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Software

Dreamhost Invitation Codes (and PHP Editors for Mac OS X)

Hi MozTips Visitors,so, I haven't been posting much to this blog.I am planning a design and functionality overhaul, to post more to it, in the coming weeks.In the mean time, I thought I'd post this email I got from Dreamhost (which hosts this site). They've given me five invitations, which give customers four times the normal disk space and bandwith. They expire on June 27th, and only one person gets to use them. So, if you're interested, act now. For each person who signs up, I get $97. On another note, I am now using a Mac, and am looking for a good PHP editor for Mac OS X. I am currently considering ActiveState's Komodo IDE, Zend Studio, or TextMate. I tried NuSphere's PHPEd with CrossOver Mac (commercial version of Wine), but the installation failed. I would be happy to hear any recommendations.I will use the money I get from these Dreamhost sign-ups to buy a new PHP editor / IDE.  These tools will help me to maintain this (and other) sites.So, here's the email, and thanks for reading.- JayThis email is to let you know that you, yes you, have just been givenfive (5) oh so special DreamHost Invitations you can use to invite yourfriends and colleagues to DreamHost!Of course, they don't NEED an official invitation to sign up, but if youemail them and tell them to use one of these five invitation codes: 434617935733 132939823607 003104415609 313929518826 914907155770... they will get all these super special advantages not available anyother way: * They will get four (4) times the normal disk and bandwidth! * If they choose our five-year plan, they'll get $150 off! * If they choose our ten-year plan, they'll get $200 off! * YOU will still earn a full $97 for each person who signs up!That means these five invitations are worth like, $485 in your pocket!(Each code is good for only ONE sweet DreamHostering referral!)But.. these invitations are too awesome to exist forever! In fact, theyexpire in just two weeks, so you should probably get to telling ASAP!Tell your invitees to use the 12-digit code you give them in the "PromoCode" field when they sign up at: https://signup.dreamhost.com/
Published: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:07:28 GMT - Source: Moztips.Com - Read the article

Literature

The Video Professor

Brief article about Web sites that provide information about the Video Professor, John W. Scherer, and his company -- the Video Professor.
Published: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:58:07 GMT - Source: Xenite.Org - Read the article

Libraries

We Won't Be Fooled Again: Teaching Critical Thinking via Evaluation of Hoax and Historical Revisionist Websites in a Library Credit Course

The new issue of College and Undergraduate Libraries 15 (1/2) (2008) is on critical thinking. Stephanie Mathson and I have an article in it titled "We Won't Be Fooled Again: Teaching Critical Thinking via Evaluation of Hoax and Historical Revisionist Websites in a Library Credit Course." The article is not online but Stephanie and I are pleased with it.From the abstract:At Central Michigan University, librarians teach multiple sections of an eight-week, one-credit research skills class to hundreds of undergraduate students each semester. While the main focus of the course is to teach students how to find, use, and properly cite library resources, librarians also address critical thinking skills by designing lessons to teach World Wide Web organization and how to analyze the information found via search engines. Showing student's obvious hoax sites about ?tree octopi? and ?male pregnancy? introduces the concepts of critical thinking and Website analysis. Most students quickly refute the information on such sites. However, students have a more difficult time assessing social, historical, or political revisionist Web sites' validity. Contrasting those claims with evidence accepted by international courts, historians, and scientists is useful in pointing out the flaws of seemingly well documented but one-sided revisionist sites. There are dangers in exposing students to these groups via their Websites. Yet, it is important to do so in order to convey the importance of critical analysis of information. The authors discuss students' preand post-test (CMU's online assessment tool, the ?research readiness self-assessment? [RRSA]) scores to determine whether critical thinking skills have improved.
Published: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:52:26 GMT - Source: Information-literacy.Net - Read the article