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		<title>TinEye &#8211; a reverse image search engine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>[vladi]</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know how search works &#8211; you open your favorite search engine, type a keyword or two, and there &#8211; a list of thousands of pages, containing info about your topic of interest. There even is an image search &#8211; you go to Google images and there again &#8211; hundreds of images, corresponding (better or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.tineye.com/"><img src="http://www.digital-day.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/tineye-logo.gif" width="128" height="128" alt="TinEye Logo" title="TinEye Logo" class="border-float" /></a> You know how search works &#8211; you open your favorite search engine, type a keyword or two, and there &#8211; a list of thousands of pages, containing info about your topic of interest. There even is an image search &#8211; you go to <a href="http://images.google.com/">Google images</a> and there again &#8211; hundreds of images, corresponding (better or worse) to the keywords you entered. But what if you do not know what you&#8217;re looking for? What if you have an image of a painting and want to know who painted it? Or a photograph of a place, you want to know where?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tineye.com/">TinEye</a> is the &#8220;reverse image search engine&#8221; you need &#8211; you just have to upload your image (or give the URL-address, if it is published on a webpage), and you will get results from other pages, containing the same image. It gives you the chance to learn what it is, since you will probbably get pages, containing info about it. Here is how it works:</p>
<p><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/1nG2lGYC" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="300" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></p>
<p>It is also a good tool to see who is using your images <img src='http://www.digital-day.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Term definitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>[vladi]</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for the definition of some term? Open up Google and write: define:&#60;term&#62; in the search field, where &#60;term&#62; is the word you want defined. You will then get one or more definitions of the term from different sources like Wikipedia, Princeton WordNet, etc. You can also find definitions in languages, other than English, if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.digital-day.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wizard-128x128.png" alt="Wizard" style="float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /> Looking for the definition of some term?</p>
<p>Open up <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> and write: <strong><em>define:&lt;term&gt;</em></strong> in the search field, where <em>&lt;term&gt;</em> is the word you want defined. You will then get one or more definitions of the term from different sources like <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://wordnet.princeton.edu/">Princeton WordNet</a>, etc. You can also find definitions in languages, other than English, if available.</p>
<p>Example: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Ablog">define:blog</a></p>
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		<title>Data entry in Microsoft Excel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>[vladi]</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick tip: Keyboard-only fast data entry. Scenario: you have to enter a lot of similar rows of data, for instance the cells in column B, column C and column D. Column A is the position number (1., 2., &#8230; ) and columns E, F, etc. perform some calculations from the data you have entered. Now, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.digital-day.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wizard-128x128.png" alt="Wizard" style="float: left; margin: 30px 10px 30px 0;" /> <strong>Quick tip:</strong> Keyboard-only fast data entry.</p>
<p>Scenario: you have to enter a lot of similar rows of data, for instance the cells in <em>column B</em>, <em>column C</em> and <em>column D</em>. Column A is the position number (1., 2., &#8230; ) and columns E, F, etc. perform some calculations from the data you have entered.</p>
<p>Now, there is a fast way to enter data (especially using the numeric keypad) without even touching the mouse, or needing to use the arrow keys to navigate:</p>
<ol>
<li>enter the number in the first cell in the row (column B)</li>
<li>press TAB</li>
<li>enter the number in the second cell in the row (column C)</li>
<li>press TAB</li>
<li>enter the number in the third cell in the row (column D)</li>
<li>press Enter</li>
</ol>
<p>MS Excel automatically makes active the cell below the one, that you started from (Column B / next row). In this way you can only use the keyboard and not waste time with moving around the worksheet (arrow keys and/or mouse).</p>
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		<title>One-click switch between network settings for different locations (Windows)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>[vladi]</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mobile computers are everywhere now. Many people need to connect to networks (wired or wireless) in more than one place &#8211; at home and at work. One of the annoyances of current Windows interface is that you cannot easily store connection profiles &#8211; the way you can in MacOS X (called &#8220;Locations&#8221;) for quite a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.digital-day.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wizard-128x128.png" alt="Wizard" style="float: left; margin: 30px 10px 30px 0;" />Mobile computers are everywhere now. Many people need to connect to networks (wired or wireless) in more than one place &#8211; at home and at work. One of the annoyances of current Windows interface is that you cannot easily store connection profiles &#8211; the way you can in MacOS X (called &#8220;Locations&#8221;) for quite a long time.</p>
<p>There is a workaround for that, involving a simple preliminary network setup + creation of a shortcut. I will briefly describe it here in 3 steps (you will have to repeat for each connection profile you would like to create). Here is how it goes:</p>
<p><em>[preparation]<br />
Open a command prompt</em> (click <strong>START</strong> &#8211; <strong>Run&#8230;</strong> then type <strong>cmd</strong> and click <strong>OK</strong>),<br />
type <strong>md %windir%\netsettings</strong> (or copy it from here and paste it in the command prompt with a right-click) and hit <strong>Enter</strong>. Don&#8217;t close the command prompt yet.</p>
<ol>
<li><em>Make all network settings for the current profile (e.g. Office)</em> &#8211; go to Network Connections, select the appropriate connection (wired and/or wireless) and set IP-address, network mask, default gateway, DNS servers, etc.</li>
<li><em>Execute in the command prompt</em> the following command<br />
<strong>netsh -c interface dump > %windir%\netsettings\office.txt</strong><br />
and hit <strong>Enter</strong>.</li>
<li><em>Create a shortcut on your desktop</em> by minimizing all open windows, right-clicking on an empty place on the desktop and selecting <strong>New</strong> -&gt; <strong>Shortcut&#8230;</strong><br />
In the new window that opens, type (or better paste) the following<br />
<strong>netsh -f %windir%\netsettings\office.txt</strong><br />
and click <strong>Next&#8230;</strong><br />
Type a name for the profile (for instance <strong>Office settings</strong>) and click <strong>Finish</strong>.</li>
</ol>
<p>Repeat steps 1-3 for as many profiles you need to create, changing <strong>office.txt</strong> with <strong>home.txt</strong> (etc.) in steps 2 and 3. Give each profile shortcut a distinguishable name.</p>
<p>You can now switch between different network profiles by simply clicking the appropriate icon on the desktop!</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong> that this approach creates a full network profile (including settings for <strong>all</strong> network interfaces &#8211; wired and wireless), so in rare situations you might need to create different combinations of settings. It is also useful to have a setting with all connections set to auto, in case you need to access networks in hotels, airports and other public places.</p>
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		<title>RSS</title>
		<link>http://www.digital-day.net/technology/rss-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>[vladi]</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The times have changed. The information is everywhere. The only way to survive is to ignore it. But then, how will you find out about the news, the hot gossip or gadgets? The answer is RSS. It stands for Really Simple Syndication &#8211; a standard, that enables you to follow the news from several sources [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The times have changed. The information is everywhere. The only way to survive is to ignore it. But then, how will you find out about the news, the hot gossip or gadgets? The answer is RSS. It stands for Really Simple Syndication &#8211; a standard, that enables you to follow the news from several sources in real time without even visiting their sites. You <strong>subscribe</strong> to updates, the way you subscribed for your paper in the past. The thing you have to look for &#8211; the &#8216;RSS&#8217; abbreviation and the orange RSS icon.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.digital-day.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/rss.png" alt="RSS Icon" /></p>
<p>There are several ways to access news via RSS. One is to read an aggregator website, into which somebody has pre-selected sources based on a common criteria &#8211; all technology news or all blogs from a certain country. The other is to select the sources yourself and display the new items in some sort of an application &#8211; either web-based or a program, installed locally on your computer. Most common web-based applications include <a href="http://www.google.com/reader">Google Reader</a>, <a href="http://www.bloglines.com">Bloglines</a>, <a href="http://www.netvibes.com">Netvibes</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com">Technorati</a> and <a href="http://my.yahoo.com">My Yahoo!</a> to name just a few. The local application approach relies on an installed program, most commonly the very browser you are reading this site with &#8211; <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Mozilla Firefox</a>&#8216;s <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/livebookmarks.html">Live Bookmarks</a> or <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/ie7/tour/rss/">Internet Explorer&#8217;s Feeds</a>, a mail client (<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/outlook/">Outlook</a>, <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/">Thunderbird</a> or <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/mail.html">Apple Mac OS X Mail</a>) or a standalone RSS-reader.</p>
<p>After having tried a lot of different approaches and solutions, my personal favorite is now the <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/">Thunderbird</a> application. And you can start by subscribing to the <a href="http://www.digital-day.net/feed">Digital Day&#8217;s RSS Feed</a>.</p>
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