Tarmo’s blog on education, technology, psychology, and life
Posted in English, Technology on Sep 3rd, 2009
I’m a happy user of Gravatars (globally recognized avatars) that allow my face to show up next to comments I write to practically any blog site. However, I’ve recently realized that Gravatars (at least their current implementation) have a major flaw that will really inconvenience its users in the long run.
The basic problem is that [...]
Posted in Suomeksi, Technology on Apr 8th, 2008
Päivitin Wordpressin versiosta 2.1 versioon 2.5 (2.1:stä on löydetty pahoja turvallisuusongelmia, Technorati jopa lähetti erikseen mailin jossa kehotti päivittämään). Samalla vaihdoin captcha-pluginin recaptcha-pluginiin. Idea tässä pluginissa on, että sen sijaan että vain kysellään vaikeasti näkyviä turhia sanoja, kysytään kommentin kirjoittajalta sanoja, joita kirjojen digitointiprojekteissa ei ole koneellisesti pystytty tunnistamaan. recaptcha kysyy aina kaksi sanaa, joista [...]
Posted in English, Learning, Psychology, Technology on Sep 16th, 2006
On the 12th of September the pedagogical faculty of the University of Helsinki hosted a panel talk Siltamat (in finnish) where, among others, Esko Kilpi was talking about how the frontline companies in far east are conducting business. It was refreshing to see someone actually use hype words like “web 2.0″, “blog” and “wiki” in [...]
