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Recyled Technology: 2010 Winter Olympic Medals

23 October 2009

And not just recycled — upcycled!
The 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada will be awarding the top three athletes in each event with medals made out of recycled circuit boards. Each medal will also be one-of-a-kind — a first for the Olympics — and, as a whole, make up a work [...]

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Creating a breadcrumb – the easy way!

15 September 2009

"Breadcrumbs" is what web site / blog designers call a line of text that usually appears at the top of every posting that tells you its location in the site relative to the category or categories under which it has been listed/linked/filed — like this:
Home >> [Category] >> [Post Title]
Just take a look at the [...]

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Thesis theme and SEO plugins

5 September 2009

The Thesis theme, which I have used on a number of Wordpress blog, has grest SEO optimization.
Before installing Wordpress on a number of blogs, I had used All In One SEO Pack plugin and the Platinum SEO Pack plugin, both of which I can strongly recommend (if you're not using Thesis) as essential and excellent [...]

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Flip Mino / Ultra: Camera has no video but won't show correct time remaining

3 September 2009

A practical tip today. I had been experiencing problems with my Flip Mino camera. The videos I took had all been removed. There was clearly nothing on the camera except the software. No video files to be seen.
But the timer / clock on the camera reflected the "remaining time" that was left after the previous [...]

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The cultural blinders that led to the IE6 mess

17 August 2009

If  you're still using Internet Explorer 6, you are basically driving a gas-guzzling clunker on the information superhighway.
Now many (including me) are getting behind the "Bring Down IE6" Movement. And it's even better than a governmental "Cash for Clunkers" program because all the possible upgrades are free and reliable.
The premise is simple: Internet Explorer 6 [...]

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Problems with Opera 10.00 Beta 2 and WordPress 2.8.2

27 July 2009

I consistently use three different browsers throughout my day: Safari, Firefox and Opera — all on Mac.
I usually like to use Opera for backend Wordpress administrative work on the sites I'm creating for clients. I've been trying out the latest Opera Beta, 10.00, and have noticed a particularly annoying problem with Wordpress.
The Media Manager simply won't [...]

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Tech Tool: FLIP Mino Video Camera

5 August 2008

A few months ago, I began to read twitters about a new video camera, the FLIP. I was really intrigued by the enthusiasm that people were expressing about the camera, especially from people that were used to using much more advanced and complicated video equipment.
When I investigated, I found a lot of things I liked [...]

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Tech Tool: Your hotel room keycard

8 July 2008

Image via Wikipedia
Today's Tech Tool is brought to you courtesy of the Holiday Inn Paris Bastille, where I've been staying while in Paris — and it's the hotel room keycard.
One of the interesting things about traveling abroad is how what you think should be familiar suddenly becomes somewhat unfamiliar.?I have spent a goodly portion of [...]

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Tech Tool: Brookstone Laptop Essentials Kit

1 July 2008

Here's another tool for the serious road warrior. The Brookstone Laptop Essentials Kit has handy dandy travel kit with all sorts of travel essentials for laptop computers — including a Skype-capable "headset". The kit includes:

USB numeric keypad
Optical mouse with retractable cord
Gooseneck USB light
4-port USB hub
3.5? retractable high-speed Internet cable
Skype-capable earbuds with integrated microphone?

I bought the [...]

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NAFSA08: International color and technical swag

28 May 2008

I just got through attending the EducationUSA Country Fair, which is always one of my favorite events at the NAFSA conference. EducationUSA adviser work with students in countries all over the world who want to attend colleges and universities in the United States.
The Country Fair at the NAFSA conference is international and colorful, with many [...]

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