New Technology Challenges

Thanks, Paul! I followed your lead: Do Something Today!
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PHP Tutorials

Our class is using a lot of video tutorials, and this week we've come across 3 tutorials that are part of a 35-tutorial series. I thought the three I saw today were pretty good, so I'll link to the first one of the series. Right click the video and choose "Watch on YouTube", so you can access all the others. OR, click this link to view the video on YouTube. On the right, you'll see a list of other tutorials available. Enjoy!!




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Issuu is New

I just got an email from my niece telling me about Issuu. What an amazing site! I'm not sure how I'd use it, but here's an example of what it does: it allows you to publish articles, essays, photojournals, whatever, and then transforms your output into a classy web-embeddable publication.

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Open publication - Free publishing - More photography

Here's a little bit more, on how it all works:

What is Issuu? from Issuu.com on Vimeo.

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Computers Recycled

I've come across an "idea whose time has come": an organization that recycles computers, and gives them away for free! See for yourself:




It's not easy knowing what to do with "obsolete" computers, and the worst thing is worrying about what someone else may do with one's data. How to clean it completely? I don't know if this organization is part of the answer, but I intend to explore their services.

The first Free Geek is in Portland OR, but the Twin Cities of MN will soon get its own Free Geek TC. I look forward to putting them to use! My parents old computer needs a new life...

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PHP in Dreamweaver

At last, I've found an online tutorial showing how to define a dynamic site in Dreamweaver, by David Powers. This may be the part I'm missing! See for yourself: https://admin.na3.acrobat.com/_a204547676/phplocalsitewin/
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Guided Xampp

Here's another video that gives a GUIDED instructions on how to download and install Xampp. I'm going to have to view it again, because I must have missed something, just doing it myself. For one thing, I don't have Apache set up as a "service", so it doesn't start when I open the computer. Also, I need to beef-up my security. The good news - I did get it installed!

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Xampp Installed

Here's a video showing how to install the Xampp software, and how to get started writing PHP pages. Check it out!

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