122012WarmUp

Ever hear of BigDog? How about Petman?

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/darpa-ls3/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/10/bigdog-20/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/army-headless-robot/

Leave a comment!

dmac

121912WarmUp

We have the technology to make smarter guns, but gunmakers don't care:

Read about it @

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/12/smart_guns_we_have_the_technology_to_make_safer_guns_too_bad_gunmakers_don.html

Leave a comment!

dmac

121812WarmUp

You an Instagram user? Look what they just did!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2021285/instagram-updates-privacy-policy-inspiring-backlash.html

Here's some alternatives:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/12/18/alternative-apps-instagram/1777333/

Leave a comment!

dmac

121712WarmUp

An interesting article that demonstrates the dark side of social media. What do you think?:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/newtown-shooter-facebook/

Leave a comment!

dmac

121412WarmUp

Ever think what you like to eat as your last meal?

Well, thanks to Instagram, take a look at what death row inmates chose to have?

http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/12/no-seconds-henry-hargreaves/

What would be your last meal?

Leave a comment!

dmac

121312WarmUp

Yesterday, we discovered a cool engineering game called Fantastic Contraption.

Check it out @

http://fantasticcontraption.com/

Leave a comment!

dmac

121212WarmUp

Want to get into engineering? How about playing a video game!

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/12/videogames-engineering-kids/

Leave a comment!

dmac

121112WarmUp

What were gaming’s biggest disappointments of 2012?

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/12/disappointing-games-2012/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top+Stories%29&pid=3157&viewall=true

Pick one and leave a comment!

dmac

121012WarmUp

Your warmup today involves some quiet individual effort.

Go to Google.
Look at the Google Doodle.

Research the following:
-Who is the person being commemorated today?
-Why is she famous?
-What is her connection to this class?
-What is one very interesting fact about her?

Leave a comment containing the above information!

dmac

120712WarmUp

And the saga of John McAfee continues:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/12/threatlevel_1206_mcafeehospital/

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/how-vice-got-john-mcafee-caught/

Leave a comment!

dmac

120612WarmUp

Well they got him. Guess who just got caught? That's right--McAfee!

Read about it @

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/12/06/guatemalan-police-arrest-software-guru-mcafee/

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/john-mcafee-seeks-asylum-god-sanity/story?id=17884312

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/business/mcafee-antivirus-software-pioneer-arrested-in-guatemala-city.html?_r=0

Leave a comment!

dmac

120512WarmUp

Facebook is coming out with a new app (or at least making it more accessible.) Read about it @

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57557040-93/facebooks-new-messenger-app-path-to-the-next-billion-users/

http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_7_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNFnoX_k-eQaNMcUGs8GC_l8_Zr6aQ&cid=43981942618757&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechland.time.com%2F2012%2F12%2F05%2Fwhy-facebook-will-have-trouble-killing-the-text-message%2F&ei=f2W_UOjlNIicgwe_cw&sig2=7KX6HTyNuJLrPJl2guD3qg&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&twa=f&did=9188291729045980290&sid=top-stories

http://androidcommunity.com/facebook-messenger-android-registration-now-only-requires-name-and-number-20121204/

Leave a comment!

dmac

120412WarmUp

Tech meets military!

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/fire-scout-iphone/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/cyphy/

Leave a comment!

dmac

120312WarmUp

Last week we learned that Syria pulled the plug on its Internet. Well, now read about the 61 other countries it could happen to as well.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/12/internet_plug/

What is Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and why is it significant?

http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Border_Gateway_Protocol

Leave a comment!

dmac

113012WarmUp

If you're a fan of the Internet being a forum for freedom, read this:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/syria-offline/

How about this?

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/syria-offline/

Leave a comment!

dmac

112912WarmUp

At last--tech meets school!

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/11/student-suspension/

Leave a comment!

dmac

A few interesting tech diddies for today:


http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/11/fiat-500e-la/?pid=2485

http://www.wired.com/reviews/2012/11/samsung-galaxy-note-ii/

112812WarmUp

What's a Nerd?

Look it up @

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd

It's a Nerd's world, we just work here!

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/business/2012/11/tech-trickle-down/

What's this?

http://microsoftcambridge.com/Default.aspx

Leave a comment!

dmac

112712WarmUp

At the request of John Cardarella, Computer Programming student, let's take a look at an interesting event that unfortunately reflects the dark side of computer programming:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=119423&page=1

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=119677&page=1

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/09/06/nasa_hacker_rolex_jailed/

Read what happened to another hacker that wasn't so lucky to remain anonymous:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/tjx-sentencing/

Always remember:

Use your powers for good!

Leave a comment!

dmac

112612WarmUp

What's today? Just another manic Monday.

Not really, it's actually Cyber Monday!

What's Cyber Monday?

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/national_world&id=8898043

Why does this guy hate it?

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/cyber-monday/

Leave a comment!

dmac

11/20/12WarmUp

Whenever you hear the name drone you automatically think of -- sailboats or rather sailbots.

Check it out @

http://www.wired.com/design/2012/11/sailbot-regatta-olin-college/

http://olinsailbot.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pHEYefciKM

Leave a comment!

dmac

111912WarmUp

Last week we talked about creating "strong" passwords. This week a reader of that very NY Times article has another opinion.

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/why-no-password-is-safe-from-hackers/

Who is this reader and what is he saying?

Leave a comment!


dmac

111612WarmUp

Nintendo has just introduced a new gaming console. Check it out @

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/arts/video-games/nintendos-wii-u-with-new-touch-screen-controller.html?ref=technology&_r=0

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jO9arEM_HNT0dc2ldXFBRtrKXLLQ?docId=ba053e905ed344ba9b9915838efa3c18

Leave a comment!

dmac

111512WarmUp

The newest player in the ongoing Tablet Wars is the Surface by Microsoft.  How is it doing?

Read about it @

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57550091-75/stats-dont-lie-surface-single-most-popular-windows-8-device/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57550214-75/hp-pc-chief-surface-is-kludgey-not-really-competition/

And one more by Steve Ballmer:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57550099-75/ballmer-android-is-too-wild-and-apple-too-highly-controlled/

Leave a comment!

dmac

111412WarmUp

Ever heard of McAfee Anti Virus Software? Well the guy who created it is in trouble-bigtime!

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/11/john-mcafee/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top+Stories%29

Leave a comment!

dmac

111312WarmUp

How many passwords do you have? 5, 6, 10?

Read how to make them secure:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/technology/personaltech/how-to-devise-passwords-that-drive-hackers-away.html?ref=technology

Leave a comment!

dmac

110912WarmUp

Read the following article from Wired magazine:

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/11/physics-fifa-13/

Leave a comment telling me specifically what the article is about. What's the problem and how is it solved?

dmac

110812WarmUp

More on Obama's reliance on drones to fight the war on terror!

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/four-more-drones-obama/

Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Leave a comment!

dmac

110712WarmUp

Well, like it or not, Obama is going to be the President for the next 4 years.  Read a couple of interesting articles about it from Wired magazine:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/nerdiest-election-ever/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/president-hunt-you/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Interesting

Leave a comment!

dmac

110512WarmUp

Last Saturday, we just moved the clocks back. Why? Check out this interesting article @

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/10/what-is-daylight-savings/

Leave a comment!

dmac

110212WarmUp

Which inventions do you think are the greatest in the history of mankind?

These twelve innovations helped inspired today's technology. Let's take a look:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/10/12-decades-of-geek-part-1/

 Which one would you pick as the most important?

Leave a comment!

dmac

110112WarmUp

Pick an article. Read it.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57543042-71/lebron-makes-galaxy-note-2-look-reeeally-small/

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Google-Plants-Voice-Assistant-Flag-on-Siris-Turf-76521.html

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Googles-Nexus-10-Hits-Apple-Where-It-Lives-76514.html

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/russia-surveillance/

Leave a comment!

dmac

103112WarmUp

Microsoft is coming out with a new tablet.

Check it out @

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/technology/personaltech/microsoft-unveils-the-surface-its-first-tablet-review.html?ref=technology

http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US/surface-with-windows-rt/home?WT.mc_id=cpc_US-en_google_mshh&WT.srch=1&semid=ef_GGL_e_89rbw0lb6m0ij28wrz67_15674744469&WT.search=1

Leave a comment!

dmac

102612WarmUp

One of the coolest applications to come out of Google is StreetView.

What is it?

How does it work?

http://maps.google.com/intl/en/help/maps/streetview/#utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=van&utm_source=en-van-na-us-gns-svn

What's new with StreetView?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/google-street-view-begins-mapping-grand-canyon-article-1.1190915

Leave a comment!

dmac

102412WarmUp

Hope you haven't purchased anything at Barnes and Noble lately?

Check it out @

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/business/hackers-get-credit-data-at-barnes-noble.html?ref=technology&_r=0

Leave a comment!

dmac

102312WarmUp

Today you are going to take a trip. That's right!


Think you're a world traveler. Take the quiz @ http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq/game1

Leave a comment!
  dmac

102212WarmUp

Did you ever feel like you just want to talk to somebody? How about a ChatBot?

Yak all you want @

http://chat.jabberwacky.com/george

Leave a comment!

dmac

101912WarmUp

Tesla was one of the first automobile companies to produce an electric car. Now there's a new model.

Check it out @

http://www.teslamotors.com/

How about a used one?

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/10/used-tesla-roadster/

An important component provider was in the news the other day.

Check it out @

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/business/battery-maker-a123-systems-files-for-bankruptcy.html?_r=0

and

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/19/4923891/a123-systems-receives-court-approval.html

Leave a comment!

dmac

101812WarmUp

Read this very cool article recently from Wired magazine about sports infographics. What?

You know that orange line that marks the line of scrimmage when you watch football on TV? It's not really there--it's an infographic. And one man was responsible for it and has made gazillions.

Now Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle has paid him to make a new system to highlight the America's cup.

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/08/ff_americascup_ellison/

Leave a comment!

dmac

101712WarmUp

What's the weather going to be like today? Sunny with a chance of--word cloud.

Try it out @

http://www.wordle.net/

http://www.tagxedo.com/

Leave a comment!

dmac

101612WarmUp

What is the head of Google's view of the future?

Read about it @

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/the-future-as-imagined-by-google/

What's your view of the future?

Leave a comment!

dmac

101512WarmUp

Ever been skydiving? How about from space?

Check it out @

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/felix-baumgartner-sky-diver-plans-record-weightless-supersonic/story?id=15546674#.UHw0LW_A-jM

http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/14/redbull-stratos-live/

Would you have done it?

Leave a comment!

dmac

101212WarmUp

Binary Math, what's it all about?

Check it out @

http://www.binarymath.info/

Now test yourself @

http://forums.cisco.com/CertCom/game/binary_game_page.htm

Leave a comment!

dmac  

101112WarmUp

Think you're smart?

How about a car that drives itself?

Read about it @

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html

Check it out @

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0I5DHOETFE

How does it work?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXylqtEQ0tk&feature=related

What potential impact does this have on society?

Look what happened in Nevada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXC6FCuHzmA

Is this a good thing?

Leave a comment!

dmac

101012WarmUp

The navy is now using robots to patrol the ocean.

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/03/ocean-drones/

Leave a comment!

dmac

100912WarmUp

There's some new apps available on the web. What do you think?

http://gizmodo.com/5949333/how-people-profit-from-your-online-mug-shot-and-ruin-your-life-forever

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/08/mugshots/

Leave a comment!

dmac

100512WarmUp

Are you worried about who will become the next President of the United States in November? Well, you've got bigger problems. How about the 2012 Apocalypse? What?

Read about it @

http://2012apocalypse.net/

Leave a comment!

dmac

 

010412WarmUp

Well, the bickering continues between Google and Apple over Maps.

Read about it @

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/25/us-google-iphone-idUSBRE88O07U20120925

Leave a comment!

100312WarmUp

Two big gaffes for the new iPhone. Read them @

http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/09/27/apple-maps-six-most-epic-fails/

Leave a comment!

dmac

100312WarmUp

A very interesting article appeared in yesterday's Globe that will have an effect on your future.

Read it @

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2012/09/30/boston-labor-market-young-educated-but-high-rate-dropouts-young-unemployed/4o2z0T7RIMLdY7JAfOec9L/story.html?event=event12

Leave a comment including one or two sentences that you feel pertains directly to you.

dmac

100112WarmUp

But you've gotta make your own kind of music
sing your own special song,
make your own kind of music even if nobody
else sing along.

From the Mamas and the Papas--a little before your time.

Make some music today!

Check it out @

http://www.nyphilkids.org/games/main.phtml

http://soundbadge.net/

http://www.tvokids.com/games/musicmaker

http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm

http://www.buildupper.com/

Leave a comment!

dmac

092612WarmUp

A couple of interesting articles from Wired:

http://www.wired.com/business/2012/09/save-your-bacon-shortage-on-the-way/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/09/too-fat-for-war/

Leave a comment!

dmac

092512WarmUp

Do you bring your lunch to school? I do!

But yesterday, I lost my lunchbox.

Help me find it @ http://thelostlunchbox.com/index.html

Leave a comment!
  dmac

092412WarmUp

Better snap up those Iphone 5's--looks like there may be some problems in the supply chain.!

Read about it @:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/technology/foxconn-plant-in-china-closed-after-worker-riot.html

http://money.cnn.com/2012/09/24/technology/foxconn-workers-brawl/index.html

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09/24/video-the-foxconn-riot/

Leave a comment!

dmac

092112WarmUp

Interesting article in yesterday's New York Times: War Machines: Recruiting Robots for Combat


Read about it @

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/science/28robot.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=robots%20war&st=cse

Check out the new generation of robotic weapons @

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/27/us/ROBOT.html?ref=science

What are the problems? Any ethical issues?

What do you think?
  dmac

092012WarmUp

Know how to googlewhack? Check it out @ http://www.googlewhack.com/rules.htm

Then create your own whackstack!


Leave a comment.

dmac

091912WarmUp

There's a new crime called "Apple Picking"? What is it? How does it happen?

Check it out @

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/09/iphone-thefts-apple-picking-on-the-rise/

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-11/classified/ct-met-getting-around-0711-20110711_1_cta-property-smartphone-thefts-cta-riders

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/iCrime-Apple-picking

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/best-bets/apple-picking,98509.html

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=5&sqi=2&ved=0CEUQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.silobreaker.com%2Fapple-picking-growing-crime-trend-5_2265986540561760316&ei=ZdZZUPqCLuWw0AGA0YHwCg&usg=AFQjCNHaG3ZautRMI_mO--WAy8B9qvV3Ew&sig2=LYAsFzdOHbsT9goAMGP6Nw

http://www.wordspy.com/words/Applepicking.asp

Leave a comment!

dmac

091812WarmUp

Think you're smart? Go to this webpage www.highiqsociety.org/iq_tests/ and find out!

Leave a comment!

dmac

091712WarmUp

Did you know that Nasa has plans to send a robot into space and eventually to put a robot on the moon?

Read all about it @:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robonaut
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/science/space/02robot.html?ref=todayspaper
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/robonaut.html
http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/default.asp
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/gm-robonaut-r2-chevy-volt-nasa.php
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20013538-1.html

Leave a comment!
  dmac

091412WarmUp

The title of this blog is GrokIt!. You have been accessing the site since the beginning of school. But what's a grok?


Look up the definition and leave a comment!

dmac

091312WarmUp

In anticipation of World Water Day, coming up next month, how about playing some water related games?

http://wateruseitwisely.com/kids/tip-tank-game.php

http://www.thewaterfamily.co.uk/index2_content.html

http://www.savewater.com.au/game

Leave a comment!

dmac

091212Warmup

Apple is launching a new iPhone today. What are the new features? Any price difference? Is it worth it to upgrade?

Check it out @

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apples-big-iphone-5-announcement-what-to-expect/2012/09/12/6b9ba804-fccb-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_story.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/apple-iphone-ipods-announcement-today-san-francisco/story?id=17214861

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57503273-37/yep-even-more-iphone-5-photos-leak/

Leave a comment!

dmac

091112WarmUp

There are plenty of baby metaphors in English: Baby Face, Big Baby, Baby Cakes.


Well, here's a site that will bring out the "baby" in you:

http://www.etradebabymail.com/

Leave a comment!
  dmac

091012WarmUp

Strapped into the one-man flyer this weekend, I found this interesting site:

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasacity/index2.htm

Give it a whirl and leave a comment!

dmac

092412WarmUp

Feeling green today?

Check out this "green" website:

http://www.willyoujoinus.com/energyville/

Leave a comment!

dmac

090612WarmUp

Yesterday, we learned about the group, AntiSec, a satellite of Anonymous and its alleged "hack" of FBI files.

Today, we learn that the tax returns of presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, have allegedly been "hacked" as well.

Could it be AntiSec or Anonymous again?

Read about it @

http://www.jamestownsun.com/event/article/id/168629/group/News/

and

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/politics/120906/hackers-claim-have-romneys-tax-returns

and

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CC0QFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2012%2F09%2F05%2Fhacker-ransom-romney-tax-returns%2F&ei=j8JIUIfXIurJ0QGxroCACQ&usg=AFQjCNGnoyVg5XxUDwqx1i0zoiVZ5Ixf9Q&sig2=UBElJuuAB6WyZH35S6HVdQ

and

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/mitt-romney-tax-return-theft_n_1859464.html

And while you're at it, take a look at Mitt Romney's 2011 tax return:

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2012/president/candidates/romney/romney_tax_return_1040_2011/

Leave a comment!

dmac

090512WarmUp

Well, it looks like Anonymous has struck again!

Read about it @

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/hackers-claim-to-have-12-million-apple-device-records/?ref=technology

http://allthingsd.com/20120904/fbi-says-antisec-hackers-lied-about-list-of-iphone-id-numbers/

Leave a comment!

dmac

090412WarmUp

A few weeks ago, Apple won a landmark legal case against Samsung for patent infringement worth $1 billion dollars.

But what was it about?

Check it out @
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/09/alt-text-apple-v-samsung-faqk/

Leave a comment!

dmac

082912WarmUp

Welcome to another year of GrokIt!

GrokIt originally appeared 5 years ago. While teaching at RHS, I conceived it as the digital equivalent of the Do Now or activator you may be used to other teachers giving to you to start the class.

Interestingly enough, I believe the blog has taken up a much more important role in my classes.

I envision using GrokIt as a hi-tech portal to get you and your energies focused on the class topics of the day by hyperlinking around the net to:

•discover state-of the-art technologies

•bump into some engaging topic

•just enjoy a fun and interesting website.

My hope is to try to kindle a spark of interest in computers and technology.

After all, the World Wide Web and everything in it was created by software developers, computer programmers, web designers, all kinds of techie people of which you are the next generation.

I also want to create a class community, a public forum from which you could express your opinions and see the opinions of others about these topics.

So here's today's GrokIt:

My favorite magazine in the whole world is WIRED. As mentioned in Wikipedia:

Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since March 1993, that reports on how technology affects culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast Publications, it is published in San Francisco, California.

Check it out @ http://www.wired.com/

Pick an article, read it and leave me a comment!

dmac

060612WarmUp

What is Cryptography?

Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography

Check out a cool site @ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/03.html.

Leave me an encripted message.

dmac

060512WarmUp

Today you are going to take a trip. That's right!

Think you're a world traveler. Take the quiz @ http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq/game1

Leave a comment!
 
dmac

0604WarmUp

Ever wonder what's in Spam. Find out @

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/st_whatsinside_spam/

Leave a comment!

dmac

060112WarmUp

Take a look at some really weird animals @

http://www.life.com/image/3445355/in-gallery/26582

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/5966251/The-weirdest-animals-on-Planet-Earth.html

Now design you own @
http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

and

http://switchzoo.com/zoo.htm

Leave a comment!
 
dmac

053112WarmUp

Binary math, how much do you remember?

Check it out @ http://forums.cisco.com/CertCom/game/binary_game_page.htm

Leave a comment!

dmac

053012WarmUp

Do you believe in magic? (Sounds like a good title for a song!)

Check it out @ http://www.realmagic.net/

How do they do that?

Leave a comment!

dmac

052912WarmUp

"The importance of the Internet in a teenager's life increases with every day that goes by. Teenagers are starting to use the Internet in a myriad of ways, which range from doing schoolwork to transporting themselves halfway around the world."


So says David Thelen, a high school sophomore from Michigan who has recently begun publishing his work in Internet E-Zines.

Read the entire article @ http://www.4teachers.org/kidspeak/thelan/index.shtml.

Leave a comment!
 
dmac

052412WarmUp

You've certainly heard of IQ.

What is it?

Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iq

Take a verbal IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/queendom_tests/transfer?req=MXwxMTIwfDUyOTE3Nzd8MXwx&refempt=1
Take a non-verbal IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1112

How about a mental speed test @
http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1242 and http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1243

Take a spatial IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1118

And, finally, what's emotional IQ?

Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence

Take an emotional IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=693

Leave a comment!

dmac

052312WarmUp

One of the skills that schools used to teach that has fallen out of favor is typing. That's right! Students used to take a typing class during their senior year to prepare for typing all those long research papers in college.

But no more!

Check out these cool typing sites @:

http://www.typingmaster.com/games/bubbleapplet.asp?keys=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz&Submit=Start+Game
http://freetypinggame.net/play.asp
http://www.onlytypinggames.com/

Now take a typing test.

http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/

Leave a comment!
 
dmac

052212WarmUp

He didn't do it! He never did nothin to nobody!

How many times have you heard that on the news? Bad behavior--even worse grammar.
So, how's your grammar? Need some work?
Check out these websites @ http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm
and
http://fen.com/studentactivities/SinkOrSwim/SinkorSwim.html
and
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html
Leave a comment!
dmac

052112WarmUp

How do you spell--hippopotamus?

Think you can spell anything?

Try out http://www.tutpup.com/plays/new/2-word-game
How about http://www.manythings.org/cts/
Or http://www.wordcentral.com/games/alpha-bot.html
Or http://www.kidsspell.com/
or http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordsort/?g=0#header
or http://www.visualthesaurus.com/bee/

Had enough?

Leave a comment!

dnac

051712WarmUp

How are you with words?

Try these word challenges @

http://mochiland.com/articles/dictionary-com-word-play-winners

Leave a comment!
 
dmac

051612WarmUp

What do art and computers have to do with each other?

Check it out @

http://professorgarfield.org/pgf_ArtBot.html
and
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/explore.cfm
and
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/color/color.html

Leave a comment!

dmac

051512WarmUp

Think you're smart in math? How about science? And English?


Try the Whack Attack @

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/game/whack/index.shtml

Leave a comment!
 
dmac

051412WarmUp

Ever dream of being a transportation engineer?

Check out this website:

http://www.traffic-simulation.de/


Leave a comment!

dmac

Ever want to make your own kind of music?

Try out these websites:

http://soundbadge.net/
http://www.zefrank.com/xmas/
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=94
http://www.nimsisland.com/animaljukebox.html
http://www.buildupper.com/
http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm
http://www.lukewhittaker.co.uk/soundfactory/index.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/fun/sixmixer/
http://www.kisstunes.com/m2/page1.aspx

Leave a comment!

dmac

051012WarmUp

Ever feel like you want to talk to someone? Go buy a dog!

Try to figure out what kind of dog is right for you!

Try it @ http://www.petcentric.com/fun-games/friend-fetcher.aspx

In fact, why don't you just learn to speak like a dog @ http://www.petcentric.com/fun-games/Learn-To-Speak-Dog.aspx

Leave a comment!

050912WarmUp

If an astronaut yells in space and noone is there to hear it, does she make a noise?


Are there noises in deep space? If so, what do they sound like?

Find out @ http://www.aliensonic.com/

You can use google to translate your wicked awesome sayings into Spanish and French.

How about R2D2? Try this link: http://www.r2d2translator.com/

Leave a comment!
 
dmac

050812WarmUp

Think you're smart? Go to:

www.highiqsociety.org/iq_tests

and find out!


Leave a comment!
 
dmac

050712WarmUp

Know how to googlewhack?

Check it out @ http://www.googlewhack.com/rules.htm

then create your own whackstack!


Leave a comment.
 
dmac

050412WarmUp

Ever wonder what happens when you donate your body to science? Meet 39-year-old Joseph Paul Jernigan. In life he was a convicted murderer. In death he's the ultimate anatomical specimen.

Take a look at Joe @
http://www.exploratorium.edu/bodies/vhuman.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/visible_human.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_gallery.html

Leave a comment.

dmac

050312WarmUp

In life, what you see is not necessarily what you get!

Check out these optical illusions @ http://www.optillusions.com/

Leave a comment.
 
dmac

050212WarmUp

Happy Birthday! How old are you? Really? Are you sure?

Check out these age calculators@
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/agecalculator.html
and
http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/VirtualAge.php
and
http://www.obfocus.com/calculators/gender.htm
and
http://www.growyouthful.com/quiz.php.

Leave a comment!

dmac

050112WarmUp

There's a guy out there (not me!) who says that "...this is the dumbest generation."

Agree? I didn't think so.

Read it @ http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book5-2008jul05,0,3980465.story

and

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gallery/dumbestgeneration/.

What do you think?

Leave a comment!
 
dmac

043012WarmUp

Did you ever feel like you just want to talk to somebody? How about a ChatBot?

Yak all you want @

http://mybot.a-i.com/mybot.aspx?id=u@G@LLQUDbk0/BbORusKORyZ5TTF9w1nVfYG0HVdeUk
http://www.santabot.com/
http://www.square-bear.co.uk/games/bot.htm
http://www.travisjmorgan.com/bot/zen.html
http://chat.jabberwacky.com/george
http://www.virsona.com/index.aspx

Leave a comment!

dmac

042712WarmUp

What everyone needs in their life is more music!


Try it out @

http://www.nyphilkids.org/games/minuetmixer/minuet9.php?id=&dist=
http://soundbadge.net/
http://contrapunctus.thirdangle.org/
http://www.zefrank.com/xmas/
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=94
http://www.nimsisland.com/animaljukebox.html
http://www.buildupper.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/fun/sixmixer/
http://www.kisstunes.com/m2/page1.aspx
http://www.glitchscape.com/
http://handsonlycpr.org/symphony/

Leave a comment!

dmac

042612WarmUp

What's the weather going to be like today? Sunny with a chance of--word cloud.

Try it out @

http://www.wordle.net/
http://www.tagxedo.com/

Leave a comment!
 
dmac

042512WarmUp

Ever feel like performing knee surgery? Check it out @ http://www.edheads.org/

Leave a comment!

dmac

042412WarmUp

Today is the 132nd birthday of Gideon Sundback. Who is he? And what did he invent that, in it's own small way, has had an enormous effect on making a lot of things that we do and use much easier.

He's even on the Google Doodle for today.

Check it out @

https://www.google.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/gideon-sundback-zipper-engineer-google-doodle_n_1448482.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/24/gideon-sundback-celebrated-google-doodle?newsfeed=true

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/is-the-gideon-sundback-google-doodle-2012s-best-yet/251721-11.html

Look up his bio @

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Sundback

How does his invention work?

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/how-the-gideon-sundback-zipper-works/251686-11.html

What's the controversy?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Pioneers/2012/0424/Google-honors-Gideon-Sundback-Father-of-the-zipper


Leave a comment!

dmac

042312WarmUp

Yesterday was Earth Day. What is it?

Check it out @ http://www.sos-usa.org/get-involved/holiday-traditions/Pages/Earth-Day-at-SOS.aspx?gclid=CJuEoe6Zy68CFQjd4AodQTReYQ

and

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/04/beautiful-earth-day/

Leave a comment!

dmac

041212WarmUp

Continuing to follow the billion dollar acquisition of Instagram by Facebook, take a look at these articles and try to determine what Facebook was thinking and how Instagram is reacting:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/on-instagram-backlash-about-facebook-acquistion/?ref=technology

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/technology/facebook-plays-offense-and-defense-by-buying-instagram.html?_r=1&ref=technology

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/technology/instagram-deal-is-billion-dollar-move-toward-cellphone-from-pc.html?ref=technology

Leave a comment!

dmac

041112WarmUp

Latest technology news: Facebook buys Instagram for 1 billion dollars. Meet two of the world's newest billionaires:

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/04/opinion-baio-instagram-trend/

http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/04/behind-the-scenes-at-instagram-tools-for-building-reliable-web-services/

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/04/instagram-android-facebook/

Leave a comment!

dmac

041012WarmUp

One of my favorite comic strips was written by Rube Goldberg.

What's a Rube Goldberg? Read about it @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine

Who is Rube Goldberg? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg

Visit the official site @ http://www.rubegoldberg.com/

Leave a comment!

dmac

040912WarmUp

Google has announced a new product: Google Glasses.

Check it out @

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/google-glasses-unveiled-video-shows-life-lenses-augmented-reality-specs-article-1.1056172

http://www.pcworld.com/article/253259/googles_project_glass_eyewear_next_big_google_flop_or_hit.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57409781-76/googles-project-glass-envisioning-the-business-boost/

http://gizmodo.com/5899091/google-project-glass-will-these-augmented-reality-glasses-change-how-you-see-in-the-future

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/04/05/project_glass_google_unveils_augmented_reality_glasses.html

Also look up the underlying principle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality

Leave a comment!

dmac

040412WarmUp

Some tech news for today:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/business/yahoo-to-cut-2000-jobs.html?_r=1&ref=technology

http://pocketnow.com/android/is-this-the-rumored-galaxy-nexus-tablet-from-google

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/technology/personaltech/lumia-900-a-beautiful-phone-from-nokia-and-microsoft.html?src=me&ref=technology

Leave a comment!

dmac

040312WarmUp

What do you think about teaching Computer Science to everyone?

Read about it @

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/business/computer-science-for-non-majors-takes-many-forms.html?ref=technology

What is computational thinking?

Read about it @

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_thinking

and

http://www.google.com/edu/computational-thinking/

What do you think?

Leave a comment!

dmac

040212WarmUp

Check out this interesting website about programming!

http://www.cs4fn.org/fundamentals/programming.php

Leave a comment!

dmac

032912WarmUp

Remember the "little phone that could?"

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/samsung-galaxy-note-5m/

Leave a comment!

dmac

032812WarmUp

Some interesting articles about technology:

http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2012/03/the-magic-of-doing-one-thing-a.html

http://www.inc.com/paul-schoemaker/6-Habits-of-Strategic-Thinkers.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-future-of-mobile-deck-2012-3?utm_source=twbutton&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sai

http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/26/google-the-charge-of-the-like-brigade/

Leave a comment!

dmac

032712WarmUp

Well, he did it!

James Cameron, the director of Avatar and the Terminator, went to the bottom of the sea--literally.

Read about it @

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDQQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2012%2F03%2F27%2Fusa-deepsea-cameron-idUSL2E8ER85520120327&ei=TdBxT7PqO4Lz0gG31K2-AQ&usg=AFQjCNHnbciGTwdq9isVzpL8uD9hXqV8Cg&sig2=Xnas5A0uRe6rV4qYaXSG0g

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402153,00.asp

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/27/james-cameron-plans-next-dive-after-surfacing-from-ocean-abyss.html

Leave a message!

dmac

032612WarmUp

An interesting article about a topic that could very well impact you:

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/03/facebook-password-employers/

Leave a comment!

dmac

032312WarmUp

Well, the tablet wars are trickling down to smartphones. Yep, they're getting bigger.

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/apple-iphone-larger-report/

http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynote/note/index.html?type=find

So what do you think?

Should smartphones get bigger?

Leave a comment!

dmac

032112WarmUp

Yesterday, we looked at deep sea robots.

Today, James Cameron, the director of Avatar, is diving to the bottom of the sea.

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/what-james-cameron-can-expect-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean/

Leave a comment!

dmac

032012WarmUp

The navy is now using robots to patrol the ocean.

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/03/ocean-drones/

Leave a comment!

dmac

031912WarmUp

Apple has 97 billion it doesn't know what to do with.

Read about it @

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/technology/apple-to-use-cash-for-stock-dividend-and-buyback.html?_r=1&ref=technology

Leave a comment!

What do you think Apple should do with the money?

dmac

131412WarmUp

Data storage has been growing exponentially over the past decade.

Look up the following capacities on the Internet:

bit
nibble
byte
kilobyte
megabyte
gigabyte
terabyte
petabyte
exabyte
zettabyte
yottabyte.

How big are they?

Give me an example of what can be stored with each capacity, i.e. Blueray holds 500 GB of data.

dmac

031212WarmUp

A few posts to pique your curiosity:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/08/tech/innovation/gorilla-genome-evolution/index.html

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120312PD207.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/11/us-stanford-thiel-idUSBRE82A0EO20120311

What are these articles about?

Leave a comment!

dmac

030912WarmUp

Think Angry Birds is just a game?

How about the physics? Ever consider the physics of Angry Birds?

Take a look @http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/05/is-the-launch-speed-in-angry-birds-constant/

Leave a comment!

dmac

030812WarmUp

For all you Apple fanboys and fangirls, here it is: the ipad.

Check it out @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/hands-on-with-apples-new-ipad/

Leave a comment!

dmac

030712Warmup

Think Facebook is "all that." Take a look at some other websites that are bigger than Facebook:

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/st_internetoutliers/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0306WarmUp

Google is hosting a science fair. Interested?

Check it out @

http://www.google.com/events/sciencefair/index.html

Leave a comment!

dmac

030512WarmUp

You've heard of a tablet. Then there's your phone. Take a look at something in between.

Introducing the Note:

http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynote/note/index.html?type=find

Leave a comment!

dmac

030212WarmUp

Ever have a class where you just didn't understand a concept that the teacher is trying to explain?

Take a look @

http://www.khanacademy.org

Leave a comment!

dmac

030112WarmUp

There's a new player on the block for mobile devices: Windows 8.

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/5-ways-windows-8/

And for the tablet:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/windows-8-tablets-world/

Leave a comment!

dmac

022912WarmUp

Another very cool tool from Google is Translate.

According to Google:

http://translate.google.com/about/

More info @

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Translate

Watch Google Translate in action @

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxDRburxwz8

Check it out @

http://translate.google.com/

Translate these passages into English:

Die reën in Spanje val hoofsaaklik op die vlakte.
Euri Espainian batik bat lautada buruzko maiteminduko da.
La pluja a Espanya cau principalment en la plana.
Dážď v Španielsku padá hlavne na rovine.

Which languages are they?

Leave a comment!

dmac

022812WarmUp

One of the most interesting applications of technology is Google Maps, in particular, Street View.

According to Wikipedia:

Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from various positions along many streets in the world. It was launched on May 25, 2007, originally only in several cities in the United States, and has since gradually expanded to include more cities and rural areas worldwide.

Street View is a neat part of Google Maps that lets you enjoy a vista as if you were right there.

Use Google Maps and Street View to look up the following locations:

Hollywood and Vine, Hollywood, California.
Sunset and Van Ness, Hollywood, California.
Haight and Ashbury, San Francisco, California.
Lombard Street, San Francisco, California.
Powell and Market, San Francisco, California.
Collins Avenue / Espanola Way, Miami Beach, Florida.
Kalakaua Avenue / Olohana Street, Honolulu, Hawaii.
R. Barao de Jaguaripe and Av. Garcia de Avila, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Long and Pepper, Cape Town, South Africa.
Temple and Jordan, Hong Kong, China.

Check out these interesting views:

http://mashable.com/2007/05/31/top-15-google-street-view-sightings/

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=5579602604452745302&ids=e34Sc3sOdj8VdPoMcP0MejsRdiMOc3cRd3sOdjgQc3oOc3oVdPkRb34Rej0OcPwPejgVcz8Pe3sTdjkIczsQd3AUe3oTdP4SczoMe3sRdiMRdz4Qdj8QejgSdjkPc3wTdPkR&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-3&ut=0HSzHy8EDgm581

http://www.gstreetsightings.com/

Leave a comment!

dmac

022712WarmUp

Apple may be in the lead in the cellphone arena, but not for long.

Check it out @

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/technology/apple-riding-high-but-for-how-long.html?_r=1&ref=technology

Also, the new Windows smartphone may be available form Nokia soon.

Check it out @

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/technology/nokia-to-offer-lower-priced-windows-cellphone.html?ref=technology

Also, some interesting posts:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/nokia-exploring-pad-computer-with-microsoft/

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/nokia-chief-says-no-plans-of-merger-with-microsoft/

http://gizmodo.com/5888543/there-are-nearly-a-half+million-android-apps-now

Leave a comment!

dmac

021712WarmUp

Looking for something to do this vacation?

Try out one of these projects"

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/must-complete-projects-for-every-hardcore-tech-geek/

Leave a comment!

dmac

021602WarmUp

There's a new phone on the market from Motorola.

Check it out @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/motorola-droid-4-hands-on/

Leave a comment!

dmac

021512WarmUp

Think you know how to shoot a basketball?

Here's an article that explains what you really need to know:

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/02/brian-skinner-nba-study/

Leave a comment!

dmac

Are you a Facebook user?

Look at this video:

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html

Then read this article:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/unfriend_VhP9QLXispf2RzznaNHPNK

Leave a comment!

dmac

021412WarmUp

Got an iphone?

Take a look at this:

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html

Leave a comment!

dmac

021012WarmUp

Go to my favorite website:

http://www.wired.com/

Read an article and leave a comment!

dmac

0209WarmUp

Take a look at today's technology page for the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html

Pick an article, read it and leave a short comment.

dmac

020812WarmUp

There's a new browser for your phone--Chrome for Android.

Check it out @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/chrome-android-hands-on/

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/chrome-android/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0207WarmUp

A few days ago, the hacker group, Anonymous, hacked the Boston Police site.

http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/02/06/boston-police-hope-have-website-back-soon/7VRe7Y9ajFQ0ptmtO17WTP/story.html


http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/02/04/hacking_keeps_boston_police_website_offline/



Who is Anonymous? What are they all about?


Check it out @


http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/anonymous-101/all/1


http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/01/we-are-legion-documentary/

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dmac

020612WarnUp

The next car you buy may very well drive itself!

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/ff_autonomouscars/

and

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/02/autonomous-vehicle-history/

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dmac

020312WarmUp

More on Facebook IPO @ http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/facebook-ipo-2/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/technology/for-founders-to-decorators-facebook-riches.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=facebook&st=cse

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dmac

020212WarmUp

Guess who's coming to a stock market near you? That's right, it's Facebook.

Read about it @

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/facebook-ipo-filing-revea_n_1248434.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/facebook-ipo-filing-revea_n_1248434.html

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dmac

020112WarmUp

Who's hiring in 2012? HiTech of course!

Check it out @ http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=5569445274532716561&ids=0Nc3wSejAVdz4RejkOdz4VdzkRb34SdjoNdP8PdjgTczkQd3ASdjkIcjAUc3sVdzwUdPgUczkUejoRdiMSd3wUc30QdjgOcPgQcPgVdzkR&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-2&ut=2E4Grep5K1Ml41

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dmac

013012WarmUp

Strapped into the one-man flyer, I collided with these interesting articles while flying around the web:

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=5564780138731675657&ids=d34TdPkRcz8Ue3kScjwSd3oRdiMSdzwMe3cTdj8RdjcOe3oQdzkRb3sRdzkTdz4PdPwPcj0UdPgSdjkIdPcNdjwMd3cTd3wVcPsPd3oRdiMPdj4MdPoNc3wSc3wOd3wOdzkR&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-2&ut=05cC6ww1TsKR41

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=5567534441590423555&ids=0RdjkPczgMejkNd3gQcPkTdzkRb38QdzgVcj4Pc3cVc30UcjsSdjkIc3oVcz8Pc3sTcj4Sc3cOdPoRdiMUdPkSdPcQd3oOdjgOdPwRdzkR&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-3&ut=3TpBwWxxbzKR41

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dmac

013012WarmUp

Got some bad news for all of you Apple fanboys (and fangirls). Apple has been getting some bad press about the working conditions in some of the overseas factories that crank out all of the Ipads and Iphones. In fact there is even some talk of an Apple boycott!

Read about it @

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57367366-37/apple-catches-flak-in-china-supply-chain-saga/?tag=mncol;subStories

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dmac

012412WarmUp

Talk about SOPA and PIPA, the US Government just shut down another file sharing site.

Read about it @

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/shuttered-megaupload-site-sends-file-sharing-sites-packing/

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399238,00.asp

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dmac

012312WarmUp

Here's some news for all of you students who are tired of lugging around your books in backpacs!
Apple is coming out with a new app for the IPad.

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/ipad-educational-aid-study/

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dmac

012012WarmUp

How long should it take to go from New York City to Long Beach California?

How about 32 hours!

What??

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/cars/coolwheels/magazine/15-11/ff_cannonballrun?currentPage=all

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dmac

011912WarmUp

Yesterday, many sites like Google and Wikipedia were blacked out or had black tags.

Why?

Because they were protesting laws that could affect the Internet.

Read about it @

https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/18/sopa-internet-blackout/

http://blogs.voanews.com/digital-frontiers/2012/01/19/wiki-blackout-one-day-later/

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dmac

011312WarmUp

We talked about cars connecting to the Internet.

Read about it @ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/cars-connect-with-apps-the-cloud-at-ces/

What are some of the advantages? Disadvantages?

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dmac

011212WarmUp

It's about this time of year that new technology is previewed at the CES in Las Vegas.

Here's a few of the hits for this year:

http://www.cesweb.org/

http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/ces-2012-what-to-expect-1042619

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/windows-phones-ces-2012/

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/11-must-see-ultrabooks-and-tablets-from-ces-2012/

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dmac

011112WarmUp

In this sluggish economy, one hears much rhetoric about how entrepreneurship will help to get us out of this recession and save the economy.

But what is it?

What is an entrepreneur?

Look it up @

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur

Here's another definition:

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=5562190884570660864&ids=cj8Td3gRej0UdzoOc3AQczoRdiMNdPkOcP4Qcz0Nb38Sd3cUe30McPsTd34Re34SdjkId3oUc3oSc3sRd3wUc3ANczoRdiMRczkUc3sScz0N&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-1&ut=3bMcDysA1jiR41

Can you think of some examples?

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dmac

011012WarmUp

A few interesting articles about coding in the news:

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/money/30170693/detail.html

http://www.linkedin.com/news?actionBar=&articleID=1020528532&ids=d3cMdPkQej4MciMVcPoMc3cVcj0Nb38PdjwOdj0Oc34Id34Ucj0Oc38MciMPcPsMe3sMcz0N&aag=true&freq=weekly&trk=eml-tod2-b-ttl-2&ut=3w0wvlIFSWhl41

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dmac

011912WarmUp

Last week, Facebook revealed it was attacked by a virus.

Read about it @

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/facebook-worm-2012

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/05/facebook-ramnit-worm_n_1186796.html

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Stratfor-Facebook-Worm-Fujitsu-Virus-Lead-Weeks-Security-News-807349/

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dmac

010611WarmUp

There's a group of computer hackers know as Anonymous that does some strange things.

Check out a short history @

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/anonymous-history/

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dmac

010511WarmUp

What are the best games of the year? Check it out @

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/01/the-best-board-games-of-2011/

Also,

Try out the Google of the day @

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/01/agad0104/

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dmac

010411WarmUp

Google has a new contest, specifically for programmers. It's called, Google Code Jam.

Check it out @

http://code.google.com/codejam/

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dmac

010312WarmUp

Apple just created some new buzz.

Check it out at:

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Fuel-Cell-Smartphone-iPhone-iPad,news-13683.html

http://www.gizmag.com/apple-fuel-cell-system-patent-application/20958/

What's a fuel cell?

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/alternative-fuels/fuel-cell.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell

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dmac