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3-D Coins

Soon, you may see your Quarters in a new way. The US Mint is working with a new 3-D modeling technology to design circulating and collectible coins. The Bald Eagle half dollar and James Monroe dollar are a couple coins that will be created using the FreeForm 3-D modeling system from SensAble Technologies. The coins will be more curved, organic

Kids in the Tech Workforce

I have the entrepreneurial bug so I’m always checking out the latest news on successful business owners. I love technology based businesses. I salivate over the thought of someday working completely from home. So a few months back I was really impressed with a story I read in Inc Magazine about a teenager making money via myspace. It’s not what

HD Content No Good Online?

I love watching videos online when I have time especially High Definition content. Even though it takes longer to load (better off downloading) it looks so much better than Standard Definition. Mark Cuban has often dogged online HD as “not really HD” since the same content would not be HD on a big screen HDTV. I don’t know if that

Why IT users need to be politically active.

There is an eye-opening article by Joshua Green in this months Atlantic that gives some insight into how modern political campaigns work. The Front-Runner's Fall is an analysis about the HRC presidential campaign and what they did right and wrong. What is revealed through reading it though is how politicians decide on which positions they will take on which issue,

Online Videos Can Spread Inspiration

Ever hear of a kid named Jason McElwain who is probably better known as J-Mac? If not then you missed out on one of the most inspirational stories ever. This young man with autism was the team manager for his high school basketball team in 2006. He finally got a chance to play in a game so he decided he

The Spaghetti Factory Under My Desk

This week, we are deploying terminal technology into several classrooms that I maintain. Terminals are a great solution for certain situations; students in these classrooms are only using the internet and Micrsoft Office and need to be able to print. All of these things can be done through a remote terminal server on its own vlan. Terminals have a life