January 2012
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Figuring out the code to QR Codes
It is often said that to convenience an audience to adopt and idea, one must create a Path to least resistance. In the case of QR Codes the path of least resistance seems to be what has been used to promote these strange codes: advertisement.
QR Codes or Quick Response codes are a type of matrix barcode original used by the auto industry. They have more recently been adopted for advertisement of...
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Friday the 13th: it is the end of the world
Friday the 13ths of note
Here’s a look at some significant things that have happened on a Friday the 13th.
Fidel Castro was born on Friday, Aug. 13, 1926, in Biran, Cuba.
Celebrity twins Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were born on Friday, June 13, 1986.
Rapper Tupac Shakur died on Friday, Sept. 13, 1996, six days after being shot in Las Vegas.
Daredevil Sam Patch died on Friday, Nov....
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Dating an iPad in education: I tried to meet my...
A response to Robert Talbert’s Article, My three weeks with an iPad, published in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
I think Robert Talbert has it right and wrong at the same time. What do I mean? Ok, Here we have the iPad, a piece of technology that has the potential and is being used in great educational avenues. However, the use of this tablet device is limited by the compromise and...
