Monthly Archives: August 2010

CCX is Gonna Be Busy

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

With students coming onto campus in large numbers over the next three days, the Computer Connection will be exceptionally crowded and busy from Wednesday 9/1 through Friday 9/3. If you need to purchase anything this week you should probably do … Continue reading →

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Letting Visitors Customize Your Webpage

Posted on August 26, 2010 by

I’ve really been enjoying the BBC website. If you haven’t taken a look at it recently, check it out: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ What’s so wonderful about it is that you can make it be the website you want it to be. No … Continue reading →

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World’s Largest Augmented Reality Marker

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

Ok, this is pretty cool. Many of you are probably already aware of “Augmented Reality,” that uses those funny looking square barcodes to augment an actual view of reality with computer generated imagery. The computer can tell which way a … Continue reading →

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Mobile WIC (8/20/10)

Posted on August 20, 2010 by

Check out the new mobile WIC! See how we look on your iPhone, iPad or Droid!

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Resources from ISC (8/17/10)

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

Useful resources from ISC include the installer downloads page and AirPennNet instructions for iPhones

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iWeb for Biology Lab Manuals (8/15/10)

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

Dr. Eby Bassiri, Instructional Lab Coordinator for Biology, came to the Commons in June to explore improving biology lab manuals available only in PDF and hardcopy formats. Building on his experiences in an iWeb workshop, Eby has created an elegant … Continue reading →

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Happy Friday the 13th!

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Detexify

Posted on August 11, 2010 by

Not that I’m a big LaTex user, but I thought this was a pretty cool tool. Basically, you just draw the symbol you’re looking for, and Detexify finds the LaTex code for it. See the example I did below. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Reserve Online for Poster Printing (8/11/10)

Posted on August 11, 2010 by

The Vitale Digital Media Lab has moved to an online reservation-based system for printing posters. See http://tinyurl.com/posterfaq for Details.

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Buy a Flash Drive

Posted on August 9, 2010 by

If you’re in the market for a USB key/flash drive, or if you’re still using a flash drive with less than 1 GB of space, please buy a new one. And here’s a great excuse to do it: a Kingston … Continue reading →

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