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Morris Minor

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Morris Minor

Posted via Pixelpipe.

Was out for a walk today and saw this car parked near SE 45th and Stark. It is a Morris Minor. I uploaded these using an iPhone application called Pixelpipe. Pixelpipe allows you to upload multiple images to a number of sites at the same time. For example the images above were uploaded to Flickr, Facebook and my blog all at the same time.

Busted Wordpress Plugins...

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On Saturday I noticed that my school web site lewiselementary.org
(which is run on Wordpress) was not loading. I tried to login but
could not even log into the site at all. After sitting around thinking
about what the problem could be I decided that it must be one of the
many, (maybe too many...) plugins I was running on the site. I was
able to FTP into the site and then moved all the plugins out of the
Wordpress plugin directory into the parent directory. This solved the
problem, but now I need to figure out which of the plugins was the one
causing the problem. I was going to write about this this morning,
when I noticed that this site was not coming up. I again applied my
trouble shooting model and moved all the plugins out of the plugin
directory and now the site is up. I plan to print out the directory
listing of each plugin and do some cross referencing and
troubleshooting later today. Will let you know which one I think was
acting up...

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Playing with Recorder App on the iPhone

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I have been playing around with Recorder (http://www.recordertheapp.com/), an iPhone application for recording audio. On Friday, I was visiting Ms. Davis' 3rd grade classroom when a student named Cordell came up to me and asked if her could read a poem to me. I clicked into Recorder and below is the result. I plan to do this more often and use Recorder to record conversations with Lewis students and staff. 

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New York Times Article Skimmer

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The New York Times has a new prototype feature called Article Skimmer. Basically it is an attempt to replicate online the experience of browsing through the sections and pages of the actual newspaper. I kind of like it. A nice way to browse the Times. Below is a little video clip to give you an idea of how it works.

Via ReadWriteWeb...

(download)

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Man Dies and Scores Are Rescued From Ice Floe - NYTimes.com

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He said he was frustrated that so much manpower and money were being used to rescue people who knowingly put themselves in danger, adding that one fisherman who was rescued admitted that going out farther on the lake might not have been the best idea.

via nytimes.com

I think this is a metaphor for our economic situation. People doing things against their better judgment...

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Air Mouse: Remote Mouse and Touchpad for your Computer

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A teacher friend of mine sent me an email this morning with a link to an iPhone/iPod Touch application called Air Mouse. Basically it is a remote control for your computer. It turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a remote mouse for your Mac or PC. I am thinking that this application along with an iPod Touch, a computer and a data projector and you have a very nice tool for teachers and students. This is timely because I have recently received on loan a bluetooth tablet for use with our interactive whiteboards. I found the utility to be a bit wanting, but also see the benefit of having a device that a teacher can use as she walks around the classroom. Looking into the cost of the bluetooth tablets also has me wondering about them. Now after installing and using the Air Mouse I am thinking it much more cost effective to just buy a teacher an iPod Touch and the Air Mouse application. For about half the cost of the Bluetooth tablet, I can give a teacher a better tool for remote control of her computer as she moves around her classroom, and along with it all the productivity and creativity that comes with the iPod Touch. Am going to see about doing a few pilots with some of my teachers.200902010918.jpg