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Mousewithoutborders, software KVM from Microsoft

2011/10/31 Leave a comment
  1. Mousewithoutborders, a free tool from Microsoft, allows you to control, from one keyboard and mouse two (or more) computers on the same network. These could be – as in my case – a laptop temporarily placed on the same desk as a desktop, or a desktop next to a server (if you do not run it headless anyway).
  2. Limitations
      1. Mousewithoutborders needs to control the Windows Firewall which is at work, in a domain administrator controlled windows network, disabled – so no luck getting it to work at the office desk, where it would be even more useful.
      2. For my Mousewithoutborders setup, to not exhibit connection issues, it seems crucial that both local and remote machine a checked in the matrix, and you even may have to type the network name of the remote computer.
        1. While initially, my network configuration was autodiscovered and the clients on the two computers that I try to control from one keyboard and mouse autoconnected, once I type the ID key into both installations
        2. Later, after I once used the “Clear”-button to cut the connection (when I temporarily had to physically reconfigure the arrangement of the two computers where the mouse movement across screens interrupted the new work flow)
        3. they lost their connection, and also could not discover the other client, when I requested reconnection (using the practical keyboard shortcut  option form the “Other Options”tab: one client managed to remember the other, but “timed out”trying to connect; the other client I could not get to remember or autodiscover the other client), until I manually checked the checkbox next to the computer icon (screen icon  turns blue) and typed the network name of the other computer into the textbox. Glad that I have the functionality back now…
        4. mousewithoytborders-get2connect-checkbox-checked-networkname-typedmousewithoytborders-get2connect-checkbox-checked-networkname-typed-connected
Categories: e-infrastructure, mental-notes Tags: ,

RSS feed XML categories are case-sensitive on IE9, if not on WordPress.com

2011/10/31 Leave a comment
  1. RSS XML categories case-sensitive IE9 not wordpress
  2. From which follows: tightly manage your metadata…..
Categories: audience-is-IT-staff, audience-is-language-learning-center-manager, audience-is-language-learning-center-staff, e-infrastructure, Glitches&Errors Tags: ,

Deutsche Welle ends her live German program streaming today

2011/10/29 5 comments
  1. Too bad: deutsche welle dwelle ends german program 201110
    1. And in those last news: “The Chinese government demands reforms in the Euro-zone before providing financial help”.
  2. I remember a time when Deutsche Welle was available during family vacation only via short wave radio. Now, the on-demand offerings of the Deutsche Welle will be expanded. They are more useful for language learning than live streaming anyway.
Categories: audience-is-students, audience-is-teachers, e-languages, German, Media Tags: , ,

MS-Engkoo glossing of Chinese newspaper text

2011/10/28 Leave a comment
  1. Learners of Mandarin can increase not only their cross-cultural knowledge, when using the English versions of two of the biggest Chinese newspapers: “China Daily has adopted Engkoo’s “hover translation” feature—hover your cursor over an English word or phrase and get an inline Chinese translation— on its China-facing website” and the People’s Daily, the largest official newspaper in China, uses the same feature in its English website”
  2. Make sure you are on the right version (English version for Chinese user) of the site (china daily versionare the choices you want to see on top) and “Enable Bing Dictionary”in lower right corner: china daily engkoo enable_thumb[1]
  3. Then hover: china daily engkoo example_thumb[1].
Categories: Advanced, Beginner, e-languages, Intermediate, Mandarin, Media, Reading, Vocabulary, websites 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: , , , ,

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

How to use the online Portuguese pronunciation help to generate phonetic alphabet transcriptions and text-to-speech

2011/10/20 1 comment
  1. Go to http://www.co.it.pt/~labfala/g2p/
  2. Write or  paste your text into the textbox:“Grafemas”
  3. Choose your preferred phonetic alphabet (IPA, SAMPA) and other options.
  4. Press button: “Converter” to see results.
  5. Press button: “Sintetizar” to hear results.
  6. Like so:
  7. demo-portuguese-Conversor-de-Grafemas-para-Fonemas
  8. Or click here to view a demo (requires Windows Media Player) with audio (download requires Windows Media Player). Our example was:
    1. Input: Tudo bem? É o jeitinho brasileiro. Oí, árbitro! Cadê o penalty? Não, não posso faze-lo.
    2. Output: tˈudu bɐ̃ĩ ˈɛ u ʒɐitˈiɲu bɾɐzilˈɐiɾu oˈi ˈaɾbitɾu kɐdˈe u pˈenalti nˈɐ̃ũ nˈɐ̃ũ pˈɔsu fˈazɘlu
Categories: Absolute-Beginner, audience-is-students, audience-is-teachers, Beginner, e-languages, Intermediate, learning-materials, Listening, Portuguese, Screencasts, service-is-training, Speaking, training, websites Tags: , , ,