Welcome to 2008, dear readers! As you might have noticed, we’ve given the site a facelift. Call it sleek, call it sloppy, call it whatever you want … but please do tell us what you think, either by commenting or by sending us an email. We’re always looking for ways to make the site better, […]

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Recently I’ve noticed a trend towards taking web apps and integrated them more fully into the desktop environment so they act more like normal locally-installed software. (Which seems to defeat the purpose of using web apps? But I digress.) This week’s episode is an overview of three major pieces of that trend: the $200 Walmart […]

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We’re due to have the computers in our lab refreshed this year, and with Gateway being split and sold, we’re not yet sure who will be supplying our campus’s PCs for next academic year and beyond.
One idea for how to avoid the whole PC / Mac issue that we had is to simply have a […]

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More and more of my work is done online - not via email or phone, but through the intartubes themselves. This week’s episode of Tech-o Tuesday focuses on some on the collaboration webapps that help me get my work done, no matter where I am, and no matter with whom I need to connect. Check […]

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In preparation for the upcoming release of OS 10.5 (Leopard), I thought I’d share with y’all some of my favorite updates to the operating system. You can find a complete list of features, tours, and other information on Apple’s website. The flip side of getting 10.5 is that you’ll probably need some new hardware; I’ll […]

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