Archive for the ‘Tips and Tricks’ Category
Friday, March 25th, 2005
I guess you could say I'm a SMART Board skeptic. Generally speaking I think most interactive whiteboards (to use the non-trademarked term) are too small, too expensive, and not portable enough. I've found over the last year or so that most teachers' needs are met with an inexpensive RF presentation ...
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Friday, January 21st, 2005
Here is a pretty simple little Firefox hack that nearly any semi-geeky person could implement. If you are using Firefox you may have noticed that the search window that is built into the browser can be extended to include a variety of search engines and Web sites. The screenshot below ...
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004
There's nothing glamorous about a word processor, but it's an indispensible tool. Although nearly every computer sold today has at least a rudimentary word processor, compatibility with Microsoft Word, the de facto standard, is hit and miss. Since the days of handwritten assignments are waning fast, students need a cheap ...
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2004
The news is all over the net today, but I figured I would join the chorus and point out that Firefox 1.0 has been released. The quickest way to get a copy is to grab it from the mozilla.org ftp server.
So why should you care? Standards, performance and security. The ...
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Friday, November 5th, 2004
It seems like every Web site wants your email address these days. I can make up a bogus email address as easily as the next guy, but there is the rare occasion when you need to give a real address because you need to follow some super-secret hyperlink or retrieve ...
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