For: Technology Staff Only
Time: Thursday, November 29th , 12:30-2:00pm
Location: Kotzen Meeting Room
Pamela Civins, Executive Director of Boston Partners in Education, will be the next featured speaker for the Technology Diversity Lunch and Learn series on Thursday, November 29th , from 12:30-2:00pm in the the Kotzen Room . She will talk about the need for school volunteers and issues of diversity in the Boston Public Schools.
Boston Partners in Education enhances the academic achievement and nurtures the growth of Boston's public school students by providing them with focused, individualized in-school volunteer support. Founded in 1966, Boston Partners in Education builds sustainable partnerships among students, volunteers, schools, and local organizations, all with a single goal: to give the children who are struggling in school the tools necessary to become better learners.
Pamela has over 15 years of education experience within the nonprofit sector, including managerial oversigh ... more »
Posted: November 8, 2007 12:50 pm | 1 comment
Tags: Boston Partners in Education, lunch and learn, technology diversity committee, technology diversity committee event
As a Democrat I must say that I have always had an affinity for a good old fashioned strike. Even as I have aged and developed more moderate fiscal leanings I still love the power that a union holds when they say that they will not work unless they are treated more fairly by “the man”. It is really beautiful to me the power that a small group of people holds when they strike. It’s cheesy to say, but its one of the things that makes America a truly great country!
With that being said, as a consumer of pop culture, it is not great that the Writer Guild of America has gone on strike.
This issue is not getting the media attention that it deserves so I will provide the details. As I’m sure you are all aware, all television shows and movies have writers. Well, not all. Reality shows do not, but who wants to watch “Tila Tequila” followed by “I Love New York” on repeat? The strike is taking place over “new media” that the writers want to get a bigger stake of. Residual pa ... more »
Posted: November 6, 2007 2:04 pm | 0 comments
Tags: farmer wants a wife, hollywood, movies, pop culture, television, writers guild of America
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Posted: November 6, 2007 10:00 am | 0 comments
Tags: first
I have been doing some research to make our new home as green as possible. Here is something that we are taking in.
Recycled glass including nobs.
http://www.3-form.com
Someday, we will have this all recycled product material counter tops in our kitchen!
http://www.icestone.biz/new/
Water saving water with shower head
http://www.moen.com/pressroom/pressRelease.cfm?release=1681
Using rain water for gardening
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/80gararaba.html
Compost Bin
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/composter.html
Posted: November 6, 2007 12:25 am | 3 comments
Tags: environment, green, home
Click the link below to read an article on
"How to create Mail To Do's from messages":
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/10/29/leopard-tip-how-to-...
Mail has new features that I really, really like. One of them is the To Do's, the other is "Note". Note has actually turned into a digital Note Pad of sorts for me.
Instead of using legal pads and mounds of paper, I am using Note to create digital "notes" and they get backed up with my Mail, I don't have to worry about reading more own handwriting, and I can email them to anyone.
Posted: November 5, 2007 4:17 pm | 2 comments
Tags: Apple Mail, Mac Leopard OS, Mac Mail, To Do
Adobe is promising only to support/update current applications. Older applications will not be supported. Excerpt from compatibility support article:
"Older Adobe creative software was not designed to run on Mac OS X Leopard, so you may experience issues installing and using the software for which there are no solutions"
Follow the link below to the online PDF article about compatibility between Mac Os X Leopard and Adobe Applications: The PDF is a bit long, but there is a "At A Glance: Mac OS X Leopard Compatibility" chart that may give you the information you need without having to read through the entire document.
http://www.adobe.com/support/products/pdfs/leopardsupport.pdf
Posted: November 5, 2007 4:08 pm | 0 comments
Tags: Adobe, Mac Leopard OS, Mac OS Leopard Compatibility
Apple Portables: Wait for pulsing sleep indicator light before moving system
When putting your Apple portable computer into sleep mode, be sure to wait a few seconds until the sleep indicator light starts pulsing before moving your Apple portable computer. The pulsing light indicates that the computer is fully asleep and the hard disk has stopped spinning.
Important: Moving your computer while the disk is spinning can damage the hard disk, causing loss of data or the inability to startup from the hard disk.
From Apple knowledgebase article # 306830
Posted: November 5, 2007 3:55 pm | 1 comment
Tags: Apple Hardware, Laptop sleep, Mac Leopard OS, Mac Troubleshooting
Boot Camp 2.0: Video issues with Windows Vista or XP
Issue or symptom
External displays are detected using Microsoft Windows Vista but may display a black screen. Or, other video issues may occur when using Windows Vista or XP via Boot Camp 2.0.
Products affected
Intel-based Mac that uses NVidia graphics
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Boot Camp 2.0
From Apple knowledgebase number 306891
Posted: November 5, 2007 3:49 pm | 0 comments
Tags: Apple Boot Camp, Mac Leopard OS, Windows
Click the link below to go to a knowledgebase article from Apple on
how (and why) to choose a good password.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106521
Posted: November 5, 2007 3:47 pm | 0 comments
Tags: Mac OS X, Password
From Apple knowledgebase article # 306881
Issue or symptom
You may not be able to delete an America Online (AOL) account-based message in Mail.
Products affected
Mail
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
AOL email account
Solution
In Mail, from the Mail menu choose Preferences.
Click the Accounts icon.
Select your AOL account on the left side if you have more than one account in the list.
Click the Mailbox Behaviors pane.
In the Trash section, deselect (uncheck) "Store deleted messages on the server".
According to Apple this document will be updated as more information becomes available.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306881
Posted: November 5, 2007 3:25 pm | 0 comments
Tags: AOL, Apple Mail, Mac Leopard OS, Mac Mail, Mac OS X
