InstantConference to the Rescue

This past Friday I set up a teleconference for all of my presenters who will be speaking at the IQ Visual Mapping Conference to be held on October 3, 2008 in the Greater New York Metro Area. Before I set up the meeting I wanted to be assured that everyone could have access to a high quality audio teleconference. I scoured the internet for such a service and came across InstantConference. InstantConference is a free teleconference service with no startup or user fees. The only costs associated with it are long distance fees which your participants will incur. With today's phone calling plans this should not be too much of a deterrent. Once you set up an account you are given a phone number and access code and a pin number to get you started. Before the teleconference I did a run through with Arjen ter Hoeve in the Netherlands who was able to access the phone call via SkypeOut. It worked famously and so now I was ready to go. I figured if Arjen was able to log in with SkypeOut the rest of my participants would have no trouble.

On the day of the teleconference I dialed in and waited patiently as one by one my colleagues announced their presence. Soon Kyle McFarlin, Chuck Frey, Wallace Tait, Arjen ter Hoeve, Adam Clayman, and myself were engaged in our conference. The audio quality was fantastic and as the conference leader with an account, I was able to have the service record the conference session-this was free as well. This was a great feature since Stephanie Diamond was unable to make the teleconference. The group teleconferenced for over an hour talking about the October 3, 2008 event. All of us are really jazzed up about the event and are looking forward to sharing more information about the conference over the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned for some really exciting developments!

After our teleconference meeting was over within 2 minutes I received an email with summary information about who was in attendance and how the long the meeting ran. In about 15 minutes I received another email with a link to the recorded session which is formatted as an MP3 file. I was able to download the recording and listen to it with iTunes. I forwarded the email to my colleague, Stephanie Diamond who were not able to make it and she was able to listen to the entire meeting- pretty cool. I was totally amazed with the service and would highly recommend it for anyone that has to ad hoc teleconferences. (Note: It would make for a great way to do recorded interviews or podcasts.) Try it out and let me know what you think

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Biometrics Overview

Biometrics (ancient Greek: bios =”life”, metron =”measure”) refers characteristic that measure human in human body and behaviour. Something that human have, like face, fingerprint, palmprint, retina, iris etc and something that human use to be like how to walk (gait), signature can be a biometrics.

Biometrics System

Almost of biometrics systems consist of these modul:

1. Sensor
2. Pre-processing
3. Feature extraction
4. Storage
5. Matching
6. Decision

Biometrics Characteristic

There are about 16 biometrics characteristic:

1. DNA
2. Face
3. Retinal
4. Iris
5. Ear
6. Dental
7. Lips
8. Palmprint
9. Hand Geometry
10. Fingerprint
11. Facial and body Infrared
12. Gait
13. Signature
14. Keystroke
15. Voice
16. Odor

another links that useful to this artikle, please click:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometrics

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double firefox speed

Firefox is in my opinion the best browser ever made until now. It includes:

• improved tabbed browsing
• pop up blocking
• integrated Goggle search
• enhanced privacy controls
• built-in phishing protection
• online spell checking
• lots of themes, interfaces, and extensions/addons
  
  

Mozilla Firefox officially supports:

• Microsoft Windows
• Linux
• Mac OS X

Unofficial Support:

• Free BSD
• OS/2
• Solaris
• SkyOS
• BeOS
• XP Professional x64 Edition

Now here are some Tips Tricks that can help you double the speed of Firefox.

1. Type about:config in the address bar and then press Enter.
2. In the filter search bar type network.http.pipelining. Be sure the value field is set true,if not double-click to set true. HTTP is the application-layer protocol that most web pages are transferred with. In HTTP 1.1, multiple requests can be sent before any responses are received. This is known as pipelining. Pipelining reduces page loading times, but not all servers support it.
3. Go back to the filter search bar and type network.http.pipelining.maxrequests. Double-click this option and set its value to 8.
4. In the filter search bar and type network.http.proxy.pipelining. Once opened doubleclick on it and set it to true.
5. In IPv6-capable DNS servers, an IPv4 address may be returned when an IPv6 address is requested. It is possible for Mozilla to recover from this misinformation, but a significant delay is introduced.
   Type network.dns.disableIPv6 in the filter search bar and set this option to true by double clicking on it.
6. CONTENT INTERRUPT PARSING
   This preference controls if the application will interrupt parsing a page to respond to UI events. It does not exist by default. Right-click (Apple users ctrl-click) anywhere in the about:config window, select New and then Boolean from the pop-up menu. Then:
   * Enter content.interrupt.parsing in the New boolean value pop-up window and click OK
   * When prompted to choose the value for the new boolean, select true and click OK.
7. Rather than wait until a page has completely downloaded to display it to the user, Mozilla applications will regularly render what has been received to that point. This option controls the maximum amount of time the application will be unresponsive while rendering pages. Right-click (Apple users ctrl-click) anywhere in the about:config window, select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
   A. Enter content.max.tokenizing.time in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK
   B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 2250000 and click OK.
8. CONTENT NOTIFY INTERVAL
   This option sets the minimum amount of time to wait between reflows. Right-click (Apple users ctrl-click) anywhere in the about:config window, select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
   A. Type content.notify.interval in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
   B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 750000 and click OK.
9. CONTENT NOTIFY ONTIMER
   A. This option sets if to reflow pages at an interval any higher than that specified by content.notify.interval. Right-click (Apple users ctrl-click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Boolean from the pop-up menu.
   B. Type content.notify.ontimer in the New boolean value pop-up window and click OK.
   C. You will be prompted to choose the value for the new boolean. Select true and click OK.
10. Notify Backoffcount
    This option controls the maximum number of times the content will do timer-based reflows. After this number has been reached, the page will only reflow once it is finished downloading. Right-click (Apple users ctrl-click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
    A. Enter content.notify.backoffcount in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
    B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 5 and click OK.
11. CONTENT SWITCH THRESHOLD
    You can interact with a loading page when content.interrupt.parsing is set to true. When a page is loading, the application has two modes: a high frequency interrupt mode and a low frequency interrupt mode. The first one interrupts the parser more frequently to allow for greater UI responsiveness during page load. The low frequency interrupt mode interrupts the parser less frequently to allow for quicker page load. The application enters high frequency interrupt mode when you move the mouse or type on the keyboard and switch back to low frequency mode when you had no activity for a certain amount of time. This preference controls that amount of time. Right-click (Apple users ctrl-click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
    A. Enter content.switch.threshold in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
    B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 750000 and click OK.
12. NGLAYOUT INITIALPAINT DELAY
    Mozilla applications render web pages incrementally, they display what’s been received of a page before the entire page has been downloaded. Since the start of a web page normally doesn’t have much useful information to display, Mozilla applications will wait a short interval before first rendering a page. This preference controls that interval. Rightclick (Apple users ctrl-click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu.
    A. Enter nglayout.initialpaint.delay in the New integer value pop-up window and click OK.
    B. You will be prompted to enter a value. Enter 0 and click OK.
    
    

Remember to Close and ReStart Firefox for the New Settings to take effect

You can also get the Fasterfox extension for performance and network tweaks from: download here

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How I can Find E-Mail Messages Quickly in Microsoft Outlook

Question:-How I can Find E-Mail Messages Quickly in Microsoft Outlook?
Answer:-Finding E-Mail Messages Quickly in Microsoft Outlook
You can search for a specific e-mail message in Microsoft Office Outlook without expanding the Search box. Here’s what to do:

In the Outlook Search box, type your target. For example, to find a particular e-mail message from John Smith, type from:John Smith. This search request quickly lists e-mail messages from that person, but not messages that contain his name.

This tip also works for other criteria, such as folders. For example, searching for folder:expenses quickly lists only those folders that contain "expenses" as the subject.

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Vista Tweaks

We all know that Vista's drivers suck. We also know that there is a bunch of bloatware on deck. However, with the right tools... You CAN make Vista run as smoothly... eh' hem.. better than XP

To start....

Go to Start--->Control Panel-->Programs & Features-->Uninstall all the programs that they have "thrown" at you. Programs such as "online offers" or programs with your computer manufacturer's name plastered all over it are 99% of the time JUNK.

Go to your computer's website and get all the updates (bios, hardware, drivers, etc)

Go to Windows update and update all of the software there...





Next, some of these are up to your personal preference. I will explain how to disable things such as UAC (User Account Control), which IMHO is a major pain in the ass.


To disable UAC (User Account Control):

Hold the Windows logo button and R together. Type in MSCONFIG and hit enter.

Click on the Tools tab. Scroll down till you find "Disable UAC" Click on that line. and press Launch. Restart the computer at this point since it will make everything else go faster.

To disable some unused programs:

Windows key + R and type in services.msc... hit enter

Right click on the following. Select STOP. Right click again... select properties and change the startup to Disabled.

- Computer browser (if not connected to LAN)
- Fax (if not using printer and fax)
- Windows Error Reporting Service
- Secondary logon
- Tablet PC Input service
- Print spooler (if not using printer and fax)
- Security center
- Routing and remote access (if not connected to LAN)
- Internet connection sharing
- TCP/IP NetBios helper
- Server (if not sharing resources through LAN)
- Offline files
- Distributed Link Tracking Client
- IKE and AuthIP IP Keying Modules
- Remote Registry

Close the services management console.

Disable System Restore:

Another big time hog of memory. Some might not want to do this. This program allows you to bring your computer back to a state in which it worked if you mess something up.

1. Control panel-> System and maintenance-> System
2. Advanced system settings
3. System protection tab
4. Uncheck all the drives.
5. Apply changes.

Disable some (or all UI effects):

Again... this is up to you what all you uncheck. I have listed some of the bigger memory hogs here... you may disable all of them, the ones I listed... whichever..

1. Control panel-> System
2. Advanced system settings
3. Advanced tab/Performance/Settings
4. Uncheck the following boxes:
- Fade or slide menus into view
- Fade or slide tooltips into view
- show shadows under menus
- Show translucent selection rectangle
- Slide open combo boxes
- Use a background image for each folder type

Again.. you can do more or less depending on how much performance you want to gain.
5. Apply changes.

Bring those annoyingly large icons back to a nice size
The icons on Vista's desktop are HUGE... I hated it... To change em back

Right click on the desktop, choose VIEW and choose Classic Icons

Disable options in folders
1. Open an explorer window. hit the ALT key to make the classic menu appear. Select tools and then folder options.
2. Select the view tab.
3. Uncheck the following boxes:
- display file icon on thumbnails
- display simple folder view in navigation pane
- use sharing wizard
- show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
- show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
4. Apply changes.

If you like the classic menus... click on the general tab now and select Classic Menus


Get rid of the Security Center
The security center is a very annoying feature with a built in pop up. If you're not a complete moron and can remember to install anti-virus software without Windows telling you..
- Windows Key + R again.. type in cmd and hit enter
- Type cd\
- Type cd windows\system32
- Run these commands
a. takeown /f wscapi.dll
b. takeown /f wscsvc.dll
c. takeown /f wscui.cpl
This has given you ownership of the three files. Enter the System32 directory via Windows Explorer and right click each of these three files. Go to the Properties/Security Tab and edit/add an entry for everyone and give them all full access. (tick all the squares). Rename these three files with a BAK extension. In Start/Run type services.msc and disable the Security Center Service.
Now reboot and the OS is all yours.

Windows Defender is redundant in my opinion.. to disable it...
- Windows key + R
- Type in MSConfig and hit enter
- Scroll down to Windows Defender (might not show the entire name... will be towards the bottom though)
- Uncheck the box and hit apply.

Reboot and then check the box that asks if you want to be warned about System Config changes.

And this next tweak is especially for the gamers using VISTA
Right click on your game... select properties...click on the compatibility tab...

Click Disable desktop composition radio box. This will shut down a lot of "Aero" while running this app. Once you close your game, all will be back to normal. Good for freeing up RAM

Resize Partition

In Windows Vista it is now possible to resize partitions
without any data loss in the new Disk Management console.

Resizing Partitions with Windows Vista:

1) Click on the Start Button and right click on Computer and select Manage.
2) Expand the Storage section and select Disk Management.
3) Then just right click on any partition
and select either Expand or Shrink to change the size of the partition.

This will allow you to safely resize your partitions without any data loss.

Increase network performance when playing media

Windows Vista throttles your network bandwidth when you are playing any multimedia file such as an MP3 or a video. This was designed to ensure the CPU has enough free cycles available to play your media without skipping. The down side is that when you are playing a multimedia file you will notice that your network speed of file transfers will decrease on high speed network connections. By default when you are playing a multimedia file your network transfers are limited to 10 packets per millisecond.

In Windows Vista SP1 Microsoft introduces a registry key that allows you to customize this setting.

1) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile]
2) NetworkThrottlingIndexValue

You can set NetworkThrottlingIndexValue between 1 and 70. If you want to disable set the hexadecimal value to FFFFFFFF.

Microsoft warns that if you increase the value above 10 you may experience playback quality issues. Depending on your network setup, it is worth experimenting.

After making any changes a restart is needed.

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Keyboard shortcuts

CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)

CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
F5 key (Update the active window)
BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
ESC (Cancel the current task)
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)


Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
TAB (Move forward through the options)
SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
F1 key (Display Help)
F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)

Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts

Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)
Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
END (Display the bottom of the active window)
HOME (Display the top of the active window)
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)
LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)
RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)

Shortcut Keys for Character Map

After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:
RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line)
LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line)
UP ARROW (Move up one row)
DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)
PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)
HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)
END (Move to the end of the line)
CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)
CTRL+END (Move to the last character)
SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)

Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
CTRL+N (Open a new console)
CTRL+S (Save the open console)
CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
CTRL+W (Open a new window)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
ALT+F4 (Close the console)
ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
ALT+V (Display the View menu)
ALT+F (Display the File menu)
ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)
MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)
ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)
ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)

Remote Desktop Connection Navigation

CTRL+ALT+END (Open the m*cro$oft Windows NT Security dialog box)
ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)
ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)
CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)
ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)
CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

Microsoft Internet Explorer Navigation

CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)
CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
CTRL+W (Close the current window)

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How to make 2003 to 2007 Page Layout Tab

Question:-How to make 2003 to 2007 Page Layout Tab?
Answer:- 2003 to 2007 Page Layout Tab
It’s not always easy to make page-level changes to your Microsoft Office Word 2003 document. Every time you want to adjust the margin or change the page layout, you have to browse to Page Setup on the File menu and make your changes in a dialog box that has multiple tabs.

In Microsoft Office Word 2007, you can make many of these changes from the Page Layout tab on the Ribbon. For example, if you want a slimmer margin, click the Margins button, and then click Narrow. If you're printing on legal paper, click the Size button, and then click Legal. With many of the options, like Margins, you see a live preview of your change before you apply it. If you need greater customization, click the diagonal arrow in the lower right of the Page Setup section to open the familiar dialog box.

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[TIPS] fixed the URL

Thanks to those who wrote to tell me that my tinyurl wasn't working. I forgot the .com. ARGH!!

"Are you an education blogger in Pennsylvania? If so, would you KINDLY complete this 4 question form? If you know a blogger in pa who doesn't follow MY blog, please pass this post along to them so they can complete the form, as well. http://tinyurl.com/4wa9tg 

Want to watch the list grow? Here it is embedded in a wiki: http://gatesworkshop.wikispaces.com/pabloggers

(Note: I posted this on twitter a few minutes ago, and before I even had time to finsh the process I had one entry. Ian McCoog is #1. In less than a minute after that, I had my second entry. Amazing, this Internet stuff.)"

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[TIPS] The Bottom Billion - on TED

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/270

 

Around the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing countries. How can we help them? Economist Paul Collier lays out a bold, compassionate plan for closing the gap between rich and poor.

Another one to show your students. It's not as totally compelling as Robert Ballard's talk, but this one talks directly to the young who will be dealing with this problem. "What did you do the LAST time we got serious about this problem?" (You, meaning the world)

 

Send this one to the Sociology teachers you know.

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[TIPS] Attention PA Bloggers

Are you an education blogger in Pennsylvania? If so, would you KINDLY complete this 4 question form? If you know a blogger in pa who doesn't follow MY blog, please pass this post along to them so they can complete the form, as well. http://tinyurl.com/4wa9tg

Want to watch the list grow? Here it is embedded in a wiki: http://gatesworkshop.wikispaces.com/pabloggers

(Note: I posted this on twitter a few minutes ago, and before I even had time to finsh the process I had one entry. Ian McCoog is #1. In less than a minute after that, I had my second entry. Amazing, this Internet stuff.)

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Comapping forms Alliance with, MeadWestvaco, results in MeadMap.com

FYI- I know that I had shared this with you earlier but hear is the official announcement of the partnership of Comapping and MeadWestvaco. It is very exciting to see the Web 2.0 developments and companies moving to a software as service model. I'm sure there is more to come in the educational space as NECC 2008 approaches. If you haven't yet tried out online mind mapping applications then here is your opportunity at no risk. So go to MeadMap and use the code: ASTECH01

Press Release:

Comapping has entered into a strategic product development and marketing alliance with Mead^® Consumer and Office Products (www.mead.com), a division of the Fortune 500-company MeadWestvaco, Inc. For more than 130 years, the Mead brand has been synonymous with innovative school supplies, including well-known brands like Trapper Keeper^® and Five Star^®.

For the past year or so, the Comapping team has been working day and night with a dedicated team of Mead experts in developing Comapping for academic use. The result is Mead Map - the first mind mapping application designed with college students, for students to meet their specific needs in real life application of knowledge. Currently, Comapping and Mead Map are very similar in functionality. However, as new features continue to be developed for both programs, users will notice functional differences catering to each targeted user’s needs.

As part of the Mead Map launch, the Mead team is offering a free 30-day trial at www.meadmap.com.

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Web Video Downloader for Firefox

• Capture video, download video and save video fast from Internet.
• Capture Flash SWF content with one-click at the same time.
• Fetch video of different formats including flv, swf, wmv, asf, avi, mov, rm, rmvb.
• Easy to download Youtube video and many other video sites and blogs.
• Clean, user-friendly, easy-to-use and super light.
• Support all popular video sites, including YouTube, Google, MySpace, and more >>* Work as a simple Firefox extension (add-on).
• Safe execution from Mozilla Firefox browser, without redirections to other web sites.
• Automatically detect Web video or Flash files for video capturing and downloading.
• Pick the actual URLs of online Web videos and Flash files.
• One-click to start video capture at once.
• Fast speed to complete video downloading process.
• Easy to pause and resume video download.
• Keep history of downloaded video and Flash files automatically.
• Display the number of captured videos in the toolbar.
• Provide a free FLV player for you to play downloaded FLV video offline.
• An advanced version of our popular freeware Sothink SWF Catcher.
• Offer more considerate features compared with other software.

Video Down loader - here

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[TIPS] Tag Galaxy

Again, a tweet (twitter note) pointed me to this site. (Nod to @courosa)

http://taggalaxy.de/

Won't raise a single test score, but it's tons of visual fun. Enter a tag word that you might find on flickr, say.. cabin. :-) Then watch as it displays that tag and related tags as satellites to that main tag. Click and drag your mouse to rotate this or later screens.

Now the fun starts. Click one of the tag orbs. I won't spoil the fun, but do try it - if flickr isn't blocked where you are.

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Check the Processor -CPU

The central processor unit (CPU) is the component that's responsible for processing the information and commands between the different components that make up your PC, which basically makes it the brain of your PC.

Here's how to check your processor information in Windows XP:

• Open the Start menu and click on Control Panel
• When in Category View, click the Performance and Maintenance category.
  
  If in Classic View, simply double-click on the System icon and proceed to step 4.
• Click on the System icon.
• Refer to the Computer section, as shown in picture..

Processor and memory configurations are shown in System Properties

A - CPU type and speed are shown here, as well as total RAM

Easy Tip: You can get to the System (and processor) details even quicker if you have the My Computer icon displayed on your desktop: Simply right-click the icon and select Properties.

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[TIPS] World Science Festival

http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/

This post on the TED blog points us to the above site. It says:

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 29, begins the World Science Festival: a four-day celebration of scientific exploration and discovery in New York City created by TEDster Brian Greene. Members of the TED team will be liveblogging the event right here on the TED Blog, keeping you updated on the latest from many TEDTalks favorites who will be presenting there. A few events we plan to cover:

Send this one to your favorite science teachers again.

Oh, on the worldsciencefestival site, watch the faces and read the names. Watch the entire list. FYI - we're not related. :-)

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Keyboard shortcut of the week: align, centre and justify

By default, all text in Microsoft Word is aligned to the left (except if the default language is set to Arabic or another script that reads right to left). You can change the alignment of the current paragraph by clicking on these buttons on the Formatting toolbar.


But as you have probably guesed by now, you can also change the alignment of the current paragraph using keyboard commands. The following shortcuts also apply to PowerPoint (but, as with many of these keyboard shortcuts, not to Excel).

Align Right
To align the text to the right, hold down Ctrl and press R.

Align Left
To align the text back to the left, hold down Ctrl and press L.

Centre Text
To centre the text, hold down Ctrl and press E.

Justify Text
To justify the text (that is, to make it fill a line - as with a newspaper article), hold down Ctrl and press J.

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Tips for IT Training and Your Computer Consulting Business

Many computer consulting entrepreneurs wonder how much training they should have when they start to get clients. Do you get IT training first and then look for clients or learn as you go?

The answer it simple – do both at the same time!

IT Training and Getting Clients: Some Essential Tips

1. You want to be doing both client recruitment and skill acquisition at the same time. You just can’t take six months off to get your IT training done, because you will not be able to pay the bills when all is said and done. You NEED paying clients or you’re not going to survive.

2. IT training is still very important! You might sometimes wonder, because clearly relationships are so essential to your computer consulting business, why you need to focus on extra skills development in the beginning at all. If you don’t keep skills sharp, you will at some point stop being able to take on high-end projects and will not be able to get the accounts you need to develop long-term relationships that will sustain your business.

The key with IT training is BALANCE. Today we talked about IT training and your computer consulting business. To learn more about how you can balance IT training and client acquisition visit the attached link!

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Google Docs Adds Fixed-Width Page View

Google just this past week added a fixed-width page view to GoogleDocs which is sure to make everyone a lot happier about using the word processor for preparing documents. With the fixed-width page view selected from the View menu you can now get to view the document at 100% and know where the page breaks and how your document will print. You can always go back to the normal plain view if you would like- but why bother. With the fixed-width page view you can now get a good perspective on your word processing document and how it will look when printed.

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[TIPS] Robert Ballard will WOW you in this TED video

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/264

If I had seen this video when I was 17 I would have spent the rest of my life in this field. In this TED video Robert Ballard will excite you about the wonderful, AMAZING underwater world. This talk is impossible to describe. But, I want you to send this to your favorite Science teacher who teachers earth science. I'm telling you, I FIRMLY believe that this talk will change a student's life.

Watch it!

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Free desktop wallpaper

• miscellaneous wallpaper
• vista xp wallpaper

I will add more soon

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