…
I am not a super technical person, but I have come to realize that most technical questions have already been asked at least 1000 times before. So when I wonder about how to do stuff, I turn to Google… Question 1: Is there a file system that I can use…