Archive for June, 2007

reCAPTCHA: A Spam Filter With a Purpose

Posted on 20 June 2007 (1)

CAPTCHA: Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart That’s quite a mouthful, but even if you’ve never seen heard of a CAPTCHA before, I can guarantee you’ve used one. Here’s CAPTCHA image I swiped from Yahoo’s email sign-up page: Yup, those terrible things! I don’t know about you, but I have [...]

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Podcasting Lectures: Pros and Cons

Posted on 19 June 2007 (0)

Many businesses, conference organizers, and educational institutions see podcasting as a way to distribute recordings of their lectures and classes online. This has its uses and its problems, and I’d like to take a look at a few of them. Before I lay out my views on the subject, I want you to take a [...]

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Yahoo! News: A Window on the World

Posted on 17 June 2007 (1)

I have to keep up with the news for my job. At the same time, I like to know what news everyone else is keeping up with. My favorite tool for this is the Yahoo! list of most popular news stories. This feature puts the news stories, columns, and pictures that people click the most [...]

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