Archive for April, 2008

The Nomad goes on a fossil hunt!

April 30, 2008

Recently, three colleges converged in western Nevada for four days of field paleontology. Over thirty students participated in a series of field tasks that represented different kinds of field scientific work. The tasks ranged from classic description to modern collection techniques. For the latter, the students mapped a trilobite-rich area using a [...]

Quickie user guide to Windows Mobile

April 18, 2008

Your buddy / boyfriend / boss hands you a PDA for the first time and tells you to ‘figure it out.’ Where do you start? Can you understand your way around the computer? This short blog is meant to be a sort of triage to get you through a Windows Mobile device, like the Recon [...]