Monthly Archives: February 2008

Car-struck

Posted on February 29, 2008 by

Our very own Nick was hit by a car this afternoon on his way to work. (see artist’s depiction, complete with sound effects.) He’s alive and seems to be ok. Or at least as OK as Nick ever seems. If … Continue reading →

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Penn Humanities Forum – Siva Vaidhyanathan

Posted on February 29, 2008 by

As part of the Penn Humanities Forum, media scholar and cultural historian Siva Vaidhyanathan gave a talk at the museum tonight titled The Googlization of everything — One Company’s Disruption of culture, Commerce, and Community. It was a great discussion … Continue reading →

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New to Using a Mac?

Posted on February 27, 2008 by

New to using a Mac? Switched recently from a Windows PC? We’ll offer tips to use your Mac productively, perform basic trouble-shooting and housekeeping tasks, and easily move files between Macs and Windows computers. Feel free to bring your Mac … Continue reading →

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Edit Audio with Audacity

Posted on February 25, 2008 by

Learn to work with audio with Audacity, a free, open-source program for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. In this class, you’ll learn to combine music and voice, … Continue reading →

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Cheap Flash/Thumb Drives

Posted on February 25, 2008 by

Just wanted to point out a couple places online that are currently selling a 4GB USB Flash drive for only about $17. Keep in mind we’re not endorsing any vendors here, but Amazon.com and Buy.com and NewEgg have this thumb … Continue reading →

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Music 258 Students

Posted on February 20, 2008 by

If you’re in Music 258, please be sure to tell the lab consultant on duty when it comes time to save your files so that we can save your work on the appropriate hard drive for your class.

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Apply for $1000 Technology Grant Soon!

Posted on February 14, 2008 by

Thanks to the generosity of Jeff Seltzer W’78 and his wife Annie, the Penn Libraries (Weigle Information Commons) is proud to offer undergraduate research awards for up to six students to conduct research using new media and information technologies. Each … Continue reading →

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Happy Lupercalia!

Posted on February 14, 2008 by

Yeah, the rest of the country (and much of the world) is celebrating Valentine’s Day, but here at the Digital Media Lab, we celebrate a different sort of holiday. No, we won’t be sacrificing anyone, but I put some chocolate … Continue reading →

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Possible World Record

Posted on February 13, 2008 by

Ok, i’ve been known to exaggerate. But it’s still pretty impressive–or at least long overdue. As of this morning, we have all 11 Macs in the lab up and running again! This should help a lot as we head into … Continue reading →

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Spring Robot

Posted on February 12, 2008 by

I’ve had at least 2 people ask me when we’re going to put up a new robot sign on the door of the lab. One of them even noticed that the one we’ve been using was just a re-use of … Continue reading →

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