Close Encounter with Prehistory

Staring down a dinosaur in Lemmon, SD.

Best Historical Marker Ever!

Update: I have just unearthed an "authentic" wax cylinder recording of the angry old man, a witness to history, whose words are preserved on the above historical marker.

Full Screen Editing

If you enjoy the simple things in life, you might enjoy this concept of a simple text editor.


The idea is to help you focus on your text by making the editing field full screen and eliminating all the visual distractions with which your computer normally bombards you.


I find these editors quite effective and plan to use "Darkroom" (the one for Windows) frequently!


Darkroom (Windows)

http://they.misled.us/archives/514



Write Room (Mac)

http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/product/writeroom


JDarkRoom
http://www.duncanjauncey.com/jdarkroom/

Laptops in the Classroom

Jim Heynderickx has some ideas about laptops in the classroom.

Here, here, and here.

Flash Audio Player in Bloglines

I noticed today that my Bloglines aggregator now offers a built-in Flash audio player, making it easier to listen to enclosed mp3 files in the browser.