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Selective Screen Capture on a Mac

weaverb

Nov 10, 2006

Jeana Rogers, Media Support Specialist — Ever wish you could capture just part of the screen on your Mac?  Whether you are producing documentation and want to include some screen shots or testing […]

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Posted in Help Desk


Google Calendar Tip: Quick Add

weaverb

Nov 09, 2006

When we were evaluating personal calendar solutions to replace our Netscape Calendar server, one of the products we considered was 30 Boxes. The most distinctive feature of that program is that instead […]

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Posted in Help Desk



Five-Peat!

weaverb

Nov 07, 2006

Lance Armstrong’s got nothing on Wabash mathematics professor Peter Thompson and me: last week we successfully defended our intramural chess crown for the faculty/staff team, claiming our fifth straight championship. Peter and […]

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Posted in IT Staff Info



Internet Explorer 7 vs. Firefox 2

weaverb

Nov 01, 2006

In my previous two blog posts, I’ve taken a look at Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7, looking at some of the new features each browser has to offer. Today I highlight […]

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Posted in Product Information



Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 7

weaverb

Oct 27, 2006

I’ve used Internet Explorer less and less over the past few months, with Firefox now my browser of choice. Thus I was less interested in the release of IE 7 than I […]

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Posted in Product Information


Firefox 2.0 Released

weaverb

Oct 25, 2006

Nearly a year in development, Firefox 2.0 was released yesterday. I didn’t test any of the pre-release candidates, but have downloaded the new version and have given it a quick run-through. On […]

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Posted in Product Information




Send Big Files with yousendit.com

weaverb

Oct 23, 2006

The Wabash email system can handle attachments up to 25Mb. That’s pretty big, but not always big enough. What to do if you face this problem? Try yousendit.com. Through yousendit.com, you can […]

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Posted in Help Desk


Add Wabash Events to your Google Calendar

weaverb

Oct 19, 2006

As we announced on the Tech Notes blog recently (Getting Organized with Google Calendar, 10/6/06), Wabash has adopted Google Calendar as our preferred personal calendaring system. Since that decision, we’ve been looking […]

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Posted in New and Improved



Creating Strong Passwords

weaverb

Oct 18, 2006

Using strong passwords is a key component of computer security. Passwords are the keys that provide access to information stored on our computers and online accounts, and are often the only barrier […]

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Posted in Security



Educause Conference: Day 3

weaverb

Oct 17, 2006

On Thursday at Educause, Jeff Overholtzer (Washington and Lee University) and I gave a presentation titled How Much Infrastructure is Enough? Our third presenter, Dave Smallen from Hamilton College, was called away […]

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Posted in IT Staff Info



Mac OS X Security – The Short List

weaverb

Oct 17, 2006

Today in the Macintosh Users Group meeting, Ryan Haarberg gave a presentation on Macintosh computer security titled The Short List for Mac OS X System Security. This guide is intended as a […]

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Posted in Security


Educause Conference: Day 2

weaverb

Oct 15, 2006

I’m a bit behind in my review of Educause 2006, which I attended last Tuesday-Thursday. I’ll get caught up today and tomorrow with my summary. The exhibition hall at Educause is always […]

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