Solving technology problems, one at a time
The out-of the-box Likert Scale question created by Perception is really just a slightly modified multiple choice question. The choices are arranged vertically, as shown in the example screen shot below.
I prefer Likert Scale choices to be displayed horizontally as shown in the image below.
Target disk mode is a handy way to quickly transfer big files between a laptop and desktop Mac. You simply connect the 2 firewire ports, and restart the laptop while holding down the “T” key.
Continue readingThe new piano sounds available for the Nord Electro B3 clone keyboard only work with Nord operating system v. 3.0 or greater. So you may find that even if you haven’t updated before, you will want to do so now.
The updater is pretty easy to use: simply download it from Update Nord Electro OS v3.00 (OS X) or
Update Nord Electro OS v3.00 (Windows)
You will need a midi interface, the Nord, and your computer. You may also need drivers for the midi interface, possibly even if you are using a Mac.
Continue readingEvery so often, I show up in the office to see that my year-old G5 tower has decided to emulate a jet engine. Overnight, the fans rev up to the maximum, and stay that way
Continue readingAlthough I don’t use Adobe GoLive much for day-to-day work, it has certain features that are hard to find anywhere else. One of them is a rather impressive Javascript authoring environment. It gives contextual hints,
Continue readingdotProject is the most promising open-source (and free) project management software that I’ve found so far.
There are many small changes that needed to be made to the dotProject interface in order for it to work for my team, though. Chief among them was that all projects be numbered. The “short name” field just wasn’t sufficient to uniquely identify projects. We use project numbers in our workflow, in documents, email, and file systems. The number needs to combine the month and year the project was started with a 4-digit unique number.
The Museum of My Favorite Artists has been updated to the latest version of Gallery, with an improved look and many new features. Stop in, learn about some new artists, leave some comments! Click to
Continue readingI am happy to say that this site has been updated to the latest version of MoveableType with no serious problems at all.
Installation
My old templates all worked. The old database converted without any issues. Overall the basic installation took about 45 minutes, with me being extra careful and backing things up several ways.
Comments are back on!
The new comment features are WONDERFUL. I have turned commenting back ON and someone has already made a genuine comment! I feel like awarding him a prize! Of course there have also been about 150 junk comments, but they were easily disposed of.
My name is Ellen Meiselman. I work as a web and elearning developer for the University of Michigan Health System. This site serves both as a place to explore my interests and as an extra
Continue readingMy home page doesn’t show horizontal scrollbars in version 1.5.0.6 of Firefox on the Mac. I’m sorry about that. It is a known bug that has been fixed in a patch that I assume will
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