scholar @ jklmelton » computer http://scholar.jklmelton.net research technology teaching learning education e-learning Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:41:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 David Pogue on Data Rot http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2009/03/02/david-pogue-on-data-rot/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2009/03/02/david-pogue-on-data-rot/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:24:33 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/?p=158
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David Pogue presents an eye-opener on the problems with keeping your data current.

]]> http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2009/03/02/david-pogue-on-data-rot/feed/ 0 Put your computer’s idle time to good use http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/10/29/put-your-computers-idle-time-to-good-use/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/10/29/put-your-computers-idle-time-to-good-use/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:11:16 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/?p=147 If your computers are on for much of the day, you might want to consider downloading the BOINC software and choosing one or more projects. There are many projects out there, so look through them and add the ones that fit your view of helping out.

Here’s a video of just one of the projects out there (and it has 5 different applications)!:

You can run multiple projects and set the percentage of time for each.

]]> http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/10/29/put-your-computers-idle-time-to-good-use/feed/ 0 Alan Kay @ TED http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/03/07/alan-kay-ted/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/03/07/alan-kay-ted/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:19:29 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/03/07/alan-kay-ted/

Here’s one for the teacher in you. Alan Kay talks about technology, teaching and a bit of convergence of the two with the introduction of the $100 computer. Enjoy!

]]> http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/03/07/alan-kay-ted/feed/ 0 David Pogue Turns the Tables on Tech Support http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/03/07/david-pogue-turns-the-tables-on-tech-support/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/03/07/david-pogue-turns-the-tables-on-tech-support/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:36:03 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/03/07/david-pogue-turns-the-tables-on-tech-support/ David Pogue has a blog entry about some of the funny things that come up during a tech support call. Tech support is one of those tough-jobs-but-someone-has-to-do-it positions. The PoguePost above gives us an idea of how the job has a lighter side. Is your voice being passed around on a disk? ;-)

]]> http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/03/07/david-pogue-turns-the-tables-on-tech-support/feed/ 0 So you think you can spot a phishing attempt? http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2007/07/26/so-you-think-you-can-spot-a-phishing-attempt/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2007/07/26/so-you-think-you-can-spot-a-phishing-attempt/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:46:04 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2007/07/26/so-you-think-you-can-spot-a-phishing-attempt/ Phishing, or using a seemingly-real web site or email message to gather personal information, appears to be causing people quite a bit of trouble. The folks at McAfee have put together a quiz to test your skills at distinguishing the real from the fake. Take the test yourself and see how you do. I scored a 9 out of 10. No hints on the one I missed… :-)

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