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Archive for January, 2008

“Find Out How” videos from Apple (with download links)

Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged , , , , , on January 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »

When are you NEW to computers, no matter its a PC / a Mac, it would be great if someone is sitting beside you and show you around on your new computer. But finding someone like that is not easy, let alone considering the cost. So what can we do? Well, video [...]

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Adding dictionaries to the built-in Dictionary Application in Leopard

Posted in Apple, Computer Tutorials, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged , , , on January 24, 2008 | 40 Comments »

The Dictionary Application (Dict App for short) is really helpful at times when you are reading an eBook / web page. I even define my own shortcut key so that when I high light a word and press “Control + Command + A”, the dictionary app will come up straight away and show me [...]

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Setting the StartUp Project in Visual Studio 2008

Posted in IT, Microsoft, Software, dot net, tagged , on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Q. Say you have a Solution in Visual Studio with a few Projects…and you’ve finished debugging with the first one…how do you move on and debug your next Project? (more… ;)

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2008 Summer Road Trip - register now! - Dunedin 18/02/2008

Posted in IT, Microsoft, Software, University of Otago, tagged , , on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »

Summer is here! And with it is coming new technology from Microsoft that will affect how we design and build infrastructure and applications.Come and join [...]

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Part time job: University of Otago ITS HelpDesk Student Support Advisor

Posted in University of Otago, tagged , on January 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

ITS is looking for students (who are studying this year) to be part of a team helping students get their own computers set up for use on the University’s network (wireless and wired) and provide general information, advice and support for the student IT services provided by ITS.

(more… ;)

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Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?

Posted in IT, Software, Study, tagged , on January 10, 2008 | No Comments »

Found a very interesting article today:
CrossTalk - Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? - Jan 2008
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Chinese translation (although the title might be misleading): http://news.csdn.net/n/20080109/112571.html

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Photos and specs of new Macs coming out @ MacWorld 2008?

Posted in Apple, IT, thoughts, tagged , , , on January 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »

There has been a lot of rumors and photos lately about the new Macs that are suppose to come out during MacWorld 2008 Expo. I got the specs and photos from cnBeta this afternoon: (more… ;)

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20 Top Success Tips from Donald J. Trump

Posted in Study, thoughts, tagged , on January 3, 2008 | No Comments »

After seeing the list…I can’t agree more with the items listed…so I’ve posted here to keep reminding myself (more… ;)

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Setting up the firewall in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged , , , on January 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »

After receiving a port scan this morning (thanks for the new year present):

I’ve came to realize that I need to setup the firewall on my Mac asap before someone decided to take a tour of my iMac. (more… ;)

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