PROVO, Utah, PRNewswireAncestry.com announced today it has launched a collection of more than 1,700 recorded oral histories from immigrants who arrived in the United States through Ellis Island. This is the first time this collection of poignant recordings has been available online. To celebrate the new addition, Ancestry.com is making its entire U.S. Immigration Collection free through Labor Day.
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PDF-XChange Viewer

29 August 2010

Here’s a nifty little tool for editing pdf’s in case you need one. PDF-XChange Viewer. It’s portable and free.

PDF-XChange Viewer

It’s not absolutely everything but it will take you quite far.

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The Long Wait

27 August 2010

While the long wait for the new computer goes on, and on, and on, the laptop is still hanging in here. So, I can write you a quick post.

I’ve been watching the OS stats lately. This is an average for the last 500 pages visited. XP users are still way out in front. Windows 7 users are trailing behind at 24%. When I get back here as a Windows 7 user we will be in the minority. …[continued]

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Netbook Advice

24 August 2010

My laptop isn’t just old; it’s senile. I see a netbook in my near future. Any advice on which one? I may not be able to answer you right away but will read all comments when I can.

Some interesting reading in the meantime: Intel Introduces Dual-Core Atom Processor for Netbooks

Please share your experience with netbooks and help me make a decision.

Thanks. Signing off…

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Holiday Notification

23 August 2010

Hey Regs! That’s short for regulars.

In case you don’t follow me on Twitter, (tsk) my desktop computer died. I’m limping along on an old laptop that could kick the bucket any second. I could be thrown into computerlessness in an instant.

DELL is sending me a state-of-the-art replacement computer because they’re tired of hearing about the graphics card that kept crashing. Intel 2.66GHz Quad-Core processor, 6 GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333Mhz , 1000GB SATA hard drive (7200RPM), ho, ho, ho, More Power. It could take from 15-20 days they said. As we know, that’s an eternity in computer time.

So, I’m just going to have to go outside and enjoy the rest of the summer. Or catch up on sleep. Or something. Life is tough but someone has to put up with it.

I’ll be back whenever I get here.

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Mind Mapping

21 August 2010

I don’t want to leave you with a shortage of options for organization, so I had another look at FreeMind and I love it. I installed the newer version and it’s solved some of the problems I was having with the older one. …[continued]

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Free Outliners

20 August 2010

ActionOutlineI decided to go looking at free outliners. I’ve had one for years, ActionOutline, but it took me a long time to figure out a ‘best use’ for it. …[continued]

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The Action MachineThere’s the paperwork of the dead and then, there’s the paperwork of the living. …[continued]

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Yesterday

18 August 2010

I guess yesterday was Day 5 of the Diary. I don’t really remember yesterday. The Action Machine report says I put in half an hour on the READ ME files, an hour on scanning and an hour on my website. Other than that it’s a bit of a blur. …[continued]

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The Action MachineA study of time management immediately segues into health issues. That was such a profound thought in the middle of the night it kept me awake. Profound thoughts can be bad for my health. …[continued]

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