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Documentary Source

Posted on September 21, 2011 by admin

I suppose I watch enough television, but my viewing habits lean toward sports and news. I think that is OK. My life has plenty of reality and I am not much interested in the weird worlds that are promoted as … Continue reading →

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OpenDNS

Posted on September 18, 2011 by admin

I have commented on this service before, but a podcast reminded me of what the service offers and I decided to promote the site again. OpenDNS is a filtering service that takes advantage of DNS. The domain name service you … Continue reading →

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Do geofences make good Flickr neighbors

Posted on September 1, 2011 by admin

I have been attempting to determine if this geofence feature now available in Flickr is useful. The concept is that you can define an area and if images in your account are geotagged within that area you can limit who … Continue reading →

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Something I have to remember – notes on Fast Start

Posted on September 1, 2011 by admin

Here is an answer to my own question (see below) – Lion comes with Quicktime 10. Hidden in the utilities folder is Quicktime 7.  Who knew? Quicktime 7 can be used to create a progressive download video. There are many … Continue reading →

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@author

Posted on August 31, 2011 by admin

Kindle is developing a feature allowing readers to query authors (@author). I have been attempting to get my past publisher to understand this possibility for years. Technology allows opportunities for blurring the lines among traditional roles – say student, teacher, … Continue reading →

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Word (not microsoft) help in Docs

Posted on August 31, 2011 by admin

I spend huge quantities of time writing stuff in Google docs and I must admit I learned something new and helpful about docs I should have known this evening  (yes my wife did bring this to my attention). There must … Continue reading →

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