Over at Lifehacker, someone posed the question, "When you condone piracy?" Are there times that it's morally acceptable? We're not fans of piracy here at the media lab, but it has become so prevalent in our society that it seems ridiculous not to at least have the conversation. Check out the original post, and more importantly the comments, at:
It doesn't happen a lot, but when it does, it is SUCH a royal pain. You stick a CD into your computer to import mp3s into iTunes, and iTunes doesn't know the names of the songs on your CD. So you've got to type them all. ugh.
Did you finally decide you're going to buy a Mac
This 2TB baby is only $79.99 after mail-in rebate. Hard to beat that price. I already bought one before posting this to make sure y'all didn't buy out the stock before I had the chance.
Our poster printer is down today. We're hoping to have it up and running again sometime tomorrow.
We seldom switch versions of software in the middle of an academic year--and this year is no exception. However, those of you with newer Macs most likely have iLife 2011 installed on your machines, while we've stuck with the 2009 version for the time being. Until we start offering workshops on the new version (most likely starting in September), you can watch some excellent training videos free of charge here in the lab.
Last week, Google unveiled a Street View-esque project that brings viewers face to face with some of the greatest art on earth. Known as Google Art Project, the initiative will give users remote access to the priceless paintings, sculptures, and other artifacts from 17 of the world's most famous museums, including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art, London's National Gallery and Tate Britain, the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Philadelphia Art Museum, etc.
This means you no longer have to leave the lab to attend a class field trip.
In a blog post announcing the effort, Amit Sood, head of the Google Art Project, explained that users will have initial access to at least 1,000 works from the 17 museums, including one from each institution that will be presented in high-resolution using "'gigapixel' photo-capturing technology."
We'll be showing a live online meeting/demonstration (by Microsoft) on Office 2011 for MacOS today from 11:30-12:30 on the big screen in the lab. Feel free to drop by to watch and learn.
Faculty in the Romance Languages Department is looking for a student familiar with Adobe In Design CS5 to work on a Grant project. The project consists of building an interactive multimedia PDF document. The hourly rate is $15.
I don't know about you, but my hard drive sometimes makes strange sounds, and I always wonder if I should be worried about it. Well, wonder no more. Now you can listen to what a bad hard drive DOES sound like, and see if it your own drive sounds the same. Check out this great database of dying hard drive sounds, arranged by brand name. Click the triangle next to each line to hear the sound.
Backing up files becomes more important when you rely on your laptop and also when you use several computers. You can lose your data to theft, hardware failure or human error. Time Machine, built-in to every Mac computer, provides a simple backup process to secure valuable information and provide easy restore options.
