Software

Bibleworks 8 Announced

The folks over at BibleWorks have announced the release of the eighth iteration of their software product. The announcement includes an extensive list of upgrades and new features. Read the whole announcement. Here are some highlights:
New Features
The biggest advances appear to be in the area of searching and analysis (rather than text handling or diagramming, [...]

Zotero Gets New Partners

A question came up in the Zotero Workshop I did last night: what are Zotero’s future prospects? Will development continue to be strong, or is this a passing fad? The question is a good one, particularly considering Zotero’s ongoing lawsuit with EndNote, but the answer is pretty easy to come by: development for Zotero is, [...]

Setting Up Zotero: Link by Link

The following is a set of links that will be useful for those trying to set up Zotero on their computers. (Not sure what Zotero is or why you would want it? Check out their site, and don’t miss the demo video).
Initial Setup

Firefox Web Browser. Zotero runs as a plugin within this excellent browser.
The Zotero [...]

Using OpenOffice as an Outliner

In addition to its basic word processing power, OpenOffice has fairly robust outling features. Check out a guide on how to use it here. This works very nicely in conjunction with the previously mentioned guide to the navigation panel.

Using OpenOffice.org as a 2-pane outliner

If you use OpenOffice.org you may find this guide helpful, especially if you are a frequent note-taker or outliner (like myself; I how I love a good outline). It tells you how to use the built-in OpenOffice navigator and Heading styles to structure and easily manipulate your documents.
If anybody knows of other good outline solutions, [...]

Some Examplary uses of Bible Software

The true advantage of Bible software like Bibleworks and Accordance is its ability to allow researches to do advanced searches based on complex syntax. Rod Decker has recently applied Accordance Bible Software to a particularly interesting problem by looking at the features of complex sentences in Mark’s otherwise paratactic Gospel. His method provides an interesting [...]

Windows Shutdown Problems

Tiny application ShutdownGuard puts Windows automatic restarts back into your control.
I run an automated backup program on my Home computer (Vista) every night at 1am. Well, almost every night. Well, about every other night. The problem is that I have Windows set to download and install all those security updates, and it often decides [...]

Sync Thunderbird Address Books using Funambol

There is now an easy way to sync your Thunderbird addresses and calendars with, well, anything!
Our family uses Mozilla’s Thunderbird to get things done–it syncs up perfectly with Gmail (use IMAP for best results) and Google Calendar (with this plugin). The only persistent problem I have had is getting all our address books to sync [...]

Free Media Players and Media Tools

Some time ago I posted this introduction to free software, promising a series of articles about good free products available for all your computing needs. The promised posts have been slow in coming, but the next in the series is ready for release! You can find other posts in this series here.
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Logos Software for Macs

Logos is rolling out its software products for the Mac. No emulator necessary! You can read all the details, and pre-order, here.