Archive for June 2009

Thinking about Google Wave and Teaching

I need to preface this blog post with the fact that I have not had my chance to dig deeply into Google Wave. This is mostly a reaction to the presentation at Google I/O:

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Shipping a Laptop

Funny that Google cannot tell me how to pack a laptop for shipping. I tried all kinds of searches and as soon as I said “laptop” – Google gave me page after page of results which wanted to sell me something.
So here is how you ship a laptop. Go to Fed Ex and purchase a $10.00 laptop box – it is specially padded and very cool and adaptable to any sized laptop. Perhaps UPS has such a thing as well.
Here is a URL:

http://fedex.com/us/office/services/packandship/supplies.html

They won’t insure your laptop unless you use this box. At $10.00 it is a bargain – much cheaper than wrapping your laptop in bubble packing material putting it in a box.