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Google and Chuck Norris

I have to say I love a company that can have some fun. Today is Chuck Norris’s birthday (3/10) – the guy is 70!!! – and Google decided to have a little fun. If you type “Chuck Norris” into the search window and click “I’m feeling lucky” you’ll get the following result… hilarious!!!! Happy Birthday [ READ MORE ]

Lower Merion Laptop Spy Case and what schools can learn.

Updated: 3/7/2010 Watch CBS News Videos Online The news around the case in the Lower Merion school district (Harriton High School) is troubling news for many school that either have or are planning to launch a 1:1 program, as my school is about to. The concern over “big brother” like control is something that students [ READ MORE ]

Open Source, Social Media, Apple and the OS fill eWeek’s Top 25 Technologies of the Decade.

I was just thumbing through the February 1, 2010 copy of eWeek in which they identify the “Top 25 Technologies That Changed The Decade” and I was struck by a few things. 1. Open Source Two of the top 25 are Open Source technologies. Firefox (9) as a browser has turned the browser battle on [ READ MORE ]

Retweeting and the power of comments – Thanks Will Richardson and Karen Rubin

Recently I retweeted (RT) something from Will Richardson (@willrich45) on one of his blog posts called “Transformative Technology? Really?” – http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/transformative-technology-really/.   Will’s blog post focused on a Smart Technologies promotional video which I had written about here a few days earlier and shared similar thoughts. In the RT I included a link to my blog [ READ MORE ]

The type of statistics I can get behind: Top 100 Women Lists Dissected

Maxim, AskMen and FHM’s Top 100 Women Lists Dissected – Asylum.com[ READ MORE ]

A little Friday Humor, The IT Crowd.

If you’re not familiar with the IT Crowd you need to stop what you are doing and watch them now! YouTube – Have you tried turning it off and on again[ READ MORE ]

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