Want a job when you graduate?

Check out this post on the Innovation in College Media blog.

Wireless

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Wireless broadband access is now available in the Northeast Kingdom. Recent upgrades to the existing towers and a few brand new ones now allow residents of the Northeast Kingdom to get near-broadband speeds on any computer as long as they are within the coverage area. This service is provided by Verizon.
The first indicator that something was changing came last summer when cell phone customers in the Burke areas experienced an interruption in their service lasting nearly a week and when their phones started working again there was a different symbol on their screen. The towers were upgraded from standard digital, represented by a 1X on the screen, to an enhanced digital signal that appears as an EV on the cell phone screen. EVDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) is a telecommunications standard for the wireless transmission of data through radio signals. This allows wireless Internet access where no cable or DSL service is available.
What you need to know: Verizon says connection speeds are between 600 Kps and 1.4 Mbps (Charter Communications offers speeds of up to 5 Mbps for cable modem users). The cost is $59.99 a month for unlimited use; it does require a 24-month contract with Verizon Wireless. The modems are either PCI cards, for laptops only, or they now offer USB modems that will work in any device that has a USB 2.0 port built in. Windows or Macintosh is fine, and you can move the modem from device to device depending on your wireless needs.
Who should be interested: 
This service is good for travelers, and for the rural resident who previously had no way of getting high speed internet at home. The cost is comparable to Charter's high speed pipeline service but is not limited to one location. You can take your laptop anywhere in the country and receive the same connection you do at home.

Fish story

Warning: Fish can be hazardous to you. The Vermont Department of Health says you should limit the amount of certain fish you eat because of mercury in state waterways. The following advisories are for anyone older than 6 except women of childbearing age.

Here's how you make money at this

Check out this story.

Slideshow Projects

Here are some sites that offer help with slideshows, and a list of the projects you are undertaking.
The projects are due on Thursday, March 27, on your blogs. I want to post them on the Critic Web site. Each slideshow needs to include 10 photos. Where appropriate, include a bit of text. The Math project needs three photos of each professor -- and I forgot to include Daisy McCoy, who returns (in May?) from her sabbatical. If you e-mail Daisy, she might be able to tell you what she's been doing and send you some pix.
Slideshow sites:
Pikasa (from Google)
Slideflickr.com ("Create and Embed Flickr Slideshows in 3 Steps")
Photobucket
Snapfish.
iPhoto (on the Mac).
Regards,
Dan

Tornado!

Toto, I don't think we're in Cabbagetown any more.

The Long Goodbye

Read this thought-provoking piece on the decline of newspapers.

The map that wouldnt work

I kept trying and failing to embed the videos in a Google map.
This morning, I think I figured it out:
You have to link to a URL, not the embed code.
Doh!


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CICM Projects

Team 30 ended up doing two projects at CICM '08 instead of one because we thought we needed a backup to the Ethiopian immigrant piece we were doing (we weren't 100 percent sure the main subject would show up as scheduled), and our backup turned out to be the better-done piece.

Naked Mole Rats:


Ethiopian Immigrants:

Sub-Saharan Nashville

Here's the first draft of a map showing three Ethiopian restaurants and an Ethiopian church in the Nashville area.
Hope to add pix and a few more details tomorrow.

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Liveblogging

Here's an idea: Take a laptop to an SGA meeting and live-blog it rather than take notes (you can use the live-blog posts as your notes).
Check out coveritlive.com, a free live-blogging tool.
Just make sure you promote the live-blog so people actually read it while it happens.

Nashville

Hey, multimedia storytellers!
I'm at the Nashville workshop.
I'll be blogging about it as often as I can.
My group is trying to tackle two stories: one about naked mole rats, and the other about an Ethiopian taxi driver.
But the best part -- there's no snow!