Thursday, June 4, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Soph Lit:
HW:
Please find a poem by any author on the sheet that I gave you. Be prepared to explain why you selected it.
Please look over your assigned part in The Wasteland. Reminder: this Friday you will be teaching the class you section. This runs or flops on your effort- so analyze you part, and be ready for an amazing class Friday.
Please find a poem by any author on the sheet that I gave you. Be prepared to explain why you selected it.
Please look over your assigned part in The Wasteland. Reminder: this Friday you will be teaching the class you section. This runs or flops on your effort- so analyze you part, and be ready for an amazing class Friday.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
seancusick.com
I am working on some new code for my sinking neglected web page. Trying to embed all my digital things into a single web portal with a web 2.0 interface. I still think the company that does this, and does not make it proprietary will rule the home made web page market. Facebook, twitter, picasa, and blogger all in a single page. iweb from Apple is still tied too closely to the Apple made universe, and google is way too open source for me.
I am looking at wordpress as a semi solution. It looks powerful enough, and allows you to add some of you outside sites into it. I just want a page that makes updating a fun task, and not a 3 hour process involving embedding code and html.
I am looking at wordpress as a semi solution. It looks powerful enough, and allows you to add some of you outside sites into it. I just want a page that makes updating a fun task, and not a 3 hour process involving embedding code and html.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
iphone 2.0
It is hard being a fan of Apple. Just when you secure bragging rights for the newest gear, they release a newer and better version. Such is the case with the new iphone due out in July.
The real new is the built in GPS. Not so impressive in its currant form, but just wait till 3rd party apps start dreaming up new ideas to use GPS tracking. Imagine walking down the street and having playlists by location? Walking into Best Buy and having the sunday circular come up as you enter. State park audio tours... I can't wait to see what emerges.
There is also 3g internet speed. Not sure this will make much of a difference to me out in the woods of Central Mass. I can't get a normal edge signal in my house- don't get me started on that....
So what to do with your year old latest, but no longer greatest? Part of me thinks that my old one still makes me love it on a daily basis- But.....Ebay has offered a real good solution....
The 2.0 phones can't be hacked yet. Apple has beefed up the tie to ATT's network. To activate the new version, you need to sign up with at&t at the purchase point. That means, using it on a network other than at&t has just become impossible- or at least very expensive. Not so with the first gen. Run a simple program, and unlock your iphone to use any sim card, on any network. Right now, prices on ebay are around $400. They are expected to move further up as the grey market dries up. So, buy an new $199 phone, unlock your old one and unload it on Ebay for a nice bit of $$. I have always had great luck selling Apple hardware on Ebay over the years. It has allowed me to upgrade my laptop every 12 months. I can sell the old one for about the cost of the newer model- Education Discount+loaded with software= new computer.
So, not sure if I plan to sit this one out. AT&T will add another year on my contract (it will reset to 2 years) But while AT&T holds exclusive connection, I will continue to pay for the Apple-crack.
The real new is the built in GPS. Not so impressive in its currant form, but just wait till 3rd party apps start dreaming up new ideas to use GPS tracking. Imagine walking down the street and having playlists by location? Walking into Best Buy and having the sunday circular come up as you enter. State park audio tours... I can't wait to see what emerges.
There is also 3g internet speed. Not sure this will make much of a difference to me out in the woods of Central Mass. I can't get a normal edge signal in my house- don't get me started on that....
So what to do with your year old latest, but no longer greatest? Part of me thinks that my old one still makes me love it on a daily basis- But.....Ebay has offered a real good solution....
The 2.0 phones can't be hacked yet. Apple has beefed up the tie to ATT's network. To activate the new version, you need to sign up with at&t at the purchase point. That means, using it on a network other than at&t has just become impossible- or at least very expensive. Not so with the first gen. Run a simple program, and unlock your iphone to use any sim card, on any network. Right now, prices on ebay are around $400. They are expected to move further up as the grey market dries up. So, buy an new $199 phone, unlock your old one and unload it on Ebay for a nice bit of $$. I have always had great luck selling Apple hardware on Ebay over the years. It has allowed me to upgrade my laptop every 12 months. I can sell the old one for about the cost of the newer model- Education Discount+loaded with software= new computer.
So, not sure if I plan to sit this one out. AT&T will add another year on my contract (it will reset to 2 years) But while AT&T holds exclusive connection, I will continue to pay for the Apple-crack.
Jott
As I move further away from 30 and much closer to 40, it is harder and harder to stay up to date on the newest emerging things. I remember getting my first walkman at 12 and trying to explain to my Grandfather how cool it was Christmas morning. I can still see that perplexed look on his face: He did not get it, and had not gotten it for awhile.
Lucky for me, I have some former students in their 20's who force me to stay up to date. The newest- Jott. Jott is pretty cool. It allows you to use voice mail to send emails. I have seen this before, but this works very well, and wait for it....is free to use. Set up took me 5 minutes. It allowed me to import my gmail address book, and select those whom I wished to include. You can also use it to send yourself email reminders- much better than the scraps of paper that I am always filling my empty pockets with.
Right now, it can work with any phone- including land lines. They offer a native app for blackberries- and I am sure an iphone version is awaiting the big July app store unveiling.
Give Jott a try. And thanks Nick Allain and Broken Wall films.com for keeping me hip to this web 2.0 thing.
Lucky for me, I have some former students in their 20's who force me to stay up to date. The newest- Jott. Jott is pretty cool. It allows you to use voice mail to send emails. I have seen this before, but this works very well, and wait for it....is free to use. Set up took me 5 minutes. It allowed me to import my gmail address book, and select those whom I wished to include. You can also use it to send yourself email reminders- much better than the scraps of paper that I am always filling my empty pockets with.
Right now, it can work with any phone- including land lines. They offer a native app for blackberries- and I am sure an iphone version is awaiting the big July app store unveiling.
Give Jott a try. And thanks Nick Allain and Broken Wall films.com for keeping me hip to this web 2.0 thing.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
This Can't End Well
Watching Hannah Montana is a train wreck waiting to happen. How long before she rebels as only a 15 year old millionaire who has nobody to tell her no can? Miliey Cyrus looks like a 28 year old playmate. Vegas odds: 200 to 1 she will turn out somewhat normal in 5 years....
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