MSNBC Economy in turmoil timeline
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26797480

"We don’t have the money to wipe out poverty. We can’t do it. But all of a sudden, yeah, we do have $700 billion for a bailout of Wall Street."

Bernard Sanders, junior United States Senator from Vermont.

Source: Democracy now!

Firstly I only used it as a normal laptop, just to work away. But five months ago I started to work with it as my daily use computer. I attach it to a wireless keyboard+mouse combo and a widescreen monitor when at home. It works great but the daily tasks have revealed an insuficient RAM memory configuration. So I’ve recently made an easy upgrade.

1. Buy memory at Dell Store (United States - Spain) or Newegg.
   If looking for a 2 GB configuration you’ve to order 2 x 1 GB (matched pairs of modules).
2. Flip over your laptop and open the RAM cover (view).
   Take out the battery too.
3. Get rid of the old modules (view).
4. Insert your new memory (view).
5. Check it and enjoy (view).

Netvibes Universe - Formación Web (mobile version)

On the right column of every category I’ve added contextual Delicious blocks linked to my bookmarks on professional web design (already shared on 600+ References on professional web design).
You’ll also find this link on the Teaching area, as I always share these bookmarks with the students.

Fortunately, some of them such as Opera or Firefox, started to include a tabbed browsing system, so you can open all of your favourites at the same time on different tabs. Still it was a help at the time, it wasn’t a solution.

In 2005 a new family of buttons and links started to appear on a growing number of websites representing RSS formats. They let us to automatically get the latest content from our favourite sites. And it’s possible to group all those feeds on a RSS reader to gather all the information on a single place, a feed aggregator. No more browsing and time wasting.

The process is really simple as RSS means now Really Simple Syndication ;) But first, you need a feed aggregator (also known as RSS reader, feed reader or news reader). You’ll find a bunch of client software that can be installed on your computer, although there are a lot of Web based applications that work great and don’t need any installation or maintenance. I’ll use Netvibes for the example.

How to add a feed to your aggregator on three easy steps:

1. Go to one of your favourite sites and look for a RSS icon/link. Right click over it and select “Copy link location”.
2. Open your feed aggregator, click on any “Add feed” option and paste the URL that you have copied before.
3. The aggregator will check the feed and, if validated, it will be added to the rest of your feeds.

Now you can create your own newspaper by adding as RSS feeds as information sources you usually read.

There are also media aggregators (i.e.: Miro, Amarok, iTunes, Songbird, etc.) and I’ll talk about them soon.

More information on history of web syndication technology .

There are also tons of software solutions to create your panoramas and a growing market of cool 360º cameras to get your shots. Once you get your panoramic photos, you can share them on the following sites:

1. Gigapan .
   As they say "GigaPan allows users to upload, share, and explore brilliant gigapixel+ panoramas from around the globe". Also available on Google Earth .
2. ViewAt .
   Another great site to share your panoramas. Map interface. Also available on Google Earth .
3. Fullscreen QTVR .
   Panorama images of the Grand Canyon, Paris, Rome, Barcelona…even Mars and the Moon. You can submit your panoramics following some simple guidelines .
4. 360 Cities .
   This site features panoramic photos of city scenes from around the world. Map interface. Also available on Google Earth . No sharing options, but you can apply to be a 360 Cities Featured Traveller .
5. Panoguide .
   A complete site about panoramic images. You can share your photos at the gallery or learn about shooting one at the how-to section .
6. Panoye .
   Map interface, sharing options, tags and other Web 2.0 look& feel elements.
7. Wikimedia Commons Panoramas .
   I know is not a panoramas site itself but they offer a gallery of amazing shots under GNU Free Documentation license .

So does TED Talks in Monterey (California) every year since 1984. The bad news is the annual membership fee is up to $6.000. And the best news is they select the most interesting talks and made them avaliable on video…for free on the Internet! Such a cultural treasure on your computer screen. You can find all the talks organized by categories (most inspiring, most beautiful, etc.) on:

TED website.

So what’s your favourite TED Talk?

But you might encounter some problems when trying to upload an image for the first time. The Choose File tabs will show you error messages:

• HTTP error.
• An error occurred in the upload. Please try again later.

Don’t try again later! :) Just add the following lines to the .htaccess file located in the root directory of your web server.

<IfModule mod_security.c>
<Files async-upload.php>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</Files>
</IfModule>

Add these lines below the existing code.