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And Now You’re an Anstronaut: Open Source Treks to The Final Frontier
There have been a couple of blog posts recently referencing the recent switch NASA made from Windows to Debian 6, a GNU/Linux distribution, as the OS running on the laptops abord the International Space Station. It’s worth noting that Linux … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in *nix, ECE2524, ece2524s13, gpl, iss, linux, nasa, open source, technology, vtclis13
Both sides of auto-grading argument miss the point
A recent story in the New York Times covers a software program by nonprofit EdX that will soon be available for free to any institution that wants to use it. Using sophisticated machine learning algorithms to train its artificial intelligence, … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in education, GEDI, grading, technology, vtclis13
Digital amplifier: the tweet heard ’round the world
Sometimes, in the face based modern world we live in, it feels like we’re living in the future. But all it takes is the watchful eye of the Internet, and specifically, its uncanny, sometimes disruptive tendency to amplify lurking social … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in culture, Diversity, ece2524s13, technology, vtclis13
Oxford Blocks Google Docs
I hope that everyone is toasty and enjoying this beautiful dusting of snow. In light of all of the conversation about technology that has been had in the Future Professoriate classes as well as in the majority of pedagogical workshops … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Academia, GPP13, security, Students, technology
Blasphemy?: DRMed Games on Linux
The interwebz have been all atwitter the past month or so with Valve’s announcement of the porting of their Steam gaming service to the GNU/Linux platform. Many Linux users were thrilled about the announcement and saw it as a sign … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in drm games, ece2524s13, free games, linux, social issues, steam, technology, vtclis13
Does awareness of our limitations aid in overcoming them?
A couple of thoughts have been bouncing around in my head while reading. First, while reading As We May Think by Bush, but repeatedly with other sources, I was reminded of a thought I often have when reading science ficture … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in future, prediction, sci-fi, social issues, technology, vtclis13
On Farming, the Internet and Funny Hats
This is a picture of me wearing a hat I made: It was made from the same pattern used to make the hat used in the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The woman who did the work of adapting the … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in farming, food, making, social issues, technology, vtclis13
Stranger in a Commonplace Land
As I began reading the two introduction essays by Janet Murray and Lev Manovich to The New Media Reader I first was a bit overwhelmed with the length of each. This immediately made me think of an article that was reverenced in … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in engineering, new media, technology, vtclis13
It’s a Feature, not a Bug
In his article The internet: Everything you ever need to know, John Naughton lists nine key concepts about the Internet to help us understand that profound impact it is having, and will continue to have, on our lives. Reading number 3 “DISRUPTION … Continue reading → Continue reading
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