Monthly Archives: March 2008
Turnitin’s method is fair use
Last year a group of students decided to fight back against the plagiarism tool being used by their school. Before submitting an assignment to Turnitin, one of the students submitted all the legal documents to register the original paper as a copyrighted … Continue reading
What’s wrong with this picture
Here is something most teenagers don’t know. Stealing a CD from Wal-Mart isn’t nearly as bad (based on the magnitude of the fine) as downloading the same CD using an illegal P2P networking. See chart below. If the height of … Continue reading
SP1 Fixed My Vista Problem
I have discussed the one major problem that I have had with Microsoft Vista. For no apparent reason, my ability to right-click randomly stops working. The problem continues until I close Internet Explorer. Often closing it doesn’t work and I have to end … Continue reading
BYO Search Engine with Google
If your web site uses a content management system, you probably have a built-in search tool that can find anything on your site. If you created your site using straight HTML, making the sight searchable isn’t as easy. Now you … Continue reading
TinyURL
I don’t know why I haven’t used this free resource before. Today I was helping my wife with a presentation she is giving to a group of high school students that are thinking of becoming teachers. She showed me the … Continue reading