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While Virginia Tech seems to captivate the media with their outstanding advances in computing, they are not the only ones excelling in education in Virginia. At Montevideo Middle School students are discovering how much fun you can have with a wireless Apple iBook lab!
I have mentioned This Is True before. (It is a weekly newsletter of weird happenings.) They also have a "Bonzer Web Site of the Week." A couple of weeks back they mentioned the Random Number Service. If you have ever done any programming o a computer, you would know that computers really don't randomize very well. This site not only does it for you but shows you why true randomness is important. See it at: Random.org, or in the archives of the Bonzer web sites
For almost anyone but Microsoft, the $613 million fine placed on it, would be ruinous. But when you have $50 Billion+ in the bank, it isn't much and will be made up in short time. Especially since it will do nothing to change Microsoft's practices. They truly feel that they are being picked on unfairly.
They said they would appeal based on the fact that they had cooperated with the prosecution and that the fine was too large when looking at only their European business. IMHO - it is just another slap on the wrist. Full story at : Star-Telegram
Whenever I run into these lists in a mailing list, I like to reprint them. Some of the sites have been mentioned before, but it is always nice to get a new one to the table. This one was on the AUGD mailing list. In response to Help for a PC Switcher Sites:
** News Factor Refers to platforms and who is cheaper with pros on both sides
**Powerbook Shoot-outs features and list a chart for easy reading with a disclosure that you should not buy base on the charts alone. I found it very easy to read and compare with that said.
**This one will take you to an article on zdnet.MacAddict.com
Adam Engst writes about this product in last week's issue of TidBITs. PDFpen from SmileOnMyMac; is a utility that enables you to edit PDF files. It lets you insert and remove pages, move pages around in a document, and copy them between documents. You can also overlay text, images, and even freehand drawings on top of PDF documents. It requires 10.2.5 or later. More info at: Smile on my Mac, or read Adam's story. (Note: Adam allows MUGs to reprint his articles. You can skip us on this one entirely.)... Tidbits
This article at the Kuro5hin web site is not political like most of the material there. If you have a CD player that is starting to get "flaky" on you, to the point that you are ready to trash it, then this article is for you. It will help you to fix it. Read more...
Every once in awhile some puts something so bad, it just has to be seen. While I think his voice still beats Kirk's, it really is interesting. See Leonard Nimoy sing
Well, you still pay shipping, but this site tries hard to live up to its name. Most of it is computer/electronics. Be sure to follow the instructions to get the rebate. Read more...
David Strom, in his newsletter this month talks about helping students and their parents get aid for college. There are all kinds of resources on this site. Aid packages, sources and even loan applications. Read more...
The AppleWorks Users Group is offering a free e-mail list as "the AppleWorks News Service." It will contain special offers, new products and other news related to AppleWorks. They are even offering reprint permission to MUGs. AppleWorks News
According to the story, the goal of the developer is to have a robot that can build a complete house in 24 hours. This robot uses wet concrete to build the outline of the walls, in the same way that you might build a wall with toothpaste. Once the outline is complete, the robot would fill in the hollow space in a similar fashion. It would be interesting to see the results.
That's right, we are seeing more and more "long term" sites. It is hard to believe that www.census.gov has been around that long. The press release says that they serve 1.5 million pages per day. Now to top it off, they are adding a new service, called ask.census.gov. This should come in real handy as they have TONS of data, but find the particular piece you want can be really frustrating. See it at: Census.gov, and read the celebration release
If you're an Apple user in the Durham Region of Canada, then you need to get acquainted with the Macintosh Users East! MaUsE is a community group featuring meetings, special programs, and free access to club resources, a members-only Help Resource (mail list), and an award winning newsletter. President Jim Foster along with Officer Bruce Cameron, welcome all Apple users to monthly meetings which are open to the public. MaUsE is centred in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada servicing the entire Durham Region located approximately 40 kilometers east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mause.ca
Apple has announced they are moving the worldwide availability of iPod mini to July due to the much stronger than expected demand in the U.S. far exceeding the total planned supply through the end of June. Apple expects to ramp up its manufacturing of the iPod mini to meet worldwide demand in the July quarter.Apple PR
When WebWhacker dropped by the way-side, Mac users lost a powerful tool for downloading entire web sites. Now "Web Dumper" does the trick -- not only for Mac OS X, but for OS 8, 9 and Windows users! Download parts, or download it all very quickly. Check it out
Making patterns in Illustrator is a difficult and time consuming task. In Photoshop it's almost as difficult. Now, any graphics user who wants wallpaper, fabric patterns, backgrounds or other repeating patterns can generate beautiful patterns, raster or vector, from photos or Illustrator vector objects. MUG Articles
The Year is 2546 on Planet Terria. For too long, genetically modified grown food and pollution from the ocean and environment created a harmful impact on the natural food chain of Planet Terria. Guess what? You're in the food chain in this excellent "retro" styled shoot-em up from Phelios... MUG Articles
We advocate all computer users learn at least one database program. Of course FileMaker is the one we most recommend. Troi has been around since the dawn of Filemaker, and their new "Activator" Plug-in extends those databasing powers across networks and out onto the web.MUG Articles
Palm users will rejoice when they can carry along and enjoy the compelling world of fantastic beasts, devious puzzles, and heroic challenges -- armed only with their stylus -- in the classic world of Castle Shadowgate
Got an iPod? Protect your investment and reinforce your "cool" with the new "EVO" ("proof of evolution") skins from iSkin. A completely redesigned rotary RevoClip for a secure connection and an improved screen protector that maintains an ultra-clear view -- PLUS new "glow-in-the-dark" colors for your new iPod iSkin
OS X is Mac's landmark new OS with eye-candy and sounds, right? So why do some 65% of publishing industry professionals still lag behind in OS 9? Probably because a number of, inexpensive but heavily relied upon tools never got upgraded. Now, Lake Group Software has helped by launching a collection of OS X color, type and pre press tools - Veenix: Design & Type Tools
James Associates has created MacGPS Pro software that brings real-time display of GPS information on a moving map to the Macintosh screen ... developed by Stanford graduate Dr. Lawrence W. James, Ph.D ... MacGPS Pro
"Too much sanity may be madness.
And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be!"
- Miguel de Cervantes
"Life is a succession of lessons
which must be lived to be understood."
- Thomas Carlyle
"Hell, there are no rules here.
We're trying to accomplish something."
- Thomas A. Edison
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