Picasa for Your Photos
Organizing, editing and sharing your photos with Picasa and GIMP, free downloads. Continue reading Picasa for Your Photos
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Clear Your Plate of Bacn and Spam
I’m sure I don’t need to explain about eMail spam, but did you know you probably have bacn in your inbox, too? Bacn is eMail you’ve subscribed to, but don’t want to read RIGHT NOW. (I’m re-creating the urgency you might feel when something shows up in your inbox.) You also receive bacn in the form of automatic payroll deposits, staff news announcements, and more. I’ll show you how to make a folder in Outlook for all your bacn subscriptions so you can focus on your inbox more efficiently. Continue reading Clear Your Plate of Bacn and Spam
The Pluperfect or Strunkenwhite Virus
Bob Hirschfeld featured a satire on his blog about an imaginary computer virus, Strunkenwhite. The virus, also called The Pluperfect Virus, prevented an infected computer from sending grammatically incorrect eMail. People began forwarding his post as if it were a virus alert. Some thought the Strunkenwhite Virus was a hoax, but many also believed it.
I first learned about it recently while reading the humorous bestseller about punctuation, Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss.
Here’s an excerpt, but I recommend the whole post:
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Strunk & White’s “The Elements of Style” is a good book to have on your shelf for writing prayer letters, blog posts and for whenever you need to refresh your English skills. Where do you go for answers to your grammar questions? Continue reading The Pluperfect or Strunkenwhite Virus
A Visual Look at the Internet
This visualization of the internet was used near the end of the TED Talk, “We Are All Cyborgs Now,” which was featured on e4e a few weeks ago. The Opte Project created this map in 2003. The colors show internet activity in these locations: Red – Asia Pacific Green – Europe/Middle East/ Central Asia/Africa Blue – North America Yellow – Latin American and Caribbean Cyan – local area networks White – unknown They also created other maps using file extensions like mil, net, edu, org, et cetera. That is, they visualized internet activity for the military, education, and other organizations … Continue reading A Visual Look at the Internet
Best Tags and Keywords for Your Blog
Choosing the tags or keywords for your blog will encourage more people to find your posts. I made a spreadsheet of some very good keywords that you can use. These words and phrases all have high search numbers with low competition. That means a lot of people use these words in searches while few blogs use them as tags, so a search will more likely find your post.
The first four columns make it easier to find words. I chose headings for: ministry, issues, personal, and technical. You may need to check more than one column. The form of a word MIGHT matter. For instance, I searched “recommended” versus “recommendation” and also “tsunami” versus tsunamis.” What is in the spreadsheet is the best choice to use. The difference in search results is sometimes significant between these variations.
The spreadsheet is easy for you to download or print. I’ll update it occasionally.
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Color Codes and HTML for Web Design
Are you designing your own blog or web site? Here’s some help for choosing colors. If you like a public website’s colors, you can find all the color codes used by any web page using the tool on I Like Your Colors. To use official colors, follow this link to the official Cru color palette. You’ll be using the colors for “web” not for RGB or CMYK. (I explained about Cru’s official fonts and colors in an earlier post.) Visit this HTML color codes page for a full listing of color codes if you want to choose your own colors. To … Continue reading Color Codes and HTML for Web Design
eQuipping for eMinistry 