tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132253612011-08-16T04:28:25.181-06:00I've moved to blog.boora.ca, please head over there for more content.idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comBlogger4811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1158268649583059392006-09-14T15:13:00.000-06:002007-06-19T10:41:10.654-06:00

Well, I've joined the others on my feeds by getting my own domain and moving off of Blogger. It's been good to me, but at the same time, I think having my online presence in one place is a better move on my part. I'll keep this here for a while, at least until my new blog gets picked up in search engines and the like. Continued on my new site.

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1158171989571883772006-09-13T12:20:00.000-06:002006-09-13T12:26:29.593-06:00

I've been reading Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell and am currently going through a section on what he calls "stickiness". The elements that make a message stick, and as an example he used Sesame Street and Blue's Clues. Up to the point that I'm in right now, I think it's a great chapter for all instructional designers to flip through, especially those working with younger children. So for

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1158075758329049682006-09-12T09:31:00.000-06:002006-09-12T10:17:12.126-06:00

I'm prepping a presentation on SimSchool that I'll be giving tomorrow and as impressed as I was with it at SITE 2006, I'm more so now that I'm starting to work with it a little more, it is becoming even more impressive in what it can do to help get those sticky classroom situations under control. If there is anything notable tomorrow, I'll be sure to put it up, but in the mean time, if you have

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1158010102868545482006-09-11T15:21:00.000-06:002006-09-12T10:16:27.616-06:00

Well, this one has email and full on php and all the rest. boora.org is live and I'm trying out the "Google Apps for My Domain" as well as the Joomla Open Source Content Management System. I'm still testing that out so it's going to be a while before that goes live, but until it does, I've just copied over my old site. I have to admit, I did this because I'm getting a really good deal, but in my

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Moon Originally uploaded by idarknight.It's not the moon from last night - I couldn't get a decent shot from where I am in the city, but this one is pretty good as well. Hopefully I'll be able to get some extension tubes in the future and up the length of my lens (unless I get lucky and someone gives me a 300mm) to get closer, but in the mean time, I've got a good setup for training.

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1157653140026818342006-09-07T12:17:00.000-06:002006-09-07T12:19:00.060-06:00

A colleague passed this on to me - the MouseSite that shows the demo that was the first use of the mouse a well as many other technologies that we are just now starting to use.

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1157638572452863372006-09-07T08:09:00.000-06:002006-09-07T18:26:36.696-06:00

I just saw this on C|Net and on Google News. The Blackberry Pearl nee Blackberry 8100 is coming and is pointed at consumers. Looking at it, it seems that it's taken the best of the SLVR and the Nokia Smartphones and rolled them into a RIM package for about $200. I only hope that it will accept files from bluetooth devices (I've tried to send files to other Blackberry users to no avail - it

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1157552432976798252006-09-06T08:07:00.000-06:002006-09-06T14:49:47.596-06:00

I found a few interesting things this morning - the first an individual playing chicken with a train, the second, a report about the Digital Divide that still exists in the US between "races" (nee melatoninly differentiated populations maintained by social and economic inequity) and the last is that Writely is now accepting new registrations (completing the network based Google Office, no Safari

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1157411297027333312006-09-04T17:01:00.000-06:002006-09-06T08:22:47.580-06:00

I saw this in the mall today and hadn't seen it baly-hooed anywhere, but Roger's Portable Internet has arrived. It uses OFDM to wirelessly connect clients using WiMax. It may have arrived as early as April, but this is the first that I've seen it. Technorati Tags: WiMax, OFDM, Roger's Portable Internet

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1157148874881614892006-09-01T15:58:00.000-06:002006-09-01T16:22:20.866-06:00

Well, Google is certainly making it hard for users of Apple's .mac service to justify the cost per year. Granted for the extra money you get more webspace and for a person like me with quite the number of photos that are likely to wind up online, that may be the deal breaker - synching from handhelds using the computer and online storage space. Today I found Picasa Web Albums Uploader. It

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1157119611633405762006-09-01T08:01:00.000-06:002006-09-01T08:06:52.266-06:00

Lightning Originally uploaded by idarknight.This week was a toss up between this shot (one that I thought that I would never get), one of the moon (which turned out very nice, but I know I can do better with a tripod and a larger moon) and a wasp nest that is being built outside my bedroom window.I decided on this one because of a story that my bother was telling me that he was trying to capture

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1157057240023965072006-08-31T14:44:00.000-06:002006-08-31T14:55:51.996-06:00

Check it out. I just got it so I'm still looking it over. Found this online as well from Michael Chasen: Patent interpretation is complex and there are a lot of misperceptions out there in discussions on this issue. Having been involved in the e-Learning arena for years and witnessed so many advancements from a variety of sources, I continue to be embarrassed when it is suggested that

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1156967982129003382006-08-30T13:51:00.000-06:002006-08-30T14:01:01.563-06:00

In the article that I just posted, Burgess brings up something called lomography. I'd heard about it some time ago living in Res (ah Penbina Hall, too bad you are office space now) and this article brought me back to it. As I was reading on the Travel Photography Blog, I noticed a link to lomo and it hit me - cell phones, even with all their increasing MPs and ever improving lenses could be

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1156966125578580652006-08-30T13:25:00.000-06:002006-08-30T13:29:22.836-06:00

I'm working to finish up some edits for my eLearn paper and I came across this great article. Jean Burgess has done a great job with this paper and when I get the time I'll put up more from it. Technorati Tags: Digital Storytelling

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Like many people, I generally only use Google to search for sites/information online. It's fast and reliable and it's not "evil". But what has got me a bit jaded of late is a website that I designed (Chandler Stewin Psychological Institute) a few months ago now is still not indexed by Google, despite it being indexed with the keywords "chandler stewin psychological institute" in Yahoo and Live

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1156892271846280712006-08-29T16:55:00.000-06:002006-08-29T16:59:02.976-06:00

CBC has an interesting article, likely spurred by the Desire2Learn "patent infringement" (maybe I should patent patent infringement??). Not anythng that we don't know but it may be useful for those who are just outside "the know". PS is Safari still flaking out for people trying to login to Blogger? Technorati Tags: Blackboard

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1156774732940997812006-08-28T08:16:00.000-06:002006-08-28T08:19:25.683-06:00

Well, I've been trying to decide about getting GMail running for my domain (changing it from a referrer to a host) and I've post about Google Office a few times, but according to the news the Office suite is going to be called - "Google Apps for your Domain". There doesn't seem to be a word processor, so I'm not sure how far it'll reach right now (without Writely that is). Technorati Tags:

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1156689389620248102006-08-27T08:32:00.000-06:002006-08-28T08:04:28.356-06:00

Along with Blogger/Blogger Beta being a bit flakey of late (I had to rebuild my template on Friday, logins are getting mixed up and the Google Notifier on the Mac lets you know that there is something there waiting for you, but you can't go check it out - so I'm staying with the older one for now) and not posting this entry repeatedly, this is something I found. Well, I knew this would not take

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1156522533013730032006-08-25T10:12:00.000-06:002006-08-25T10:15:33.036-06:00

Well it's not a single picture, but it's my Mexico gallery. My new redirect/gallery main/welcome page has been updated as well.

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1156453439848353882006-08-24T15:02:00.000-06:002006-08-24T15:04:45.360-06:00

Kudos Weird Al for poking a pointy stick into RIAA and their sort! The song is pretty cool as well. Technorati Tags: Weird Al, Copyright

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1156372332037847872006-08-23T16:29:00.000-06:002006-08-23T16:46:44.746-06:00

Calgoo may be the answer to being able to interact with Google Calendar off line. They say that it will be available for mobile devices shortly but hopefully there will be a means of connecting changes made on the mobile unit to the gCal directly. In the mean time iCal is a decent solution as long as you have .mac to host the calendars. One question that someone asked me in an email this

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CBC ran a story online today concerning students buying laptops and what they should be looking at. It's a decent look into the subject, but there are a couple things that I would have changed and one major fact that they overlooked. First they claim that 256MB is enough for RAM. I don't know what OS they are running, but 512 is the least you should leave the gate with and the 1GB that they

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I'm surprised it isn't bloggr (that is what I typed first). Anyway, if you want to take a peak - it's here (tour). I tried to move but got this message :( So I've started another blog - Shooting in the Dark - for photos... I was going to call it Yet another Photo Blog, but as you can see, that is not very original. Why can't I switch to Blogger in beta? While the new version of Blogger is

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Well, now that Google has it's new notifier out (it's really buggy) it also looks like they have made the calendar work with Safari and it seems that the updates are now quite a bit quicker than they were in the past. Now I'm really pondering if I should stay on .mac or move off to a DIY solution. I'm torn because the killer feature on .mac for me is not so much the iLife integration - with

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1156189603995074552006-08-21T13:45:00.000-06:002006-08-21T13:47:05.333-06:00

A colleague in another part of the vastness that is the Uni, sent me this link wwwTools for Teachers: Wikis. There are some good links there. Technorati Tags: Wiki

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Mexico Originally uploaded by idarknight.I'm just getting back into the swing of things after a great week away (I could have used another couple of days to just relax - we went on a few day trips that while amazing were not as conducive to vegetating).

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1155319559776235432006-08-11T11:52:00.000-06:002006-08-11T12:08:58.273-06:00

Scott over at the EdTechPost as dug out a pretty interesting paper on copyright, DRM and other obstacles to the use of digital media in the classroom. This is timely as I noticed on Engadget a story about the CEA saying that the RIAA is actually hurting the industry with all it's DRM nonsense. When I'm talking to students, I always tell them that they should do everything they can to create

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1155312468445409862006-08-11T10:02:00.000-06:002006-08-11T15:53:53.816-06:00

Fuzzy Floatilla Originally uploaded by idarknight.Well, I've recanted my distrust of Flickr as it now truly seems to be all that it set out to be and it's a great way to get more exposure to my photography (not to toot the horn too loud, but another picture I was considering for this week is the Alberta Photoblog group's spotlight of the week - week 3 -). It also handles the EXIF data.This was

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1155160250457710842006-08-09T15:48:00.000-06:002006-08-09T15:50:50.480-06:00

I haven't had a chance to look at this fully yet, but this was sent to me by a colleague. It reminds me very much of the interface in Minority Report.

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1155156220054612122006-08-09T14:40:00.000-06:002006-08-10T15:19:51.936-06:00

I don't know if it's new or not, but it's the first time I've seen it - Google is now in the social bookmarking game with the addition of Google Bookmarks. I don't know if I'll use it, I use bookmarks so rarely now as it is, but it is useful when researching new topics to use the various sites to see what collections others have. I also noticed that there is a version of Sketchup available for

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1155145930345629662006-08-09T11:16:00.000-06:002006-08-09T11:55:01.936-06:00

Well, we'll start with the extras - this last weekend one of my friends got married. At my wedding he spoke from the bride's side and commented on me instead of my wife, which was a nice touch. At this wedding, I was going the video and "candid" photos. I wasn't the official photographer for the actual wedding day (though I wound up doing that for a couple of other ceremonies). I learned so

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1154703068302255482006-08-04T08:46:00.000-06:002006-08-04T08:51:08.450-06:00

Mint Flowers Originally uploaded by idarknight.I know I swore off Flickr way back when, but as it's matured, it makes more sense to use this as photo management for the blog as I can control the licensing of the images (assuming people don't just take a screenshot) and expose them to a greater number of viewers at the same time (hit two birds with one stone as it were). I'm getting better at the

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1154635614806300292006-08-03T13:56:00.000-06:002006-08-03T14:09:07.836-06:00

I've just finished installing Opera on my Linux box and it's far and away the best browser that I've used on the edunbuntu install that I have. Far better than the old Firefox 1.07 that I can't seem to upgrade for the life of me. But while on the site, I've seen quite a few times that Opera for Devices is showing the Wii as it's exemplar hardware. This is something that got me interested in the

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1154524402621965062006-08-02T07:13:00.000-06:002006-08-02T07:50:32.626-06:00

I saw this last night while reading the paper and a quick search this morning found quite a bit as well - it seems that SMS shorthand, like any that came before don't impact grammar. I know that there are many people this applies to and there are exceptions as well that I'm sure we've all seen as well. Technorati Tags: Instant Messaging

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1154448398644333562006-08-01T09:28:00.000-06:002006-08-01T10:07:13.216-06:00

Jones and Kalinowski in their new article in Innovate Online suggest that as games today are having trouble penetrating the classroom because they can't in many cases fit the explicit needs of the curriculum without modification or addition. To this end, they are proposing a community form to share learning objects that would help align the content of a game (or it's modified derivatives in the

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1154386543799966762006-07-31T16:54:00.000-06:002006-07-31T16:57:51.003-06:00

Ok, this is a knock out of the part for the boys in Redmond (via where ever they really are) - Photosyth can take stills and analyse them for similarities to create 3D space. That is quite the trick and an amazing addition for digital storytelling. Technorati Tags: Technology Integration, Microsoft Live Labs, Digital Storytelling

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1154127806603798802006-07-28T16:46:00.000-06:002006-07-28T17:04:22.116-06:00

I was going to say killer, but this is school stuff and that is not nice and because it's the end of the day here it is in short form - MS is pressing FonePlus as the OLPC alternative. It makes sense considering the other post this morning about the strength of cell networks around the world (OMG - A compliment to MS... ). MS is also saying that it's iPod bully Zune won't pay off for a while,

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1154108113398706582006-07-28T11:33:00.000-06:002006-07-28T11:57:55.686-06:00

For those that are interested - Opera 9 is out. It's generally pretty good, and now as started to use the same shortcuts and conventions that other browsers use (something that was a major flaw in the past). It also passes the Acid2 test now. Gotta love the running review of it. I'm really enjoying using it and I think it may give Firefox a run for it's money. The only downside is without

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It seems that North America is slowly warming to TXT - and has been for a while, but after seeing this story on Technology review, it seems that we are nowhere near on the map as compared to the rest of the world (not surprising really, considering the big draw to the masses in NA for txt right now is either contest or sporting score update driven - with some people using txt to save money on

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1154026642729819292006-07-27T12:53:00.000-06:002006-07-28T17:11:12.133-06:00

I got this through a colleague who is working with Sakai where is it causing many points of discussion to thrown around. I don't know if I like the idea of patenting an LMS and without reading the entire massive document, it seems that they don't address piece meal LMC/CMS "systems" that some people may cobble together because they don't like the institutionally provided beast. This does

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I just finished Prensky's book this morning and I'm not moving on to A Theory of Fun by Raph Koster. I got this book at the same time as Don't bother me... but now I'm more interested after comments made in Prensky's book about IDs taking the fun out of games/learning. My nutshell review of the book: A very informative and interesting read that offers some simple solutions to issues that are

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1153784172672439932006-07-24T17:34:00.000-06:002006-07-26T09:51:27.956-06:00

If you trust in the big "G" here is how to office online: eMail - Gmail Calendar - gCal Word Processing - Writely Spreadsheets - Google Spreadsheets Presentation - Google Pages Technorati Tags: Google Tools

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1153762385942381002006-07-24T11:19:00.000-06:002006-07-24T11:35:03.136-06:00

This is interesting - it's a beta that is not a beta, but a "test" from Google. Picasa has a Web Album feature that is available to non Picasa users as well (like me). It's 250MB of space for images so it's not going to get an entire year's worth of shots up there for some, but it is something quick and easy for the masses that are out there looking for something like this (especially schools).

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Business Week that great gaming rag likes it so it must be good ;) I hope I can somehow get to play it somewhere... Wii maybe?? Technorati Tags: Spore, Game Based Learning

idarknighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842535590445373996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225361.post-1153527054599161342006-07-21T18:06:00.000-06:002006-07-21T18:10:54.640-06:00

Edmonton is into the festival season, now with "Captial Ex" (nee K-days) and the Grand Prix in town (I saw some twin tailed fighters do a fly by, I can only assume they were F-15s) there are loads of speed machines here as well - I saw a Ferrari F430 at the mall! I don't think I'll get much of a chance to get any shots of those bad boys this year, but there is always hope. So in lieu, I got

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IMVU - it seems to be an odd mashup (and I'm using that terms very loosely) of IM space and the Sims. The last thing that I need is another IM program, but I can see teens flocking to this like bees back to the hive. Technorati Tags: Instant Messaging

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Bruce Bower of Science News posted an interesting article just over a month ago that looks the way that kids and teens are using the 'net as they grow older. I found it while working on a presentation for an undergrad class and our student association about being net savy (pointing out trends in use, resources and the like that can help teachers and parents understand and manage the way that

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I don't know if it's been out there for a while, but working with the 2006 Cohort, one of the students pointed out Yotophoto an open source and creative commons photo site. I'm currently working through video production with them and had mentioned that in a pinch if they or their students didn't want to make stick art storyboards, they could use images online - Flickr and the like. Yotophoto is

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Well it's not traditional Sneakernet, but you can use your regular shoes to use the Nike+iPod combo with this simple mod - Runner's World UK also has the same idea). If it gets Farked, Dug or Dotted, basically the guy has taken velcro strips and used them to attach the Nike unit to the tongue of his shoe and then secured it with a couple stitches. This means for everyone else who wears other

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I just fired up Y! Messenger this morning to see that they are now offering to be able to support MSN users in Beta format. The Y! messenger on the Mac side is more robust right now so I might be using it more - as many of the older Digital Limbo-grants started out on Yahoo and not on MSN. Technorati Tags: Instant Messaging

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The last time I posted a rainbow picture, I got hits on it for months - it was one of the top keywords to get here (at least it seems that something is generating traffic for my photos as well as my EDIT stuff). This one above was taken last night at sunset and stitched together using DoubleTake and with only three parts, it came out rather clean. The lower one was a multidimensional panno

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Stumbled across this while reading some forums Kodak Picture Tips - they have some for cell phones as well!

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Cog Daily just posted something interesting on the effects of gaming and relative to what I may want to do a PhD on - gamers don't process more efficiently, they process serially just like others do, but faster (not to say that serial isn't efficient). This would be something that Das may have something to speak to with his PASS theory. I'll have to ask him next time I see him. Technorati Tags

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I've been doing some work with digital storytelling, and as I've commented in the past, I think that any addition of "digital" to a term is largely a marketing or buzzword ploy. What the digital denotes isn't something that is advanced as it used to, but rather some more democratized workflow. So there are some things that are still being introduced to the digital realm, but for the most part "

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This is the new water feature in the Education Courtyard. I took it last night at 1/6 of a second exposure with IS. It really does seem to help things out - generally I can do 1/8 when I'm calm, but last night I know that I was excited (just getting back from visiting the baby - who btw peed on me... just like in the movies... ). The rest of the EXIF is 28mm, ISO 400, F5.6. I need to learn

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I've been meaning to do a post like this for a while, but since Aaron asked so nicely, I'll do it now. Also because it's so freaking warm now that I can't sleep and I can't wait to see my nephew again. So here it goes. Mind you that this most is not an an authority but my own experience and that any given photo site may or may not agree, but then again, this is a one side fits all post. Here

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Ok, I'm currently in a zombie state - neither here nor there (I think I'm more anxious to see my nephew than my brother is... though he may just be very very tired), but before the excitement started yesterday, I was helping someone in the faculty with their new Macbook and found an app Comic Life bundled with it. I popped it open and saw that it would be very useful to one of our graduate

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Well I'm now "officially" (that is to say by biological relation) an uncle. It was a surreal experience - I can't imagine what it's like for the parents. But as the family shutter bug, I was there with my 30D in hand as well as my phone. The first pictures of the little tike were caught using a camera phone (as was the first video) and sent off to show his Taiyi (my wife) - another use for the

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These are the first two pictures that I took with my new 50mm "plastic fantastic/nifty fifty" lens. It really is quite the little performer. After these shots I used it at a party and it was on 85 percent of the time. I'm thinking now that primes are the way to go - but zooms are the catch all. I'm now tossing up between the 17-85 and the 28-135. I like the reach of the latter, but

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I'm working on a presentation on cyber ethics (what teachers should know to tell their students type thing) and I came across John Suler's work. It seems to be a pretty solid resource and it's very accessible to read. Kudos to John for sharing it as well. Technorati Tags: Cyber Ethics

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Just a short note, but I just tried out Browser Sync for Firefox and it's pretty cool. It works well, but has a drawback/security feature that you can only have one instance at a time. The only failing is that it's tied to the network, so unlike .mac where I can add to my phone and the phone talks to the computer and the computer to the network, this is network only and without .mac or something

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This is going to be a bit of a double post, but it's inspired by the same book - Prensky's Don't Bother Me Mom, I'm Learning. The first part is on games and how they can be used to explain story in ELA classes - I picked up King Kong for PS2 this week in part on the recommendation of my younger brother and because I've been eyeing it on my own because of the way that it's presented with no

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Well here is the benefit of spot metering. There was just a sliver of sunlight as you can see in the second image (impressive bokeh in my mind for what I was working with) and the other metering would not give me as nice a shot. The only thing that has been done to the upper pic (66% crop) us a bit of Unsharp Mask. I was worried about not getting sharp images out of the kit lens, and some

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After playing with the new Opera Mini - Steve's post on Mobile Prep caught my attention. This m-learning thing is getting interesting. Technorati Tags: mLearning, Opera Mini

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Well there were a couple of really good sessions this morning, the first was the keynote by Blackboard CEO, Michael Chasen. He gave an very animated look at what Blackboard is looking to do with WebCT and BB in terms of "Blackboard 2.0" (yes, even though they are on 6.0 of the app... I didn't point that out to him, though I'm sure others did afterward). After the session, I asked about what, if

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Take a look at this.

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This is the second pre-conference session that I have today - and the last because I've got a meeting in the afternoon. Again, these sessions are interesting not as much for what they have to say, but to watch the other users in the session. Not to brag, but knowing many of the presenters, they often kid that I should be giving the presentation. This one on alternative strategies for

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Well, they didn't quite get going until the last half of the game, but the Oilers can hold their heads high. Whyte Ave was quiet, with a few people honking and cheering. From what I hear, the guys are returning tomorrow at NOON (International Airport). Technorati Tags: Edmonton Oilers

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Something to keep in mind for those of you thinking about making the jump into dSLR. It seems that there are a few things happening to capture different market segments. Canon and Nikon are "old school" when it comes to dSLR as is Olympus. For the most part the images that are coming off of these cameras are quite ready for use, but they are meant to be post processed. Cameras from Sony (like

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I'm at my first pre-conference session today. Creating clean, lean, mean HTML files. It's nothing that is overly informative for me, but the value in this session is to see what the central admin and the WebCT "people" are saying about HTML. Basically they are saying that you should use HTML because it is simple and accessible for students (easier for screen readers) and helps you to avoid the

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Well it seems that things are working well between my two calendars fairly well - the issues that I was having may have been related more to the speed at which the updates flow through the system, but in a pinch - like now when I'm in a conference presentation I have access to my calendar without digging for my phone. Technorati Tags: Google Tools, Google Calendar, iCal

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I notice in my logs that every now and again people come to my site looking for a way to get these two systems to sync. Google can export it's calendars to iCal, but things don't seem to be as smooth going the other way. If you use .mac you can put your calendars online, but then you are not able to edit them there. If you use only gCal, you can't put things in your phone and have them show on

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This is one of the first images that I captured with the new camera. If you look at it in the gallery, you can see the original, this one is post processed using Lightroom. Lightroom has really impressed me, and it may be that I move to it and use iPhoto as just a shoebox for the sake of iLife integration. Here are the two galleries that I just put together (Gerbs, Wet Roses).

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Usually when people ask me about what kind of memory they should get for their music player, thumb drive or camera, I tell them that they should get something from Sony, Lexar, Sandisk or Kingston. These are available in most stores (I've even seen them in Shoppers Drug Mart and Safeway) and typically are "quality" cards. This is not to say cards from Transend or PNY are not decent, they likely

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Adobe has put Lightroom b3 out there for people to try and it seems to have all the bells and whistles that the last beta had, but in a half hour of poking I haven't seen anything that is really that new. But I will try it out on the pictures that I just took over the lunch hour with the 30D (finally took some shots - had some fresh gerbs - and it's amazing already to be able to focus where I

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Well, this is not an apology... I've never really been worried about posting everyday, but I found this online today for those of you who are suffering through the cluttered RSS readers from people who generate one or more posts a day (granted some are really useful, but after a while, the tragedy of the commons kicks in). I've been plowing through a database rebuild of a database so I can show

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I may be old for some to consider me a native, but I think I qualify by the way that I work with technology and the fact that I've had some manner of computer around since before I started school - be it a friend's Coleco or our own Commadore 64. But anyway, on with the brief story. I have yet to take a picture with my new 30D - It's not that I'm afraid of breaking it or that it's a lemon (

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After reading a story about how the DRM dream cable of the content producers of the world HDMI may be a non starter in terms of how it was meant to be used, Apple may be in more DRM trouble in Europe as Scandanavia wants FairPlay opened up and songs from iTMS to be playable anywhere. I don't think it's only Apple, but the entire DRM idea in general that is going to be challenged - afterall if the

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eSchool News has a sneak peak at the interface to the sub $100 laptop. It looks really quite nice and is certainly usable. Technorati Tags: kinderlappy, sub $100 laptop, OLPC

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  I've posted this using Picasa on Linux. It's a bit pokey on this PIII 450 that I've got edubuntu running on, but with patience, it is still useable. 

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Oh that was a tough game to watch - in the mean time - take a look at what is going on in the Google Labs - Picasa for Linux (gotta try that), Firefox extensions and Google Spreadsheet. Technorati Tags: Google Labs

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Well, I finally got all my ducks in a row and wrangled one heck of a deal on the Canon 30D. I've been too nervous to open it today (I got it late last night) but after injuring my knee yesterday, I might be hobbling around the house later this afternoon depending on how the knee does this morning. I'll post my first pics as they are ready. Technorati Tags: Canon 30D

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Well, not to lean on Ty and Marc - but what in Jebus's name were they thinking out there! I'm still calling this series for Edmonton in 6, but even though the end of the night was a bit of a heart breaker, the Family Cheer party that was at Rexall last night was quite a bit of fun for everyone - especially seeing how excited the little kids got - especially with the little Stanley Cup at

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For all of you with Intel Macs out there - check this out - Parallels. Technorati Tags: Intel Mac

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Cog Daily has an article on how recess is becoming structured and as often as not cut out completely. Even though it's not talking about gaming like I've written about, it still talking about the importance of unstructured play. If you look at how kids learn many of the tools that they use in their daily lives, you'll find a largely unstructured process of experimentation. If school continues

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Many pros do this all the time - in part to practice macros or lighting/color saturation and because flowers are generally interesting. We've been getting fresh flowers at least every other week for a while now so they are the source for this week's picture yet again - in taxonomy there is term YAWF or YAYF - yet another white/yellow flower, the case holds here, yet another daisy type flower -

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In the latest Innovate there are a couple of stories that caught my eye. The first (Uses and Potentials of Wikis in the Classroom by S. Pixy Ferris and Hilary Wilder) on wikis, talks about how wikis are (or can act) like a bridge between text based and oral pedagogy through their collaborative nature. I may have mentioned it before, but one of the papers that I've been thinking about writing

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I guess it's not hard for even MS to see that the Mac is not dead - at least that is what the hardware side of it is thinking - as they have just released a Mac specific "Wireless Laser Desktop". Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Apple

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Just a follow up on the BootCamp thing. I think the only reason that most people would want to use BootCamp is if when they are switching to Mac, they can ditch their old machine and retain some of their software investment until they are able to get everything that they want on the Mac side. There are likely other reasons as well, but I think that would be the major one. If your old Windows

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Well it happened this weekend for one of the new Mac owners in the faculty. They had purchased a new Macbook Pro based on advice that the BootCamp Beta would be a problem free setup. But as it happens, that is not what happened, it turns out that the Windows OS crashed out several times and became problematic. So this individual comes to me this morning, after I had warned last week that

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The Oilers have won a trip to the big dance - here are some video (it's shaky and bear in mind in the midst of hundreds of people, especially at the end when Whtye was opened up to everyone - no sounds because I did it quick - I might do something with that later) and some shots of the party on Whyte Ave before things got really nuts. Technorati Tags: Oilers,Whyte Ave

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Well, it was a busy morning for me at home today and in the office as well, so I wasn't even able to pull an image out of my online galleries for this week - but I'll remedy that by Monday. Looking at my logs, I noticed a hit from Stumble Upon. It seems to be another social bookmarking site after a fashion. Technorati Tags: Social Bookmarking,Tags

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Engadget is reporting that Pearson Education is developing content for the iPod and also purchasing PowerSchool from Apple. Hopefully this brings some good things about - Imagine if there is an Apple Cell Phone/iPhone in the works, then that would be a killer education app - teachers and admin having access to their PowerSchool data through their phone that is also an iPod - that would be cool

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Well, the iPod has finally done something that befits it's name-sake - the foot. This has been in the news for a while, but I can certainly see how something like this can be a boon to those who want to be able to make distance based physical education courses a reality with some manner of authentic assessment. The iPod is pretty much ubiquitous and with the dock connector, we can see that it's

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A friend of mine sent me this absolutely incredible paper that puts into a nutshell IT/ID as a field in 1988.

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Here and here are shots of the laptop prototype. Technorati Tags: kinderlappy, sub $100 laptop, OLPC

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Well, it's been just over a year now that I've been on Blogger after dropping the generally wet noodle Spymac system. Including this post, I've got 385 in total, which suggests that if it's easy enough, it becomes transparent. But now on to the meat of the post (well maybe only a chicken wing worth). I was talking with one of the people I know from inside Apple Education and the topic of

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It seems that everything came to life at once this year, so the dandelions are no exception. They are really quite interesting to photograph, but of course, no fun if you have a lawn or flower bed. This is also the 4001st image that I've captured with my camera (I've had it for just about a year).

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Quick post - Games are just a vehicle for content. Well Duh...

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HOLY MOSES! It doesn't mean beans to the majority of people that will come by, but I qualified for a chance to see game 2 in Anahiem on The Bounce. Wish me luck! Edit - Didn't win, though I was lucky as there was a near miss on the highway with some family - luck and karma were needed there more than they were for hockey and Disney.

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