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Dell Studio XPS 16

2011/10/28 Leave a comment
  1. When coming to my desk today, my laptop made a grinding noise. Even worse, the noise later decreased, sounding like grinding to a halt.
  2. here is a recording:
  3. Fan? That cannot be good with a laptop that always ran hot (video card cannot be disabled during normal, non-gaming operation).
  4. keyboard developed a mind of its own after half a year: cursor began jumping at random.
  5. side panels: started peeling off within the first few weeks
Categories: hardware

Microsoft & the future of interpreting

2011/10/28 Leave a comment

Microsoft is at it again: making predictions on the future of interpreting right at the beginning of their new “FUTURE VISION video: In 5-10 years, how will people get things done at work, at home, and on the go?”. The glasses should state “Interpreting” instead of “Translating”, yet anything that aids in cross-cultural communication would be most welcome. But will it happen in “5-10 years”? (This movie is also about the past: viewing it from their own site in Google’s Chrome brought down my computer with a BSOD relating to video driver (phone camera did not start up quite fast enough to capture it).

Categories: Interpreting, second-language-acquisition Tags:

Easy adding and viewing GeoTags with your phone camera

2011/10/27 Leave a comment
  1. “Open your camera app, go to “Settings” (sprocket), menu item: “Geotagging”, “On”: android-camera-SETTINGS-GEOTAGGING
  2. Turning the phone’s the GPS on is not absolutely necessary, as this indoor basement shot proves:
  3. pixi-phone-wlgallery-geotag2-wireless-tower
  4. but will likely increase the accuracy of the Geotag in your photo greatly:pixi-phone-wlgallery-geotag-gps
  5. How to view depends on your photo viewer application, above examples are taken from the free Windows Live Photo Gallery.
Categories: assignments, audience-is-students, digital-humanities, GIS, phones Tags: , , , ,

Student peer assessment options for a more “social learning” experience in Moodle 1.9.

2011/10/26 Leave a comment
  1. The most simple solution, briefly explained:
    1. Add a forum: button: “Turn editing on”, dropdown: “Add activity:  “discussion”, Set dropdown “Forum type”: “a single simple discussion”/ section: grade, dropdown: “aggregate type”: “average rating” (also set your max attachment size if you want uploads of multimedia recordings).
    2. Set Permissions: course administration block / item:assign roles / tab: override permissions (we do not have this!) / section:forum, enable checkbox:”rate posts”, disable checkbox: “view any ratings”, “view ratings” .
  2. Visually explained (notes deviously: “if you do not have tab: override permissions, ask your admin”. If she says “no”, ask to enable the workshop module in Moodle 1.9. If she says “no”, ask to upgrade to the workshop module in Moodle 2.0. If she says “no”, ask her for other ideas how to do “social learning” in Moodle… Winking smile).
Categories: audience-is-IT-staff, audience-is-teachers Tags: , ,

New Teacher MAC Computer in Coed037 with Final Cut Pro 3

2011/10/26 Leave a comment
  1. A new Mac Mini on the teacher podium was installed today in Coed037.mac-mini-rear
    1. Because of case size difference, the new Mac Mini had to be installed on the right side wall of the podium, unlike the old one which was smaller and fit on the keyboard tray.
    2. It is still switched through the podium as before: CIMG0059
    3. For logging in, use the generic, not your personal account.
    4. Standard current ITS MAC image.
  2. Final Cut Pro 3
    1. was installed into the image, and run.
    2. Media components (Audio content, Motion content) allegedly have also been included in this install.
  3. We also added MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2. Note, however, that the non-beta version does not have the YouTube.com download capability mentioned here earlier (you will get this error  more focused): CIMG0051
      1. Because of podium monitor incompatibility, we could not increase the screen resolution to the minimum 1280*800 required Final Cut Studio 3. CIMG0036We nevertheless were able to start Final Cut pro. You can permanently bypass this warning dialog if you see it, and report problems. CIMG0037-screen-resolution
  4. We also permanently bypassed this firewire error: CIMG0041
  5. And here is the result: CIMG0042
Categories: audience-is-language-learning-center-staff, audience-is-teachers, documentation, presenter-computer Tags: ,

Using geolocation information in photos for documentation?

2011/10/26 Leave a comment
  1. During documentation writing today, I noticed that my WlGallery suddenly (?) started displaying the geotags in pictures taken with my Palm Pixi which I set a long time ago to store (and share) location information. I t looks like this has started working  earlier, but gone unnoticed. pixi-wlgallery-geotag I also looks like it uses cell tower triangulation, not GPS data (when the latter is not available?): pixi-wlgallery-geotag2 At such a granularity, this feature can not be useful for generating documentation. But maybe for excursions?
  2. But seems still a bit iffy, on the Pixi side of things: I am pretty sure that previously, I could not see geotags in my photos, even though I tried several image metadata viewers. Also, the Pixi does not always add geotags: is this limited to pictures taken when there are network connectivity issues?
  3. Also seems like editing operations in wlgallery, including create panorama, “eat” the geotags in the output image….
Categories: e-infrastructure, GIS, mobile-phones, Notes, service-is-documenting Tags: , , ,

LRC assistant responsibilities: A checklist (on reception desk next to your screen)

2011/10/26 Leave a comment


For larger view, click “Full screen”windows in lower right corner. Mote that the sheet with LRC assistant responsibilities is handily posted right under your screen at your work station – refer to it as needed,

reception-desk-responsibilities

Categories: audience-is-language-learning-center-temp-staff, checklists, e-infrastructure, e-languages, e-learning, Reception-desk, service-is-hr-managing, service-is-library, training

More SDL Trados Online Training

2011/10/25 Leave a comment
  1. Need to get up to speed with SDL technologies like Trados or MultiTerm in our translation programs, or recapitulate what you learnt for a job interview? We have recommended SDL’s online training archive before.
  2. Here are some highlights form their archive for our purposes:
    1. Translators’ Introduction to SDL Trados Studio 2009: Discover the key features and benefits of SDL Trados Studio 2009 for translators.
    2. A sneak peek at SDL Trados Studio 2011: Take a sneak peek at some of the new features in SDL Trados Studio 2011 before it is released this Autumn.
    3. Discover SDL Trados Studio 2009: Learn more about translation memory technology to help your translation projects get completed faster than ever before!
    4. SDL MultiTerm 2009 for Beginners: Join us for an overview of SDL MultiTerm 2009, the latest terminology management version.
    5. Introducing SDL Passolo 2011: Discover the exciting new features within this latest release of SDL Passolo.
  3. To view these webcasts, you will need their player.
Categories: training Tags: , , , ,