Download Internet Explorer 8 (Please!)

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Now don’t get me wrong, I still think everyone should be using Firefox as their default web-browser. But I’m a realist, and sometimes you just need Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE). And if you’re going to use Microsoft, then you should really definitely immediately download IE8, released today at noon.
There are a whole [...]

SBL’s Unicode Greek Font Finally Released!

It’s been a long time coming, but SBL has finally released their promised Greek Font. The download page is here, or you can download it directly here. There is also a Hebrew font.
The fonts work in all Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, Mac). They are not open-source (so a couple of other fonts are still my [...]

Next Version of MS Office Will Support OpenOffice Files

Some good news from Microsoft: Office 14 and the next Service Pack for Office 2007 will natively support the OpenDocument format (ODF) used by such software as OpenOffice.org and Google Docs. This open-source format has been adopted as a standard by recognized computing organizations and governments worldwide, succeededing to gain support in many areas that [...]

Search your PDFs with OCR

Paper isn’t going away, of course, but having all your documents on such an antiquated medium is often less than ideal. There is at least one major disadvantage to paper: searching is much more difficult. That’s just one of the reasons PDFs are so popular! Anybody can open a PDF file for free, search it [...]

Multitasking Mondays: Access Files on Your iPhone

The best kind of multitasking system is the one available to you anytime and anywhere. In today’s electronic world, that often requires having access to your files. What articles do you need to read? Or maybe you have some sermons or lectures you’d like to listen to? Regardless of your specific needs, if for whatever [...]

Get a Free Domain Name and Hosting From Microsoft

I can’t believe it either, but it appears to be true: Microsoft is giving stuff away for free. Here’s the scoop.

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 [...]

Is Ubuntu Linux Mainstream?

The New York times recently covered the increasing popularity of Ubuntu’s flavor of GNU/Linux, attributing much of its success to Mark Shuttleworth’s leadership and wealth.
There’s a lot of sensationalism in the article. Like this:
But rather than preparing to code for the highest bidder, the developers were coordinating their largely volunteer effort to try to undermine [...]

Another Online Storage Service, from Microsoft

Ok, so here is a list of Microsoft provided online storage/sync solutions, all of which are free. Windows Live Mesh offers an alternative to Dropbox if you need more than 5 gb of storage space and don’t need Mac/Linux support. These are all good options.