WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
A weekly feature on electronic technology as it affects everyday life with Jim Campbell. Broadcast on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, ME every Thursday at 7:30 AM.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
There are bound to be lots of shiny new digital devices unwrapped this holiday season. One of the things they all will probably be used for is accessing the Web. There are two key pieces of software for doing that – a web browser and a search engine. Let’s begin a series of episodes to look at browser and search engine options.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Over the past week, we’ve heard about a lot of things, both locally and nationally, both in the cyber realm and the physical realm, that might lead a person to ask: what kind of society do we want to live in? But that question seldom arises. Maybe it should.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Today, an unusual web site for those who are in biology, a few thoughts on the old expression “the exception proves the rule,” and a few highlights from “Freedom on the Net 2014,” an almost 1000 page report from Freedom House about the declining freedom available on the Internet available at http://freedomhouse.org.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Today, let’s look at the final steps in digitizing music from old vinyl onto our our electronic devices. And, since it’s a major shopping season, it might be worthwhile to take a look at a recent academic study on “Measuring Price Discrimination and Steering on E-commerce Web Sites.” If you’d like to read it for yourself, go to www.css.neu.edu/home/cbw/pdf/imc151-hannak.pdf.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Have a pile of vinyl recordings around that you’d like to get into digital format? It’s not really difficult, but it does pay to think before you start digitizing. Here are some thoughts to help with that process.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Got a pile of old vinyl discs lying around that you’re slightly embarrassed about having – so very retro? Well, worry no more – vinyl is back! Alas, as a recent Pew Internet survey reveals, privacy apparently is not. The report is at:
http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/11/12/public-privacy-perceptions/.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Today, let’s take a more detailed look at the Verizon Wireless program that is tracking and profiling and selling information about 106 million customers who are, of course, paying Verizon for the privilege of being tracked online, and what Verizon Wireless, and maybe AT&T Mobile, customers can go about it. Unfortunately, the answer is not much.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Lossy music compression such as that used for mp3 files is based on the assumption that it is okay to throw away quite a lot of information from a sound stream since humans can’t hear it anyway. But is that really true? A new research paper says maybe not.