10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online — Education-Portal.com

I was looking for online writing courses and came across this link which has some interesting links to universities offering free courses for aspiring writers. There are some videos and other multimedia options here, and an RSS feed. 10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online Whether you are a current writer or looking to break… Continue reading 10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online — Education-Portal.com

floola – manage your ipod without iTunes

I recently started using Floola to manage my old video ipod. I keep the video ipod in the car and use my FM transmitter to listen to podcasts via the car radio. This is a good solution as the battery power on the ipod is not brilliant and I don't particularly use it for any… Continue reading floola – manage your ipod without iTunes

The w.bloggar / LiveWriter offline blogging tool and WordPress

I have recently started using w.bloggar to post entries onto WordPress. At first I could not get it working, but after digging around I found the key parameter for path as shown below. Magically when you put this in correctly it seems to work. It is different to posting from within Worpress but does allow… Continue reading The w.bloggar / LiveWriter offline blogging tool and WordPress

Video – what is Web2.0

For those of you that do not know what Web2.0 is all about Andi Gutmans has created a brief overview of the web2.0 technology space. Key words for web2.0 cover: Blogging, mashups, ajax, flickr, youtube, etc. These are all technologies and services that use web2.0 techniques to allow social interaction with people. The sites and… Continue reading Video – what is Web2.0

How social media is changing our children

I came across some interesting videos about web2.0 and social media. One caught my eye relating to how the web was transforming the lives of children and teaching them tools and social skills that will affect their future. For example it's often quoted that children cannot read or write to the perceived standard, but as… Continue reading How social media is changing our children

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How to play “Rock, Paper, Scissors”

Rock, Paper, Scissors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Just in case you were not sure how to play "Rock, Paper, Scissors" this is the definitive wikipedia article. My son bought me the brain game for my DS Lite and I found that I am probably the last person on the earth who did not know… Continue reading How to play “Rock, Paper, Scissors”

Get yourself into the search engines – FREE xml-sitemap generator

XML-Sitemaps.com is an interesting web site, it not only has cheap software to let you create unlimited sitemaps for the search engines, but it also has a free online version that will index up to 500 pages. The xml-sitemap online software will take care of all the xml formatting required by Google and Yahoo to… Continue reading Get yourself into the search engines – FREE xml-sitemap generator

html / css tableless templates for free from Mollio

Mollio is a simple set of html/css templates. These templates use pure css for layout and design and cover a wide range of layouts ranging from a simple one column layout to multiple columns with sidebars. Each template has a sample page so you can see exactly what the finished result looks like. If your… Continue reading html / css tableless templates for free from Mollio

The Machine is Us/ing Us – What is this Web2.0 thing?

I've been looking at the finished web2.0 video on YouTube titled: "Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes". This title caught my eye, and I was not disappointed when I saw the video. Very neat and hits home very quickly what web2.0 and social engineering and interaction is all about. It has some really good… Continue reading The Machine is Us/ing Us – What is this Web2.0 thing?