Return of Whatever 02-01-2009

4th Week in a RoW ;)

The boys are back with some more hard hitting insight into Technology and Educational Technology along with our usual crazy antics. Enjoy the show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPRBC4W3NY

http://www.herbertmidgley.com/podcast/row02-02-09.mp3

Topics:

Facebooks 'Sentiment Engine'
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10153216-36.html?part=rss&s ubj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

Klingon Songs, everyone should know them by heart!
http://members.shaw.ca/iksbloodoath/klingon_songs.htm

How to use portable technologies in the classroom to keep students involved.

Social Networking does it have a good or bad impact on schools?

Return of Whatever 1-26-2009

This weeks cast mostly focused on emerging changes in the cell phone market, thoughts on cell phone use in classrooms and our usual odd assortment of discussion points. Hope everyone enjoys the cast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnbSk7t9VUU

Audio Version

Zune Revenue falls and we aren't sure anyone cares.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200901261308DOWJONESDJONLINE000463_FORTUNE5.htm

Blackberry Storm issues
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10149766-1.html

Twitter value soars and I have no idea why.
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/01/26/daily5.html

The new Palm Pre threating the IPhone? Maybe....meh
http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/01/26/apple-vs-palm-geeks-with-grudges/

1 Billions of people on the interwebs!
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2339592,00.asp

The end of MS Flight Simulator
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158301/the_end_for_microsoft_flight_simulator.html

Apple Virus Watch. The days of Macs not having viruses is coming to an end.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/More-Malware-Targeting-Users-of-Pirated-Software-for-Mac/

Return of Whatever 1-18-09

ROW is back again! Today's primary topic was about the riff between libraries and IT departments.

row01-18-09 10 megs mp3

Videocast ROW 01-18-09

Links:
Rift between IT and Libraries
http://chronicle.com/media/audio/v55/i07/techtherapy

Extendr.com
http://www.extendr.com

Candy Mountain dance song
Candy Mountain

Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/

Return of Whatever 1-11-09

ROW is back again, this time, with Amit! Now without glasses! Today's primary topic was the use of online video and some educational uses.

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Videocast ROW 01-11-09

Links:
Cooking with Dan - Spicy Asian Noodle Soup

Apple TV

Netflicks

Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/

Return of Whatever PodCast 01-04-09

We are back again to start off the new year. No Amit this time but maybe we can talk him into coming out of retirement for the next one. Today's primary topic was the use of googles 'new' video chat feature tied into there existing chat service. Join us for our usual enlightened and entertaining discussion of this and many other completely random topics.

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Links:

Google Video Chat
http://mail.google.com/videochat

Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/

Videojug - Great how to video site
http://www.videojug.com/

Return of Whatever Podcast - 78 (4-25-07)

OMG!!! Two in a row!

row04-25-07 7.2 megs mp3

Links:
Turnitin
http://turnitin.com/static/index.html
http://www.webct.com/powerlinks/viewpage?name=powerlinks_turnitin

• plagiarism
  
• feedback on writing and peer review
• Gradebook
  

The coolest politician ever
http://www.kasvi.org/index.php

Turnitin being sued
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032802038.html

OOP or POO?
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000801.html

101 Hidden Tips & Secrets For Photoshop

http://www.11amdesign.com/faq/index.php?sid=1708%C3%A2%C5%92%C2%A9=en&action=artikel&cat=1&id=343&artlang=en

Speedup Windows XP in Minutes!

http://www.mobile-pedia.com/?q=TechArticles/SpeedupWindowsXP

Google Launches Free 411 Service

http://labs.google.com/goog411/index.html

The Strange World of Comic Book Ads

http://www.saynotocrack.com/index.php/2007/04/17/the-strange-world-of-comic-book-ads/

Return Of Whatever Podcast 77 (4-17-07)

Dan and Herb return. Hopefully the beginning of regular shows again.
Enjoy!!

row04-17-07-77 10.0 megs mp3

Links:
Scholar - Education Web2.0 bookmarking service
http://www.scholar.com/

• Integration with Blackboard and Vista

Scholar - Bookmarklet
http://wiki.scholar.com/display/SCLR/Using+the+Scholar+Bookmarklet

Google Earth - Getting better and better
http://earth.google.com/

Merlot - Education resources
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

Camping on the moon
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/mmb/inflatable-lunar-hab.html

Chinese spacesuit
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/03/05/spacesuit_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070305160030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

I love these 'why is something the way it is' articles
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=231B40A6-E7F2-99DF-3EC857EC9DB18A45&pageNumber=1&catID=3

LiveJournal blocked for all the wrong reasons
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72872-0.html?tw=rss.index

Good article on Ed Tech (tags: critical thinking, plaigarism,
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article.asp?aid=8581&iid=664&sud=27

Because I can never remember them: Blooms Learning Domains
(I had some problems with this site using FF / OSX)
http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/BloomsLD/

Careful what you search for
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070313/214910.shtml

Internet pad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_770

Blocked domains in China
http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/

Return Of Whatever Podcast 76 (1-5-07)

Dan and Herb break in the new year with another podcast! Fun times with the boys!!

row1-5-07-76 12.0 megs mp3

Links:

Podcasting mistakes
http://ezinearticles.com/

Deals for hers
http://herdealnews.com

Mars Rover still going
http://www.voanews.com/

Apple in possible legal troubles
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com

How to go to M.I.T. for free
http://www.csmonitor.com/

List of over 150 Free Windows Software from Microsoft
http://bhandler.spaces.live.com

NYTimes: Looking for the Next Google
http://www.nytimes.com/

2007: Web 2.0 Companies I Couldn’t Live Without
http://www.techcrunch.com

The 20 GB Hard Drive Time Capsule Idea - Anyone Can Submit A File
http://20gbtimecapsule.blogspot.com/

1001 CDs online
http://www.radio3net.ro/1001/

What does 200 Calories Look Like?
http://www.wisegeek.com

4,500 Year Old Tablet Depicts ALL the Planets With Sun In the Middle?
http://xfacts.com/x2.htm

How to get through winter ailments
http://www.mdjunction.com/articles

Newspaper Clipping Generator.
http://www.fodey.com/

Dummies Book Cover Generator
http://www.smoke420.com/

Meanings and origins of popular phrases/sayings
http://www.phrases.org.uk

2006 The Year of Herb- One Photo Taken Everyday for Year
One minute version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFMAskW1jL8

4 minute version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTmFfPvf6iw

7 minute version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6092Pxv8b4

Return Of Whatever Podcast 75 (12-26-06)

Man it seems like forever since we did a podcast. Amit and Herb found and hour to do a video cast, here is the audio. The boys talked about tech that happen this year! We'll post the video on Google this week! It may take a while to post since the video is 350 megs in size!

row12-26-06-75 12.0 megs mp3

Update! Here is the videocast!
Amit's sound is a little soft ot maybe Herb talks too loud!
Return Of Whatever Podcast 75 (12-26-06) Videocast

Return Of Whatever Podcasts 74 (12-06-06)

Man it seems like forever since we did a podcast. Well it has been hard to get us all together, with the holidays and work. So I did a quick 20 minute cast to tie us over until we can do a full cast. This week, Herb is alone. Like in his Christmas special.

row12-06-06 5.0 megs mp3

How To Survive Getting Trapped In Your Car

Clear Your Windowsxp Memory With A Single Click!

Gmail now open. No invitation or cell registration required.

Near-Perfect Copy of MSPaint running in your browser!

Wikipedia Trolls try to get entries on bloggers deleted

10 Creative Ways To Help Charities For No Money

CBS attributes ratings boost to YouTube

'Star Wars' Kid named most-seen clip on Net...seen by 900 Million People

The Ruthi And Herbi Holiday Christmas Special 2006!

SFA's favorite nerd releases his new holiday masterpiece