Archive for October 24th, 2005:


Podcast15: Education That Matters

This podcast includes 3 websightings and an editorial entitled “Education That Matters.” Learn about how students can balance the US federal budget online (at least experiment with different approaches to accomplishing that goal) and gain insights about string theory through NOVA’s fantastic website and video series, “The Elegant Universe.” The editorial, “Education That Matters” focuses

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Weather globe software

This summer I was introduced to MacKiev’s amazing 3D Weatherglobe program. My favorite uses of the program include downloading recent satellite cloud imagery, typing in the names of cities in its 40,000+ database and zooming to those parts of the globe, switching between globe and map views to zoom in on areas, and “flying” historic

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Wireless access disclaimers

Here is the lengthy disclaimer that users of free wireless access at the Lubbock International airport have to accept in order to get online: Welcome to The City of Lubbock Lubbock International Airport. To be granted FREE access, accept the agreement below: Disclaimers Electronic transmissions, including the internet, are public media, and any use of

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