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I get a helpful newsletter every week or so in my email. Education Tech News is aimed at mostly secondary-level teachers and administrators, but I glean some useful things out of it once in a while. Today's newsletter featured an article about a teacher who has been suspended, with pay, pending an investigation. He has been accused of political blogging
There is one thing that keeps me from dumping my paid satellite television. Actually, there's two. First, my family would likely kill me. They live on their loaded DVR's in the family room and living room. I generally don't watch television except for the local news, but I am really the reason I won't get rid of my pay television,
I was late to the iPhone game. Having lived in an AT&T free region of the U.S.A., it was out of reach until I moved abroad to do some teaching. I really thought I was satisfied with my iPod Touch 1st generation. Except that is was slow in running the updated operating system, didn't have a camera, etc. Matter of
Do not ever buy any charging device from Mophie. I explain in my show tonight on how this is the worst designed after-market i Phone charger and my experience with three failed units. Listen to learn how to win a Roku. We will give another one away next week. Next show will be recorded in Albuquerque New Mexico. Sponsor: Hold
The news that Hewlett-Packard has bought Palm has rocked the tech world and has even been covered by some of the mainstream media (BBC). It's possibly second only to the next-gen iPhone debacle. But all of this has been adequately covered elsewhere. I'm a long-time Palm owner. I started out with a Palm III, buying it in Heathrow's duty-free shop
This week, my son, who is 20, broke up with his girlfriend. Or she broke up with him. I'm not sure which it was, I just know she packed her things and moved out within a few hours. I heard about it first on Facebook. I got to hear what a jerk my son is, what he did to make
I've watched the all of the discussion about how Apple refuses to support, aka, pay for access to, Adobe products for their portable devices. First it was the iTouch, then the iPhone, now the iPad. They've either offered their own proprietary solution, or started adding html5 support to accommodate the requirement for a flash alternative. I think most end users
I've just watched Pixels by Patrick Jean over on YouTube and it's fabulous. If you remember the early days of computer games, if you spent all your quarters on Pacman, and it was "just one more game" of Space Invaders, you will love this as the 8-bit monsters take out New York. And wait for the credits and the closing
It has been a bit of a rough year emotionally for me, as I've lost a few friends and loved ones in the last eight months or so. Last summer I lost a woman who was just a few years older than me, but whom I considered in many ways to be my mother. She went into the hospital for
Live from Central Texas, if you want to win a Roku listen to win. You can watch the Geek News Central Podcast on Boxee and Roku be sure to check us out. Find out which star was on my flight out of Honolulu and the conversation I had with him. Show streamed tonight with my Clear Wimax connection. If you
The floppy disk has been around for a long time. In the last five years, it pretty much outlived usefulness. USB drives and off-site storage options have made the 1.4 MB device outdated - Not to mention it's only 1.4 MB. Sony has seen this and decided to discontinue their production next year. Is this the end for the floppy
Turned out we had a bad Audio card with my primary recording machine, went back to fire-wire for the audio recording. We announce the Roku winner tonight, but you need to listed to win as a new contest starts immediately. Two week road trip with a pit stop at home after week one. Meet Ups in your neck of the
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