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Computer Tricks:
Google Apps Off Line
Category: Computer Tricks
I don't use Google Apps much to process documents or data for two reasons: 1) If it is not a text file on my hard drive, I am suspicious of it and 2) I spend enough time with no internet access (not much, but easily...
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How to record Skype Calls
Category: Computer Tricks
I haven't tried this yet, but it looks like it works....
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How to tunnel through the Intertubes
Category: Linux
... using ssh ......
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emacs for writers: browsing the kill ring
Category: emacs
The kill ring is the emacs clip board. I admit that I hardly ever use it in the ways for which it is designed, but I probably should. As you "kill" text (i.e., delete) it gets tacked onto the kill ring, from which you can...
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gmail keyboard shortcuts
Category: Computer Tricks
Did you know that gmail has keyboard shortcuts? You need to turn them on in the mail configuration section (click a thingie in the upper right corner of your gmail page and look for it). The commands are k,j,n,p,'enter' or o, u; x followeed by...
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emacs for writers: a few tips
Category: emacs
I use word processors like OpenOffice Word as others use page layout software: Only when I want certain control over the final product, want it fast, and don't demand too much of the product. For regularly produced formatted text I use some version of LaTex,...
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Letting other people use your computer
Category: Linux
The other day, I sat down at my laptop and, seeing a facebook page open, typed in a status that made total sense for me but little sense for Amanda. Unfortunately, Amanda had just been using my computer, and the facebook page to which the...
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iKnowwhatyoudidlastsummer
Category: Apple iPad
iPhones know where they are, so they probably know where you are, and these data have been captured and maintained by the Apple devices and have been used by police in geoForensic investigations. Crushing civil liberties? There's an app for that! Apple came to international...
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How to mine data from the Internet for free
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A few years ago I did something utterly stupid. I listened to someone's advice. Now, I don't want to sound too cynical, but really, half or more of what people tell you is, shall we say, unconsidered. They don't stop and think that they are...
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