Software
Using Zotero for Web-page Annotation and Highlighting
In addition to a whole host of great features, you can use Zotero to annotate Web pages that you have saved as snapshots.
Zotero allows you to take a snapshot of any web page for later viewing. If I then view that snapshot (all the files for which are stored on your hard drive, and therefore [...]
Bibleworks 8 Available
Bibleworks 8 is now available at the Westminster Bookstore.
For a helpful analysis of what’s new in Bibleworks 8, check out this series of posts.
View All Your Documents on your iPhone
I don’t have an iPhone, but if I did this would be a likely first download. I love access to my documents…
Desperate Times: Reinstalling Windows
One of the real difficulties with Windows (at least versions prior to Vista) is the reinstall problem. After about 2 years or so your computer starts getting too slugish to be productive, and no amount of tweaking, defragmenting, or otherwise coaxing your computer to behave normally seems to help. Or perhaps something else has gone [...]
Sync Google Calendar with Desktop Applications
Google Calendar now syncs with Apple’s iCal, Mozilla’s Sunbird, or Thunderbird (with the Lightning extension) without any additional plugins or even all that much work. Follow these instructions.
Google Calendar with one of these applications provides the perfect online/offline solution to scheduling. Individuals and organizations alike can benifit from this.
Some Reviews of Bible Software
Fostertribe has finished compiling his list of Bible Software reviews. This is a very handy guide to (largely introductory) Bible software. Bibleworks doesn’t make the list, nor do a couple of online tools, but the guide is very helpfully organized. Anyone interested in an introductory desktop program for reading and searching the Bible should check [...]
Amarok 2 (Finally) Released
Amarok is a Music Player that not only plays any music file you decide to throw at it, it also supports iTunes, can sync with your iPod, is (theoretically) cross-platform, and is generally pretty slick. The latest release has been a long-time coming, and is now finally available. If you are a Linux user, definitely [...]
More Ubiquity Commands
For those who found this post interesting, there are a whole host of additional Ubiquity commands available to you. If you have already set up Ubiquity (follow this link if you haven’t), then you may be interested in Mozilla’s (incomplete) repository of commands that other people have been creating for this exciting new interface. Be [...]
Use Ubiquity to Listen to the Bible Online
It is now even easier to search, read, and even listen to the Bible online.
A much improved upgrade to Ubiquity has been released, making this ground-breaking Firefox plugin prettier, more robust, and exceedingly versatile. More to the point, the ESV command for this plugin has also been updated, and the update allows you to listen [...]
Avoid Attachment Embarrassment: Thunderbird Edition
Awhile back I posted about a handy little Gmail feature that many of you enjoyed. If you use the word “attached,” or any number of related words, but fail to actually attach a file to the email, it alerts you to that affect. This prevents those embarrassing moments when you realize you are going to [...]
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