Well, it seems like the Y2K10 bug on the newton has been squished for all Newton models with OS 2.1.This is not a new development, it's been out for a little while now, but I really did not have the motivation to pull out my MessagePad 2100 to test it out. Then two things happened which really motivated me to just get it done. First I saw the announcement that the Y2K10 bug is officially no more on

Αυτή την περασμένη εβδομάδα ήμουν στην δουλειά και είπα να δω πόσο καλά δουλεύει το GPS του νέου μου iPhone. Είπα λοιπόν να βάλω την εφαρμογή loopt να με βρει και τι μου έδειξε; Με βρήκε; Όχι! Αντί να με δείξει να είμαι στο πανεπηστίμιο

Inside Higher Ed had this article recently on BlackBoard (the makers of the 'popular' learning management system by the same name) buying an iPhone application company. Needless to say I was really excited about the news (prior to reading the article) because the BlackBoard application that they already have only supports their newer product and my campus uses BlackBoard Vista (no relation to Windows).

Διάβαζα αυτό το άρθρο στην Καθημερινή και μου θύμισε τις δικές μου εμπειρίες με την διδασκαλία των μαθηματικών στην Ελλάδα. Όντως συμφωνώ, πές το και ας είναι λάθος! Άμα είναι λάθος ο καθηγητής θα σου διδάξει πως να βρεις

I saw this on NPR the other day - I starred it and forgot about it - but Byline reminded me of it :-)The title is "should everyone go to college?"... Perhaps this is a better post for my multilitteratus blog, perhaps not. The answer of course it "it depends". It really depends on what one's definition of college is. Is college anything after high school? If so, then yes, everyone should go to college.If

Lately I've been watching a show on Hulu called Doc Martin about a certain big city surgeon (Doctor Martin) who decides for one reason or another to go become a general practitioner in a small village - which incidentally happens to be the village he grew up in. Of course big town anything in small town is a recipe for humor no matter what - which is probably one of the biggest selling points of the

Εδώ και κάτι εβδομάδες είχα ένα άρθρο από το e-scriptorum περί της ιστορίας των σελιδοδεικτών Δεν ήξερα πως οι σελιδοδείκτες ήταν όσο παλιοί όσο και οι πάπυροι της Αιγύπτου!Οι πρώτοι σελιδοδείκτες χρησιμοποιήθηκαν πριν την ανακάλυψη

Όντως λίγο περίεργο, αλλά τελικά είπα και εγώ να αγοράσω ένα νέο κινητό για να αντικαταστήσει το χαλασμένο μου Νόκια. Το κινητό είναι λοιπόν το νέο iPhone 3GS (ή IIIgs λολ)Οι πρώτες εντυπώσεις είναι αρκετά θετικές, αν και η μπαταρία

...As a matter of fact it's quite good!OK, so what the heck am I talking about? Byline what? OK, Byline is a google reader client for Mobile OS X (iPhone and iPod Touch) that synchronizes with Google Reader. You can download all your unread google reader items, you can view them offline, you can star items, share them and add notes to them just like you can with the web based version of Google Reader.Now

I came across this video a little while back -- aaah! The good times!There are three phones that I've used (or owned) that I did not see in the video:The Maxon MX 3204The Ericsson T68w (yes I got one before the merger)The SonyEricsson P800