After months of planning and skillful script writing, Software Training for Students (STS) delivered 12 “Computing@UW Orientation” sessions to 2200 dazzled incoming freshman Aug 31, Sept 1 and Sept 2. The sessions taught incoming UW freshman about the tools and services that DoIT provides to them during their time at the University; this year they [...]
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July 29, 2009
apple claims jailbroken iphone could be threat to national secuity
apple informed the US copyright office that jailbreaking an iphone (or modifying the software to get around copyright control features that prohibit using competitor applications) could potentially pose a threat to national security. According to apple “a local or international hacker could potentially initiate commands (such as a denial of service attack) that could crash [...]
July 15, 2009
YouTube Will Be Next To Kiss IE6 Support Goodbye
YouTube Will Be Next To Kiss IE6 Support Goodbye
by Robin Wauters on July 14, 2009
Judging by this screenshot taken by an IE6 user who was watching some videos on YouTube, it appears the Google company will be phasing out support for the browser shortly. I don’t have Internet Explorer 6 installed on my computer, so [...]
July 15, 2009
Jailbreaking Ipod/Iphone
STS does not support the jailbreaking (essentially breaking the licensing code of your touch or iphone to access free applications) of any apple product but if you were to do Wired.com has the steps! read this nifty article to run a ponzi scam, remove a fishhook and most applicable jailbreak an ipod!
July 14, 2009
Communication Arts presents 2009 Illustration Award Winners
Communication Arts announces the winners of its 2009 illustration competition. Now in its 50th year, this year’s prestigious competition selected 207 projects representing the work of 161 artists for inclusion.
The winning illustrations and a list of the award-winning artists can be viewed at:http://www.commarts.com/annuals/2009-Illustration
You may believe that illustrations are always made with a pencil and hand, [...]
July 10, 2009
Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla!
Nikola Tesla, one of the most famous scientists and inventors of all time, was born 153 years ago today. His work helped pave the road for many modern uses of electricity and among other things, he is credited as the original inventor of radio. However, perhaps the most famous product he created was the Tesla [...]
July 8, 2009
NY Times using Photoshop? (by Zak)
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2009/07/fakery_in_the_times.shtml
This story shows how Photoshop or some other type of image editing software was used to make a room appear bigger in a story about unfinished construction projects. While this type of use of Photoshop is not encouraged by STS, we do have three Photoshop classes that show you how to alter photos just like [...]
June 16, 2009
Top 10 Ways to Provoke a Geek Argument
FROM WIRED.COM GEEKDAD BLOG
Geeks, as a general rule, are pretty easy-going. We like to think things through, so passionate confrontations aren’t commonplace for us. When we get well and properly provoked, though, watch out! We won’t stop talking until every last point that we can think of has been made at least twice. So, what [...]
June 15, 2009
Post to Twitter from Flickr (the official way)
FROM CNET WEBWARE NEWS
After watching other photo hosts create simple tools for Twitter users to post pictures, Flickr has finally wised up and pushed out its own solution. By divining the popular photo service with access to your Twitter stream, you can now post individual shots there right from Flickr, complete with a fancy Flic.kr [...]
June 10, 2009
Unlock your inner nerd with the iDoormat!
Normally we don’t blog about silly products, but I thought this one was too good.
Now available at Meninos.com is the iPhone inspired “Unlock Doormat.” While the price is hefty (at $50), the mat is lighthearted and tech spirited.
I am thinking this would look good outside of the STS office; it’s simply a must-have.
