Ted Avery

Web Developer and Bachelor of IT student at UOIT

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These are the posts from March 2009

March 27, 2009
Posted by Ted Avery

Google Street View Coming to Canada

ShareEver tried out Google Street View? It’s an amazing feature of Google Maps in most of the United States and in a handful of places other countries that allows you to get a full 360 degree view of any point on any street in a given city. Try exploring Times Square in New York!
Finally this [...]

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March 24, 2009
Posted by Ted Avery

UOIT could become UofO

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UOIT is still no further ahead in their search for a new name. But a recent news article mentions one idea I like a lot.
Another member suggested asking the government for the name University of Ontario, and if it isn’t granted, the school can run institute of technology beside the name in eight-point font.
It drops [...]

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March 18, 2009
Posted by Ted Avery

Facebook: The Twitter Nobody Asked For

ShareRecently Facebook made a few significant changes to their homepage design which you can read about on their blog. But what a lot of tech enthusiasts are really complaining about the new design is how much it imitates social “micro-blogging” website Twitter — and that’s saying a lot, as the techies are usually the first [...]

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March 10, 2009
Posted by Ted Avery

All UOIT student fees rising in 09/10 year

ShareAll UOIT student fees rising in 09/10 year
This publicly available board report from the UOIT website reveals the planned student fees for the 2009-2010 school year. The verdict: everything is going up.
Before you get too up in arms about this, read the background section which states that the tuition fees up to 2010 were already [...]

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UOIT Students – Participate in the Canadian University Report 2009 Survey

ShareUOIT Students – Participate in the Canadian University Report 2009 Survey
Help give UOIT the excellent reputation it deserves! A valid UOIT e-mail address is required.

The Globe and Mail want to hear what you have to say about your university – from teaching assistants to technology services, professors to parking, athletics to extracurricular activities.  The data [...]

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March 7, 2009
Posted by Ted Avery

Skip the retailer, order straight from China

ShareIt seems everything is made in China these days. If this is because it’s so cheap to manufacturer goods there, why do we still pay so much for these products here in North America? There is a lot of price markup involved between the manufacturing plant, the company that designs the product, and the end [...]

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March 3, 2009
Posted by Ted Avery

MGMT Song Cover using iPhones

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The Mentalists play Kids by MGMT on their iPhones and iPod Touches, using only apps downloaded from the Apple App Store. Apps used Ocarina, Retro Synth, miniSynth, DigiDrummer Lite.  I love MGMT, and I love my iPhone, so naturally I love this video. More than anything, I’m just amazed that music today can even be [...]

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