tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106747932012-01-02T14:03:23.717+09:00Mainly about cool tools for blogging and web surfing for both Macs and Windows, blogging-related news items, news about Britain and Japan, and anything else that strikes my eclectic fancy.Marc Sheffnernoreply@blogger.comBlogger3611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-82554227174208648862007-02-10T23:24:00.000+09:002007-02-10T23:18:03.089+09:00

Shutting up shop. Finito. Termine. Geschlossen. Sayonara. This blog will stay here for a while, till I can raise the energy to delete it. Thanks for dropping by and sharing your comments. It was fun.http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeioux/127841793/

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1165975427161694112006-12-13T11:03:00.000+09:002006-12-13T11:03:47.166+09:00

The (London) Times Online has a special section today on The Japanese Renaissance, with an interesting collection of articles.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1160397598258598222006-10-09T21:39:00.000+09:002006-10-09T21:39:58.263+09:00

European consumers spend more time online than they do reading newspapers and magazinesaccording to the Financial Times today (Sunday).

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1156781522437269732006-08-29T01:12:00.000+09:002006-08-29T01:12:02.846+09:00

Millions use Google every day. We assume our search info is private, but it may not be. Read the scary story of AOL's leaked research data.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1156471108577711612006-08-25T10:58:00.000+09:002006-08-25T10:58:28.586+09:00

A no-button cell-phone? Cool! Business Week reports that, instead of buttons, ...the Onyx device understands signs and gestures, thanks to the sensitive touch pad covering most of its surface. It opens and closes applications when swiped by one or two fingers. The phone recognizes shapes and body parts. Lift Onyx to your cheek and it will pick up a call.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1154595736185414822006-08-03T18:02:00.000+09:002006-08-03T18:03:52.020+09:00

That got my attention. I clicked and got this (London) Times article that quotes Leeds University Professor Martin Conway:“You're asking the wrong question,” says Professor Martin Conway, of the University of Leeds, a psychologist and expert on memory. “The reverse is entirely the case: technology reduces the burden on memory and increases our ability to make use of our minds. It is enabling

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1154485370269727462006-08-02T11:22:00.000+09:002006-08-02T11:22:50.276+09:00

Yesterday, I made a couple of CDs from some old records I have. 33s. One was very poor quality (the sound, not the music), which I was very disappointed about as it contains one of my favourite pianists, Stefan Askenase, playing one of my favourite pieces, Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor.The CD tracks are now in my iTunes, but the pops and crackles almost drown out the piano in some

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1154484675581220142006-08-02T11:11:00.000+09:002006-08-02T11:12:23.710+09:00

A British man is applying to the Guinness Book of Records for the world's smallest pub.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1152410018764895992006-07-09T10:53:00.000+09:002006-07-09T10:53:38.773+09:00

David Hockney-ize your photos. Thanks to Peregrinations for the tip. Create a unique "collage" from a single photograph. Choose one of two styles: a "joiner" style image without frames or an image created from simulated Polaroids. Every generated image is unique. This toy was inspired by the photo collages of the artist David Hockney. Works with your photos hosted on Flickr or

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1151454409499351702006-06-28T09:26:00.000+09:002006-06-28T09:26:49.506+09:00

MySpace users might want to read the legal fine print. Yep, Rupert Murdoch owns all the content on MySpace.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1151400844182105302006-06-27T18:34:00.000+09:002006-06-27T18:34:04.190+09:00

Here's an interesting idea. A Spanish firm is to sell subsidised routers as part of a plan to turn domestic wi-fi networks into public hotspots. Fon will sell wi-fi routers, which allow people to surf the net wirelessly, for $5 (£2.75). The company, which has financial backing from Google and Skype, aims to create public wi-fi networks street by street across the US and Europe....The company is

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1151201555610511102006-06-25T11:12:00.000+09:002006-06-25T11:12:35.616+09:00

In this post, Dave Warlick lists his copious requirements for a desktop blog editor for the Mac, and gets many suggestions in the comments.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1151200289553487842006-06-25T10:51:00.000+09:002006-06-25T10:51:29.563+09:00

Cool. 3D desktop interface. The 7-minute video takes forever to download,

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Woah. Cool.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1148823717101302342006-05-28T22:41:00.000+09:002006-05-28T22:41:57.110+09:00

Here are a couple of links related to teaching reading. The first gives a readability reading for any text you input and tells you which words are in the first 1000 and then first 2000 of commonly used words. Web Vocabulary ProfilersThe other one is called HYPERTEXT and provides help with building resource-linked texts for intensive reading. Both look of potential use for teaching EFL reading.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1147957297838487962006-05-18T22:01:00.000+09:002006-05-18T22:01:37.853+09:00

Will Richardson also points me to this cool tool, which I will be exploring: Google Notebook.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1147957016780251532006-05-18T21:56:00.000+09:002006-05-18T21:56:56.790+09:00

Will Richardson points me to yet another online app, Thinkfree, which is kind of an Office suite online. Will be checking it out.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1147701033647299742006-05-15T22:50:00.000+09:002006-05-15T22:50:33.663+09:00

Whoa! Check this out....

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1147539163427835832006-05-14T01:52:00.000+09:002006-05-14T01:52:43.436+09:00

RockYou slide shows. Not sure how this is different from Bubbleshare but it sounds cooler!

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1146383790665609412006-04-30T16:56:00.000+09:002006-04-30T16:56:30.726+09:00

Woah. Death of a videovlogger...and, I mean, why not? Someone had to do it...

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1144243849240610682006-04-05T22:30:00.000+09:002006-04-05T22:30:49.803+09:00

Gritwire is a set of useful tools for people who use the Web daily.Cool tool, tho Will Richardson still prefers Bloglines.On Del.icio.us: cooltools, web_tools, blogging, feed_reader, RSS

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142915749393003582006-03-21T13:35:00.000+09:002006-03-21T13:35:49.460+09:00

Joomla! - MainThis was recommended to me. Haven't compared it to others yet, and won't have time to play for a while because I'm busy learning how to Moodle.On Del.icio.us: CMS, content_management_system, website_building, open_source

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142837994208351042006-03-20T15:59:00.000+09:002006-03-20T16:06:27.190+09:00

plasq.com - MainAn Apple tool for creating comics from digital photos. Ewan Macintosh blogged about this. It was highlighted at the Communicate 06 conference in Scotland.Technorati tags: cool_tools, Mac, comics, EFL, ESL, ELT, edtechOn Del.icio.us: cool_tools, Mac, comics, EFL, ESL, ELT, edtech

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142824903313494282006-03-20T12:21:00.000+09:002006-03-20T12:23:23.806+09:00

Just saw an ad for this on a web-page today. I bought Blogjet about a year ago, but actually haven't used it much because of Bloggers' blogthis bookmarklet, and Firefox's Performancing extension. w.bloggar 4.0 - addict3d.orgTechnorati tags: cool_tools, blogging, interfaceOn Del.icio.us: blogging, cool?tools, interface

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142762202092084832006-03-19T18:56:00.000+09:002006-03-19T19:01:43.313+09:00

Yahoo!辞書Just tried out a number of online Japanese-English dictionaries. It wasn't until I tried this dictionary portal with a search box at the top, that I got a clue as to why the others weren't bringing up any results. I was looking for "hagurakashi" which is the noun form of a verb "hagurakasu". Yahoo told me it didn't find anything, BUT it gave me a link to "hagurakasu" which led me straight

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142521628232648072006-03-17T00:07:00.000+09:002006-03-17T00:07:08.330+09:00

Dave Winer says he'll quit blogging | News.blog | CNET News.comOn Del.icio.us: blogging, Dave_Winer, news

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142269953861084912006-03-14T02:12:00.000+09:002006-03-14T02:12:33.916+09:00

On a blog I just discovered (but haven't figured out what it's about), a Brit called Peter Kerr drops this bit of rather startling information:Abject Learning: Helen Chen @ UBC:It seems you guys are way ahead of what's happening in the UK. I have recently done some consultancy work on eportfolio's and I'm really keen on discovering ways to genetate ePortfolio's that are sticky amongst secondary

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142248517391012742006-03-13T20:15:00.000+09:002006-03-13T20:16:25.616+09:00

This looks useful: a list of commercial products that will turn your Powerpoint presentation into a Flash movie or something similar so that it's portable.PowerPoint to Flash Conversion Tools - The PPT2Flash Top20 - Robin Good' Sharewood TidingsTechnorati tags: cool_tools, PowerPoint, converter, FlashOn Del.icio.us: cool_tools, PowerPoint, converter, Flash

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142246121685385322006-03-13T19:35:00.000+09:002006-03-13T19:36:22.710+09:00

Find Similar SitesThis is a mashup of del.icio.us and easyutil.com. It's an experiment on my part to see whether I can quickly find relevant web sites based on people's tags/bookmarks on del.icio.us, using the engine from easyutil.com. It answers the question "people who tagged this site also tagged what other sites". I am using it mostly to find blogs that are similar to the ones I read, and to

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142244832651903752006-03-13T19:13:00.000+09:002006-03-13T19:19:08.696+09:00

This sounds definitely something I want to learn to do.How To Create A RSS Feed From Any Web Page - Robin Good's Latest News:Can do you create an RSS feed for a web page that doesn't have one?Can anyone do this on her own?The answer to both is a resounding YES!Technorati tags: RSS, cool_tools, howto, tutorialOn Del.icio.us: RSS, cool_tools, howto, tutorial

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142244644073227602006-03-13T19:10:00.000+09:002006-03-13T19:10:44.076+09:00

More Good news...It seems that each week I let go by without playing with my wiki, another starts up. (sigh). Maybe one day I'll get to play with WetPaint.A Wiki For Everyone: Wetpaint - Robin Good's Latest NewsTechnorati tags: wikis, cool_tools, bloggingOn Del.icio.us: wikis, cool_tools, blogging

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142244478107977092006-03-13T19:07:00.000+09:002006-03-13T19:07:58.106+09:00

I wanna go wi-fi, but does it mean I have to be able to understand this?? (I already know the answer...)Should I Secure My Wi-Fi Access Point? - Robin Good's Latest News

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142244089096116782006-03-13T19:01:00.000+09:002006-03-13T19:01:29.160+09:00

EasyUtil Recommendation ServiceEasyUtil Recommendation web service provides a web API to make recommendations in the format of "people who liked this item also liked those items".The service's engine generates recommendations based on the data a client site provides to the engine. Technorati tags: cool_tools, bloggingOn Del.icio.us: cool_tools, blogging

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1142241640655258622006-03-13T18:20:00.000+09:002006-03-13T18:20:40.723+09:00

Ditching Wordpress for TypePad | Performancing SiteHm, someone who blogs a lot is switching from WordPress to Typepad. Worth a read.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1141779059030367112006-03-08T09:50:00.000+09:002006-03-08T09:50:59.386+09:00

A mere 35 years after a teenaged me came to the same horrified conclusion while doing a school project, the UK government's advisory body recommended against a renewed nuclear-power program for Britain because ofIndependent Online Edition > Environment:* The lack of a long-term strategy for dealing with highly toxic nuclear wasteTechnorati tags: nuclear_power, Britain, politics, energy,

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1141284980615468712006-03-02T16:36:00.000+09:002006-03-02T16:36:20.676+09:00

Blogbar is a free search engine bar for inclusion in your blog and/or website!Tho it's called "blogbar", it works on any website, not just blogs.On Del.icio.us: cooltools, blogging, website_management, search_engine, freeware

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1141284830076806562006-03-02T16:33:00.000+09:002006-03-02T16:33:50.326+09:00

Geo VisitorsNot a counter, but keeps track of the visitors to your site in the last 24 hours, and plots them on a Google map of the world. Gives the location and/or IP address.On Del.icio.us: cooltools, blogging

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1141266186247892992006-03-02T11:23:00.000+09:002006-03-02T11:23:06.486+09:00

Josh Marshall is a very sharp young journalist in Washington, whose blog I've been reading for at least 2 years now. Here he describes his latest venture and how blogging and journalism mesh up via the new technology.Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall March 1, 2006 12:24 AMTechnorati tags: Josh_Marshalljournalism, blogs, blogging, hybrid_journalism

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1141178392533599812006-03-01T10:59:00.000+09:002006-03-01T10:59:52.790+09:00

BEYOND NORTHERN IRAQ: mail2bni@yahoo.co.ukSome entrepreneurial spirit!Technorati tags: human_interest, grassroots_journalism, India, pirate_radio, Bihar

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1141126725104794832006-02-28T20:38:00.000+09:002006-02-28T20:38:48.246+09:00

I've had this bookmarklet called XBlogThis! on my toolbar for so long I've forgotten what it's for. Well, a quick Google search produced the answer, which I knew. I'd just forgotten. So here's me giving it a whirl. I've also got the Firefox Blogger Toolbar, so the only this bookmarklet does is add Technorati tags, which I could never be bothered to add manually. But I don't use Technorati!! Not

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1141107637086016782006-02-28T15:20:00.000+09:002006-02-28T15:20:37.436+09:00

In case you were interested, you have slightly less than 2 hours (yikes!) to apply to present at the Japan Association for Language Education & Technology 46th Annual Conference, to be held at Kyoto Sangyo University, August 2-4, 2006. They accept presentations in either Japanese or English. Application is only online, and there is an English application page (as well as a Japanese one).Language,

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1141094696499448522006-02-28T11:44:00.000+09:002006-02-28T11:44:56.606+09:00

A quick lesson in US government.How a bill becomes lawTechnorati tags: comics, cartoons, Ted_Rall, US_politics

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1141091250982938782006-02-28T10:47:00.000+09:002006-02-28T10:47:31.086+09:00

The British Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks, puts his money where his mouth is, and buys a Toyota Prius. Drive one of these? You're crass and irresponsible:“I'm disappointed how slow some motor manufacturers have been to follow the lead of the Japanese. Why do I use a Toyota Prius hybrid? Other things being equal, I would like to have bought a car from a British or European manufacturer.”

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1140800302674614462006-02-25T01:58:00.000+09:002006-02-25T01:58:23.656+09:00

Collaborative blogging: A bit of joy, a bit of sadness, a bit of fun Anita, who I wrote about here, has left another clue for me to follow when I have time: on using Odeo to allow visitors to leave a voice message. I'm interested in the idea of having a place where students can send me voice messages from their cell-phones, but messages not to MY cell-phone (which only I could hear) but somewhere

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1140595337637961072006-02-22T17:02:00.000+09:002006-02-22T17:02:17.830+09:00

TagCloud - HomeFor future reference.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1138096560603950222006-01-24T18:56:00.000+09:002006-01-24T18:56:13.973+09:00

Main Page - FreeMind - free mind mapping softwareAn alternative to MindManager

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1137160158451434052006-01-13T22:49:00.000+09:002006-01-13T22:49:18.653+09:00

Today I was surfing from a computer other than my work and home computers. I went to Bloglines and found several fascinating posts I wanted to blog. Oh.No "blog-this" right-clickability.Oh.No Performancing (coz the stoopid pooter is using IE)Oh.My blogging software, Blogjet, is at home, but not on this machine.Now, it would be really useful if, in addition to bloglines' feature of blogging stuff

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1137070689484726502006-01-12T21:58:00.000+09:002006-01-12T21:58:09.810+09:00

U3 brings the power of portable software to your USB flash drive - make it a smart drive!: Put Outlook/Outlook Express, Firefox, FirstClass, all on a clip drive!?!?Imagine carrying your favorite software, preferences, profiles and data on a device no bigger than apack of gum. With a U3 smart drive, you can plug into any Windows XP or 2000 PC and be productivewherever you are.Work, play a game,

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1136881438169957512006-01-10T17:23:00.000+09:002006-01-10T17:23:58.400+09:00

Edublogger Community @ Upcoming.org Growing at pedersondesignsThis looks like a really neat idea.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1136822170585817562006-01-10T00:56:00.000+09:002006-01-10T00:56:10.706+09:00

Taking Professional Looking Photos Without a Professional - lifehack.orgWhen I have time, har-har...

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1136822052009238552006-01-10T00:54:00.000+09:002006-01-10T00:54:12.116+09:00

Download Portable OpenOffice 2.0.1 - lifehack.orgOpenOffice ona clipdrive. Or did I blog this already?

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1136821582348875802006-01-10T00:46:00.000+09:002006-01-10T00:46:22.426+09:00

ecto: What is ecto?Is this better than blojet? Performancing isn't working well yet with FF 1.5 so maybe this is worth looking at.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1136820708894336702006-01-10T00:31:00.000+09:002006-01-10T00:31:49.040+09:00

Education/Technology - Tim LauerAnother interesting photo-sharing site: look, Mum, no registration!also allows audio comments to be added...

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1136820469727626242006-01-10T00:27:00.000+09:002006-01-10T00:27:50.056+09:00

AquaMinds NoteTaker - ProductFor the Mac

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1136804030089357462006-01-09T19:53:00.000+09:002006-01-09T19:53:50.376+09:00

For Macs onlyThe Omni Group - Applications - OmniOutliner

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1136639909523020162006-01-07T22:18:00.000+09:002006-01-07T22:18:30.630+09:00

Download Portable OpenOffice 2.0.1 - lifehack.org: OpenOffice 2.0.1 - put this into your USB flash, then you take your documents and edit anywhere with a PC:

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1136541826285823382006-01-06T19:03:00.001+09:002006-01-06T19:03:46.286+09:00

Screen Capture Software Programs Guide - Digital Inspiration Software Reviews, Technology News, Web Guides, Internet Downloads, Tutorials, Productivity TipsJust blogging this quickly for future reference.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1136541789913903942006-01-06T19:03:00.000+09:002006-01-06T19:03:10.006+09:00

DTV: Internet TV On Your MacJust blogging this for future reference.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1135773033543136772005-12-28T21:30:00.000+09:002005-12-28T21:30:33.560+09:00

Miguel Guhlin shares this new open source Mac app that works hand-in-hand with Del.icio.us facilitating searching, listing, adding and indexing of bookmarks.Via D'Arcy

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1135765979404224872005-12-28T19:32:00.000+09:002005-12-28T19:32:59.416+09:00

The BBC is offering a download and podcast trial of a number of its flagship radio shows. Check them out.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1135356899927940172005-12-24T01:54:00.000+09:002005-12-24T01:54:59.946+09:00

From Mousing Around - MGuhlin.net, here's a list of very useful tips: How can you print to Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) or convert existing documents to PDF? How can I store my bookmarks online with others? How can I easily share images with others? How can I store my files online so that they can be accessible from anywhere?

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1135356793323957412005-12-24T01:53:00.000+09:002005-12-24T01:53:14.216+09:00

How to embed Flickr Slideshows. Neat.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1135353148359601902005-12-24T00:52:00.000+09:002005-12-24T00:52:28.386+09:00

From Camaban, I run, not walked, to the new Firefox extension that allows you to post direct to various blog platforms from within Firefox 1.5. Yes! At last!

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1135348202479600892005-12-23T23:30:00.000+09:002005-12-23T23:30:02.496+09:00

Thanks to Carol Cooper in Christchurch, New Zealand:PowerGramo is a powerful realtime recording solution for Skype. You can record and replay any Skype call easily and simply. Record incoming calls, outgoing calls or bothSave your recorded calls securelyShare your calls with friendsGet started in less than 3 minutes! Totally free for download

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1134836562605795062005-12-18T01:22:00.000+09:002005-12-18T01:22:43.333+09:00

Structured blogging. Sounds interesting. Now, if only I used WordPress...

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I’ve enjoyed Night Light’s writings for over a year at least, and this one takes the biscuit:http://nightlight.typepad.com/nightlight/2005/12/the_man_in_me.html 

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Continuing my theme of Internet security, here’s a couple of emails I got recently from a systems administrator whom I’ve known for a few years now and trust greatly:WASHINGTON (AP) -- About one in four Internet users are hit with e-mail scams every month that try to lure sensitive personal information from unsuspecting consumers, a study says.Of those receiving the phony e-mails, most thought

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While I was reading Miguel Guhlin’s blog,  my eye was caught by a posting about internet security, personal data and identity theft. The posting itself is one of a series and by itself is less than self-explanatory but there’s a link to an article Miguel wrote, which is much easier to understand and full of useful information. In these days when so much work is done on computer and online, it is

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Here's an interesting idea, and the story of what happened aftewards:I am standing at the traffic lights when the woman next to me, lost in her thoughts, suddenly bursts out laughing. Then she immediately covers her mouth with her hand and glances around, embarrassed. This gives me an idea. I phone the photographer Stephen Gill. "Let's walk around looking for people who are laughing to themselves

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botsko � The Best Online Activities - by Collin Botsko this looks interesting: a collection of links to online activities for little kids.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1133349309020381832005-11-30T20:15:00.000+09:002005-11-30T20:15:09.030+09:00

TalkLeft: New Zealand Airlines Ban Men From Sitting Next to Children on Planes Having recently been to New Zealand, I notice items related to that beautiful country, like this (unfortunate) one: Jeff at Protein Wisdom finds a New Zealand news article reporting that Quantas and Air New Zealand have adopted a policy that prohibits men from sitting next to unacompanied children on planes.

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Don't have time to peruse or ponder right now, but this looks like something I want to come back to and chew over. So with some pointers from Barbara Ganley, I’ve been doing some reading on hypertext theory and over the past couple of days have immersed myself in Jay David Bolter’s Writing Space: Computers, Hypertext and the Remediation of Print. The second edition came out in 2001, just before

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Les Photos de Villes Wow. From Lesley I discover this neat little gizmo. Here's where my uncle and aunt live. Actually they don't live in all of it, just the 4th floor. The street itself is a delightful microcosm of life, tho it's becoming a little too trendy. I used to wish I could live on such a street. So far I haven't.

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Today I discovered what dooced meant. Check out Heather B. Armstrong's blog (where I first read the word), and her pretty "first snow" picture.

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killyourdiscussionboard.mov (video/quicktime Object)A very neat little video by incsub CEO James Farmer. Worth watching even if you're not into discussion boards...Great music too, and the photo at the end...stunning.

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Here's an interesting use of a blog, and an interesting blog at that: Warner Bros is using a video blog to advertise it's upcoming, still in the making movie, Superman Returns. The video blog shows you behind the scenes of the making of the movie. The interface is comic book. Cool.

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Infedelic Ideas: Ancient stick-juggling artWell, darn it! I was scanning my bloglines list, trying to find stuff I don't need and slim down my OPML. I'd decided on axing Infedelic Ideas but then I read this! I'm known for having an interest in learning stuff that only a few number of people can do or even know of. One of them is juggling flowersticks. When I play in public, it's common that

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18 Tricks to Teach Your BodyWhen you were 9, playing your armpit was a cool trick. Now, as an adult, you can still appreciate a good body-based feat, but you're more discriminating. Take that tickle in your throat; it's not worth gagging over. Here's a better way to scratch your itch: "When the nerves in the ear are stimulated, it creates a reflex in the throat that can cause a muscle spasm,"

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1133181808520803192005-11-28T21:43:00.000+09:002005-11-28T21:44:25.840+09:00

Only read if you are mature1975: Going to a new, hip joint2005: Receiving a new hip joint1975: Rolling Stones2005: Kidney StonesThe people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1987.They are too young to remember the first space shuttle blowing up on liftoff.Their lifetime has always included AIDS.Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Water builds the heat in Europe So when we all sink beneath the waves, or fry like bacon in a pan, we will have all the scientific details of our own demise, probably watch it "live" on CNN... Great. Water vapour rather than carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the main reason why Europe's climate is warming, according to a new study. The scientists say that rising

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Bush is becoming an irrelevancy, sidelined by his own citizens, who clearly perceive a different reality from him: resident George W Bush is facing a rebellion over his softly-softly approach to climate change. Nine north-eastern states are poised to sign an agreement setting Kyoto-style legal limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power stations. And in California, Governor Arnold

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1133085384996469522005-11-27T18:56:00.000+09:002005-11-27T18:56:25.916+09:00

Dontclick.it: Demonstrating an alternative web user interface | connect.educause.edu This is initially weird! Can you resist clicking?? Try it. Can you imagine surfing the web without clicking your mouse? Think about it... (or bring up another browser page, and try surfing a little). Now try this. Alex Frank's dontclick.it site demonstrates a mouseless user interface. The site requires Flash (

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1133067225783150152005-11-27T13:53:00.000+09:002005-11-27T13:53:45.870+09:00

Wow. Social art! Cool. And a tip of the crayon to Lesley.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1133012753883215032005-11-26T22:45:00.000+09:002005-11-26T22:45:53.890+09:00

I've just discovered Letters To Harry thanks to Ben Hammersley. Well worth a look if you like comedy and good writing. Here's a snifter: Dear Harry, The are a number of terms that indicate danger, High Voltage, Deadly Poison, Long Drop, New Labour, but for me the phrase that always seems to spell out disaster is 'Free Bar'. If you visit the page, you'll see a picture of Harry, not yet out of

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1133011372101382662005-11-26T22:22:00.000+09:002005-11-26T22:22:52.153+09:00

Ben Hammersley, who is some kind of genius, has some pix he took in Florence recently.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1133002653377915332005-11-26T19:57:00.000+09:002005-11-26T19:57:33.490+09:00

I'd seen these before, but I think they got better. Demotivate yourself and your friends/colleagues/students, with these posters.

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A friend sent me this. Who’d a thunk it, eh? That human health and well-being are dependent on their relationship with their environment? If only we’d known this SOONER! Then we wouldn’t have so recklessly trashed our environment! Swimming with dolphins 'is good for your soul' By Jeremy Laurance, Health EditorPublished: 25 November 2005© 2005 Independent News and Media LimitedSwimming is good for

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This caught my eye. Someone thinking for themselves is pretty rare these days. When software publishers talk about "enforcing" their "rights" or "stopping piracy", what they actually *say* is secondary. The real message of these statements is in the unstated assumptions they take for granted; the public is supposed to accept them uncritically. So let's examine them. One assumption is that

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1132756967488330342005-11-23T23:42:00.000+09:002005-11-23T23:42:47.526+09:00

BlogBridge: What is BlogBridge? This looks interesting: BlogBridge is a blog, feed and RSS aggregator for "info-junkies." While there are other aggregators out there, BlogBridge is designed for people who are required to follow lots of feeds, not 10 or 20, but 200 or 400. You can't read that much, so BlogBridge gives you lots of ways to organize, sort through, skim and discover what's important

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1132395656786965352005-11-19T19:20:00.000+09:002005-11-19T19:20:57.163+09:00

Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth: The $100 Laptop: An Up-Close Look I'd blogged about this before, but here it is, on video! Eight-minute video documentary of the prototype of Nicholas Negroponte's $100 laptop, which premiered yesterday (Nov. 16th, 2005) at the WSIS summit in Tunis.

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Another fun quiz:This Is My Life, RatedLife: 6.1Mind: 7Body: 4.9Spirit: 6.5Friends/Family: 7.2Love: 5.5Finance: 6.7Take the Rate My Life QuizYour Life Analysis:Life: Your life rating is a score of the sum total of your life, and accounts for how satisfied, successful, balanced, capable, valuable, and happy you are. The quiz attempts to put a number on the summation of all of these things, based

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1131028928257627802005-11-03T23:42:00.000+09:002005-11-03T23:42:08.303+09:00

Bee points me to an excellent short list of DO's for blogging in education, or rather for using blogs with students. Posted by the amazing James Farmer. In particular, these 2 points caught my attention as they nicely capture something that I've been thinking about here and here. You must incorporate blogs as key, task driven, elements of your course - This may sound obvious but simply providing

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1130897468745265872005-11-02T11:11:00.000+09:002005-11-02T11:11:18.650+09:00

Anna is very angry with whoever is responsible for making one day every October, one hour longer. Close your ears, boys and girls, this is not nice language. Anna, yet another hilarious and talented lady blogger. Well, what are you waiting for? Click on the link and read it already!

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1130684506177766682005-10-31T00:01:00.000+09:002005-10-31T00:01:46.200+09:00

How to be heard, an article by Stephen Downes on the content and design of an attractive blog.

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1130664869297999772005-10-30T18:34:00.000+09:002005-10-30T18:34:30.070+09:00

This is fascinating. Click on the pink balls link and try it out for yourself. For me, everything happened that it said would happen.

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Digital Podcast News - JaJah Phone - Skype Alternative with Recordingprovides an integrated recording function giving podcasters the ability to record voice calls going through JaJah as a standard MP3 file.

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Weblogs & Wikis & Feeds, Oh My!: Podcast is Paul Allison's reflections on teaching and learning in new territories.I just recently subscribed, and finally figured out how to get my iTunes to download the latest episodes automatically. The latest one I got is titled Biking While Talking about Barack Obama (Part 1). I thought Paul was talking about Rocka Bomber (or Rocker Bummer). Anyway, the

Guy Jeannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10674793.post-1130572218791550212005-10-29T16:50:00.000+09:002005-10-29T16:50:18.790+09:00

EdTechUK: M-learning roundup Damn! I just missed an opportunity to visit South Africa! If you did, too, you can subscribe to the keynotes on podcast. The knowledgeable and informative EdTechUK has a great round up of lnks and information in this posting.

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EdTechUK: iStanford UK unis going online and podcasting: Wow. Stanford is now officially on iTunes. Free and as easy to use as iTunes, there are currently 21 faculty lectures up (from Race, Class and Katrina to Why Zebras Don't get Ulcers), along with heard on campus (interviews, speeches and performances), Stanford Initiatives (multidisciplinary addresses) Sports news and interviews, Music

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Not sure what this is, but according to the map I'm the first edublogger located in the land of the sinking Yen. I'm hoping this will really put me on the map...

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