Category Archives: Technology

Switching to Bing

By alex | Published: 7/12/2009
I needed to find something on my blog today. Google couldn’t find it, Bing could. Why? Because Google has blacklisted my blog. Why? Because it was hacked. This happened back in April, and happened to a lot of other WordPress installs. The only reason I knew about the potential de-listing is that I got a […]
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Recruitweeting

By alex | Published: 6/12/2009
One of the programs I teach in is run, at least partially, under the auspices of QU Online. I noticed this week that QU Online had started tweeting. Cool! But when I looked at the content of the tweet, not-so-cool: Quinnipiac University offers online master’s degree programs as well as online certificate programs for students. […]
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Wolfram Alpha

By alex | Published: 5/18/2009
I have been saying for some time that I think Wolfram Alpha is overhyped. Now that it’s launched, I haven’t seen anything to change that opinion. Mashable is having fun with what they consider Easter eggs, and the demos are impressive, but I still am lacking a use case. Google already does basic math. I […]
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Help? Dead Computer

By alex | Published: 4/10/2009
OK, my main computer is dead, at the worst possible time, although, isn’t it always the worst possible time? It died in a way that felt very much like 2001 and was unfamiliar for me. It started out by periodically blanking the screen and Vista (yes.) giving me an error regarding the Nvidia drivers. This […]
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