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19 02 2010

School Laptop Fallout

Posted by pzul in News

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

By now most people have heard of the situation in Lower Merion PA where a student was given a laptop and information from that laptop was used to discipline the kid for something he did at home. There are a lot of vague areas about this story so I’m going to try to stick to what we know for certain, anything else only furthers the hysteria which is bound to follow.

We know that the laptops given to the students had software installed on them which was able to access the webcam and monitor the system in case of theft to allow them to be recovered. We know that a student was disciplined for an action either view through the camera or from an image taken with the laptop camera. This image was obtained through the use of this software by a school official or teacher. Other students have reported seeing the camera led activity indicator turn on for no reason, although this is just heresay at this point Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: authority, laptop kerfuffle, lower merion, Power, school, security, tech, watchers

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04 01 2010

CaffiNation 396: New Year

Posted by pzul in Podcast

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New Year… New Tech, No Voice

On the 4th Anniversary of starting this show (01/09/10) I’ll be opening up a new show. Mostly doing video this show will take on one product or fun gadget and give you a rundown. Hopefully it will be entertaining, hopefully eventually might even pay for itself. But thats far down the road. Stay tuned for more information.

Thanks to everyone walking with us into the year 2010. Tonights show should hopefully give you a fun glimpse back into 2009’s Tech and glance forward. I know a ton of other shows have done this angle to death so we won’t bore you to death. There’s just too much new stuff to talk about.

Apologies ahead of time for the volume issues on this show. Talk-beds and other such nonsense got out of hand at times, and my voice being in tatters doesn’t help the situation. That left no chance for a redo on the record.

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Geek Cruft:

Whether you knew it or not your New Year was pedal Powered
Looking Back 10 big Science Breakthroughs in 2009
Why Not, people who know talk about 10 big trends for the year ahead
We just might run out of IP addresses before long, and you thought y2k caused headaches
Clean Start? or just an overzealous bath
Star Trek Wet Suits, Nifty. Now picture avg star trek fan… not so nifty
Cell Phone Encryption finally broken completely
- BTW Security doesn’t mean suing people who break your code
Laser Cut Puzzle Box… hmmm
Dog air purifier… Stuck on the wrong end
Retractable Cords for your power

Food and Caffeinated Bits:

Discomfort Explained
Diets beware. the CakeWhich
Insanely Awesome Cake Slicer and Server
Ho Hum Poison Waste Drum Glasses
Dinosaur training chopsticks
Pop top for your coffee
Global Warming, The Japanese, Seaweed and Blue Beer
Living like the Jetsons already Coffee that stirs itself, via MAS

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People!

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Tags: 2009, 2010, Cake, chopsticks, Coffee, dogs, IP addresses, ipv4, New Year, Power, slices

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19 03 2009

CaffiNation 319: Little Things

Posted by pzul in Podcast

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Today’s Show: writing, Irish coffee, power, coasters, oragami, robots, legos, solar power, geeks, nerds, dorks, Cake, Coffee

Gadgets are fun, in fact there are more websites dedicated to tiny little technological trinkets than you could shake a stick at, or several sticks if the mood struck you. Gadgets are small little baubles that make eyes light up and wallets open, a selection of small links with big fun is what is in store for today. Tight economic times call for frugal spending, but who couldn’t resits just one more shiny object.

Every show we focus on ways to save you money, in this case we are outing the plain silly products, while focusing on some winners along the way. I also give a quick rundown on how to streamline your writing for the web, make a new version of an old favorite hot toddy, and showcase a couple fun DIY projects.

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