122311WarmUp

Well, it's the last day of vacation.

We need to find out what Santa is up to.

Take a look @ http://www.noradsanta.org/

In the holiday mood?

Check out these sites:

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1949556,00.html?xid=rss-photoessays&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fphotoessays+(TIME%3A+Top+Photoessays)&utm_content=Google+Reader

http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/mes-christmas_01.html

http://www.simonsezsanta.com/friendly.phphttp://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/advent07/adventcalendar2007.htmlhttp://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-reordering-christmas.htm

http://www.zefrank.com/xmas/

http://www.everyclick.com/santaswing.htmlhttp://www.theoworlds.com/christmas/

http://www.123bee.com/play/santaclaus-boy-escapehttp://www.esklavos.com/gatuno2/http://gamershood.com/flashgames/7018

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Have a happy holiday!

dmac

122011WarmUp

Some interesting articles about stuff you should know:

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=982232683&ids=0MdPoQej0Pe3AIejsSdjkRdjwVb3gQdPkNdzATeiMRdPAQcP4Me3AIcPwSczcOczwV&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-0&ut=3muO4_h4uuPR01

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=980134975&ids=0MdPoQej0Pe3AIejsSdjkRdjwVb3gQdPkNdzATeiMRdPAQcP4Me3AIcPwSczcOczwV&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-1&ut=3B6BWeLLivPR01

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=985555679&ids=0MdPoQej0Pe3AIejsSdjkRdjwVb3gQdPkNdzATeiMRdPAQcP4Me3AIcPwSczcOczwV&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-3&ut=3Kgt_qgKGvPR01

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=983094670&ids=0MdPoQej0Pe3AIejsSdjkRdjwVb3gQdPkNdzATeiMRdPAQcP4Me3AIcPwSczcOczwV&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-4&ut=07gAJCFc6wPR01

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dmac

As the drug runners get more sophisticated, so do the guys that chase the drug runners.

Check it out @

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/robot-tunnels/

Also, take a look at some cool videos:

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/12/best-viral-videos-2011/

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dmac

121611WarmUp

Well, they finally did it--Verizon is now selling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus!

Is it worth buying?

Check it out @

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-57343329-251/samsung-galaxy-nexus-review-verizon-scores-big/?tag=mncol;subStories

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dmac

Google has a neat capability--ngrams!

The amazing application announced recently allows you to easily analyze “the 500 billion words contained in books published between 1500 and 2008 in English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese and Russian.

Take a peek @http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/books/17words.html?_r=1&hphttp://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_visualization_tool_from_google_with_data_from.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+readwriteweb+(ReadWriteWeb)

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=google-books-culture

http://peterpappas.blogs.com/copy_paste/2010/12/how-to-quantify-culture-google-ngram-viewer-explore-500-billion-published-words.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/12/vampire-vs-zombie-comparing-word-usage-through-time/68203/

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_fascinating_word_graphs_from_200_years_of_googl.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+readwriteweb+(ReadWriteWeb

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dmac

Computers, computers, computers....they're everywhere!

Take a look at some inventions that contributed to the development of the computer.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/this_is_a_computer.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+readwriteweb+(ReadWriteWeb)

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0004637.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/search.php?terms=inventions&media=video

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/of_inventions.htm

http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm

http://listverse.com/2009/03/29/top-10-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/

http://listverse.com/2009/06/07/10-more-ancient-inventions-you-think-are-modern/

Pick one invention and tell us how it works

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dmac

121211Warmup

Enjoying a barrel ride on my digital surfboard, surfing the net last night, I found a few interesting sites to have an "adventure":

http://cardboardcomputer.com/games/hummingbird-mind/

http://www.choiceofgames.com/dragon/

http://www.amctv.com/originals/breakingbad/interrogation

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dmac

1209WarmUp

Today is the last day of Computer Education Week.

Take a look at the last video:

http://csta.acm.org/Advocacy_Outreach/Other/Emp-5H.mov

A few interesting sites to create an annotated message:

http://www.messagehop.com/

http://appreciate-it.com?

http://www.wondersay.com/

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dmac

120811WarmUp

Today is day 4 of Computer Education Week.

Take a look at today's video:

http://csta.acm.org/Advocacy_Outreach/Other/Med-4H.mov

Also,

Read this article from Wired and leave a comment!

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/st_mars_davies/

dmac

120711WarmUp

Today is day 3 of Computer Education Week.

Take a look at today's video:http://csta.acm.org/Advocacy_Outreach/Other/Comm-3H.mov

Also, take a look at a Google of the Day:

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/12/agad1206/

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dmac

120611WarmUp

Today is day 2 of Computer Education Week.

Take a look at today's video:http://csta.acm.org/Advocacy_Outreach/Other/Env-2H.mov

Also listen to a short podcast:http://csta.acm.org/Advocacy_Outreach/Other/cs_ed_week_Lindsay_intro.mp3

Do you think that computers and technology is helping with the environment?

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dmac

120511Warmup

Today is the first day of Computer Education Week.

Take a look at this inspirational video:

http://csta.acm.org/Advocacy_Outreach/Other/ent-1h.mov

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dmac

120211WarmUp

Ever hear of the Google demo slam?

Take a look:
http://www.demoslam.com/?utm_campaign=launch&utm_medium=hpp&utm_source=en_us&slams=wxDRburxwz8--Ej4iXE61a-8

Which is the best demo?

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dmac

120111WarmUp

Want to see the new electric car by Honda and Mitsubishi?

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/11/honda-ev-ster/

http://i.mitsubishicars.com/

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dmac