Hey, today I undid some vandalism someone called “SmackBot” did to the Secure Digital card article on Wikipedia. The edits are so outrageous I can hardly understand why the person did it. Maybe it’s a bot designed to make Wikipedia less reputable. Still, Wikipedia rules – people like me spot this kind of false info…Continue Reading…
Today I discovered that the Nintendo Wii is definitively the best-selling game console of this generation, far outselling the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. As of June 30, 2008, over 29.62 million Wii systems have been sold. That’s huge – Apple’s goal for the iPhone is 10 million by the end of this year –…Continue Reading…
I’m deleting a bunch of WordPress plugins from my mom’s Adventures in Parenting site because they’ve been inactive for a while. In case I want them later, here they are: Different Posts Per Page 1.5 Show different number of posts in home, category, search or archive page. By MaxBlogPress. Activate | Edit There is…Continue Reading…
Strangely, in Windows Vista you can’t install a font just by dragging the font file (.ttf) into the C:\Windows\Fonts\ directory. The operating system crashes. I tried several times before resorting to Google. Turns out you actually have to press “ALT” to see the menu (when you’re in the Fonts folder), and then choose Install New…Continue Reading…
Google is doing a Road Trip to showcase some of the universities using Google Apps. And guess which school is first on the list? That’s right: the University of Southern California. They announced the trip in this post. See the route: Google Road Trip: App to School. They’ll be at ‘SC on 9/9/2008.
One of the things I really liked about Blackboard was the fact that course materials from old courses were still available there. Unfortunately, this is being removed on September 1, 2008. Unavailable Courses A new policy has been instated by ITS Blackboard Administration and the Blackboard Advisory Committee that courses should only be available to…Continue Reading…