Helping You Make It Out Alive
Microsoft Word has a pretty slick AutoSumarize tool. After writing a document, Word on summarize it in one of four ways. This is great for making an abstract of your document, but keep in mind that the summary will most likely need some editing.
At this point, it’s widely known that employers check out potential employees’ Facebook profiles as part of their background screening. Many employers also check on existing employees as well. So, how do you maintain a Facebook account without getting burnt? //engtech has an informative article on using Facebook in a work-safe manner.
Outlined in the article:
Understanding the Relationship Levels
Changing The Default Privacy SettingsHave a Professional and a Personal Profile
Friends Not Acquaintances
Don’t Use the “Find Your Friends” Feature
Don’t Use Facebook at Work
Hide Your Groups
Identity Theft
Facebook Privacy Policy
It’s a rather lengthy list, but it might be worth a read for those heading out into the working world.
Selling your textbooks online is a great way to avoid getting ripped off by your university book store. Another great thing about selling books online is the opportunity to sell back books the bookstore won’t even take back. Not all professors change books at the same time, so you have a greater chance of selling your books online once a new edition comes out. There are a number of sites providing textbook selling, but the two most popular are amazon.com and half.com.
The key to selling your textbooks online is the ISBN. Using the ISBN of your book ensures that the proper edition is listed. The slick thing about using your ISBN with half.com and amazon.com is that the whole process is automated. Just type in your ISBN and a listing is created for you with a picture of the book and description.
The shipping fees are somewhat steep, but you are able to reach a much broader audience and get more than the $5 the bookstore will give you.
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.
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=TrueStep 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
Stress is a fact of college, arising from a number of causes:
In future posts, stress reduction tips will be provided and discussed.
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
As the school year comes to a close, many students are preparing for summer trips. The US Department of State has some handy tips for students traveling abroad.
Top Ten Travel Tips for Students
1. Make sure you have a signed, valid passport and visas, if required. Also, before you go, fill in the emergency information page of your passport!
2. Read the Consular Information Sheets (and Public Announcements or Travel Warnings, if applicable) for the countries you plan to visit.
3. Leave copies of your itinerary, passport data page and visas with family or friends at home, so that you can be contacted in case of an emergency. Keep your host program informed of your whereabouts.
4. Make sure you have insurance that will cover your emergency medical needs (including medical evacuation) while you are overseas.
5. Familiarize yourself with local laws and customs of the countries to which you are traveling. Remember, while in a foreign country, you are subject to its laws!
6. Do not leave your luggage unattended in public areas and never accept packages from strangers.
7. While abroad, avoid using illicit drugs or drinking excessive amounts of alcoholic beverages, and associating with people who do.
8. Do not become a target for thieves by wearing conspicuous clothing and expensive jewelry and do not carry excessive amounts of cash or unnecessary credit cards.
9. Deal only with authorized agents when you exchange money to avoid violating local laws.
10. When overseas, avoid demonstrations and other situations that may become unruly or where anti-American sentiments may be expressed.
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