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Can You Pass the “Human” Test?
On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. in The New Yorker, 1993 It may be OK to be a dog, but these days more and more sites ask you to prove you’re not a computer program (aka a “bot”). Bots wreck havoc around the net, signing up for mailing lists (so they can send… Continue reading
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Shorten My Sig – Not
I received an unusual email request today from SFFN. SFFN is the San Francisco Freecycle Network. In case you're still unfamiliar with Freecycle, it's a "grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns." Membership is also free. If you have some item you don't… Continue reading
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ToDo Menu
Controlling Your iCal To-Do items If you use Mac OS X, you may have tried using Apple's iCal to handle your task list. Unfortunately, this requires opening the large iCal window to add, edit, or view your tasks. Happily, there is a way around this problem. Continue reading
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Lost and Found
The Journal of Robert Hooke A manuscript "charting the birth of modern science" and misplaced for more than 200 years, has been found, sold to a private party, and will be housed at Britain’s Royal Society. Continue reading
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How to Get Happy
Harvard University is offering a new Psych course this semester which has become the most popular course on campus. Psychology 1504, or “Positive Psychology,” purports to teach the psychology of happiness. Continue reading
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Continuous Partial Atttention
Well over ten years ago, I took a programming course given by my then-company. Each student was seated in front of a computer. To our surprise, these computers were on the company network! This made it simple to check email, etc. during the class (while otherwise ignoring the class itself) Fast Forward a few years. Continue reading
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