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Turn a Book into a $1 Ironic Case for Your Kindle / e-Book Reader

Posted on September 6, 2010 by

Dadjunk.com shared a DIY project for making a cheap and fun case for your Kindle e-book reader, using an old book. Irony alert! I decided to try it out this weekend and here's the results.  Check the pics and a quick video of how it went for me. I'm a complete spaz when it comes…

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IBM’s CityOne Game: Solve Real World Problems in a Virtual City

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

CityOne, a new game being developed by IBM, combines the god-view SimCity experience with current urban development challenges like clean water, overcrowding and small business growth.  The goal of the game is "to teach laypeople how to better cope with complex modern problems by showing them the forest of solutions that have to be brought…

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Yehoodi Unveils New Event Calendars for Swing Dance Community

Posted on April 27, 2010 by

After a couple months of development, we are excited to announce the new full-page calendar on  Yehoodi 3.0! As the world's premiere swing dance community site, we know that a primary reason that people come to Yehoodi is to look for events they can dance at, both near them and for traveling purposes.  I think…

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Fan Me on the Facebook if You Feel Like

Posted on April 25, 2010 by

It doesn't look like this Facebook thingee is going away anytime soon, so might as well jump on the bandwagon with a Facebook Fan Page. If you like what you read here, please fan Rikomatic.com by clicking on this image on the left column.  For great justice.

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My 1st Switchcraft Project: A Light Up Wristband!

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

I'm inordinately proud to show you my first switchcraft project I did tonight: a wristband with a couple of LEDs sewn onto it. Using the lilypad e-sewing kit, it was easy to throw this together.  Probably the hardest part is threading the thick 4-ply conductive thread onto a needle.  Otherwise, it's just hand sewing the…

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Headed to Charlotte, NC April 8 for a UNCF Forum on Digital Media & Learning

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

I'm happy to announce that next Thursday, April 8, I will be speaking on a panel on digital media and learning at the Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sponsored by the UNCF (United Negro College Fund), the purpose of the forum is to "to look into what these new technologies mean for…

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Google Shows Me How to Bike from My House to My Mom’s (Brooklyn to San Francisco)

Posted on March 11, 2010 by

I decided to check out how extensive is the new "bicycle directions" tool on Google Maps by putting in my address in Brooklyn and having it plot a bike route from there to my mom's house in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here's what Google suggested. I find it super useful to know that if…

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Field Museum of Chicago is Hiring a Digital Learning Specialist

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

I got word from my friends at the fantastic Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago that they are looking for a "Digital Learning Specialist" to work in the education department. According to the job description, the Digital Media Learning Specialist will "develop digital learning projects and help manage the infusion of digital media into…

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“Hindsquare”: The ethics of checking in on FourSquare when you aren’t actually there

Posted on March 7, 2010 by

I've been playing FourSquare, the passively multiplayer online game for a few months now, and find it diverting and sometimes useful. For those that don't play, basically it's an online service that gives you points and virtual rewards for "checking in" at various places in your city.  FourSquare has a web version, but it's most…

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Did You Meet Someone Interesting Online? We want to hear your story!

Posted on March 4, 2010 by

Global Kids is involved in the production of an upcoming HBO documentary called "Meeting Online."  We are looking for good stories that revolve around connections made on the Internet. If you know someone, or you yourself, have met someone online and the relationship deeply affected you, then we want to hear from you. It could…

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