My recent work has been on a cloud based Ruby project for the BBC News, upcoming 2014 elections. It requires fast I/O, scalability and needs to be well tested. The "be well tested" requirement, is...
March 11, 2014
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11:00 AM
Google Launches Interactive Online Education Tool (via The Next Web) http://ow.ly/usTBu Google Debuts Education Tool Oppia for Teaching Others thenextweb.com Google today launched a new online...
March 11, 2014
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10:25 AM
Major A = Career B – Career Week will Prove the Error in this equation! Many students pick a major based on the career they ultimately want to pursue. Want to be an Economist? Pursue a...
March 11, 2014
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10:21 AM
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group today published updates of two Notes that accompany WCAG 2.0: Techniques for WCAG 2.0 and Understanding WCAG 2.0. (This is not an update to...
March 11, 2014
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10:13 AM
The Linked Data Platform (LDP) Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of Linked Data Platform 1.0. This document describes a set of best practices and simple approach for a...
March 11, 2014
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9:46 AM
by David Hoffman and Craig Berger UMBC is full of treasures and oddities hidden in plain view. Here's one of them. Where were we standing when we took this photo, and what does it depict? Let...
March 11, 2014
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9:40 AM
TV doesn’t have to be all about talent competitions and reality shows. Back in 1980, Carl Sagan, America’s favorite turtle-neck wearing, smooth-talking scientist brought us Cosmos: A Personal...
March 11, 2014
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9:37 AM
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Working Draft of HTML Imports. HTML Imports are a way to include and reuse HTML documents in other HTML documents. Learn more about the Rich Web...
March 11, 2014
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9:31 AM
Undergraduate researchers explore their interests!
Meet Sanchari. She is a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major and current URA (Undergraduate Research Award) Scholar. She is also engaged in oncological research in a UMBC laboratory and has...
March 11, 2014
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9:06 AM
System Downtime
As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure will be conducting its quarterly patching of systems. While many of the systems will be patched without any service...
March 11, 2014
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