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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Disk Utility Software Pointer
Intel Macs can boot from most PC utility CDs. SpinRite will rejuvenate your drive, regardless of what OS formatted it, and whether it already contains data or not. Let it run overnight.
http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Wave At The Bus: Day 150 - Graduation Season
Wave At The Bus: Day 150 - Graduation Season: "' A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps ..."
Search engine optimization guide
Lost In Space? Get Google's 32-Page SEO Starter Guide
The foundation of online marketing is search engine optimization -- being easily found online when a user types in and searches keyword phrases relevant to your company's product or service.
While it's a challenge to get listed within Google's first two pages, as three million other companies are competing for the same twenty spots, it can be done.
More companies, tired of being lost in cyberspace and hurting from the lack of online visibility, are realizing the importance of budgeting additional dollars to hire the right team to accomplish the goal of being found online -- and hopefully within Google's first two pages.
To learn more about SEO, email Connie Kovolenko for a free copy of Google's Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide.
Thanks for the newsletter article to Pgh PR firm, Yearick Millea.
The foundation of online marketing is search engine optimization -- being easily found online when a user types in and searches keyword phrases relevant to your company's product or service.
While it's a challenge to get listed within Google's first two pages, as three million other companies are competing for the same twenty spots, it can be done.
More companies, tired of being lost in cyberspace and hurting from the lack of online visibility, are realizing the importance of budgeting additional dollars to hire the right team to accomplish the goal of being found online -- and hopefully within Google's first two pages.
To learn more about SEO, email Connie Kovolenko for a free copy of Google's Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide.
Thanks for the newsletter article to Pgh PR firm, Yearick Millea.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Update for Concept Mapping Tool
We have prepared a new version of IHMC CmapTools, bringing it up to v5.04.02. This new version includes new features and a large number of bug fixes. This update is recommended for all users running IHMC CmapTools, particularly users using styles, background images, and working on large knowledge models. A new version of the installer improves installation under Windows, and Mac OS X users will be able to run the program as 64 bits without the need for Rosetta at Installation.
The new version can be downloaded from http://cmap.ihmc.us/
The number of languages has been extended to 19, adding Estonian, and now includes Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Basque, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Italian, Japanese, Kuna, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Greek, and Estonian. CmapTools defaults to the language of the operating system, but can be changed in the Preferences menu item. For detailed instructions please refer to the Help and read the entry titled "How to Change the Language".
A detailed list of new features and bug fixes can be found at http://cmap.ihmc.us/
We hope you enjoy CmapTools v5.04.02, and please keep in touch regarding your uses of the software. Do not hesitate to contact us at the CmapForum (http://cmapforum.ihmc.us/). The CmapForum contains documentation, answers to the questions most commonly asked, a place to provide suggestions, announcements, and troubleshooting sections.
Sincerely,
CmapSupport
Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
40 S. Alcaniz St., Pensacola, FL, 32502
Visit: http://cmapforum.ihmc.
Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
40 S. Alcaniz St., Pensacola, FL, 32502
Visit: http://cmapforum.ihmc.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Quartam PDF Library goes open source
Quartam Software <www.quartam.com> is proud to announce the release of Quartam PDF Library for LiveCode version 1.1, as open source under a dual license. Quartam PDF Library library allows LiveCode developers to go beyond 'print to pdf file' as it offers pin-point control, extensive graphics support and much more.
## Where does Quartam PDF Library come from?
Back in December 2005, I started Quartam PDF Library as a research project for adding PDF export to Quartam Reports. It was spun off as a separate commercial product and used in a wide variety of LiveCode-based projects, such as BlueMango's ScreenSteps <http://www.bluemangolearning.
Although I had kept working on new features, more pressing matters (like my day-job) kept me from pushing ahead and wrapping up a new release. The advent of 'print to pdf' features in LiveCode 4.5 triggered a soul search and eventually led to the decision to release the new version as open source.
The end result: nearly 7300 lines of production quality code, ready for you to use in your LiveCode projects.
## So what is new in version 1.1?
The code got a good cleanup, complies with the rules of variable checking, and replaces most string literals with constants to prevent bugs.
Plus, the following features were added:
- Transformations (scale, translate, rotate, skew, mirror)
- Transparency and blendmodes
- Gradients
- Clipping
- Text box fitting
- Inserting pages (ideal for building a table of contents with bookmarks)
- Compression
- Experimental support for including EPS files (Emulated PostScript)
And for the first time, we offer support for generating PDF documents in LiveCode Server scripts, including On-Rev!
Quartam PDF Library now requires Revolution 3.0 or later, with LiveCode 4.6 highly recommended.
## How do you mean: open source under a dual license?
Although Quartam PDF Library is a free/open source software (F/OSS) project, giving you a lot of freedom and flexibility as to how you use it in your own projects, this doesn't mean you're free to do anything you want with it: you have to respect the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
You can be released from the requirements of the AGPL license by purchasing a commercial license from Quartam Software.
Buying such a license is mandatory as soon as you develop commercial activities involving Quartam PDF Library without disclosing the source code of your own applications. These activities include: offering paid services to customers as an ASP, serving PDF documents generated dynamically in a web application, shipping Quartam PDF Library with a closed source product.
Such a commercial license releases you from the requirements of the copyleft AGPL license, which include: distribution of all source code, including your own product; licensing of your own product under the AGPL license; prominent mention of the Quartam copyright and the AGPL license; and disclosure of modifications to the library.
In addition, the commercial license releases you from the requirement not to change the PDF Producer line in the generated PDF document properties.
## What about my previous commercial license for Quartam PDF Library version 1.0?
Of course you can keep using the closed source version 1.0 in your projects. And if your project is open source, you can use version 1.1 without an additional charge.
However, if you want to use version 1.1 in a commercial activity, you have to purchase an upgrade for USD 49 from the Quartam Software Online Store: <http://store.eSellerate.net/
And if you never bought a copy of Quartam PDF Library, you can purchase the commercial license for USD 149 from the Quartam Software Online Store or the LiveCode Marketplace.
## How can I contribute to the Quartam PDF Library project?
I'm glad you asked - the plan is to build a community around Quartam PDF Library in order to streamline the development of newer versions. If you can help with squashing bugs, researching new features, improving documentation, or any other way, you're more than welcome to join us.
All you need to do is download, sign and email back the Quartam Open Source Contributor Agreement <http://www.quartam.com/qosca.
One such contribution was made by John Craig (Splash21) to add compression support to the library, which is included in Quartam PDF Library version 1.1 - another contribution was made by Trevor DeVore (BlueMango) who offered code for writing LiveCode htmlText to a PDF document, which I have yet to integrate but looks really promising.
And I have some experimental code that I'd love to share and put into the project after review - so any reports of this library's death were greatly exaggerated.
So roll up your sleeves, download the new version and get stuck in!
<http://downloads.quartam.com/
Jan Schenkel.
=====
Quartam Reports & PDF Library for LiveCode
www.quartam.com
## Where does Quartam PDF Library come from?
Back in December 2005, I started Quartam PDF Library as a research project for adding PDF export to Quartam Reports. It was spun off as a separate commercial product and used in a wide variety of LiveCode-based projects, such as BlueMango's ScreenSteps <http://www.bluemangolearning.
Although I had kept working on new features, more pressing matters (like my day-job) kept me from pushing ahead and wrapping up a new release. The advent of 'print to pdf' features in LiveCode 4.5 triggered a soul search and eventually led to the decision to release the new version as open source.
The end result: nearly 7300 lines of production quality code, ready for you to use in your LiveCode projects.
## So what is new in version 1.1?
The code got a good cleanup, complies with the rules of variable checking, and replaces most string literals with constants to prevent bugs.
Plus, the following features were added:
- Transformations (scale, translate, rotate, skew, mirror)
- Transparency and blendmodes
- Gradients
- Clipping
- Text box fitting
- Inserting pages (ideal for building a table of contents with bookmarks)
- Compression
- Experimental support for including EPS files (Emulated PostScript)
And for the first time, we offer support for generating PDF documents in LiveCode Server scripts, including On-Rev!
Quartam PDF Library now requires Revolution 3.0 or later, with LiveCode 4.6 highly recommended.
## How do you mean: open source under a dual license?
Although Quartam PDF Library is a free/open source software (F/OSS) project, giving you a lot of freedom and flexibility as to how you use it in your own projects, this doesn't mean you're free to do anything you want with it: you have to respect the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
You can be released from the requirements of the AGPL license by purchasing a commercial license from Quartam Software.
Buying such a license is mandatory as soon as you develop commercial activities involving Quartam PDF Library without disclosing the source code of your own applications. These activities include: offering paid services to customers as an ASP, serving PDF documents generated dynamically in a web application, shipping Quartam PDF Library with a closed source product.
Such a commercial license releases you from the requirements of the copyleft AGPL license, which include: distribution of all source code, including your own product; licensing of your own product under the AGPL license; prominent mention of the Quartam copyright and the AGPL license; and disclosure of modifications to the library.
In addition, the commercial license releases you from the requirement not to change the PDF Producer line in the generated PDF document properties.
## What about my previous commercial license for Quartam PDF Library version 1.0?
Of course you can keep using the closed source version 1.0 in your projects. And if your project is open source, you can use version 1.1 without an additional charge.
However, if you want to use version 1.1 in a commercial activity, you have to purchase an upgrade for USD 49 from the Quartam Software Online Store: <http://store.eSellerate.net/
And if you never bought a copy of Quartam PDF Library, you can purchase the commercial license for USD 149 from the Quartam Software Online Store or the LiveCode Marketplace.
## How can I contribute to the Quartam PDF Library project?
I'm glad you asked - the plan is to build a community around Quartam PDF Library in order to streamline the development of newer versions. If you can help with squashing bugs, researching new features, improving documentation, or any other way, you're more than welcome to join us.
All you need to do is download, sign and email back the Quartam Open Source Contributor Agreement <http://www.quartam.com/qosca.
One such contribution was made by John Craig (Splash21) to add compression support to the library, which is included in Quartam PDF Library version 1.1 - another contribution was made by Trevor DeVore (BlueMango) who offered code for writing LiveCode htmlText to a PDF document, which I have yet to integrate but looks really promising.
And I have some experimental code that I'd love to share and put into the project after review - so any reports of this library's death were greatly exaggerated.
So roll up your sleeves, download the new version and get stuck in!
<http://downloads.quartam.com/
Jan Schenkel.
=====
Quartam Reports & PDF Library for LiveCode
www.quartam.com
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Knight Community Information Toolkit
Knight Community Information Toolkit: "The Community Information Toolkit will help community leaders like you harness the power of information to advance their goals for a better community."
Friday, February 25, 2011
Inside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson
Inside System Storage -- by Tony Pearson
IBM Watson - How to build your own "Watson Jr." in your basement
Thursday, February 10, 2011
YouTube links to a portion within a video
Thanks to YouTube's Deep Links feature, you can e-mail a URL that takes the recipient directly to a specific time within the video.
To send a Deep Link, first copy the YouTube video?s URL into your e-mail message, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?
On the end of the address, add on the time code for the place you want to start in the clip. For example, if you want to direct your viewer to the section four minutes and 30 seconds into a clip, type #t=4m30s at
the end of the video?s
URL so the whole thing looks like http://www.youtube.com/watch?
When your recipient clicks on the link, the video loads and jumps to the spot you have indicated.
Google has more on using Deep Links with YouTube videos at bit.ly/1k0PVx.
To send a Deep Link, first copy the YouTube video?s URL into your e-mail message, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?
On the end of the address, add on the time code for the place you want to start in the clip. For example, if you want to direct your viewer to the section four minutes and 30 seconds into a clip, type #t=4m30s at
the end of the video?s
URL so the whole thing looks like http://www.youtube.com/watch?
When your recipient clicks on the link, the video loads and jumps to the spot you have indicated.
Google has more on using Deep Links with YouTube videos at bit.ly/1k0PVx.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Time machine software
The goal for TimeMachine was to explore a truer perspective of the timescales of events relative to the enormous 13.7 billion year age of the universe. As an example, the entire history of human existence is like 7 seconds on a clock scaled to 14 billion years. TimeMachine allows you to select various timescales, and then move through that time span to view images of well-known events.
http://web.me.com/irog/Roger_Guay/Downloads.html
http://web.me.com/irog/Roger_Guay/Downloads.html
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Author Dave Zirin discusses his new film "Not Just A Game: Power, Politics & American Sports" - ESPN
Author Dave Zirin discusses his new film "Not Just A Game: Power, Politics & American Sports" - ESPN
When we went to DC last month, I took Erik and Grant to the radio studio to witness a show hosted by David Zirin, because I wanted the boys to meet him. The next day we went to tour the Supreme Court.
When we went to DC last month, I took Erik and Grant to the radio studio to witness a show hosted by David Zirin, because I wanted the boys to meet him. The next day we went to tour the Supreme Court.
Working with Apple and Apps
Could someone please list the (primary) issues developers need to pay attention to in order to make Mac apps compliant with the new store?
Prohibited items include self-updating (even though iTunes itself does
that), and non-standard GUI elements (even though iTunes itself does
that too). You're also not allowed to let the user try your product
before purchasing, but that's not something LC can address.
One user in the LC forums has noted that his app was rejected because
his document windows don't darken the close dot to indicate unsaved
changes. This has been noted in the RQCC, but I've not heard from RR
as to when this will be addressed.
Elsewhere Jan Schenkel has noted that toolbars such as the attractive
implementation in Trevor's ScreenSteps can't currently be implemented in
a truly HIG-savvy fashion, and that's been flagged as an enhancement
request in the RQCC as well.
A good toolbar implementation also requires other related details, such
as sheet positioning and adding a standard Toolbar button.
We'll also need some means of integrating with Apple's reg system, since
you're not allowed to manage that yourself. It would be helpful if
others here who've dealt with it can tell us what's needed to support that.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World
LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com
Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com
LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/
Prohibited items include self-updating (even though iTunes itself does
that), and non-standard GUI elements (even though iTunes itself does
that too). You're also not allowed to let the user try your product
before purchasing, but that's not something LC can address.
One user in the LC forums has noted that his app was rejected because
his document windows don't darken the close dot to indicate unsaved
changes. This has been noted in the RQCC, but I've not heard from RR
as to when this will be addressed.
Elsewhere Jan Schenkel has noted that toolbars such as the attractive
implementation in Trevor's ScreenSteps can't currently be implemented in
a truly HIG-savvy fashion, and that's been flagged as an enhancement
request in the RQCC as well.
A good toolbar implementation also requires other related details, such
as sheet positioning and adding a standard Toolbar button.
We'll also need some means of integrating with Apple's reg system, since
you're not allowed to manage that yourself. It would be helpful if
others here who've dealt with it can tell us what's needed to support that.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World
LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com
Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com
LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/
Monday, January 3, 2011
Wiki noise
Do you and your community miss Monaco skin?
I want you to know that ShoutWiki has enabled the popular Monaco skin for all wikis. The skin will be freely available for all users on all wikis until 1 July 2011, after which it will be made an ordinary premium (paid) feature.
More information: http://blog.shoutwiki.com/
You can also download and install the Monaco port (a port based on the Wikian skin Monaco) for your wikia. See details here: http://monaco.shoutwiki.com/
I want you to know that ShoutWiki has enabled the popular Monaco skin for all wikis. The skin will be freely available for all users on all wikis until 1 July 2011, after which it will be made an ordinary premium (paid) feature.
More information: http://blog.shoutwiki.com/
You can also download and install the Monaco port (a port based on the Wikian skin Monaco) for your wikia. See details here: http://monaco.shoutwiki.com/
Friday, December 10, 2010
WPLUG is hosting a general user meeting on Saturday, December 11 from 10:30a until 12:30p to be held at the Wilkins School Community Center
WPLUG is hosting a general user meeting on Saturday, December 11 from
10:30a until 12:30p to be held at the Wilkins School Community Center (WSCC).
More information about this meeting: http://wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20101211
and its location: http://wplug.org/wiki/Wilkins_School_Community_Center
The purpose of this meeting will be two fold:
1. welcome the 2011 WPLUG board
2. encourage discussion on the topic: The Linux Desktop
Beth Lynn Eicher will be leading a "table topics" discussion on "The
Linux Desktop"
"Table Topics" meetings are a relaxed environment where we discuss
current Linux and Open Source issues. A facilitator picks a topic and
prepares questions for those gathered to generate conversation. New
Linux users and the curious are encouraged to attend.
Together we will answer the controversial questions such as...
1. Will 2011 be the Year of the Linux Desktop? Why or why not?
2. With the popularity of tablets and smartphones, is the desktop
relevant any more?
2. What can you do and what can't you do with your Linux desktop?
Hope to see you there,
Beth Lynn Eicher
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