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LRC computer and other hardware inventory
2011/11/24
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- These lists document hardware owned by the LRC:
- Symantec-Ghost generated.
- A handmade overview (partially based on the previous) can be (permissions provided) viewed or edited here.
How to set up SDL-Trados 2009 Licensing Server
2011/11/24
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No time getting this post in shape since SDL is keeping me on my toes by changing the licensing infrastructure for 2011 (abandoned FlexLM), but for what it is worth: the difficultty with FLexLM was managing the licensing service from the proviced GUI, I had to resort to restarting it manually through services.msc. 
How to stay up to date by receiving RSS like email newsletters in MS-Outlook
2011/11/21
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- Why subscribe?
- RSS is a great way to get your information both fast and filtered.
- For advanced filtering of RSS feeds, try Yahoo Pipes.
- However, WordPress makes this even easier by allowing for a wealth of atomic searching and filtering options. Choosing the right template (and content strategy), if you click on any of the linked items in either the category list or tag cloud on WordPress,
- the resulting page will include an RSS link
, or simply add “/feed” to the URL of your category, tag or even search result page, to get a feed that you can subscribe to.
- How to subscribe?
- MS-Outlookmakes subscribing to RSS more convenient since you do not need to go to a separate application like an RSS-Reader. Read your RSS with your email, think of the RSS feed as an email list, but personalized to your interests.
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You can subscribe to the “RSS feed” link like so:
- For historical reasons, I still use Google Reader, but I rely on Outlook’s advanced automated content download (including full text posts and multimedia attachments) and well-understood archiving, search and export features to not miss podcasts which I want to collect for potential use as teaching content:
When Outlook fails, as with some RSS formats, you can still try and resort to the Internet Explorer Feed store: 
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- If you use OWA: you can read feeds, but not add them through the OWA interface. If you are staff, you can still add them in Outlook first. If you are a student and restricted to NINERMAIL, you need to use a different feed reader. I recommend the free web-based Google Reader.
- MS-Outlookmakes subscribing to RSS more convenient since you do not need to go to a separate application like an RSS-Reader. Read your RSS with your email, think of the RSS feed as an email list, but personalized to your interests.
Troubleshooting the wireless headsets in the TV viewing area
2011/11/18
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- For lack of small group work areas, the 3 headsets help sharing the LRCROOMCOED433. They amplify the sound for the TV viewing audience, allowing to turn the TV volume down so as not to disturb other users in the shared area.
- No sound?
- headsets turned on?
- headset volume turned up?
- headsets batteries dead?
- transmitter turned on?
- Static noise on headsets?
- headsets batteries weak?
- no line of sight to transmitter?
- Other things you can try:
- a different headset. We have 3.
- a different transmitter. We have 2.
- An image says more than 1000 words:
CAOS ereserves not compatible with Sanako Study1200 Webbrowser
2011/11/06
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- Last week I noticed in the LRC that I cannot open the ereserves with language learning audio files to my students by using the Study1200 Webbrowser’s “follow” feature .
- While sending the audio listing page still works, including the login page which the students get redirected to, and which, upon successful login, redirects them to the listing;
- Getting to the actual audio file launcher page fails, since this is a popup window which the Sanako Webbrowser first blocks, while redirecting the launcher of the popup to the home page
- No pressing of modifier keys seems to be able to bypass the popup blocker. Is there a setting in the Study1200 Webbrowser to modify this behavior.
RSS feed XML categories are case-sensitive on IE9, if not on WordPress.com
2011/10/31
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- From which follows: tightly manage your metadata…..
ECAR National Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2011 Report released
2011/10/28
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- The Educause ECAR for 2011 Lists among its top actionable survey results: “Nail the basics. Help faculty and administrators support students’ use of core productivity software for academic work.
- Not a language learning specific result , but a reminder also for the LRC to prioritize:
- LRC posts on “productivity software”,
- and most of our students’ “academic work” lives online in Moodle.
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