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
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dmac
Monday, April 30, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
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/
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dmac
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/
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dmac
Thursday, April 26, 2012
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/
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dmac
Try it out @
http://www.wordle.net/
http://www.tagxedo.com/
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dmac
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
042512WarmUp
Ever feel like performing knee surgery? Check it out @ http://www.edheads.org/
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dmac
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dmac
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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
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dmac
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
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dmac
Monday, April 23, 2012
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/
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dmac
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/
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dmac
Thursday, April 12, 2012
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
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dmac
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
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dmac
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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/
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dmac
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/
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dmac
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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/
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dmac
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/
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dmac
Thursday, April 5, 2012
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
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dmac
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
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dmac
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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
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dmac
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
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dmac
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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?
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dmac
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?
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dmac
Monday, April 2, 2012
040212WarmUp
Check out this interesting website about programming!
http://www.cs4fn.org/fundamentals/programming.php
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dmac
http://www.cs4fn.org/fundamentals/programming.php
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dmac
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