Monthly Archives: June 2007

Buy Ben an iPhone

Posted on 27 June 2007 by james

A friend of mine has begun his quest to procure an iPhone by using the only logically solution, an donation website and blog. Check out his quest at: http://buybenaniphone.com

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The RSS icon in the browser address bar

Posted on 26 June 2007 by james

You may have noticed the feed or RSS icon occasionally appearing in the address bar of your browser to indicate that an RSS feed is available. The display of the icon is controlled by a specific line of HTML code: … Continue reading →

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Your Powerpoint Presentation is So Big that…

Posted on 25 June 2007 by james

Often times I see needlessly big PowerPoint presentations. The culprit is often pictures that have been inserted at a higher resolution that needed. The Fix Right click on one of the pictures in your presentation Choose “Format Picture” Click on … Continue reading →

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Hating the PowerPointers

Posted on 22 June 2007 by james

Freakonomics, the blog, has decided to hate PowerPointers not PowerPoint. The article accuses PowerPoint, which turned 20 recently, of reducing presentations to bullet point boredom sessions. Don’t Hate PowerPoint; Hate the PowerPointers

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Web Monkeys

Posted on 22 June 2007 by james

We started a new blog at work yesterday to discuss happenings on the SMU website. It’s called WebMonkeys. Fair warning, it may not be interesting if you don’t work at SMU.http://blog.smu.edu/WebMonkeys

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Walk the streets with Google Maps

Posted on 1 June 2007 by james

Google maps has added street level photographs of some streets, in some cities to maps.google.com. The new feature allows you to virtually walk down streets with full 360 degree views of your surroundings. Google Maps Street View Some are already … Continue reading →

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