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Twitter takes hold in my physics class

Twitter takes hold in my physics classGood luck and good will with this!In the meantime, will be working with the kids on a new curriculum heard about as we were driving back to DC over a bridge that crosses the historic James River last Sunday @ 4:30p ET. Better...

Tags: physics class, Twitter, Lunarr

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

Teaching the smart kids (or at least the motivated kids)

For the first time since I've been teaching I have a high-end physics class this semester. Everything I've taught to this point has been computer application electives, introductory physics, or remedial math, all of which present a variety of challenges in addressing student needs and keeping kids on track....

Tags: Semester, Kid, Physics Class, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-01-29

Additional Resources

Future ERP

Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...

Tags: Innovation, Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, SAP AG, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, S-curve, Cloud Infrastructure, BRP, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-19

HP TouchSmart tx2 laptop brings upgraded multitouch to tablet PC; $799

Nice price point NT.pretty!.. have to test out one of these for our EHR systemIf its good enough, might replace the fujitsu's that cost a small fortune each.why oh why :(Why did you keep the same processor hp, why? :(I was going to buy one in august for school but...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Games, laptop computer, tablet, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP TouchSmart TX2, HP TouchSmart, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Macintosh, game, performance, tablet PC, processor, PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Sony Ericsson MBS-100 portable Bluetooth speaker

Sony Ericsson's MBS-100 portable Bluetooth speaker has no problem being noticed. If you didn't know better, you'd swear the little $69 speaker orb might be an eyeball plucked from some giant alien crustacean, or a Venusian satellite that fell to earth. The softball-sized speaker stands 3.5 inches tall by 4...

Tags: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, speaker, Sony MBS-100, Bluetooth

Product reviews 2009-08-27

Overcoming the laptop wall

Overcoming the laptop wallSeems fairly simpleIn my opinion, either:Construct the firewall and proxy services of the university properly so that the wireless network that students can connect to is tightly limited on what websites they can access, or potentially only the intranet. Only allow full inet access to hard wired...

Tags: Firewalls, Notebooks, Web technology, laptop wall, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

Interead Cool-er: so close yet so far away

Interead Cool-er: so close yet so far awayBut for use outside education?I'm interested in an e-reader because I like to read books on my train commute, or even just at home, and an e-reader would fit better in my purse than a netbook (it would be lighter too!).I know I...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Interead Cool-er, e-Reader

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

24 hours with a Dell Mini 9 netbook

24 hours with a Dell Mini 9 netbookAre you STILL promulgating this myth?!Your 16 GB SSD did NOT format down to 14.3 GB.Every time you and those like you continue to be oblivious to the fact that 10^9 does NOT equal 2^30, you continue to loudly proclaim yourselves ignorant idiots.So,...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

Who makes most rain from IBM-Amazon cloud deal? Oracle.

It just goes to show how perplexing the gathering cloud marketplace is that the punditry are hesitant to meaningfully analyze this important development. But Amazon -- with a history of bold and long-term bets -- and IBM -- with a history of making markets whether it's right...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Linux, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-02-12

Vector Math Library 1.0 (Windows)

Intelligent Tools Vector Math Library is a developer library for C++ programmers providing a wide range of vector math operations on vectors with any number of dimensions. The library is implemented as a C++ class with static interfaces and provides functionality including: Dot Product, Cross Product (with support for more...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Library, C++, Intelligent Tools, Intelligent Tools Vector Math Library, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-01-25

New photo proof of dark matter

New photo proof of dark matterDark matter doesn't existIt is fascinating to see how many imaginary objects the big bang theorists need to create to fix their theory which seems more and more flawed.There were black holes,neutron stars,magnestars,magnetic recoonection and other abherations of this kind then now they seem focused...

Tags: photograph, JUNK SCIENCE, Neutrinos, Dark Matter, theory, dark matter, Big Bang, photo proof, Electric Universe, particle

Discussion threads 2008-12-28

A quick holiday request

A quick holiday requestCorrection.Most of us in the U.S. do not have today off. Only school systems and Federal employees, not GIs, get the day off. Many of us veterans are at work today.RE: A quick holiday requestFor Middle School through yr 12 Art I like http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/Your better...

Tags: quick holiday

Discussion threads 2008-11-11

Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)

In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession,  as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...

Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-14

The University of iTunes

The ability, or rather art, of being able to be in bed, pyjamas on (or off, if that's your style), mug of tea in your hand, cuddled up all warm and snug, whilst being able to listen to their adoring lecturers waffle on in class about particle physics or some...

Tags: University, Apple iTunes, Lecture, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Billiards 5.0 (Mobile)

Play Pool and Billiards against an artificial intelligence.High-class movement algorithm and balls collision realization based on mathematical equations and solid-state physics principles will allow you to enjoy the game with the degree of reality that is available on Palm OS only. Fight with Palm!

Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., Megasoft2000, Palm OS, Engineering, Operating Systems, Games, Handhelds, Software, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-10-06

Arctic Class of '08: less ice, but not the least

Arctic Class of '08: less ice, but not the leastArctic Ice can not effect sea level"What If All the Ice Melts?" Myths and Realities (Wm. Robert Johnston, B.A. Astronomy, M.S. Physics)http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/environment/waterworld.html[b]"[i]Arctic Ocean pack ice = 0.01 % Fraction of world ice - The melting of floating ice will not change...

Tags: ice, Arctic, RealClimate.org

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

Royal Society educator resigns, advocated creationism in science class

Royal Society educator resigns, advocated creationism in science classGuilty of Heresy!The society has behaved just like the Orthodox church behaved, whenever someone put forward ideas that were not in line with its doctrines. It is a shameful act by the society, and just underscores that religious intolerance exists everywhere -...

Tags: Reiss, creationism, Royal Society, science class, Creationism, Royal Society educator

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Creation in science classes? Maybe...

Professor Michael Reiss, Director of Education for the Royal Society, seriously irritated most of his fellow Royal Society members and a good chunk of the scientific community by posting a blog entry on September 11th suggesting that creationism and intelligent design should not automatically be excluded from science education. ...

Tags: Professor, Science, Biology, Student, Teacher, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-14

UK educator who called for teaching creationism should be fired

When a clergymember is appointed as education head of Britain's Royal Society and he then advocates teaching creationism in science class, is he just looking out for the best interests of children or is he trying to sneak religion into the classroom? The latter, in the strong...

Tags: Sir, Winner, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-14

The end of the world?

The end of the world?The end of the worldAbsolutely too funny. I am hopeful that at least the "end of the world" hysteria will draw some attention to the reason for spending so much money on the LHC. We had the opportunity here in the U.S. with the superconducting supercollider...

Tags: Intelligent Design, black hole

Discussion threads 2008-09-09