November 22, 2008 – 7:00 am
If Google are trying to take over the world they are not doing a bad job. They have just added video and audio chat to their gmail interface. Now they have my face and voice information along with my videos (youtube), family pics (picassa), email (gmail), business plan (google docs) and a detailed profile of [...]
November 3, 2008 – 6:46 pm
I spent the day on a brain / thinking skills course with some colleagues. One of the first activities involved us lining up in 2 teams either side of a wall and on the count of three a person from each side stepped into the doorway and stated the other persons name. The last person [...]
October 29, 2008 – 10:05 am
I have finally got a production model of my IR pen and am just waiting for a shipment of the Vishay TSAL6400 IR LED’s from the US.
So far I have been using the IR LED from an Apple remote which works far better than any others I have sourced in NZ.
I have the manufacturing process [...]
October 20, 2008 – 12:39 pm
ICT as a separate subject has been a bugbear for some time for me. I felt like having this rant because I have spent the last few weeks tutoring 2 student teachers who recieved a NZ $30,000 allowance to train as Technology teachers. Their task was to create a scheme of work for [...]
September 24, 2008 – 10:10 pm
Fairly cheesy video but you get the idea. I just bought this app because I have become a beta tester for the mac as it is only advertised to work on XP and Vista. The app works by installing server software on your computer and transmitting the data over wifi. The application has 2 modes, [...]
September 22, 2008 – 11:29 am
I am sitting in my office here at mt maunganui college and although I have good wifi I also get a good 3g signal.
I have started joiku on my n95 and my iPod touch found the wifi network instantly.
Safari on the touch works very quickly and I can watch my data usage in real time. [...]
September 22, 2008 – 7:24 am
I have been trying to figure this out for a while to connect my laptop to my phones 3G connection. The tethered solutions seemed overly complicated requiring the installation of multiple applications, Kelvin had managed to get it working on his N95 but it was a pretty painful process.
Then I remembered hearing about turning your [...]
September 21, 2008 – 7:24 pm
In reply to question of why the iPod Touch over the iPhone? Simple - I already own a Nokia N95 which has a far better camera and dvd quality video, video calling etc. I would love to only have one device but those times are a little way off yet, I will go so far [...]
September 16, 2008 – 5:17 pm
As I sit here waiting for an appointment I decide it is a good time to try writing a post on my new iPod touch. I have had it for two days now and it is an amazing device. I won’t go into the reasons why I chose it over the iPhone but I [...]
August 22, 2008 – 10:41 pm
As a Technology teacher I have a constant battle with what old stuff to throw out and what new stuff to bring in. When I did my training in the UK, about 8 years ago, there was a big push for CAD (Computer Aided Design) and CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture), as well as systems and [...]
