Sophomore Justin Sayde, RA of the Dry Surfers Organization, guest hosts the 10/30 edition of the ITS Coffee Break with Ken Newquist. The podcast begins with a discussion of possible blogging alternatives to Soapbox and an update on the network redesign. Tech News features a conversation about the just released Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 web browsers, news about a massively multiplayer game set in the Shakespearean timeframe, and thoughts on the upcoming release of Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii game systems.
Getting the Podcast
There are several ways to get the podcast:
- Download the MP3 directly
- Subscribe to the Soapbox podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically)
- Subscribe to the Soapbox feed via iTunes
Show Notes
ITS News
- Guest Host: Sophomore Justin Sayde, RA of the Dry Surfers Organization
- Blogging Alternatives?
- While we aren't even close to making a change, we are looking at some alternative blogging software to Soapbox. In particular, WordPress Multiuser was just released on Oct. 23, and it looks like it could do a lot of what's been requested by the Lafayette community, including supporting custom themes for individual blogs and group-based collaborative blogs. Give it a spin and let us know what you think by creating a blog at EduBlogs.org
- EduBlogs: http://www.EduBlogs.org
- WordPress Mu: http://mu.wordpress.org
- Progress on the Lafayette Network Redesign
Tech News
- CNET: A midsummer night's virtual world
- Academics are looking to recreate Shakespeare's works as a virtual world, starting with Richard III. Read the full story on CNET.
- Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7 released
- Upcoming release of Playstation 3 (11/17) & Nintendo Wii (11/19)