Monthly Archives: August 2006

Desining for Life

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Ilkka

I was listening today an interesting lecture, “Desining for Life”, by Dr Mark Billinghurst. He is director of the Human Interface Technology Laboratory at the University of Canterbury. Dr Billinghurst presented some interesting ideas for future interfaces, such as augmented … Continue reading →

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Car + Computer = ?

Posted on August 18, 2006 by Ilkka

Recently there was an interesting discussion at sfnet.atk.linux newsgroup. The original topic was Minix operating system and its relationship to Linux. Ok, this wasn’t apparently very interesting and the discussion went a bit off-topic: if there should be a reset-button … Continue reading →

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Reminder: New Edtech Publication List

Posted on August 17, 2006 by Ilkka

Dear reader of EdTech News. Just to remind you about our new publication list… New publication list Päiväys: 2006-07-04 00:25 Lähettäjä: Ilkka Jormanainen Vastaanottaja: edtech@cs.joensuu.fi Dear all, As you know, our research group is rather big nowadays. To make Niko’s … Continue reading →

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Missing Mac

Posted on August 14, 2006 by Ilkka

My workstation at Massey University didn’t work very well when I started to work there. Obviously, the computer ran on Windows XP, and there were heaps of problems, including few viruses and spywares and other funny programs. After struggeling with … Continue reading →

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Indoor Camping

Posted on August 9, 2006 by Ilkka

Think that you wake up in the morning and take a look to a thermometer next to your bed. It shows +10 Celsius. Well, you might be sleeping in a tent, hopefully with a proper sleeping bag. Or then it’s … Continue reading →

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