Category Archives: IT

What Cell Phone do you use?

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Andy Rush

Help me test out a web service (Poll Everywhere) by answering the following question: POLL CLOSED Add your answer in the comments . . . The service allows polling to take place with a cell phone that has SMS capabilities. … Continue reading →

Posted in IT, Mobile | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

If you have kids, you should read this!

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Andy Rush

Image by Andrew Feinberg via Flickr How’s that title for an attention grabber? It basically translates to saying, unless you’re a bad parent, you should drop what you’re doing and pay attention. In blogs, newscasts, and almost everywhere else that … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, IT, News & Commentary | 6 Comments

Google Earth Gets YouTube videos

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Andy Rush

  Why not get some onsite video when you visit a place in Google Earth? The Google Lat Long blog announced yesterday that if a YouTube uploader "geotagged" a video in YouTube, a Google Earth user can see videos associated … Continue reading →

Posted in IT, YouTube | 2 Comments

Windows Live Writer – You Made Me Love You

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Andy Rush

I have a new and blossoming relationship, with a blog editor, and it’s from . . . gulp . . . Microsoft. I’m trying not to feel icky about it, and that’s not hard because there is so much to … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, IT, Technology, Vista | 12 Comments

What Was That High Quality Video Format Again?

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Andy Rush

I had seen this information a while back about what is the best video format to upload to get the best quality playback from YouTube videos. Well, obviously there is a (corny) video to go along with the information. Boy, … Continue reading →

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TwitBin – Just Works

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Andy Rush

Tweet, Tweet! In Twitter talk that means I approve. TwitBin is a Firefox extension that adds a sidebar with your latest “tweets.” Install it, configure it, and you’ll see recent postings plus a field to add your own tweets. Ctrl+Shift+m … Continue reading →

Posted in IT, Technology | 3 Comments

Dell Getting All Linuxy

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Andy Rush

I grabbed the above photo before they took it down. According to their “Direct2Dell” site, Ubuntu Linux is coming pre-installed to a Dell near you. Ubuntu is a flavor of Linux that just might be at the tipping point to … Continue reading →

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It’s As Easy as SimplePie

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Andy Rush

In a moment reminiscent of the famous scene in The Graduate, I whispered to Jim Groom the word SimplePie. Long story short, don’t tell Jim about something new, neat, and cool, and expect him not to blog about it right … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio & Video, IT | 3 Comments

MistyLook – The I.E. Edition

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Andy Rush

Oops! I read a comment on our Wiki/Blog mashup stating that the link to the wiki wasn’t working. Turns out the code to make the link appear as a tab at the top of the page was getting stepped on … Continue reading →

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Sure – XSS Vulnerability

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Andy Rush

I haven’t got too much of a clue what this all means, but some of the MediaWiki Extensions (here, here, and here) that I have pointed to in recent posts now have a warning on them. So if you have … Continue reading →

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