Archive for the 'Technology' Category

How https/ssl works

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

This is part of one of the workshops I’ve been giving at Brock this month (as it pertains to WebCT and security/privacy). I thought it had valud outside Brock’s walls. The videos on YouTUBE so that it’s hamsters can do the heavy work.

Old Time Phone Exchanges

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Remember those old-time phone exchanges? Like on TV shows they would give out 555 numbers as Klondike5….. I think we need to bring these back! Here’s a list of the old exchanges: ourwebhome.com/TENP/Recommended.html My Phone number starts 905 Faculty9 …. I think I’m going to try and convert everyone’s numbers to this as a memory… Continue Reading Old Time Phone Exchanges

More BlackBoard v. Sakai News

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Apparently my blog has become, between the Smashing Pumpkins and car postings, a bit a of a reference about BlackBoard’s U.S. Patent No. 6,988,138 – their patent of the electronic teaching and learning of human beings. BlackBoard (Bb) now owns it’s major competition, WebCT, which is the tool that consumes most of my day job.… Continue Reading More BlackBoard v. Sakai News

Apple iPhone

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Greatest device ever made. (Take that Gutenberg!) All that’s left to do is get the price right when it comes to Rogers in Canada. www.apple.com/iphone

Gears of War Pumpkins Style

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Most people have seen the ad for the latest X-Box 360 game on TV in a theatre lately. It features a game play with no game sounds just ”Mad World” by Gary Jules. The ad would have been so much better if they had only chosen to use the Smashing Pumpkins’ Bullets with Butterfly Wings.