Teaching an Old Walkman Some New Steps
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Teaching an old Walkman new steps
Teaching an old Walkman new steps
04/19/2004 09:37 AMCNET Apr 19 2004 2:15PM GMT
Two Steps Foward, Two Steps Back: Bob's
Predictions for 2004
Two Steps Foward, Two Steps Back: Bob's
Predictions for 2004
01/03/2004 08:17 AMpbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040101.html
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Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
01/05/2004 09:12 PMSony XDR-M1 DAB FM WALKMAN
Sony XDR-M1 DAB FM WALKMAN
06/22/2005 01:58 AM
People are saying that
terrestrial radio is dead, but don't believe them. They're crazy and
they smell. DAB&md
ash;a digital radio standard popular with people "in other countries,"
if we're to believe the media—is very cool and could possibly
improve our general listening experience. However, it is not readily
available here yet. That said, Sony has introduced a line of portable
DAB players including the XDR-M1.
This digital radio has 40 preset stations and an FM tuner in areas
that don't have DAB reception. Now, if they could give us DAB over
here instead of non-stop commercials for Trimspa, perhaps I'd turn on
my radio every once in a while.
Sony
launches range of DAB players [Pocket-Lint]
Teaching CSS: there's a long way to go
Teaching CSS: there's a long way to go
11/19/2003 01:41 AMThis email to the css-discuss mailing list does a
great job of describing the confusion and frustration that still
confronts traditional web developers who are only just starting out on
the road to mastering CSS. When you've "got it", it's easy to forget how
much of a paradigm shift it is away from old school table methods.
Here's an extract:
Step
Eight.
Just when you think you're settling down into a slow and steady
learning curve, this is about when you start getting emails from
everyone who uses your site describing all kinds of variations on your
layout as it has been interpreted by their varying browsers and
platforms. This stage is the most important of all, the one where you
realize that CSS support is far, far more random than any HTML
workarounds that you've been dealing with for the (insert personal
experience here) years you've been making web pages.
(Excerpt from an email from a user of one of my sites: "the new
color and stuff on the homepage looks good, except on my computor
[sic]
some of the pages are cut off at the bottom and have big gaps in
them")
Maybe a good analogy to make here is one with Linux: both are great
in principle, but if you aren't comfortable with what you are doing
you can run in to a whole bunch of problems. I wouldn't recommend
anyone who is still on the CSS learning curve to move a big commercial
project to pure CSS,
just as I wouldn't suggest a Linux newbie start hosting their own
internet facing server.
At any rate, it's obvious that we as a community still have a long
way to go in creating useful resources for people who want to make the
switch to CSS.
Walkman? That's So 1980s
Walkman? That's So 1980s
08/09/2004 11:15 AMI am not sure why Sony -- and a lot of other people -- thinks that the
Walkman is such a great brand name. To me, the brand Walkman means
casette-tape player. Big, bulky, and sequential access to my tunes. In
fact, if I am not wrong, Sony's portable CD-player was marketed under
the name Discman.
So, I am not entire sure there's wisdom in
re-using the brand Walkman in Sony's latest MP3... er, well, digital
music player.
Walkman vs iPod
Walkman vs iPod
08/06/2004 10:22 PMSunday Times South Africa Aug 7 2004 2:21AM GMT
Unorthodox Teaching Aid
Unorthodox Teaching Aid
06/05/2005 11:24 PMBlogpoly: From
Monopoly to Blogpoly
“It is just a game. It
is fun to use the board to lay out the Blogosphere Ecosystem. It helps
me to think and learn about blogging culture by transforming the
original game into this version. I had to think about which company
and enterprise to choose and set up first on the board. The space is
limited, so I picked well known names in blogging industry. Besides
the private properties, there are two public utilities--the water
works and the electric company. Then I thought of
‘Wikipedia’ and ‘Creative Commons’, and then a
few more, making ‘criminal’ into ‘spammer’,
‘free parking’ into ‘free hosting’.
‘Chance’ and ‘community chest’ become
‘comment’ and ‘trackback’. Fun -- yes? There
is not much difference for me transforming the game than writing a
poem, using similes, metaphors and symbols.” [littleoslo, via
Boing Boing]
This is a nice, visual representation of bloggy and
social sites/services. It could serve as an interesting conversation
piece in training classes, especially tech CE events.
Meet the New Walkman
Meet the New Walkman
07/01/2004 10:40 AM
Meet
the new Walkman. 20GB HD, 25 minutes of cache for skip-free
playing. Works with Sony's
Connect music service.
Sharp-looking little player.
How The iPod Ran Circles Around The
Walkman
How The iPod Ran Circles Around The
Walkman
03/14/2005 05:50 PMThe reach of a company with the optimal mix of assets can extend in
all directions -- and right through the front door of its competitors.
By Rnadall Stross, New York Times
TheStar.com - Walls of Walkman
TheStar.com - Walls of Walkman
07/25/2004 10:58 PMWalkman is the original echo chamber .. this Toronto Star
piece
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Teaching union gives BNP warning
Teaching union gives BNP warning
04/12/2004 01:03 AMThe largest teaching union is accusing the British National Party of
stirring up fear and hatred in schools.
Sony NW-HD5 Network Walkman
Sony NW-HD5 Network Walkman
04/05/2005 07:43 PM
Sony has
just taken the wraps off their new NW-HD5 hard disk-based music
player, a tiny little thing with 20GB of storage. It weighes just 125
grams, which I'm told is less than the weight of a heavily-iced
cupcake (I'm not very good with weights, you might have noticed). Sony
is also promising an ample 40 hours of bettery life and an easily
removable battery. The NW-HD5 will be available in silver, red, and
black and will go on sale in the UK next month for £200 (no word
of a US release yet, but I'd say we'll get it soon enough).
The coolest trick is probably its new 'Follow Turn Display,' which
orients the interface screen depending on which way the NW-HD5 is
held. If I know Sony, I'll bet the controls rotate, too, like the Sony
Vaio U-Series.
Sony
announce the NW-HD5 [Pocket-LintUK]
Sony unveils its new WALKMAN
Sony unveils its new WALKMAN
04/06/2005 12:33 PMSony has unveiled its new WALKMAN, a 20GB HDD player with an aluminium
body and credit-card-size dimensions that can hold up to 13,000 songs
or 900 CDs worth of music.
The NW-HD5 offers a 40 hour replaceable battery. It also features a
large and easy-to-navigate 7-line LED screen. The display is
synchronised to hand movements, flipping from horizontal to vertical
depending on moves, eliminating the need for “right side up”. The
NW-HD5’s specially designed sensor kicks in when dropped, providing
immediate and effective shock protection. The NW-HD5 comes supplied
with SonicStage3.1 software that plays both MP3 and ATRAC formats.
The player is available in a choice of black, silver or red and is
expected to be in UK shops next month. There is no announcement on a
North American launch.
Sony Launches MP3 Walkman
Sony Launches MP3 Walkman
07/01/2004 07:09 PMA Guide for Teaching Mathematics
A Guide for Teaching Mathematics
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New: Teaching Music with Reason
New: Teaching Music with Reason
05/06/2004 10:07 AMPropellerhead Software's Teaching Music with Reason combines a
specially adapted version of its Reason music application with
lesson-based materials for teaching music creation.
Sony unveils HDD Walkman
Sony unveils HDD Walkman
07/01/2004 05:24 AMReg Kit Watch Watch out, iPod
Teaching Nanotech to Swim
Teaching Nanotech to Swim
07/24/2004 11:09 PMDirect and Related Links for 'Teaching
Nanotech to Swim'
“One of the cultural icons of nanotechnology is the image of
the surgical team from the 1966 science fiction movie, Fantastic
Voyage, motoring along through the bloodstream of scientist Jan Benes.
Everyone knows the image is about as closely related to real-life
nanotechnology as Jurassic Park is to genomics-still, it’s hard to
shake. The scene, and others like it have inspired a generation of
researchers to pursue technologies that may one day deliver
cancer-fighting drugs…
Teaching Kids How to Invest
Teaching Kids How to Invest
06/28/2004 09:44 AMYour kids have time on their side, so give them a head start in
investing.
Walkman spawned a revolution
Walkman spawned a revolution
07/16/2004 08:16 AMChicago Tribune Jul 16 2004 12:30PM GMT
Teaching the Test in Texas
Teaching the Test in Texas
12/03/2003 12:14 PM Teach
ing the Test As a student at Jefferson Davis High here,
Rosa Arevelo seemed the "Texas miracle" in motion. After
years of classroom drills, she passed the high school exam required
for graduation on her first try. A program of college prep courses
earned her the designation "Texas scholar."
At the University of Houston, though, Ms. Arevelo discovered the
distance between what Texas public schools called success and what she
needed to know. Trained to write five-paragraph "persuasive
essays" for the state exam, she was stumped by her first writing
assignment. She failed the college entrance exam in math twice, even
with a year of remedial algebra. At 19, she gave up and went to trade
school.
This doesn't look good for our new, unfunded, "Leave No Child
Behind" education bill. Smells like another bait and switch to
me.
Teaching History With Videogames
Teaching History With Videogames
08/08/2004 07:05 AMG4 Tech TV Aug 8 2004 11:07AM GMT
'Big improvement' in ICT teaching
'Big improvement' in ICT teaching
05/14/2004 04:50 AMBBC May 14 2004 9:03AM GMT
Neural Network Teaching Aid
Neural Network Teaching Aid
05/25/2004 02:44 PMInitiation
Maria, the Virtual Teaching Assistant?
Maria, the Virtual Teaching Assistant?
02/01/2005 10:05 PMMaria is an assistant teacher in Statistical Interference at the
University of Auckland according to a new press
release from the University. It also describes some of the unique
attributes
of Maria. First of all, it claims she's a virtual, artificial
intelligence entity
"with a vocabulary of 203,000 words, a
repertoire
of 106,000
grammatical rules and 118,000 rules of logical interference, Maria is
capable of conversation at quite a complex level." Whe she's not
teaching, Maria apparently hangs out on the Internet with her other
virtual friends phishing for credit card numbers.
Feel free to visit
them and have a chat. I decided to interview Maria and find out if
she's really as smart as the story claims.
Sony hopes to set history with Walkman,
again
Sony hopes to set history with Walkman,
again
07/01/2004 12:06 PMSony Network Walkman NW-HD3 Reviewed
Sony Network Walkman NW-HD3 Reviewed
02/05/2005 10:17 PM
Gizmo Girl
has a healthy review of Sony's relatively new NW-HD3 MP3 Player. (And
it plays real MP3, instead of "converts to our proprietary
format while you wai MP3", which had been the case with all of Sony's
previous "MP3" players.) Sony kindly calls it a "Network Walkman", but
don't let those words invoke in you dreams of sugarplum IP fairies,
streaming audio from one device to another, with rainbow wireless
interfaces and candy packets of audio sharing. No, the NW wraps your
MP3s so that effectively once they check in to your device, they don't
check out. Still, sans file-conversion, the transfer process isn't
quite as awful as their earlier players. And it comes in pretty (and
familiar) colors. Battery life is apparently quite stellar, and its
small stature but high capacity has them swooning.
Gizmo Girl
Review [Pocket-Lint]
Cory teaching Clarion in 2005
Cory teaching Clarion in 2005
07/28/2004 05:48 AMIn 1992, I graduated from the Clarion Writers' Workshop at Michigan
State University, the famed six-week "boot-camp for science-fiction
writers." It was an amazing experience: my instruction from the likes
of Damon Knight, James Patrick Kelly, Lisa Goldstein, Nancy Kress and
Kate Wilhelm forever changed me as a writer and a person.
Therefore, it is a stupendous honour to be able to announce that I
will be returning to Clarion next year, as part of the 2005 roster of
instructors. My co-instructors will be Joan Vinge, Charles Coleman
Finlay, Gwyneth Jones, Walter John Williams and Leslie What.
Clarion is in transition this year, as funding cuts at MSU will
require a change of venue. Here are some details:
Among the options being considered are moving the workshop to another
university or becoming an independent non-profit organization, along
the lines of Clarion West. In either event, Clarion is likely to leave
its long-time home in East Lansing and is actively soliciting
suggestions for new location(s) and offers from organizations or
groups willing to host the workshop. “I think it’s past
time for Clarion to make a transition to a new venue and a new
structure,” said Board Member James Patrick Kelly. The Clarion
Board is calling on alumni and friends of the workshop to volunteer to
help with the transition. “We need to work on fundraising,
communications, and administration,” said Kelly.
“We’re encouraging people who believe in Clarion to get
involved with everything from putting together our newsletter to
helping choose the instructors and lots in between.” To that
end, the Clarion Board of Directors, which currently consists of
Matheson, Kelly, Kate Wilhelm, Maureen McHugh, Karen Joy Fowler, Tim
Powers, and former Clarion director Tess Tavormina will be looking to
reconstitute itself and expand its membership.
LinkReal "Walkman" settles with Sony
Real "Walkman" settles with Sony
06/07/2004 01:42 PMSony is apparently kicking down several million Euros to Andreas
Pavel, a German inventor who in 1977 patented and prototyped a
wearable stereo called the "Stereobelt." Of course, the Stereobelt
sounds a lot like the Sony Walkman, launched two years later. Flush
with cash, Pavel now plans to go after Apple and other makers of, er,
digital Stereobelts.
Link (via
my journal at The
Feature)Moreh - Jewish Teaching Software
Moreh - Jewish Teaching Software
09/06/2004 01:59 AMProject team forming
iPod's Still The Apple Of My Ear, Even
With A Walkman In Hand
iPod's Still The Apple Of My Ear, Even
With A Walkman In Hand
08/14/2004 10:35 PM"How's it compare to the iPod?" "Battery life is a lot longer, up to
30 hours." "The LCD readout is kind of dim." "Battery life is a lot
longer." "I understand it can't play MP3 files." "Battery life is a
lot longer." Sense a theme here? By Stephen Williams, Newsday (via
MyAppleMenu)
Teaching Robots to Herd Cats
Teaching Robots to Herd Cats
04/21/2004 04:48 AMRescue crews would love to have dozens of tiny robots swarm disaster
sites to aid in finding survivors. There's just one problem: The
robots don't play well with each other. So researchers are programming
teamwork into electronics. By Michelle Delio.
Home teaching 'needs more checks'
Home teaching 'needs more checks'
07/29/2004 11:34 AMChildren taught by their parents should be subject to greater
scrutiny, a union has heard.
Teaching union head dies
Teaching union head dies
05/22/2004 02:18 PMThe general secretary of the country's second-largest teaching union,
Eamonn O'Kane, dies in London.
Teaching net straddles Pacific islands
Teaching net straddles Pacific islands
07/19/2004 04:27 AMLessons via satellite are helping students keep up with their
education in the island nations of the South Pacific.
Teaching educators about free software
Teaching educators about free software
12/17/2003 10:45 AMI was shocked when the middle school principal told me he could not
accept free software for his journalism program; that all he was
allowed to use was fresh-from-the-box commercial software. "It's
school district policy," he said. "We can't even bring software from
home now. It's because of the licensing. There are big fines for using
unlicensed software. We can't risk it." This was an educated man, a
fine teacher and administrator, but he knew nothing about the
licensing terms under which Linux, OpenOffice, and many other fine
programs are distributed. Neither, apparently, did his superiors in
the school district administration. We need to teach them.
Teaching Music Traders a Lesson
Teaching Music Traders a Lesson
11/12/2003 01:22 PMThe Berklee College of Music is encouraging anyone to grab and trade
clips of the school's music lessons on P2P networks. The school also
wants to stimulate debate about the future of the music industry in
the digital world. By Katie Dean.
Sony hypes "next-generation Walkman"
Sony hypes "next-generation Walkman"
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