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Has anyone tried SQLShare?

Useful Links

Has anyone tried SQLShare? http://escience.washington.edu/sqlshareBased out of U. Washington, which is where I heard of it, “SQLShare is a database service aimed at removing the obstacles to using relational databases: installation, configuration, schema desig...

collaboration
databases

Trouble printing from office 2010 on a xerox printer

Printers, Monitors, and Other Hardware

I’m having problems printing documents in Word 2010 on our Xerox printer. A colleague found a temporary solution: To enable printing with Word 2010, when you are ready to print, select printer properties . From the window that opens, select Advanced Options. ...

advanced printing
Windows 7
Word
PostScript
Office 2010
troubleshooting
ps
font
PCL
calbri
network printers

California Wireless Emergency Alert Program

Useful Links

California Wireless Emergency Alert Program are government-issued safety messages that include AMBER Alerts, emergency alerts – such as man-made or natural disasters, and Presidential alerts.Wireless Emergency Alerts are part of the FCC’s CMAS program: http://...

Alert
California
Wireless Emergency Alert
Amber Alert
emergency
FCC
fema

Explaining to your mother how to safely surf the web at Starbucks

Cybersecurity

The title is mostly for fun, but I’m curious if anyone has found fairly simple guides to safely browsing at public internet cafes or open wireless like UCLA_WIFI.Not simple enough for some mothers, I did like this guide. (9 Tips to stay safe on public wifi)

best practices
internet cafe
mobile security
security
UCLA Wi-Fi
web browsing

Free Digital Textbooks

Useful Links

The Price is Right: 11 Excellent Sites for Free Digital Textbooks – Campus Technology 8/14/13Please add other sources, or related initiatives, as you discover them. Thanks

online texts
open source

cvs tools

Useful Links

For those who have to deal with cvs data files, here is a tool to do de-duplication http://source.mozillaopennews.org/en-US/articles/introducing-cvsdedupe/ https://github.com/datamade/csvdedupeHere are tools for working with cvs files.http://csvkit.readthedocs...

CVS
data manipulation
data translation

Facebook as a data source

Social Media

Hacking the Graph for Better Sourcing and Recruiting on FacebookPlease add other techniques for using Facebook data.

data
programming
searching

Two Free Academic Software Tools

Applications/Software

1) Docear (pronounced “dog ear”)Academic Literature Suite of Applicationshttp://www.docear.org/“Docear is the complete solution for searching, organizing and creating academic literature such as assignments, theses, books and research papers. Just as an office...

.pdf
citation manager
mind mapping
PDF annotate
software

Has anyone tried Xerte Online Tookit?

Applications/Software

Has anyone tried “Xerte Online Toolkit?”http://www.xerte.org.uk/ It’s a tool for making it easy to create learning objects in either Flash or HTML. “Xerte allows authors with no programming skills to build elearning activities through a simple browser interfa...

SCORM
authoring
instruction
learning objects
teaching

Instructor unable to play HD video purchased from iTunes

Applications/Software

ScenarioAn instructor has their laptop connected to a projector in a classroom, and tried to play an HD video that they purchased in iTunes. iTunes displays an error saying it cannot play the video.WhyThe video purchased in iTunes is subject to HDCP – High-ban...

HDCP
iTunes
video

Data Mashups with TaDaweb

Useful Links

Described as a cross between Pinterest and Yahoo Pipes, TaDaweb “lets non-technical business personnel target public data feeds from which they want to extract very specific, but constantly changing data.” TaDaweb Lets You Create ‘Small Data’ Mashups Without W...

Yahoo Pipes
analytics
data feeds
mashups

Creating videos for flipped classes

Useful Links

One of the keys of a “flipped class” is to have the lectures online. 6 YouTube lessons for building better instructional videosLynda.com has an expanding body of modules for flipped class environments— Flipping the Classroom, http://www.lynda.com/Business-tuto...

Youtube
flipped classes
instructional tech
videos

Mac OS X - Local Web Development Environment Setup

Programming and Web Development

My name is Alex Podobas and I’m a member of the UCLA IT Security Office. My IT security work at UCLA involves an ample amount of code review and writing web applications and I use OS X as my primary, day-to-day operating system. Recently, I wiped my computer a...

localhost
PHP
MySQL
Mac OS X

Help with Microsoft Office Applications

Applications/Software Microsoft Office

Does anyone know if there is a campus group that provides assistance with setting up a database in Access or who can answer questions? Lynda and Google have been my friends, but now I need human help. :-)

Microsoft Access
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word

OS X Mavericks Resources

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

Here are some useful links to some technical information surrounding today’s OS X Mavericks release: OS X Mavericks Technical Requirements & Specifications, http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/ OS X Mavericks Server Technical Requirements & Specifications, ...

Apple
OSX
Mac OS 10.9
Mavericks

Apple Volume License Program

UCLA Tech Resources

Apple has expanded Volume License Program (VPP) to now include Managed Distribution of Apps as of 11/2013. Under this new feature administrators are now able to provide those codes to end-users with the ability to revoke those licenses at a later date. What ...

Apple
OSX
volume licensing
VPP

f.Lux, Auto Brightness

Applications/Software

Quoting, " f.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you’re in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again."“Tell f.lux what kind of lighting you have...

ambilight
f.lux
flux
hue

Sass versus LESS

Programming and Web Development CSS and Web Design

Quoting, "One of the hot new trends in web design is CSS pre-processed languages and there’s two big ones vying for your attention—LESS and Sass. LESS and Sass are both ways of writing CSS code with a syntax that allows you to use features not yet available wi...

CSS
HTML5
less
optimized design
responsive design
Sass