tuesday, 20 november, 2007 16:50 MAT
we learn:
95% of what we teach
80% of what we discover
70% of what we discuss
50% of what we see & hear
30% of what we see
20% of what we hear
10% of what we read
~william glasser
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
no plane or boat necessary
thursday, 15 november, 2007 10:25 MAT
eurotunnel is the company responsible for building the twin railway tunnels under the english channel linking britain and france.
here you can see where eurotunnel crosses the english channel.
i thought england was an island, meaning you'd either have to fly or take a boat to get from the uk to europe (or anywhere else, for that matter)... but i'm terriblie mistaken.
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eurotunnel is the company responsible for building the twin railway tunnels under the english channel linking britain and france.
here you can see where eurotunnel crosses the english channel.
i thought england was an island, meaning you'd either have to fly or take a boat to get from the uk to europe (or anywhere else, for that matter)... but i'm terriblie mistaken.
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Sunday, November 4, 2007
window shot
monday, 5 november, 2007 13:00 MAT
the techies here taught me something neat.
rather than getting an entire screen shot from your computer monitor by pressing the print screen button and pasting it into word, using alt-print screen only captures the active window.
call me a n00b, but i never knew that before !
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the techies here taught me something neat.
rather than getting an entire screen shot from your computer monitor by pressing the print screen button and pasting it into word, using alt-print screen only captures the active window.
call me a n00b, but i never knew that before !
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
Crystal vs Glass
It took a while to discover how to make "clear" glass. Adding MnO to glass quenched the optical transitions in dissolved Fe ions to make the clear glass. The Venetians called this "cristallo" by analogy to earlier transparent objects hogged out of large single quartz crystals. This is why the English use the inaccurate term "crystal" to describe fine glassware.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
about elmo
wednesday, 10 october, 2007 14:45 MAT
birthday: 3 february
best friend: zoe
likes: everything !
favourite toy: david
source: apple & eve elmo's punch juice box
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birthday: 3 february
best friend: zoe
likes: everything !
favourite toy: david
source: apple & eve elmo's punch juice box
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
outlook advanced search
wednesday, 3 october, 2007 12:05 MAT
i am forced to use microsoft outlook for email at work. i really don't like it very much at all, problie like many people on the planet.
in an attempt to keep myself organised, i file the emails in folders according to what it's about (emails from students, emails from other lecturers, the school of computing sciences, the learning & teaching grant team, the general university, etc). sometimes i forget where i have filed a particular email, so i have used the search function to find it.
that works, most of the time, but i noticed that it would find the email and i could open it, but it would never tell me the location of the email. so, if i needed to find it again, i would have to do the search all over again. that annoyed me.
the other thing that annoyed me was that the search results displayed in the same window. if i needed to navigate away from the search results because a different email arrived and I needed to deal with it immediately (like I clicked on the inbox or something), the search results would vanish and be replaced by the selection and I would have to do the search all over again.
one of the techies here showed me the advanced search.
one of the columns in the advanced search results says what folder the email is located in.
the search results also open in a separate window. i find this particularly convenient because I can see everything else and navigate away from the search results and have the search results if i need them later and don't have to do the search all over again.
advanced search is the go ! thanks aaron !
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i am forced to use microsoft outlook for email at work. i really don't like it very much at all, problie like many people on the planet.
in an attempt to keep myself organised, i file the emails in folders according to what it's about (emails from students, emails from other lecturers, the school of computing sciences, the learning & teaching grant team, the general university, etc). sometimes i forget where i have filed a particular email, so i have used the search function to find it.
that works, most of the time, but i noticed that it would find the email and i could open it, but it would never tell me the location of the email. so, if i needed to find it again, i would have to do the search all over again. that annoyed me.
the other thing that annoyed me was that the search results displayed in the same window. if i needed to navigate away from the search results because a different email arrived and I needed to deal with it immediately (like I clicked on the inbox or something), the search results would vanish and be replaced by the selection and I would have to do the search all over again.
one of the techies here showed me the advanced search.
one of the columns in the advanced search results says what folder the email is located in.
the search results also open in a separate window. i find this particularly convenient because I can see everything else and navigate away from the search results and have the search results if i need them later and don't have to do the search all over again.
advanced search is the go ! thanks aaron !
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Monday, October 1, 2007
next time you have a candy bar, consider this:
Candy Bar / size in grams / calories/ cals per gram
York Peppermint Pattie / 39 grams / 140 / 3.59
3 Musketeers / 60.4 grams / 260 / 4.30
Reese’s Whipps / 53 grams / 230 / 4.34
M&Ms Peanut / 49 grams / 220 / 4.49
Butterfinger / 60 grams / 270 / 4.50
Snickers / 58.7 grams / 280 / 4.77
Reese’s Crispy Crunchy / 48 grams / 230 / 4.79
KitKat / 43 grams / 210 / 4.88
Twix / 57 grams / 280 / 4.91
Hersey’s Milk Chocolate / 60 grams / 300 / 5.00
M&Ms Milk Chocolate / 48 grams / 240 / 5.00
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups / 51 grams / 260 / 5.10
York Peppermint Pattie / 39 grams / 140 / 3.59
3 Musketeers / 60.4 grams / 260 / 4.30
Reese’s Whipps / 53 grams / 230 / 4.34
M&Ms Peanut / 49 grams / 220 / 4.49
Butterfinger / 60 grams / 270 / 4.50
Snickers / 58.7 grams / 280 / 4.77
Reese’s Crispy Crunchy / 48 grams / 230 / 4.79
KitKat / 43 grams / 210 / 4.88
Twix / 57 grams / 280 / 4.91
Hersey’s Milk Chocolate / 60 grams / 300 / 5.00
M&Ms Milk Chocolate / 48 grams / 240 / 5.00
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups / 51 grams / 260 / 5.10
Sunday, September 30, 2007
firefox cache updates
monday, 1 october, 2007 13:50 MAT
i guess tech support at cqu is good for something !
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Firefox caches information across all windows. This means that if you view a page in one window, no matter how many new windows you open up it will still be drawing from cache until it updates its view. The way to change how often it updates the view is described below:
*SHORT FORM*
Open firefox.
Type "about:config" in the URL window.
Change integer value of "browser.cache.check_doc_frequency" to 1.
*LONG DESCRIPTION*
To quickly and easily access a whole range of customizations and preferences for Firefox, simply open Firefox then go to your Firefox address bar and enter the URL "about:config" (without quotes), then press Enter. Instantly Firefox displays a large range of preferences sorted alphabetically.
browser.cache.check_doc_frequency [Integer] (3) - This setting determines how often Firefox checks for newer versions of the page you are viewing. This setting is similar to Internet Explorer's 'Check for newer versions of stored pages' setting.
If set to 0 Firefox only checks once per browser session; if set to 1 Firefox checks every time a page is viewed; if set to 2 Firefox never checks (i.e. it always uses the version stored locally in your browser cached); and if set to 3 (the default) Firefox checks at automatically determined intervals.
If you browse mostly pages which update their content often (i.e. daily) or have a lot of dynamic content you may wish to set this to 1 though it may slow down browsing speed, especially on slower connections. Otherwise the default of 3 is best for fastest browsing on most connections. You can experiment to see if 0 suits your needs, but don't use a value of 2.
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i guess tech support at cqu is good for something !
__________
Firefox caches information across all windows. This means that if you view a page in one window, no matter how many new windows you open up it will still be drawing from cache until it updates its view. The way to change how often it updates the view is described below:
*SHORT FORM*
Open firefox.
Type "about:config" in the URL window.
Change integer value of "browser.cache.check_doc_frequency" to 1.
*LONG DESCRIPTION*
To quickly and easily access a whole range of customizations and preferences for Firefox, simply open Firefox then go to your Firefox address bar and enter the URL "about:config" (without quotes), then press Enter. Instantly Firefox displays a large range of preferences sorted alphabetically.
browser.cache.check_doc_frequency [Integer] (3) - This setting determines how often Firefox checks for newer versions of the page you are viewing. This setting is similar to Internet Explorer's 'Check for newer versions of stored pages' setting.
If set to 0 Firefox only checks once per browser session; if set to 1 Firefox checks every time a page is viewed; if set to 2 Firefox never checks (i.e. it always uses the version stored locally in your browser cached); and if set to 3 (the default) Firefox checks at automatically determined intervals.
If you browse mostly pages which update their content often (i.e. daily) or have a lot of dynamic content you may wish to set this to 1 though it may slow down browsing speed, especially on slower connections. Otherwise the default of 3 is best for fastest browsing on most connections. You can experiment to see if 0 suits your needs, but don't use a value of 2.
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Monday, September 17, 2007
knowledge
tuesday, 18 september, 2007 11:45 MAT
knowledge is one of the rare things in life that can be given to others without losing any yourself.
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knowledge is one of the rare things in life that can be given to others without losing any yourself.
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
Bike paths cause bridge collapse
Apparently, there are those who believe that spending money on museums, bike paths, lighthouses, etc. is a cause of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis. And these are the people running our country.
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