Software
Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8 RC
Lifehacker recently announced that Microsoft has made available the first release candidate of Internet Explorer 8. While I’m still not moving away from Firefox, I am excited about this new release. I have been using the IE8 Betas for awhile now and am impressed—it is definitely a step in the right direction, if only because [...]
Add the Westminster Seminary Library to your Browser Search Bar
As a follow-up to my Westminster Bookstore Search Plugin I have created a similar plugin for the Westminster Seminary Library, which works in both Firefox and IE7. So now you can search Westminster Seminary’s library right from your browser, and since the site natively supports Zotero, this makes research all that much easier.
The same instructions [...]
What Blogging Platforms do Churches Use?
ChurchCrunch has compiled a list of blogging platforms used by the top 60 church blogs. Wordpress Wins (of course), but the results are interesting.
Even More Greek Advice
How many times have you learned Greek? There is something enormously discouraging about spending all that time taking a year’s worth of Greek only to forget it in the course of a summer. Con Campbell has been instructing us how to avoid the forgetfullness that sets in as soon as Greek is over (start here). [...]
Getting More Use out of Firefox’s Search Bar
So you’ve installed a bunch of new searches for Firefox, like this one for the Westminster Bookstore, but don’t want to always be switching back and forth between Google and your other favorite searches. Well there is an easy way to automatically switch between searches: Firefox Keywords.
Setting things up is easy. First drop down your [...]
Publish your Zotero Collections Online
Ever wanted to turn you Zotero database, or a portion thereof, into a web page? I have. It would come in very handy for publishing bibliographies for class or even a simple blog post. Well now you can, with a pretty simple plugin called Zotz. Check it out, and don’t miss the screencast.
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 [...]
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