Archive for April, 2007
mynoteIT is an online note taking tool for students. A student can log on and take notes on whatever they wish. As with most online text tools, notes can be shared with others, allowing for easy collaboration. One can also easily search through notes for relevant information. mynoteIT also includes a to-do list and calendar.
One really slick feature is the ability to set up ‘class groups.’ As the name implies, these are intended to allow students in the same class to associate with one another. This is great for those wanting to share notes and ideas with classmates.
While the site is pretty slick, it faces the same problems many online note/text/calendar tools face. The majority of students don’t have a laptop with them to take notes during class. More technical majors, such as Computer Science may see a large portion of students taking notes on a computer, but they are still in the minority. As laptops become more prevalent in class, tools like this may take off, but for now they are going to have limited reach.
mynoteIT
You can assign a custom icon to your USB flash drive quite easily. This is especially useful if you have more than one flash drive in use. To assign an icon, just find an .ico file that you want to use. Favicons from websites work, as do most other .ico files. Name your .ico file autorun.ico and put in in the root directory of your flash drive. Next, create a text file called autorun.inf in the same directory. The autorun.inf should contain:
[autorun]
icon=autorun.ico
That’s it! Now you have a custom icon for your USB flash drive.
GPA calculations are a necessary evil for most students. The University of Wisconsin has an easy to use tool for calculating that magic number. Simply enter in your letter grades and the number of hours associated with them, then calculate to your heart’s content. This tool is also great for those “what is this class going to do to my GPA?” situations.
GPA Calculator
According to Wikipedia:
stress is a physical or psychological stimulus that can produce mental or physiological reactions that may lead to illness.
The term stress may refer to either eustress (when things go better), or distress (when things go badly). Stress is a often used to describe anxiety, or the fear of how things may go.
Most people know when they feel stressed, without needing a definition of the feeling. Now you know what stress is, next up, how to deal with it…
This is a great way to backup a USB flash drive. After adding this batch file to your flash drive, just click the backup option to copy all files to your local hard drive.
Step 1: Create the folder you want to backup to (Mines c:\removablebackup)
Step 2: Create the backup batch file for your USB key. You can do this by inserting the following in a textfile and saving it as backup.bat. An example is provided below:
@echo off
echo ——————-
echo Removable Device Automatic Backup
echo ——————-
echo No Rights Reserved, do whatever you want with this.
xcopy “*” “c:\removablebackup\” /Y /E /R
echo Backup Complete!
Pause.
Make sure you change the section in bold to reflect your individual backup location.
Step 3: Place the following in a text document, and save it directly to your removable drive as autorun.inf:
[autorun]
action=Backup
open=backup.bat
label=Backup
includeRuntimeComponents=True
Step 4: Your done! Now whenever you insert your USB key you should see this nifty backup option:
You can also add the /D flag to the xcopy command to only copy new/changed files.
Engtech offers up five tips for accessing your blocked Gmail. Great for getting to Gmail while at work or school. Tips include trying a different web address, utilizing POP mail, and using Google Desktop.
Using a cell phone web browser is another sure-fire, if somewhat cumbersome way of getting to Gmail if no other options are available.
via Engtech
Google notebook functions as an online version of the versatile notebook. It allows you to capture and organize pictures, text, and other web content. You can then organize these them into sections, add your own notes, etc. Browser extensions are available that make adding content to your notebook very easy. As with all Google products, you can leverage the power of Google’s search technology to quickly find any note. Another really neat feature is the collaboration capability. Much like Google Docs, you can open up your notebook to others, allowing them to add and make changes. Finally, you can publish your notebook by making it a public web page. Overall, Google Notebook is a pretty slick tool for capturing disparate web content.
Google Notebook
Stress is a fact of college, arising from a number of causes:
- Intense work-loads needing completing in a short amount of time
- Guilt and worry because you feel that you are neglecting one or two modules in order to keep up with or complete another
- Not understanding a particular issue or requirement and not being able to find someone who is able to help.
In future posts, stress reduction tips will be provided and discussed.
Litsum provides free online literature summaries and study guides. The catalog doesn’t have everything a student might need, but it’s all free. Definitely a good site to keep bookmarked for those last minute papers.
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Zamzar is a pretty slick site that allows you to convert a file from one format to another. You can upload five files at a time and convert amongst 150 different file types.
This is great for converting PDF files to MS Word documents, or turning your iTunes .aac files into .mp3
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