"Jump" (Your) Knowledge

You may think this is "just one more of those web page annotation thingies," but you'd be wrong. This newest annotation application, "Jump" Knowledge saves your jottings online, so you can e-mail your comments to anyone. Even if the web page you annotated changes, your comments are preserved on the new page so they're never lost. Not only can you e-mail your web-commented pages, you can blog them as well. I'm already planning some critical reading assignments using this tool!

Citation Madness

Classes are over and papers finally graded. My head has finally stopped pounding from pouring over their badly formed citations--if they even remembered to include their "Works Cited" pages. Once again, I question the Sisyphean effort of teaching proper documentation of sources and citation format, the weeks spent examining MLA or APA styles, the endless drills about the information to be included, the where's and why's and when's of periods and commas and colons, underscores or italicization. Yet relief is on its way, and no, it's not Advil, but two new web sites, designed to create downloadable and Word-compatible bibliographies: BibMe and EasyBib. Both sites include the ability to save and categorize your entries, so you can have a separate list for each paper you are writing, and both sites provide general documentation information for each system. While I'll stick with Zotero (it sits in my favorite browser, Firefox, and adds things with a simple click of a button), these two sites should prove helpful to students in all disciplines.

Maybe Not So Useless

and maybe not so funny, considering Slippery Rock is planning on rolling out those new RFID cards in the fall, but here is a link to purchase an RFID-blocking wallet. Or those of you who are craft-minded can make your own! (This involves duct tape.)

Useless, Ridiculous, and Fun, Pt. 2

You know you want one. It's a USB circus cannon and you can fire little people across the office. This gadget and more can be found at usbgeek.com.

Useless, Ridiculous, and Fun

It's the end of the semester and my brain is fried. Therefore, a new category of technology information: Useless, Ridiculous, and Fun!

A little too late for the Easter parade, but still fashionable! And think how nice it would look with your duct tape wallet!