Solving technology problems, one at a time
Quick, what is the the fifth leading cause of death in the United States? Heart problems? Liver failure? Cancer? You probably won’t believe me when I tell you it is flying in airplanes. Deep Vein
Continue readingIf you do a lot of research, like me, you may have a desktop full of PDF’s all named with such informative filenames as “c_dat09.pdf.” I spent a lot of time futilely trying to organize them along with their notes and citations, so it was a revelation to come across the application Papers.
With some microphones, particularly Plantronics USB headset mic’s, you may get an error when you try to set the Microphone Level in Powerpoint. “Powerpoint is not receiving sound from the microphone. Try one of the
Continue readingI took a chance a few weeks ago and purchased the “MacHeist” bundle, mainly because I wanted the PhoneView application that lets you get at your iPhone images and music directly, and the cost is very low for all those applications.
MacHeist III is a bundle of 15 little utilities and applications for the Mac, many of which are surprisingly useful and well-written. One of the nicest surprises was an app called “Times”. Times is just a lowly RSS reader, but it does RSS with more style and readability than anything else I’ve seen yet.
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To use the KML files, right click the “Download KML file” link and select “Save Target As”. Windows may try to add an “XML” extension onto the end of the file name. Change the extension back to “KML” if it does.
You must have Google Earth installed to use these files. Double click the KML file and it should open in Google Earth to the correct spot.
Anecdotal evidence that autistic children improve when they have a fever was confirmed last year when the journal Pediatrics published a study documenting their positive behavioral changes. In November of 2008, scientists at Yeshiva University’s
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