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Frontline – Growing Up Online

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

A very informative Frontline aired last night.  You can still watch it online: http://www.pbs.org/frontline/kidsonline Frontline talks with children and families about online activities.  If you have kids at home and they are online, you should watch this show.

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The Commons

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

The Library of Congress has teamed up with Flickr to create The Commons.  This is a new area in Flickr for public collections of photographs. The LOC has added two sets (1930s-40s in Color & News in the 1910s) with a total … Continue reading →

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Latest Apple Commercial

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

During the games today I saw Apple’s latest commercials.  One says Leopard is better and faster than Vista and the other focuses on Time Machine, Apple’s new backup software. It’s been a while since I have looked at the trends … Continue reading →

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PDF Hammer

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Need to edit a PDF file?  Now you can do so without buying software or even installing software.  Go to PDFHammer and upload your PDF file.  Using the online tool you can delete a page, rearrange the order of the … Continue reading →

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Creative Commons from a professional’s standpoint

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here’s a different view on Creative Commons from Dan Heller, a professional photographer.  Dan sees the downfall of CC resulting from misuse by the little guy.  Here is the simple example he gives: -A pro photographer places a copyrighted photo on … Continue reading →

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