Thu, 30 March 2006 A demonstration of how mp3 files work by splitting audio into frequency ranges. Comments[103] |
Wed, 29 March 2006 Computer hardware, including CPUs, memory, buses and printers. Examples showing how audio files work. News items include delays on Vista and HD DVD, and digital systems for sports performance. Comments[1] |
Wed, 22 March 2006 Review of bits, bytes and computer storage. Web links for topics discussed include writely.com, songbirdnest.com, and thevoicebooth.com. Comments[4] |
Tue, 14 March 2006 Tim and Richard talk about last week's lecture on document processing, including readability and legibility, and share their different views about WYSIWIG vs. command based systems. There's also a preview of the next lecture on storage, including where you'd find a gigabyte, terabyte, and petabyte of data. Comments[5] |
Wed, 8 March 2006 The second podcast for COSC110. Review of the lecture on HCI, computing in the news (including TradeMe, cellphones and the Pope's iPod), preview of document processing lecture. Comments[1] |
Tue, 28 February 2006 Welcome to the first COSC110 podcast, with Tim Bell and Richard Green. Includes a review of lectures, what's coming up, and digital stupidity of the week. The other podcasts referred to are "This Week in Tech" (http://thisweekintech.com/) and "Typical PC User" (http://www.typicalpcuser.biz/tpcu/)Comments[2] |

Welcome to the first COSC110 podcast, with Tim Bell and Richard Green. Includes a review of lectures, what's coming up, and digital stupidity of the week. The other podcasts referred to are "This Week in Tech" (http://thisweekintech.com/) and "Typical PC User" (http://www.typicalpcuser.biz/tpcu/)