Notes From The Electronic Cottage

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/17/11

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

The recent shutdown of the Internet in Egypt as a way to try to quell demonstrations there has caused some observers to jump in and say that such a thing couldn’t happen here. But it could. Here’s why.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/10/11

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

We’ve heard a lot about the Internet lately with the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. What we haven’t heard so much about are questions about personal information security right here at home. Today we take a brief look at both in this first installment on Internet Security.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/3/11

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Today, let’s catch up on some recent developments in labs and elsewhere that will be affecting our lives sooner or later ranging from storing information in bacteria to letting government agents have access to our reading habits for no particular reason.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/27/11

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Here’s another from the 2010 Electronic Cottage vault posing as a “Best of” selection. See what you think.

Perhaps your parents told you television would rot your brain. What about the Internet – does it really affect our brains? Some researchers think so but whether that is a good thing or a bad one is up to each of us to decide for ourselves. Give a listen.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/20/10

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

What no Best of the Electronic cottage 2010 list form major news organizations? Well, we’ll just have to make our own then. In this episode from June 2010, we review the current accuracy of GPS devices, what’s on the horizon, and what new degrees of accuracy might mean in everyday life.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/6/10

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Well, it’s a new year and so we are awash in technology predictions. What are in short supply however, are predictions about how all this new technology is going to affect our everyday lives and those of our children. With that in mind, here are a few predictions from the Electronic Cottage.

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 12/30/10

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

New Year’s is just around the corner, a time of resolutions to do things better than in the past year. It’s also a good time to tweak up the hard drive on your computer. Here are a few hints to help you do that. You’ve probably heard all these suggestions before – in fact, we’ve gone over them before here on the Electronic Cottage. But just in case you didn’t get
around to it last year, here they are again.