Effective Living > Technology > Apple > iPhone Summary. The Apple iPhone and iPod operating system platform is probably the most popular software platform in the world with over 100,000 applications written for the device operating system. The following news release is from Apple on 4 November 2009. Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the… Continue reading Apple iPhone iPod Applications Reach 100,000 Software Programs
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Google Search Syntax URL Command Line Short String Text for Database Query
Effective Living > Technology Summary. Sometimes it is useful to have a simple link in an email or web page to a Google search. Yet, the URL for most Google searches is quite long. This is the simple search URL text format: http://www.google.com/search?q=small+house The above example is a search for the words small house. Simply replace… Continue reading Google Search Syntax URL Command Line Short String Text for Database Query
Open Access: Taxpayers Denied Access to Public Funded Research Materials
Activism Summary. Because education and the free exchange of information are central to a stable democracy, open access is an essential part of national security. Open Access Week is an initiative to increase public awareness about the importance of open access. “Open Access is a growing international movement that uses the Internet to throw open the… Continue reading Open Access: Taxpayers Denied Access to Public Funded Research Materials
AVG or Symantec Endpoint Protection – 139 Point Software Removal Procedure Steps
Technology Summary. Symantec Endpoint Security can sometimes become corrupted to the point that it produces error messages yet can’t be uninstalled automatically by Windows. Symantec is aware of this issue. Removal Instructions. A four page fine-print manual removal procedure document is available on the Symantec website. The instructions include about 139 steps or points that… Continue reading AVG or Symantec Endpoint Protection – 139 Point Software Removal Procedure Steps
Apple and Windows Text File Editing With TextEdit WordPad and Notepad for Carriage Return Line Feed Restoration
Effective Living > Technology > Apple Summary. When editing and then saving text files using the Apple TextEdit program, once viewed with Windows Notepad, the added lines will appear to have been appended to the end of the previous line with no line break (carriage return line feed). This is because the codes used for… Continue reading Apple and Windows Text File Editing With TextEdit WordPad and Notepad for Carriage Return Line Feed Restoration
What Is The Spark – Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce Spark Campaign Initiative
Effective Living > Iowa City Summary. The Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce has created a new initiative with a publicity website called What Is The Spark. The information page for the site is accessible only through a hidden link that becomes visible when a mouse hovers over it. Sidewalk Chalk. The promotional campaign began… Continue reading What Is The Spark – Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce Spark Campaign Initiative
Audacity Audio Recording Editing and Production Software for Export to MP3 Files
Effective Living > Technology Summary. Audacity is a free audio recording, editing, and production software program that allows for saving audio files in various formats including MP3. Export to MP3. Follow the instructions below to save in MP3 format. The Audacity software should be installed and the separate Lame MP3 encoding files should be placed… Continue reading Audacity Audio Recording Editing and Production Software for Export to MP3 Files
Food, Inc. – A Documentary Video Movie Film About Food, Health, Environment, Business, and Animal Suffering
Activism > Environment | Health Summary. Food Inc., available on DVD or Blu-ray, is a documentary about the production of food in the United States. Overview. The movie shares startling facts about the corporate ownership of genetically modified soybeans that represent 80% of the soybeans in the nation. Those who grow these soybeans without authorization,… Continue reading Food, Inc. – A Documentary Video Movie Film About Food, Health, Environment, Business, and Animal Suffering
Sanako Tandberg Educational Lab 100 Master Cassette Tape Deck Drive Model 6001090 Installation Guide
Technology Summary. This page offers simple setup instructions for the Sanako / Tandberg Educational Lab 100 external cassette tape deck drive. For more reading, Wikipedia has additional information about Sanako and Tandberg Educational. The following lengthy PDF manuals are also available: Sanako Lab 100 User Guides – Page 149 in the English guide has instructions about… Continue reading Sanako Tandberg Educational Lab 100 Master Cassette Tape Deck Drive Model 6001090 Installation Guide
Gmail Recovering Deleted Email Messages from Trash Can Folder
Problem Summary. Gmail does not have an easy or intuitive method for recovering deleted messages. This page explains the details of this problem and the solution to recovering deleted messages from Gmail. Quick Fix. These are the simple step 1, 2, 3 instructions for quickly and easily recovering deleted Gmail messages. In very small print,… Continue reading Gmail Recovering Deleted Email Messages from Trash Can Folder
Fast High-Speed Scanning of Bound Documents, Instruction Guides, Owner’s Manuals, User’s Guides, and Old Books
Effective Living > Technology Summary. Scanning of books and bound documents can be difficult and time consuming since they must be scanned manually on a flat-bed scanner. The following instructions offer a faster method for some situations. The method suggested here would probably not be applicable for valuable or rare books. Also, before spending time scanning… Continue reading Fast High-Speed Scanning of Bound Documents, Instruction Guides, Owner’s Manuals, User’s Guides, and Old Books
The Paradigm Wars in Applied Linguistics: Irrevocable differences or complementary perspectives?
Effective Living > Language Summary. On 2 October 2009, the Pusack-Otto Lecture Series at the University of Iowa hosted an event with Richard Schmidt of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa speaking on linguistics. The event took place at the historic Old Capitol of Iowa. In this presentation, Schmidt examines how the cognitive paradigm of… Continue reading The Paradigm Wars in Applied Linguistics: Irrevocable differences or complementary perspectives?