Computers & Technology

Another beta in the Windows Live suite from Microsoft, SharedView (beta) is a program that allows you to share a view of any program with others over a network.  It allows you to share any currently open program with people using other computers.

Before you can share a program, it is necessary to start a session;  you can invite others by email, IM, or phone to your session, or you can start a session without inviting others and invite them later. 

Once you have started a session, SharedView displays a menu bar accross the top of your screen that allows you to control your session. From this menu you can select which program you would like to share; you can also see a list of all session participants; add a handout document.

You can prepare handouts.  You can also decide who has control of the shared window, so that you can allow a colleague to control the mouse in your application.

You can try it out by downloading the beta at Microsoft's live.com web site.

Drag and drop text. Awesome.

So you want to connect to NYURoam? Here are some short and sweet instructions. If these don't work for you, please try the "fully tested, supported" instructions provided by ITS at http://www.nyu.edu/its/wireless/.

1. Tell your computer to connect to a network called "nyu". If you use Windows, add it to your preferred networks; if you use Macintosh, select Other... from the AirPort menu.
2. Select the security protocol WPA2-Enterprise. If this protocol is not available, you can try using WPA. (Do not select the option for PSK, as "nyu" does not use pre-shared keys)
3. Tell your computer to validate and trust the security certificates. If you use Windows, you may have to click on the Authentication tab, and select Protected EAP, then configure it to validate (all) VeriSign certificates. If you use Macintosh, simply accept the certificate when prompted.
4. Enter your credentials. These are the same credentials you use for NYUHome and email.
5. Happy browsing!

1. There are no gestures to perform cut, copy, paste, drag-and-drop, and text selection operations.
2. iPhone does not provide scroll bars or resize controls.
3. Diffie-Hellman protocol and DSA keys and self-signed certificates are not available on iPhone.

See FAQ: Eyewall Replacement [Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Lab] and How hurricanes replace their eyewalls [USATODAY.com] for a detailed explanation.  It seems that Hurricane Dean is undergoing such a cycle.

At the center of every hurricane is the eye of the storm.  Surrounding it is the eyewall, where the most severe weather of a cyclone occurs.

It is currently hitting Jamaica.

I just stumbled upon StumbleUpon.

Actually that's not true. I had seen it a while, when my primary web browser was Firefox.

Now that Safari exists in Windows, I'm pretty much exclusively on Safari.  Except of course for all the websites and business applications that are designed to work only with Internet Explorer in Windows.

I must say though, if this StumbleUpon thing only works with a toolbar, then already I know I will not use it.  I hate toolbars. Especially third-party ones.