I received a “Dear Faculty” email today from Jessamy Hoffmann asking for recommendations of Web resources for the Web page “UMW – On-line tutorials by subject” published by Academic Services at Mary Washington. The page has links to several tutorials in a variety of subject areas. The current one listed for Computer Science is Computer […]
the Register Online has a collection of columns categorised (it is a British paper) as the Odd Body. Reader’s send in questions and they’re answered by Stephen Juan, Ph.D. is an anthropologist at the University of Sydney. the articles that first drew me in are titled “How long does it take the body to…”. The […]
The eleventh annual Mary Washington (was College now University) Faculty Academy is scheduled to start tomorrow, May 16, 2006. It looks like yet another excellent lineup of speakers and presentations, and some great guest speakers – Rachel Smith, New Media Consortium, Cyprien Lomas, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative scholar-in-residence, and Jon Udell, Infoworld Magazine. I’m involved in […]
Tagged faculty academyMoney magazine and Salary.com list what by their criteria are the “Best Jobs in America”. Check it out at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/top50/index.html #1 is Software Engineer – good for my students! #2 is College Professor – that seems pretty good too.
Tagged jobsAn interesting site that deals with the history of computing. “History of Computing,” http://www.comphist.org/index.php. It also contains many links to other useful resources.
American Civil Liberties Union : Eavesdropping 101: What Can The NSA Do? An interesting and informative article by our friends at the ACLU. God bless America. — And today’s special is .. Just say know. – Mary Mathrey, R.N. 2387
Two charts that compare blog software. Blog Software Breakdown. The document was last updated in November, 2005. It compares b2Evolution, bBlog, BLOG:CMS,Blojsom, Blosxom,Expression Engine, MovableType, Nucleus, Pivot, pMachine Pro, Serendipity, SPIP, .Text, TextPattern, and WordPress Blog software comparison chart was published in July 2005 as part of the article “Time to check: Are you using […]
Closet & Entryway Doors We are looking for some ideas about doors for the remodeling project we’ve been involved in, and this seemed like a good site to consider. “Your closet doors make a statement about yourself and, as such, you should be able to express yourself. We believe that you should not have to […]
I just came across “’05 Annual Performance Review: Albert Einstein” by Peter Norvig. It’s a funny piece. I particularly liked “In addition, I would have to say your output, while at times quite extraordinary, has been inconsistent. In Q1 you managed to publish one paper in the final two weeks of the quarter. In Q2 […]
NSA Eavesdropping – How it’s done?
An article at CNET covers some of the ground about ways that NSA eavesdropping might work. NSA eavesdropping: How it might work | CNET News.com