Movin on up!

Because of potential problems with data retention I have decided to move LIT Blog off of the wordpress servers and onto the UW servers.
Find it here, http://staff.washington.edu/tbostell/wordpress/
Please, understand that I haven’t edited the look of the site yet, I’m working on it.

Windows 7 Addendum: Special Pricing for Staff/Faculty

I just wanted to post an addendum to my post on Windows 7 of the other day and tell staff/faculty to hold off on purchasing Windows 7 until November 1st. Scott Barker (Senior Lecturer, Director of IT, Informatics Program Chair, UW Seattle iSchool) talking to other tech staff on the TechSupport email listserv had the [...]

Windows 7

I have gotten a few questions about Windows 7 and I’d like to answer them as succinctly as possible.
What is Windows 7?
Basically it’s the new operating system from Microsoft. They heard all the complaints about Windows Vista and decided to fix them. This is a bit of a trend with Microsoft actually. They seem to [...]

Governor Gregiore starts tweeting

Governor Chris Gregoire is now a twitter-er.
Look, I’m a strong advocate of using web 2.0 for administration and for increasing communication within and without an organization, but I’m not sure that twitter does that. My sense, and yes, I’m new, and yes, I’m aware of the fact that some really innovative people have come up [...]

Cell Phone Discounts

Talk about perfect timing.
Given the current economy, every little bit of savings helps. So, imagine my surprise when  I found out that UW Technologies has negotiated a preferred contract with AT&T and T-Mobile which should provide a sizable discount on new and existing cell-phone service for Faculty, Students, and Staff. Other discounts from other providers [...]

Blackboard, on the iPhone

Following directly on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that PubMed has made a ihone application, today Blackboard released their highly rumored and much anticipated application for the iPhone.
While it won’t let students do any of the important course content, it will let them check assignments and send each other messages.
I’m sure course content will follow.
The [...]

PubMed, on the iPhone

Libraries looking for ways that the iPhone (or iPod Touch) might change user’s interactions with academic databases need look no further than the PubMed On Tap application ($2.99 from References on Tap, though there is a “lite” version available for free which limits you to 5 hits per search).
This application searches PubMed, retrieves abstracts and [...]

Sudoku has a mathematical solution

When I first discovered Sudoku puzzles I looked at the boxes and the numbers and said “well, this MUST have a mathematical solution.” I mean, come on, it’s 9 rows, 9 boxes, 9 sets, each with a solution set of numbers 1-9. It seemed perfectly ordered to me and seemed like a mathematical solution was [...]

First Tweet

I have added a twitter account for UWT LIT.
Follow me here
http://twitter.com/UWTLITweet
…if you’re into that sort of thing.
This isn’t my first foray into Twitter, I also have an account for my Arsenal blog and one private twitter. Though no one is following me on any of them!

A Sweet Goodbye

We had a potluck today to say farewell to a great cow orker, a great personality and all around smart chick; Ahlana.  Her last request was that I post the recipe for my Roasted Cauliflower and Sweet Potato dish. Who am I to deny a tech her last wish?
I created this dish when I was [...]