Comment Microsoft One Note (Score 1) 187
Itâ(TM)s the best combination of free form test and image placement, and it works on my pc and Mac.
Comment Re:Email client (Outlook or Gmail) for searching (Score 1) 286
I don't press the send button, so my drafts folder is basically my notes folder(I also use gmail for notes). I have access to them from my cell ph, laptop, tablet, etc. and i can easily drag files onto the note so they're attached to the note. If I'm at a friends place & don't have my device w/me, I can get to all my notes from their pc.
I also use GoogleSheets when I need a little more power (formulas, cell formatting, etc.).
When i'm offline i use vi or notepad, depending what OS i'm on.
I also use GoogleSheets when I need a little more power (formulas, cell formatting, etc.).
When i'm offline i use vi or notepad, depending what OS i'm on.
Comment Best Cure for my wrist Pain (Score 1) 144
was to start using the mouse with my left hand, and I got a stylus pen for my right.
It was very slow at first, but the pain has been gone for over 10 years & now I'm fluent in mice. I don't use the stylus much anymore.
Pat
Comment only one [] app... (Score 1) 260
I did that recently with the Apple iPad[2]. I didn't want to have to root or buy anything extra - what I had to do is prevent access to the home & power buttons (we bought mounting cases). I created a web page that was "full screen-able" then directed Safari there, made a shortcut button to it on the home screen & then disabled (restricted) all the apps. Also disabled the "ask to join wifi when one is avail". etc. etc.
Now there is no way to exit the Safari app and you can't access the URL bar so you can only visit URL's that are clickable. This was for a digital signage system. All it does is visit my slackware servers, and the media I've loaded to them....
https://sites.google.com/a/alaska.edu/digitalsigna/home/setup-instructions
https://sites.google.com/a/alaska.edu/digitalsigna/
Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
Pat
Comment Re:The answer (Score 4, Interesting) 549
IMHO the best is the tablet with the physical keyboard. i.e. those nascent laptops where the lid (screen) can swivel 360 and fold back down so it looks like a thick tablet. That way you have a tablet when u want one, and a Real keyboard when u want to enter lots of text.
Pat
Comment Re:OK, I grant that you did say "theoretically", b (Score 1) 307
these aren't home servers - these are production servers at work. they're in the data center, so i ssh to them, weather i'm at work or home.
Submission + - Do you keep SSH sessions active? Or reconnect. 1
borjonx writes: Is it safer to log out of an SSH session, and re-establish it later, or just keep the connection open? Like many of you, I use OpenSSH to connect to my slackware LiNUX boxes remotely from LiNUX & WinXP (putty.exe) clients. At home & at work, I wonder if it would be safer to just leave the connection open (my clients are physically secured, the servers limit connections with hosts.allow).
Is it more secure to re-establish the connection over an insecure link (big bad internet) where people can sniff that handshaking, or is it more secure to just remain connected? I connect 1 to 4 times per day, most all days.
Is it more secure to re-establish the connection over an insecure link (big bad internet) where people can sniff that handshaking, or is it more secure to just remain connected? I connect 1 to 4 times per day, most all days.
Comment Re: Reporting To Executives (Score 1) 301
> I am charged with providing more insight into the functioning of the system.
That's pretty generic. Do they have certain metrics they want to see in black & white?
> I'm looking for other important and useful information I can report up to better illustrate my efforts
Then that's your answer. You just need to find out what is important & useful to them.
> I also simultaneously perform all IT related tasks in the office, which may also be important to report
Whatever you send them, be sure to word it in terms of business value. As far as providing insight - you may want to create overview docs of most ALL of the processes/systems you manage; your job will be that much more secure if the non-tech folks are truly aware of how much you do around the office. As the only IT person, you provide biz value that no other in-house employee can, AND you save them money. Show them how by providing high-level workflow diagrams of these processes.
Heck, you may even get a raise if you word it right. ; >
That's pretty generic. Do they have certain metrics they want to see in black & white?
> I'm looking for other important and useful information I can report up to better illustrate my efforts
Then that's your answer. You just need to find out what is important & useful to them.
> I also simultaneously perform all IT related tasks in the office, which may also be important to report
Whatever you send them, be sure to word it in terms of business value. As far as providing insight - you may want to create overview docs of most ALL of the processes/systems you manage; your job will be that much more secure if the non-tech folks are truly aware of how much you do around the office. As the only IT person, you provide biz value that no other in-house employee can, AND you save them money. Show them how by providing high-level workflow diagrams of these processes.
Heck, you may even get a raise if you word it right. ; >
Comment Re:Good exercise? (Score 1) 439
> Just because its more distracting doesn't mean its bad for you
True, but it's also important to remember that some of the brightest minds of our time had "ah ha!" moments while "getting away from it all".
Nikola Tesla sketched out a rough design for his rotating magnetic field device, and J.Robert Oppenheimer often preffered walks in nature to let his mind roam free. Albert Einstein was a well known fan of getting away from it all (the answers are right there - in nature).
Wether are not you're comfortable with city life isn't what the article was about.
True, but it's also important to remember that some of the brightest minds of our time had "ah ha!" moments while "getting away from it all".
Nikola Tesla sketched out a rough design for his rotating magnetic field device, and J.Robert Oppenheimer often preffered walks in nature to let his mind roam free. Albert Einstein was a well known fan of getting away from it all (the answers are right there - in nature).
Wether are not you're comfortable with city life isn't what the article was about.
US Government Responds Harshly To ICANN gTLD Plans 133
ICANN posted its proposal for expanding gTLDs late in October, and now the US government has issued its scathing response (PDF, 11 pp., linked from there), from the departments of Commerce and Justice. The initial criticism is that John Levine sent a note to a policy mailing list and summarized the concerns raised as ranging from "...insufficient attention to monopoly and consumer protection, to lack of capacity to enforce compliance, to overreach into non-technical areas such as adjudication of morality, to what they'll do with all the extra money since they are a non-profit. Their first concern is that in 2006 the ICANN board said they would commission a study on economic issues in TLD registrations such as whether different TLDs are different markets, substitutability between TLDs, and registry market power, issues which are fairly important in any new TLD process. Here it is two years later, they're rushing to set up the new TLD process, but there's no study. 'ICANN needs to complete this economic study and the results should be considered by the community before new gTLDs are introduced.'"
Microsoft Begs Hardware Makers To Take Support Seriously 543
Banana ricotta pancakes writes "Microsoft has confirmed that there will be a widespread public beta of Windows 7 in early 2009, while urging device manufacturers to start immediate testing with its pre-beta release to avoid the widespread hardware compatibility problems that contributed so much to the negative perception of Vista. 'There is not another WinHEC planned before Windows 7 is released,' Microsoft has warned them. Better hope that testing goes well."
