November 30, 2007 Notes
I have Ubuntu installed on the OpenA computer and it is working great. Much better than Windows XP which is having trouble booting and then frequently crashes. Ubuntu has been running for over 36 hours and shows no sign of having any difficulty. It is working so well I think I will put it on the Dell Inspiron in dual boot with XP. As a first step I am doing a disk cleanup before installing Ubuntu. Drive C is using 7.07 GB and has 20.8 GB free. I did not realize it only has a 30 GB hard drive. I should probably check to see how much ram it has and what kind of a processor it has. It has an Intel Pentium processor, 1.99 GHz and 512 MB of RAM. When installing wanted to use all free space for the new partition, 64%, 16.5 GB.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
November 28, 2007
November 28, 2007 iPhone Notes
TWIM discussed writers strike and the new Sony, shoulder mounted video camera Z7U ($10,000) and the VX.
I should check out www.mobeygratius.com as a source of free music for video sound tracks. Here is a quote from the web site.
hi,
i'll keep this brief.
this portion of moby.com, 'film music', is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short.
to use the site you log in(or on?) and are then given a password.
you can then listen to the available music and download whatever you want to use in your film or video or short.
the music is free as long as it's being used in a non-commercial or non-profit film, video, or short.
if you want to use it in a commercial film or short then you can apply for an easy license, with any money that's generated being given to the humane society.
i hope that you find what you're looking for,
moby
I need to get an ubuntu book with disc for the Gateway computer.
Went to Dr Helman for my annual checkup and to check on neck rash treatment progress. Saw Dr McCaskil 12 days ago. Weight today is 187 and height 5ft 9in on the clinic scale. In the evening I watched the remaining episodes of The Office, season 3 on a DVD from netflix. I have used up download direct allocation from Netflix until December 3.
I really screwed up my MacBook. I put a ubuntu disk in it and then set it to boot from CD. It booted into ubuntu linux but was not able to get into the graphics interface, in other words it was stuck in text mode. I shut it down and took the ubuntu disk out but it still booted to a line prompt asking for the disk. I thought it might boot from an OS X system disk but it would not and I could not remove the system disk. So I looked at apple/support and saw I could boot from the CD by holding down the C key. Then before actually installing a new OS X, I saw and clicked on an options button and this allowed me to select a startup volume and restart the computer. Back to normal. Now to defragment the defunct OpenA PC and install ubuntu on it.
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TWIM discussed writers strike and the new Sony, shoulder mounted video camera Z7U ($10,000) and the VX.
I should check out www.mobeygratius.com as a source of free music for video sound tracks. Here is a quote from the web site.
hi,
i'll keep this brief.
this portion of moby.com, 'film music', is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short.
to use the site you log in(or on?) and are then given a password.
you can then listen to the available music and download whatever you want to use in your film or video or short.
the music is free as long as it's being used in a non-commercial or non-profit film, video, or short.
if you want to use it in a commercial film or short then you can apply for an easy license, with any money that's generated being given to the humane society.
i hope that you find what you're looking for,
moby
I need to get an ubuntu book with disc for the Gateway computer.
Went to Dr Helman for my annual checkup and to check on neck rash treatment progress. Saw Dr McCaskil 12 days ago. Weight today is 187 and height 5ft 9in on the clinic scale. In the evening I watched the remaining episodes of The Office, season 3 on a DVD from netflix. I have used up download direct allocation from Netflix until December 3.
I really screwed up my MacBook. I put a ubuntu disk in it and then set it to boot from CD. It booted into ubuntu linux but was not able to get into the graphics interface, in other words it was stuck in text mode. I shut it down and took the ubuntu disk out but it still booted to a line prompt asking for the disk. I thought it might boot from an OS X system disk but it would not and I could not remove the system disk. So I looked at apple/support and saw I could boot from the CD by holding down the C key. Then before actually installing a new OS X, I saw and clicked on an options button and this allowed me to select a startup volume and restart the computer. Back to normal. Now to defragment the defunct OpenA PC and install ubuntu on it.
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John Wasson
wassonjb@mac.com
November 26, 2007
November 26, 2007 Notes
Leo LaPorte uses Adobe Audition with Vista to do all his audio editing for his podcasts. I should mention this to Al who wishes to do some editing of files from his new digital audio recorder.
Drupal is web page content management software, could try this for PracticlePress.net (http://drupal.org/)
With iPhoto08 create an album, then send it to .Mac Web Gallery. Other people can view photos and can add photos to the site.
Installed iLife 08 on MacBook. It installed the new version of iMovie, but left the old version in the applications folder. I started to make a copy of the PFG DVD for son John but the old project would not open in iLife 08, so I created a new DVD project and included the preview on the DVD. Here are the remaining things I want to do with the project
1. Add a background music track from Bluegrass Treasures, lowering volume when there is good audio.
2. Establish chapters.
3. Create DVD with the Final Cut Studio DVD program. Alternatively, I could import the QT movie into iMovie (old version), add chapters, and create DVD with iDVD.
4. Creata new disk cover, make copies for sibs and kids, and announce it on wasson.com
Another project I need to do is to move the Dell XPR to a better place and connect the HP 2200 USB connection. Remove the old OpenA computer and load ubuntu Linux system on to the Gateway computer. Try running it as a local server for wassons.com
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Leo LaPorte uses Adobe Audition with Vista to do all his audio editing for his podcasts. I should mention this to Al who wishes to do some editing of files from his new digital audio recorder.
Drupal is web page content management software, could try this for PracticlePress.net (http://drupal.org/)
With iPhoto08 create an album, then send it to .Mac Web Gallery. Other people can view photos and can add photos to the site.
Installed iLife 08 on MacBook. It installed the new version of iMovie, but left the old version in the applications folder. I started to make a copy of the PFG DVD for son John but the old project would not open in iLife 08, so I created a new DVD project and included the preview on the DVD. Here are the remaining things I want to do with the project
1. Add a background music track from Bluegrass Treasures, lowering volume when there is good audio.
2. Establish chapters.
3. Create DVD with the Final Cut Studio DVD program. Alternatively, I could import the QT movie into iMovie (old version), add chapters, and create DVD with iDVD.
4. Creata new disk cover, make copies for sibs and kids, and announce it on wasson.com
Another project I need to do is to move the Dell XPR to a better place and connect the HP 2200 USB connection. Remove the old OpenA computer and load ubuntu Linux system on to the Gateway computer. Try running it as a local server for wassons.com
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John Wasson
wassonjb@mac.com
Sunday, November 25, 2007
November 24, 2007
November 24, 2007 Notes
Well Thanksgiving was a wonderful occasion. Paul, Lisa, Ben, and Sophie arrived in town Wednesday evening and then later Brus showed up. On Thursday, well before the Thanksgiving feast at 5:30, David and Shanon arrived. We had a great meal. On Friday we played computer games, ate more, and some of us went to the science museum in Ashland, which featured a special exhibit on the science of toys.
On the technology front Barbara's PC seems to be suffering severe hardware problems so Brus got her accounts, contacts, favorites, and saved documents transferred to the Dell XPR, which is now her computer, but I can still play dark age of Camelot on it. This morning we all met for a pancake breakfast and then Paul, Lisa, Ben, and Sophie left for Tigard and Dave and Shanon left for Salt Lake City. In the afternoon we went to a movie, American Gangster, with Brus had dinner at Genkai. Brus is going to get up early tomorrow morning and drive back to Seattle.
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Well Thanksgiving was a wonderful occasion. Paul, Lisa, Ben, and Sophie arrived in town Wednesday evening and then later Brus showed up. On Thursday, well before the Thanksgiving feast at 5:30, David and Shanon arrived. We had a great meal. On Friday we played computer games, ate more, and some of us went to the science museum in Ashland, which featured a special exhibit on the science of toys.
On the technology front Barbara's PC seems to be suffering severe hardware problems so Brus got her accounts, contacts, favorites, and saved documents transferred to the Dell XPR, which is now her computer, but I can still play dark age of Camelot on it. This morning we all met for a pancake breakfast and then Paul, Lisa, Ben, and Sophie left for Tigard and Dave and Shanon left for Salt Lake City. In the afternoon we went to a movie, American Gangster, with Brus had dinner at Genkai. Brus is going to get up early tomorrow morning and drive back to Seattle.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
November 20, 2007
November 20, 2007 iPhone Notes
A Diamond Jubilee Birthday or A Day in the Life of ...
I was awakened at 8:30 on the morning of my 75th birthday by a call from a college bookstore ordering 17 copies of a book, Collaboration Handbook for Educators Working Toward Inclusion of Special Needs Students, published by Practical Press. I asked the caller to fax the purchase order to me and said I would get the order out the next day. It was then time to make two cups of my special latte by putting 275 ml of water and 10 grams of Folgers simply smooth ground coffee (gentle on your stomach) in to Mr Coffee. When the coffee was done brewing I heated 150 ml of low fat milk in a large mug with the microwave and added the coffee. Result, 500 ml (2 cups) of delicious coffee. Breakfast also included a bowl of cherrios with skim milk and dried fruit topping. I chased down a 1000 mg fish oil capsule and two 81 mg Bayer low does asprin with 150 ml of low sodium V8.
I listened to a podcast of MacTech created 8-7-07 on the iPhone while taking the clean dishes out of the dish washer and putting the breakfast dishes in. Time to go to the bathroom, put in my hearing enhancement device and get dressed for the day before Pam, the interior decorator arrived to discuss some plans with Barbara for a new deck. She also brought a new non-slip pad and rug for the laundry room, which also contains Chobe's sand box. Chobe later investigated the rug, then curled up and fell asleep on it.
I went to work on email assignments from the course I teach on the Internet, Ed 602 Educational Research Methods. There were also some assignments for Ed 602, Statistics for Educational Research, a course I no longer teach but am taking care of assignments for students who were taking the course in the past but never finished. They have until January 10, 2008 to complete the course.
I got an email bithday card from Jeff, Amy, and Max, and a birthday email message from sister Barbara. After my birthday lunch of tenderloin steak, grilled outdoors on the deck, baked potato, and aspargus, I saw that I had a voice mail on the iPhone. It was brother Bill wishing me a happy birthday, so I called him back and we talked about the Burnt Root tour video I had just sent him. I was pleased to hear he liked the introduction I had put on the tape. My iPhone beeped again and I had an email from son John which I responded to. I wanted to ask him if it was OK to give the kids, my grandchildren, iPod Nanos for Christmas. The phone rang and since Barbara was taking a walk, I answered to hear an automated sales message from Talbots.
I have some work to do for Practical Press, get out the order for 17 copies of Collaboration Handbook, the order that came in at 8:30 this morning and I asked them to fax the purchase order order to me, which they did. I also have to take care of seven copies of the same text which were returned to me yesterday. However, Chobe has other plans, she thinks I should stay in the recliner for my COL duties. COL, of course, refers to Cat On Lap. I was able to get the book order ready to be picked up by the Gene, the mail delivery person tomorrow.
I looked at an animated birthday message on the computer from Julie and a Thanksgiving message from Stacey. As dinner time approached Paul called and Ben and Sophia sang happy birthday to me. Brus called to wish me a happy birthday as did my brother Bob. We finished our dinner, had some birthday cake and opened some presents which included two books, The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam and Geary's Guide to the Greatest Aphorists by James Geary, and opened birthday cards from Barbara, Chobe, and sister Barbara.
That is more or less what happened on the day of my 75th birthday.
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John Wasson
wassonjb@mac.com
(541-646-1613)
A Diamond Jubilee Birthday or A Day in the Life of ...
I was awakened at 8:30 on the morning of my 75th birthday by a call from a college bookstore ordering 17 copies of a book, Collaboration Handbook for Educators Working Toward Inclusion of Special Needs Students, published by Practical Press. I asked the caller to fax the purchase order to me and said I would get the order out the next day. It was then time to make two cups of my special latte by putting 275 ml of water and 10 grams of Folgers simply smooth ground coffee (gentle on your stomach) in to Mr Coffee. When the coffee was done brewing I heated 150 ml of low fat milk in a large mug with the microwave and added the coffee. Result, 500 ml (2 cups) of delicious coffee. Breakfast also included a bowl of cherrios with skim milk and dried fruit topping. I chased down a 1000 mg fish oil capsule and two 81 mg Bayer low does asprin with 150 ml of low sodium V8.
I listened to a podcast of MacTech created 8-7-07 on the iPhone while taking the clean dishes out of the dish washer and putting the breakfast dishes in. Time to go to the bathroom, put in my hearing enhancement device and get dressed for the day before Pam, the interior decorator arrived to discuss some plans with Barbara for a new deck. She also brought a new non-slip pad and rug for the laundry room, which also contains Chobe's sand box. Chobe later investigated the rug, then curled up and fell asleep on it.
I went to work on email assignments from the course I teach on the Internet, Ed 602 Educational Research Methods. There were also some assignments for Ed 602, Statistics for Educational Research, a course I no longer teach but am taking care of assignments for students who were taking the course in the past but never finished. They have until January 10, 2008 to complete the course.
I got an email bithday card from Jeff, Amy, and Max, and a birthday email message from sister Barbara. After my birthday lunch of tenderloin steak, grilled outdoors on the deck, baked potato, and aspargus, I saw that I had a voice mail on the iPhone. It was brother Bill wishing me a happy birthday, so I called him back and we talked about the Burnt Root tour video I had just sent him. I was pleased to hear he liked the introduction I had put on the tape. My iPhone beeped again and I had an email from son John which I responded to. I wanted to ask him if it was OK to give the kids, my grandchildren, iPod Nanos for Christmas. The phone rang and since Barbara was taking a walk, I answered to hear an automated sales message from Talbots.
I have some work to do for Practical Press, get out the order for 17 copies of Collaboration Handbook, the order that came in at 8:30 this morning and I asked them to fax the purchase order order to me, which they did. I also have to take care of seven copies of the same text which were returned to me yesterday. However, Chobe has other plans, she thinks I should stay in the recliner for my COL duties. COL, of course, refers to Cat On Lap. I was able to get the book order ready to be picked up by the Gene, the mail delivery person tomorrow.
I looked at an animated birthday message on the computer from Julie and a Thanksgiving message from Stacey. As dinner time approached Paul called and Ben and Sophia sang happy birthday to me. Brus called to wish me a happy birthday as did my brother Bob. We finished our dinner, had some birthday cake and opened some presents which included two books, The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam and Geary's Guide to the Greatest Aphorists by James Geary, and opened birthday cards from Barbara, Chobe, and sister Barbara.
That is more or less what happened on the day of my 75th birthday.
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John Wasson
wassonjb@mac.com
(541-646-1613)
Monday, November 19, 2007
November 19, 2007
November 19, 2007 Word 2007 Inspiron
For almost 75 years I have trod this extraordinary planet and perceived its wonders and enjoyed its blessings, perceived through my senses. My vision is aided by corrective eyeglasses although I can do most tasks without them. I am not wearing them right now as a write this journal entry with Microsoft Word 2007 on the Dell Inspiron on my lap sitting in the blue recliner. My companion animal and lap warmer is outside sitting on the deck, waiting to be called in for a little snack. She gave up and came in without being called so she forfeits the getting called in snack.
This afternoon I have an appointment with Elizabeth, the audiologist, to check my adaptation to a hearing enhancement device. It greatly aides my hearing Barbara and understanding movies and the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour on television. For most other televiewing I use earphones and my computer, without HEDs in place or with the volume level turned down all the way. I have this remote device that can adjust the volume of my hearing enhancement device. It is supposed to be used temporarily to adjust the volume during these getting started days. I am going to ask to keep it so I will have to pay for it. The total cost of my unit will be similar to a well equipped laptop computer, my other prosthetic communication device. My other well used devices are the iPhone and the Zire 71 PDA. I use both of these to keep journal items on, using Notes on the iPhone and Memo on the Zire 71. I also keep journal items on the Dell Inspiron (using Word 2007), the Alienware computer (using Word 2007), or the MacBook Pro (using Pages or Word for Mac). I have set up a blog on blogger.com, called iPhoneJournal, to share these notes with others, although there is no evidence that any one is viewing them.
The cat decided she needed to sit in my lap so I am continuing to write with the Inspiron perched on the left arm rest of the recliner. Its about 20 centimeters wide and thus holds the lap top nicely. I should have Barbara take a picture of me showing this arrangement of items (computer, chair, cat, and human).
In the afternoon I went in to the audiologist for a progress report on how I am adapting to the use of an HED (hearing enhancement device). After putting the device in my ear it was apparent that the right ear device was not functioning. It turns out it was blocked, something I had not considered and was soon restored to usefulness by the audiologitst.
In the evening brother Rud called to wish me a happy birthday, for tomorrow. He also reported that his neighbor would also be 75 tomorrow. How does the old saw go about how many people are needed in a room for two people to have the same birthdate? I don’t believe they had to be the same age though.
For almost 75 years I have trod this extraordinary planet and perceived its wonders and enjoyed its blessings, perceived through my senses. My vision is aided by corrective eyeglasses although I can do most tasks without them. I am not wearing them right now as a write this journal entry with Microsoft Word 2007 on the Dell Inspiron on my lap sitting in the blue recliner. My companion animal and lap warmer is outside sitting on the deck, waiting to be called in for a little snack. She gave up and came in without being called so she forfeits the getting called in snack.
This afternoon I have an appointment with Elizabeth, the audiologist, to check my adaptation to a hearing enhancement device. It greatly aides my hearing Barbara and understanding movies and the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour on television. For most other televiewing I use earphones and my computer, without HEDs in place or with the volume level turned down all the way. I have this remote device that can adjust the volume of my hearing enhancement device. It is supposed to be used temporarily to adjust the volume during these getting started days. I am going to ask to keep it so I will have to pay for it. The total cost of my unit will be similar to a well equipped laptop computer, my other prosthetic communication device. My other well used devices are the iPhone and the Zire 71 PDA. I use both of these to keep journal items on, using Notes on the iPhone and Memo on the Zire 71. I also keep journal items on the Dell Inspiron (using Word 2007), the Alienware computer (using Word 2007), or the MacBook Pro (using Pages or Word for Mac). I have set up a blog on blogger.com, called iPhoneJournal, to share these notes with others, although there is no evidence that any one is viewing them.
The cat decided she needed to sit in my lap so I am continuing to write with the Inspiron perched on the left arm rest of the recliner. Its about 20 centimeters wide and thus holds the lap top nicely. I should have Barbara take a picture of me showing this arrangement of items (computer, chair, cat, and human).
In the afternoon I went in to the audiologist for a progress report on how I am adapting to the use of an HED (hearing enhancement device). After putting the device in my ear it was apparent that the right ear device was not functioning. It turns out it was blocked, something I had not considered and was soon restored to usefulness by the audiologitst.
In the evening brother Rud called to wish me a happy birthday, for tomorrow. He also reported that his neighbor would also be 75 tomorrow. How does the old saw go about how many people are needed in a room for two people to have the same birthdate? I don’t believe they had to be the same age though.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
November 13, 2007
November 13, 2007 Notes
This is super Tuesday for Wasson birthdays. Five years ago today, Sopia Elaine Wasson was born. Happy birthday Sophie. Sixty-five years ago today was a Friday and on Friday, Nvember 13, 1942, Loren Annis Wasson was born. Happy birthday Bill. In memorium, we also celebrate our father/grandfather/greatgrandfather's birthday. One hundred years ago today, November 13, 1907, John Rutherford Wasson was born. We all think of you and remember you on your birthday Grandpa Jack.
I am still trying to get the wasson.com web server back on the world wide web but have been unsuccesful, since I dropped our charter cable broadband Internet connection and switched to Eartlink DSL. The DSL service is great, I just have not been able to get wasson.com running. I am hoping Paul will help me get it started at Thanksgiving. However, there is an alternate, I am putting family content on my .mac website. Please go to http://web.mac.com/wassonjb/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html
Technical note of interest quoted from Deitel - Second Life, developed by Linden Labs is a 3D virtual world with millions of inhabitants. Users create avatars, digital representations of themselves that they can use to meet other users with similar interests, conduct business, participate in group activities, take classes and more. Some users have created profitable businesses or continued their real life professions in the virtual world. (Deitel, 2007, page 70)
Coming soon to your screen soon
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John
This is super Tuesday for Wasson birthdays. Five years ago today, Sopia Elaine Wasson was born. Happy birthday Sophie. Sixty-five years ago today was a Friday and on Friday, Nvember 13, 1942, Loren Annis Wasson was born. Happy birthday Bill. In memorium, we also celebrate our father/grandfather/greatgrandfather's birthday. One hundred years ago today, November 13, 1907, John Rutherford Wasson was born. We all think of you and remember you on your birthday Grandpa Jack.
I am still trying to get the wasson.com web server back on the world wide web but have been unsuccesful, since I dropped our charter cable broadband Internet connection and switched to Eartlink DSL. The DSL service is great, I just have not been able to get wasson.com running. I am hoping Paul will help me get it started at Thanksgiving. However, there is an alternate, I am putting family content on my .mac website. Please go to http://web.mac.com/wassonjb/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html
Technical note of interest quoted from Deitel - Second Life, developed by Linden Labs is a 3D virtual world with millions of inhabitants. Users create avatars, digital representations of themselves that they can use to meet other users with similar interests, conduct business, participate in group activities, take classes and more. Some users have created profitable businesses or continued their real life professions in the virtual world. (Deitel, 2007, page 70)
Coming soon to your screen soon
Sent from my iPhone
John
Saturday, November 10, 2007
November 9, 2007
November 9, 2007 iPhone Notes
I should figure out how to set up spaces on Mac OS 10.5 on the MacBook. I did get the Address Book contents transferred from a backup version of OS 10.4 on a FireWire drive, BT3.
Audible.com listed "20 Books That Changed Literature" ( in addition to Homer and William Shakespear they admit, and I might add the Bible KJV).
1. The Time Machine H G Wells *
2. Fear of Flying Erica Jong *
3. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain *
4. On the Road: The Original Scroll Jack Kerouac *
5. Bleak House Charles Dickens
6. White Teeth Zadie Smith *
7. Ulysses, Volume 1: Episodes 1-3 James Joyce *
8. The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway *
9. Alive's Adventure in Wonderland Lewis Carroll *
10. The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett
11. A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess
12. Animal Farm George Orwell *
13. In Cold Blood Truman Capote *
14. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S Thompson *
15. Emma Jane Austin
16. Beowulf Robert K Gordon (translated) *
17. Metamorphosis Franz Kafka *
18. The Canterberry Tales Geoffrey Chaucer *
19. The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov, Volume 1 Anton Checkhov
20. Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes *
* Have already read in print edition
Well I better quit writing and get to reading one of my texts on CourseSmart, or if all else fails, respond to student assignments for Ed 603.
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I should figure out how to set up spaces on Mac OS 10.5 on the MacBook. I did get the Address Book contents transferred from a backup version of OS 10.4 on a FireWire drive, BT3.
Audible.com listed "20 Books That Changed Literature" ( in addition to Homer and William Shakespear they admit, and I might add the Bible KJV).
1. The Time Machine H G Wells *
2. Fear of Flying Erica Jong *
3. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain *
4. On the Road: The Original Scroll Jack Kerouac *
5. Bleak House Charles Dickens
6. White Teeth Zadie Smith *
7. Ulysses, Volume 1: Episodes 1-3 James Joyce *
8. The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway *
9. Alive's Adventure in Wonderland Lewis Carroll *
10. The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett
11. A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess
12. Animal Farm George Orwell *
13. In Cold Blood Truman Capote *
14. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S Thompson *
15. Emma Jane Austin
16. Beowulf Robert K Gordon (translated) *
17. Metamorphosis Franz Kafka *
18. The Canterberry Tales Geoffrey Chaucer *
19. The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov, Volume 1 Anton Checkhov
20. Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes *
* Have already read in print edition
Well I better quit writing and get to reading one of my texts on CourseSmart, or if all else fails, respond to student assignments for Ed 603.
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Friday, November 9, 2007
November 8, 2007
November 8, 2007 iPhone
Yesterday brother Bob called to see if it was my birthday. Today I got up at 8:30 and put my hearing enhancement device (HED) in earlier then usual and set it two clicks lower than the default level. I want to test settings for listening to music and podcasts on the iPhone with the earbuds and to use standard earphones with HED on. Went to Barnes and Noble to return a duplicated book and pick up two others by Michael Chabon, The Wonder Boys and The Yiddish Policemen's Union, on the way to Triple A to pick up the Sightseer, which has been winterized. I then went for a 38 minute walk while listening to James Taylor and Leo LaPorte. I then tried to listen to music with standard headphones. There was a squeal from the HED, but when I cranked the HED audio level down to the lowest possible level, the earphones worked quite well.
Tried to get the Gateway computer working by connecting it to one of the Ethernet ports on the airport extreme. Connected the Dell monitor from the XPR and turned on the Gateway computer (Pentium II 300 MHz). The keyboard, monitor, and mouse all worked fine. I got to a screen asking for root password but could get no further. I hope son Paul will help me at Thanksgiving time.
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Yesterday brother Bob called to see if it was my birthday. Today I got up at 8:30 and put my hearing enhancement device (HED) in earlier then usual and set it two clicks lower than the default level. I want to test settings for listening to music and podcasts on the iPhone with the earbuds and to use standard earphones with HED on. Went to Barnes and Noble to return a duplicated book and pick up two others by Michael Chabon, The Wonder Boys and The Yiddish Policemen's Union, on the way to Triple A to pick up the Sightseer, which has been winterized. I then went for a 38 minute walk while listening to James Taylor and Leo LaPorte. I then tried to listen to music with standard headphones. There was a squeal from the HED, but when I cranked the HED audio level down to the lowest possible level, the earphones worked quite well.
Tried to get the Gateway computer working by connecting it to one of the Ethernet ports on the airport extreme. Connected the Dell monitor from the XPR and turned on the Gateway computer (Pentium II 300 MHz). The keyboard, monitor, and mouse all worked fine. I got to a screen asking for root password but could get no further. I hope son Paul will help me at Thanksgiving time.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
November 6, 2007
November 6, 2007 Zire71
I am sitting in the blue recliner with Chobe ensconsed firmly on my lap. Even with the MacBook perched on its chairside perch, I find it difficult to write with Chobe in place. It works fine for reading, I am currently reading Borge and Gall's Educational Research, An Introduction (7th ed., 2003) and Deitel's Internet & World Wide Web, How to Program (4th ed., 2008) on CourseSmart.
Today would have been cousin Bill Nygard's (Roger Carelton Nygard) 75th birthday were he living. I noted this in the Zire's calendar when I checked the date for this memo. The Zire is still working quite well except that the on/off switch does not work. I turn it on by releasing and putting back in the flash memory card. I turn it off by not using it so that it turns off automatically. While checking the calendar, I also noted an entry that said one week to brother Bill's birthday (he will be 65 years old) and one week to granddaughter Sophia's birthday (she will be 4 years old). I have plenty of time to get a birthday card sent to both of them. Sophia is my youngest grandchild. However, last night I dreamt that David Michael had a baby. The baby's mother was not specified in the dream. Bill and Sophia's birthday is also my father's date of birth. He was born November 13, 1907 and would thus be 100 years old on his birthday this year.
My personal technology all seems to be working well at the moment. I do not have the wassons.com web site up though. I need some help in getting the old Gateway computer working for that task.
I am sitting in the blue recliner with Chobe ensconsed firmly on my lap. Even with the MacBook perched on its chairside perch, I find it difficult to write with Chobe in place. It works fine for reading, I am currently reading Borge and Gall's Educational Research, An Introduction (7th ed., 2003) and Deitel's Internet & World Wide Web, How to Program (4th ed., 2008) on CourseSmart.
Today would have been cousin Bill Nygard's (Roger Carelton Nygard) 75th birthday were he living. I noted this in the Zire's calendar when I checked the date for this memo. The Zire is still working quite well except that the on/off switch does not work. I turn it on by releasing and putting back in the flash memory card. I turn it off by not using it so that it turns off automatically. While checking the calendar, I also noted an entry that said one week to brother Bill's birthday (he will be 65 years old) and one week to granddaughter Sophia's birthday (she will be 4 years old). I have plenty of time to get a birthday card sent to both of them. Sophia is my youngest grandchild. However, last night I dreamt that David Michael had a baby. The baby's mother was not specified in the dream. Bill and Sophia's birthday is also my father's date of birth. He was born November 13, 1907 and would thus be 100 years old on his birthday this year.
My personal technology all seems to be working well at the moment. I do not have the wassons.com web site up though. I need some help in getting the old Gateway computer working for that task.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
October 28, 2007
October 28, 2007 Word07 Inspiron
With some trepidation I started to put the new airport extreme wireless network into play. First I installed the software that came with it on the MacBook Pro, revised versions of airport utility and airport disk utility. Then I connected the WAN port on the airport to a port on the switch that has Earthlink DSL on it. Next I connected the shared hard drive BT6 to the USB port on the airport. I was then ready to turn on the airport and run airport utility. It immediately recognized the airport extreme which I was then able to connect to the internet by supplying the ID and password for my Earthlink DSL account. At this point I was able to log the Inspiron on but it was an unsecured service. At earlier times I have tried to log PCs on to an airport network with the message, a 15 or 5 character network password is required. I then went back to airport utility and set up a 15 character network password. I was then able to get on the internet with both the Inspiron and the Alienware laptops. The MacBook, of course is also connected to the internet. I also accessed the Ed 603 Gradebook file on the shared disk drive, made a correction to it, saved it, then saved it as a web page and put it on the MSUM web site with Fetch. I am delighted that everything works so well. I still have to see if Barbara’s iBook can connect and also that all four computers can print on the two connected network printers, the HP Color LaserJet 4600 and the HP LaserJet 2200, but I anticipate that this will work out fine.
Now I can get to work and incorporate the editorial changes brother Bill sent to me for the Passion For Grasses documentary.
With some trepidation I started to put the new airport extreme wireless network into play. First I installed the software that came with it on the MacBook Pro, revised versions of airport utility and airport disk utility. Then I connected the WAN port on the airport to a port on the switch that has Earthlink DSL on it. Next I connected the shared hard drive BT6 to the USB port on the airport. I was then ready to turn on the airport and run airport utility. It immediately recognized the airport extreme which I was then able to connect to the internet by supplying the ID and password for my Earthlink DSL account. At this point I was able to log the Inspiron on but it was an unsecured service. At earlier times I have tried to log PCs on to an airport network with the message, a 15 or 5 character network password is required. I then went back to airport utility and set up a 15 character network password. I was then able to get on the internet with both the Inspiron and the Alienware laptops. The MacBook, of course is also connected to the internet. I also accessed the Ed 603 Gradebook file on the shared disk drive, made a correction to it, saved it, then saved it as a web page and put it on the MSUM web site with Fetch. I am delighted that everything works so well. I still have to see if Barbara’s iBook can connect and also that all four computers can print on the two connected network printers, the HP Color LaserJet 4600 and the HP LaserJet 2200, but I anticipate that this will work out fine.
Now I can get to work and incorporate the editorial changes brother Bill sent to me for the Passion For Grasses documentary.
October 27, 2007
October 27, 2007 Word07 Inspiron
It has been a busy day for personal technology. Yesterday afternoon I took the Dell Inspiron in to Connecting Point to have them put Windows XP on the system. I t was something I tried to do but was unable to, it kept going back to Fedora. I also asked them to install a wireless card on the computer but they called later in the evening and said that it already had a Dell wireless card installed. I wanted to pick up the new operating system for the mac (Leopard) but was told I could not pick it up until 6 O’Clock, Apple’s official roll out time. At 6:15 I went back to Connecting Point and got Mac OS X, version 10.6, an inexpensive USB firewire drive (250 GB) to use as a time machine with leopard, and an airport extreme wireless base station. My goal is to set up a wireless station that both macs and pc laptops can use to get on the internet.
I installed Leopard on MacBook HD with no difficulty. I could not install it on the external hard drive, BR150. I was hoping to put a large Windows partition on this drive with Boot Camp but it did not want to accept Leopard. I then SuperDupered the sytem on MacBook HD to BR150 but did not end up with system start up disk. I also transferred all my basic everyday documents to a 250 GB external hard drive, BT6. I want to attach this hard drive to the airport extreme network when I set it up tomorrow.
It has been a busy day for personal technology. Yesterday afternoon I took the Dell Inspiron in to Connecting Point to have them put Windows XP on the system. I t was something I tried to do but was unable to, it kept going back to Fedora. I also asked them to install a wireless card on the computer but they called later in the evening and said that it already had a Dell wireless card installed. I wanted to pick up the new operating system for the mac (Leopard) but was told I could not pick it up until 6 O’Clock, Apple’s official roll out time. At 6:15 I went back to Connecting Point and got Mac OS X, version 10.6, an inexpensive USB firewire drive (250 GB) to use as a time machine with leopard, and an airport extreme wireless base station. My goal is to set up a wireless station that both macs and pc laptops can use to get on the internet.
I installed Leopard on MacBook HD with no difficulty. I could not install it on the external hard drive, BR150. I was hoping to put a large Windows partition on this drive with Boot Camp but it did not want to accept Leopard. I then SuperDupered the sytem on MacBook HD to BR150 but did not end up with system start up disk. I also transferred all my basic everyday documents to a 250 GB external hard drive, BT6. I want to attach this hard drive to the airport extreme network when I set it up tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
October 24, 2007
October 24, 2007 Writer Mac
Greetings and salutations to anyone interested in personal technology, that is the use of technology in everyday life.
I just installed Fedora Core Linux in Parallels on the MacBook Pro. The installation went perfectly and I am now using OpenOffice.org Writer to try it out and to prepare an item for my increasingly inappropriately named blog, johnsiphonejournal. The default for Writer appears to be Nimbus Roman No9 L with a font size of 12. It looks good on the screen, guess I will just leave it that way. I can always change it later if I wish to. The fonts on the Fedora list do not include Times New Roman which is my current favorite, anyway. A couple of fonts on the list I may wish to look at are Century Schoolbook L and URW Bookman L.
Yesterday, I continued my attempts to install Dark Age of Camelot on the MacBook under Parallels and on the Alienware. I was unsuccessful with both and am about ready to give up on that task. That will mean I only have two computers I can run DAoC on, the Dell XPS and Barbara's PC. Maybe I can reinstall XP on the Inspiron laptop. I called Connecting Point to get some assistance on reinstalling Windows XP on the Inspiron laptop. They said to press F12 repeatedly after turning the computer on with the XP disk in the DVD drive. Then a menu came up with the choice to boot from CD/DVD and press any key to start. But it still went back to the Fedora core. I tried the same thing with the Dell windows restore disk, and it did the same thing, went back to booting Fedora. Well I better go back to the MacBook HD and check my email and such stuff as that, maybe even work on Passion for Grasses a bit.
October 24, 2007 Word MacBook
This is a word document created by the recently installed copy of Office:mac for MacBook HD. When looking at class assignments today, I found I could open Word .doc files with Pages, print them out and read them nicely. I then opened the Excel gradebook file for the course and was able to add the grade for the lesson I just checked. However when I went to save the file it would not save it to the original file but saved it as a new Numbers file. So I decided I needed to get Word and Excel installed on this hard drive, MacBook HD. I will be replacing these with the Office:mac 2007 when it becomes available. I also added some more subscriptions to podcasts from iTunes. When I finished the subscriptions and installing Word and Excel there is 72.75 GB available on MacBook HD. I still would like to add Adobe Flash CS3 and possibly Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 and Illustrator CS3. I think I will have enough space to add them. I will however have to watch it as I start adding photos to iPhoto and additional music (and podcasts) to iTunes. I wonder if there is a way to save iPhotos on a different hard drive, for example the USB drive I plan on adding to the new Airport Exress when I get it. This document seems to look a little small on the screen as I work on it so I am changing the font, which is Times – 12, to Times New Roman – 12, and changing the View perspective from 100% to 150%. I can now read the material on the screen a lot easier.
Greetings and salutations to anyone interested in personal technology, that is the use of technology in everyday life.
I just installed Fedora Core Linux in Parallels on the MacBook Pro. The installation went perfectly and I am now using OpenOffice.org Writer to try it out and to prepare an item for my increasingly inappropriately named blog, johnsiphonejournal. The default for Writer appears to be Nimbus Roman No9 L with a font size of 12. It looks good on the screen, guess I will just leave it that way. I can always change it later if I wish to. The fonts on the Fedora list do not include Times New Roman which is my current favorite, anyway. A couple of fonts on the list I may wish to look at are Century Schoolbook L and URW Bookman L.
Yesterday, I continued my attempts to install Dark Age of Camelot on the MacBook under Parallels and on the Alienware. I was unsuccessful with both and am about ready to give up on that task. That will mean I only have two computers I can run DAoC on, the Dell XPS and Barbara's PC. Maybe I can reinstall XP on the Inspiron laptop. I called Connecting Point to get some assistance on reinstalling Windows XP on the Inspiron laptop. They said to press F12 repeatedly after turning the computer on with the XP disk in the DVD drive. Then a menu came up with the choice to boot from CD/DVD and press any key to start. But it still went back to the Fedora core. I tried the same thing with the Dell windows restore disk, and it did the same thing, went back to booting Fedora. Well I better go back to the MacBook HD and check my email and such stuff as that, maybe even work on Passion for Grasses a bit.
October 24, 2007 Word MacBook
This is a word document created by the recently installed copy of Office:mac for MacBook HD. When looking at class assignments today, I found I could open Word .doc files with Pages, print them out and read them nicely. I then opened the Excel gradebook file for the course and was able to add the grade for the lesson I just checked. However when I went to save the file it would not save it to the original file but saved it as a new Numbers file. So I decided I needed to get Word and Excel installed on this hard drive, MacBook HD. I will be replacing these with the Office:mac 2007 when it becomes available. I also added some more subscriptions to podcasts from iTunes. When I finished the subscriptions and installing Word and Excel there is 72.75 GB available on MacBook HD. I still would like to add Adobe Flash CS3 and possibly Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 and Illustrator CS3. I think I will have enough space to add them. I will however have to watch it as I start adding photos to iPhoto and additional music (and podcasts) to iTunes. I wonder if there is a way to save iPhotos on a different hard drive, for example the USB drive I plan on adding to the new Airport Exress when I get it. This document seems to look a little small on the screen as I work on it so I am changing the font, which is Times – 12, to Times New Roman – 12, and changing the View perspective from 100% to 150%. I can now read the material on the screen a lot easier.
Monday, October 22, 2007
October 22, 2007
October 22, 2007 Notes
Last night I arranged all the video clips for PFG (Passion For Grasses) onto the timeline in FCP6 and exported a QuickTime movie for a DVD I can view and decide what kind of introduction to put into each chapter. I also put in chapter markers on the timeline in FCP6. Next step is to go through the video, making any additions or deletion, then add title overlays at the beginning of each chapter. Call or email Bill to make certain I have the titles and locations correct. Then work on the soundtrack, adding narrative or music as needed. I can use GarageBand or SoundTrack for this or maybe just do it within Final Cut Pro.
1. Getting Started - video segment introducing the documentary and showing the equipment, then show overlay, Getting Started, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
2. Konza Prairie Overlook - delete the segment where airplane is flying over, insert overlay - Konza Prairie Overlook, Manhatten, Kansas.
3. Konza Praire Nature Trail - add intro narration and overlay - Konza Prairie Nature Trail, Manhatten, Kansas.
4. Springhill Ranch - add intro narration and overlay - Springhill Ranch, Strong City, Kansas.
5. Tall Grass Prairie National Preserve, Strong City, Kansas. Do not need intro narration, add overlay.
6. Tower Overview, Flint Hills National Wildlife Reserve, Hartford, Kansas. Add narration and overlay.
7. Flint Hills National Wildlife Reserve, Hartford, Kansas. Add narration and overlay.
8. Rud's Prairie Project, Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Add overlay.
9. Al's Prairie Project, Redwood Falls, Minnesota. Add overlay.
10, Bill's Prairie Project, Mahomet, Illinois. Add overlay.
11. Bob's Prairie Project, Battle Lake, Minnesota. Add or improve narration, add overlay.
12. Rud on burning, Add overlay.
I installed Appleworks 6 on MacBook HD, leaving 73.93 GB available, and on MacintoshHD2 (G4), with 106.31 GB available. I will be putting Leopard on these two hard drives when it comes out Friday.
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Last night I arranged all the video clips for PFG (Passion For Grasses) onto the timeline in FCP6 and exported a QuickTime movie for a DVD I can view and decide what kind of introduction to put into each chapter. I also put in chapter markers on the timeline in FCP6. Next step is to go through the video, making any additions or deletion, then add title overlays at the beginning of each chapter. Call or email Bill to make certain I have the titles and locations correct. Then work on the soundtrack, adding narrative or music as needed. I can use GarageBand or SoundTrack for this or maybe just do it within Final Cut Pro.
1. Getting Started - video segment introducing the documentary and showing the equipment, then show overlay, Getting Started, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
2. Konza Prairie Overlook - delete the segment where airplane is flying over, insert overlay - Konza Prairie Overlook, Manhatten, Kansas.
3. Konza Praire Nature Trail - add intro narration and overlay - Konza Prairie Nature Trail, Manhatten, Kansas.
4. Springhill Ranch - add intro narration and overlay - Springhill Ranch, Strong City, Kansas.
5. Tall Grass Prairie National Preserve, Strong City, Kansas. Do not need intro narration, add overlay.
6. Tower Overview, Flint Hills National Wildlife Reserve, Hartford, Kansas. Add narration and overlay.
7. Flint Hills National Wildlife Reserve, Hartford, Kansas. Add narration and overlay.
8. Rud's Prairie Project, Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Add overlay.
9. Al's Prairie Project, Redwood Falls, Minnesota. Add overlay.
10, Bill's Prairie Project, Mahomet, Illinois. Add overlay.
11. Bob's Prairie Project, Battle Lake, Minnesota. Add or improve narration, add overlay.
12. Rud on burning, Add overlay.
I installed Appleworks 6 on MacBook HD, leaving 73.93 GB available, and on MacintoshHD2 (G4), with 106.31 GB available. I will be putting Leopard on these two hard drives when it comes out Friday.
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Friday, October 19, 2007
October 19, 2007
October 19, 2007 Word Alien
Just purchased and installed Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 on the Alienware computer. I was using a trial version but it expired. I need Word 2007 to check word files from my online students in Ed 203 who are using Word 2007. Apparently two students are and I could not open their word files with the older versions of Word I had on the Mac and on the PC. Of course Word 2007 files could be saved in a version that the older versions could open, but that would be putting undue restrictions on how students can submit their assignments.
This has been a busy day of installations. I made a SuperDuper copy of the MacBook hard drive on to the firewire drive BT3. This will be my major hard drive for daily work (online courses and practical press). Someday I will get a new airport and attach a 500GB USB drive and put data on that drive that can then be accessed by any computer on line (Ed 602, Ed 603, Practical Press, and PracticalUpdate). I also should be able to access that wireless station with the Alienware computer (PC).
After doing a clean install of Mac OS X (tiger) on the MacBook hard drive, I will have plenty of room to install Final Cut Studio on that drive. Final Cut Studio requires 51 GB of disk space. After installing OS X on MacBook HD it had 17.9 GB used, 130.76 GB available (Total 148.73 GB). But before I installed Final Cut Studio 2 I went back to the BT3 drive, which has the original copy of Final Cut Studio installed on it and resurrect the files for the Passion For Grasses documentary I am working on. I will save the major clips as QuickTime files and then import the QuickTime files in to FCP Version 6. I am placing the files on the Summer 2007 firewire drive, which will also serve as the media drive for FCP6. The files I created are
1. BillsPrairieProject 2.26GB
2. BobsPrairieProject 3.39GB
3. BurntRootsTour 9.01GB
4. RudOnBurning 984.6 MB
5. RudsPrairieProject 5.03GB
6. AlsPrairieProject 3.09GB
I will also need audio files 52-56 for the audio on Al’s project.
I had originally put Final Cut Studio 2 on a firewire drive, but I Superdupered the OS on the MacBook HD to the disk, wiping it out but renamed it as BR150 and installed Parallels on it. I picked up a new copy of Windows XP Home Edition to put on that system. It worked out nicely so I decided to install Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007. That seemed to go well so now I am going to try again to download Dark Age of Camelot, starting with the 14 day free trial, which is now downloading. Tomorrow I will try to use FCP6 and work on the Passion For Grasses documentary. I also am watching instructional videos about FCP6 from Lynda.com on the G4.
Just purchased and installed Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 on the Alienware computer. I was using a trial version but it expired. I need Word 2007 to check word files from my online students in Ed 203 who are using Word 2007. Apparently two students are and I could not open their word files with the older versions of Word I had on the Mac and on the PC. Of course Word 2007 files could be saved in a version that the older versions could open, but that would be putting undue restrictions on how students can submit their assignments.
This has been a busy day of installations. I made a SuperDuper copy of the MacBook hard drive on to the firewire drive BT3. This will be my major hard drive for daily work (online courses and practical press). Someday I will get a new airport and attach a 500GB USB drive and put data on that drive that can then be accessed by any computer on line (Ed 602, Ed 603, Practical Press, and PracticalUpdate). I also should be able to access that wireless station with the Alienware computer (PC).
After doing a clean install of Mac OS X (tiger) on the MacBook hard drive, I will have plenty of room to install Final Cut Studio on that drive. Final Cut Studio requires 51 GB of disk space. After installing OS X on MacBook HD it had 17.9 GB used, 130.76 GB available (Total 148.73 GB). But before I installed Final Cut Studio 2 I went back to the BT3 drive, which has the original copy of Final Cut Studio installed on it and resurrect the files for the Passion For Grasses documentary I am working on. I will save the major clips as QuickTime files and then import the QuickTime files in to FCP Version 6. I am placing the files on the Summer 2007 firewire drive, which will also serve as the media drive for FCP6. The files I created are
1. BillsPrairieProject 2.26GB
2. BobsPrairieProject 3.39GB
3. BurntRootsTour 9.01GB
4. RudOnBurning 984.6 MB
5. RudsPrairieProject 5.03GB
6. AlsPrairieProject 3.09GB
I will also need audio files 52-56 for the audio on Al’s project.
I had originally put Final Cut Studio 2 on a firewire drive, but I Superdupered the OS on the MacBook HD to the disk, wiping it out but renamed it as BR150 and installed Parallels on it. I picked up a new copy of Windows XP Home Edition to put on that system. It worked out nicely so I decided to install Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007. That seemed to go well so now I am going to try again to download Dark Age of Camelot, starting with the 14 day free trial, which is now downloading. Tomorrow I will try to use FCP6 and work on the Passion For Grasses documentary. I also am watching instructional videos about FCP6 from Lynda.com on the G4.
Monday, October 15, 2007
October 14, 2000
October 14, 2007 Notes
Another success, the alienware laptop is on the Internet by internal Ethernet to Earthlink DSL. I just turned the computer on and when the Alienware start page came up, instead of dismissing it as I usually do, I clicked on connect to the Internet and it responded with "you are connected to the Internet," and I was, so I played WOW for a bit and then started to install Dark Age of Camelot (unsuccessfully).
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Another success, the alienware laptop is on the Internet by internal Ethernet to Earthlink DSL. I just turned the computer on and when the Alienware start page came up, instead of dismissing it as I usually do, I clicked on connect to the Internet and it responded with "you are connected to the Internet," and I was, so I played WOW for a bit and then started to install Dark Age of Camelot (unsuccessfully).
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John Wasson
wassonjb@mac.com
(541-646-1613)
Saturday, October 13, 2007
October 13, 2007
October 13, 2007 Word
Greetings and welcome to Microsoft Word on the Dell XPS. This computer can access the internet through a switch connected to the Earthlink DSL modem. This computer can print to the HP LaserJet 3330. That is important because if Barbara uses this computer she needs a printer (and of course Word). I was able to get her PC attached to the switch to the Earthlink DSL modem and thus connected to the internet. So here is a summary of the status of items connected to the Linksys SD 208 10/100 switch.
Port 1 Earthlink DSL Modem.
Port 2 Barbara’s PC. Can print to the HP 2200 printer through a USB connection. While I was checking Barbara’s PC I made some changes in the DSL connection protocol (changed it to never dial up and then read connections automatically) and then it got to the internet flawlessly. Hooray!
Port 3 The Alienware computer (internal Ethernet). Can not get on the internet. Can not connect to the airport wireless network.
Port 4 Dell XPS can get on to internet and can print to the HP 3330 printer via a parallel connection. It can also download scanned images from the 3330.
Port 5 Free at the moment.
Port 6 HP LaserJet2200DN IP Address: 192.168.1.39
Port 7 HP Color LaserJet 4600dn printer IP Address IP Address: 192.168.38
Port 8 Airport Wireless Network (wasson). The MacBook can connect to the internet through the airport and print to the HP 2200 (IP Address: 192.168.1.39) or to the HP 4600 (IP Address: 192.168.1.38). The G4 can also connect to the internet via the airport and print out to the HP 2200 and HP 4600 printers. The other computer we have to test over the wireless network is Barbara’s iBook. I can not get the Alienware computer to access the internet through its built in Ethernet or through the airport wireless network. I will have to wait until one my multitalented sons visit and see if they can get it working. I really need it working so I can play three accounts on Dark Age of Camelot simultaneously. The other task I can not do currently is put up the wassons.com website. I have one free port on the switch to connect the wassons.com server (an old Gateway computer running linux) if I can figure out how to do it or Paul helps me set it up. So for the forseeable future wassons.com is off the air (or off the ethernet). One other success is that my iPhone seems able to log on to the internet and to send email through the airport WiFi connection.
I prepared this document with Word on the Dell XPR. Now to see if I can post it to my blog at johnsiphonejournal.blogspot.com.
Greetings and welcome to Microsoft Word on the Dell XPS. This computer can access the internet through a switch connected to the Earthlink DSL modem. This computer can print to the HP LaserJet 3330. That is important because if Barbara uses this computer she needs a printer (and of course Word). I was able to get her PC attached to the switch to the Earthlink DSL modem and thus connected to the internet. So here is a summary of the status of items connected to the Linksys SD 208 10/100 switch.
Port 1 Earthlink DSL Modem.
Port 2 Barbara’s PC. Can print to the HP 2200 printer through a USB connection. While I was checking Barbara’s PC I made some changes in the DSL connection protocol (changed it to never dial up and then read connections automatically) and then it got to the internet flawlessly. Hooray!
Port 3 The Alienware computer (internal Ethernet). Can not get on the internet. Can not connect to the airport wireless network.
Port 4 Dell XPS can get on to internet and can print to the HP 3330 printer via a parallel connection. It can also download scanned images from the 3330.
Port 5 Free at the moment.
Port 6 HP LaserJet2200DN IP Address: 192.168.1.39
Port 7 HP Color LaserJet 4600dn printer IP Address IP Address: 192.168.38
Port 8 Airport Wireless Network (wasson). The MacBook can connect to the internet through the airport and print to the HP 2200 (IP Address: 192.168.1.39) or to the HP 4600 (IP Address: 192.168.1.38). The G4 can also connect to the internet via the airport and print out to the HP 2200 and HP 4600 printers. The other computer we have to test over the wireless network is Barbara’s iBook. I can not get the Alienware computer to access the internet through its built in Ethernet or through the airport wireless network. I will have to wait until one my multitalented sons visit and see if they can get it working. I really need it working so I can play three accounts on Dark Age of Camelot simultaneously. The other task I can not do currently is put up the wassons.com website. I have one free port on the switch to connect the wassons.com server (an old Gateway computer running linux) if I can figure out how to do it or Paul helps me set it up. So for the forseeable future wassons.com is off the air (or off the ethernet). One other success is that my iPhone seems able to log on to the internet and to send email through the airport WiFi connection.
I prepared this document with Word on the Dell XPR. Now to see if I can post it to my blog at johnsiphonejournal.blogspot.com.
Friday, October 12, 2007
October 12, 2007
October 12, 2007 Pages
Once more in to the breech. I have the following items plugged into the Linksys SD 208 8-Port 10/100 switch.
Port 1 - the DSL modem
Port 2 - Airport Express (reset)
Port 3 - MacBook Pro internal ethernet
I disconnected the MacBook Pro and connected to Apple Network ea 1734, the computer responded by saying it could not find a PPPoE server.
I ran Airport Setup Assistant, selecting Set up a new AirPort Base Station, it responded The AirPort Setup Assistant has found a new AirPort Extreme named “Base Station ea1734.” Selected continue.
selected Create a new wireless network, continue
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Airport Extreme Name: extreme, continue
Selected 128-bit WEP (more compatible)
Wireless Network Password: johnbruce1932, Verify Password: continue
Selected I use a DSL or cable modem using PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE), continue
If this selection does not work I will start over again and select I use a DSL or cable modem with a static IP address or DHCP and that does not work I will start over for a third time and select I connect to my local area netword (LAN).
PPPoE Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Password: usual
Verify Password: usual
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
Airport Extreme Password: usual
Verify Password: usual
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
When I clicked the Show Passwords button, the Show Passwords popup window said:
AirPort Extreme Password: usual
Wireless Network Password: my 13 character password
OK Update Success Reported Quit
When I logged onto Apple Network ea1734 it showed looking for PPPoE host... on menu bar and of course did not connect to the internet.
I then went through the entire proceedure after resetting the airport and selected I use a DSL or cable modem with a static IP address or DHCP.
Configure using DHCP continue
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Connect Using: Ethernet
Configure TCP/IP: Using DHCP
IP Address:
Clicked Update, reported congratulations, Quit
Tried Firefox. Server not found. Failure again.
I will start over for a third time and select “I connect to my local area netword (LAN).”
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Connect Using: Ethernet
Configure TCP/IP: Using DHCP
IP Address:
Clicked Update, reported congratulations, Quit
Tried Firefox. Server not found. Failure again.
Let’s try once more by resetting the airport extreme and connecting it directly to the EarthlinkDSL modem. I made one change to the set up and set the Airport Extreme password to the second usual password. The summary screen reported the same way as it had through the switch.
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
However it did not work. Let’s set it back to out original configuration and call Apple Care. I can paste Practical Press address labels in copies of Collaboration Handbook while I am waiting.
I spent 3 hours on the line with apple, moving up from one level of specialist to another. What was the conclusion. Something is wrong with the WAN ethernet port on the airport extreme. After that was all over I found the DSL modem had changed, the light for the internet was on, it had not been on earlier. None of the computers except the Dell XPR could get on the internet. Then in a wierd turn of events I plugged the old airport into the Earthlink DSL switch and both the MacBook and the G4 could get on the internet via the airport connection. The MacBook could print to the HP 4600 via a Bonjour printer selection.
The iPhone also seems to have made a WiFi connection to the airport.
Now if I can just get Barbara's PC and the Alienware computer to connect to the internet everything will be OK.
Once more in to the breech. I have the following items plugged into the Linksys SD 208 8-Port 10/100 switch.
Port 1 - the DSL modem
Port 2 - Airport Express (reset)
Port 3 - MacBook Pro internal ethernet
I disconnected the MacBook Pro and connected to Apple Network ea 1734, the computer responded by saying it could not find a PPPoE server.
I ran Airport Setup Assistant, selecting Set up a new AirPort Base Station, it responded The AirPort Setup Assistant has found a new AirPort Extreme named “Base Station ea1734.” Selected continue.
selected Create a new wireless network, continue
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Airport Extreme Name: extreme, continue
Selected 128-bit WEP (more compatible)
Wireless Network Password: johnbruce1932, Verify Password: continue
Selected I use a DSL or cable modem using PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE), continue
If this selection does not work I will start over again and select I use a DSL or cable modem with a static IP address or DHCP and that does not work I will start over for a third time and select I connect to my local area netword (LAN).
PPPoE Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Password: usual
Verify Password: usual
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
Airport Extreme Password: usual
Verify Password: usual
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
When I clicked the Show Passwords button, the Show Passwords popup window said:
AirPort Extreme Password: usual
Wireless Network Password: my 13 character password
OK Update Success Reported Quit
When I logged onto Apple Network ea1734 it showed looking for PPPoE host... on menu bar and of course did not connect to the internet.
I then went through the entire proceedure after resetting the airport and selected I use a DSL or cable modem with a static IP address or DHCP.
Configure using DHCP continue
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Connect Using: Ethernet
Configure TCP/IP: Using DHCP
IP Address:
Clicked Update, reported congratulations, Quit
Tried Firefox. Server not found. Failure again.
I will start over for a third time and select “I connect to my local area netword (LAN).”
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Connect Using: Ethernet
Configure TCP/IP: Using DHCP
IP Address:
Clicked Update, reported congratulations, Quit
Tried Firefox. Server not found. Failure again.
Let’s try once more by resetting the airport extreme and connecting it directly to the EarthlinkDSL modem. I made one change to the set up and set the Airport Extreme password to the second usual password. The summary screen reported the same way as it had through the switch.
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
However it did not work. Let’s set it back to out original configuration and call Apple Care. I can paste Practical Press address labels in copies of Collaboration Handbook while I am waiting.
I spent 3 hours on the line with apple, moving up from one level of specialist to another. What was the conclusion. Something is wrong with the WAN ethernet port on the airport extreme. After that was all over I found the DSL modem had changed, the light for the internet was on, it had not been on earlier. None of the computers except the Dell XPR could get on the internet. Then in a wierd turn of events I plugged the old airport into the Earthlink DSL switch and both the MacBook and the G4 could get on the internet via the airport connection. The MacBook could print to the HP 4600 via a Bonjour printer selection.
The iPhone also seems to have made a WiFi connection to the airport.
Now if I can just get Barbara's PC and the Alienware computer to connect to the internet everything will be OK.
October 11, 2007
October 11, 2007
I found out what the problem was with receiving orders from the Practical Press web site. The two online order forms and the catalog request form have a feature so that when the form is submitted a response goes back to the originator indicating that the order has been received. A copy of the order is sent to me via a mailto. The problem was that the email address, johnw@practicalpress.net was not active. I just changed the mailto in each form to my current email address, wassonj@teleport.com, and everything started to work nicely.
I also found I could print from either the G4 or MacBook to the HP 2200 if the computer was logged into the wasson airport. I could not get to the internet that way but could get to the printer. I also went to sharing -> internet on the MacBook while it was connected to the internet via its built in ethernet and set up internet sharing from the MacBook's airport. Using this I was able to get the G4 on the internet with its ethernet connection disconnected. I used a 13 character password so that a PC with WiFi could log on. However when I tried the Alienware laptop, it did not work. I also tried setting an airport network on the G4 and then getting to the internet wirelessly from the MacBook but that did not work. Too bad, that would have been useful, in fact I would not need the airport extreme if that had worked. I did some more editing of the burnt roots tour video.
This entry was created with the Zire 71.
I found out what the problem was with receiving orders from the Practical Press web site. The two online order forms and the catalog request form have a feature so that when the form is submitted a response goes back to the originator indicating that the order has been received. A copy of the order is sent to me via a mailto. The problem was that the email address, johnw@practicalpress.net was not active. I just changed the mailto in each form to my current email address, wassonj@teleport.com, and everything started to work nicely.
I also found I could print from either the G4 or MacBook to the HP 2200 if the computer was logged into the wasson airport. I could not get to the internet that way but could get to the printer. I also went to sharing -> internet on the MacBook while it was connected to the internet via its built in ethernet and set up internet sharing from the MacBook's airport. Using this I was able to get the G4 on the internet with its ethernet connection disconnected. I used a 13 character password so that a PC with WiFi could log on. However when I tried the Alienware laptop, it did not work. I also tried setting an airport network on the G4 and then getting to the internet wirelessly from the MacBook but that did not work. Too bad, that would have been useful, in fact I would not need the airport extreme if that had worked. I did some more editing of the burnt roots tour video.
This entry was created with the Zire 71.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
October 10, 2007
October 10, 2007
Another day in the exciting world of home and office technology. For starters I got a call from MBS textbook excange saying that they have submitted two orders for books to Practical Press on the internet, paid for them by Visa, but have not received them. One was for 6 Collaboration Handbooks and the other was for 7 Collaboration Handbooks. They have records that the first was charged, the amount they stated was not the amount they would have been charged by the online system. I went ahead and sent them the two orders but have to get to work and find out what is wrong with the practicalpress online ordering system.
Another day in the exciting world of home and office technology. For starters I got a call from MBS textbook excange saying that they have submitted two orders for books to Practical Press on the internet, paid for them by Visa, but have not received them. One was for 6 Collaboration Handbooks and the other was for 7 Collaboration Handbooks. They have records that the first was charged, the amount they stated was not the amount they would have been charged by the online system. I went ahead and sent them the two orders but have to get to work and find out what is wrong with the practicalpress online ordering system.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
October 8, 2007
October 8, 2007
Columbus Day today, no mail. Yesterday, I successfuly installed Final Cut Studio on the BT3 FireWire drive. This drive is a SuperDuper clone of the MacBook hard drive and is, of course, bootable. I also started setting up the scenes for a dramatization of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as a flash animation. Featuring soda cans, The Strange Adventure of Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb (or Dr. Peeper and Mr. Hibb). After posting my latest iPhone Journal and checking email, I plan to move the PowerBook with BT3 attached, into the rec room and start editing the prairie projects footage. Then the next day, Tuesday, I plan to call apple care center and once again try to get the airport extreme connected to the internet through Earthlink DSL.
Sent from my iPhone
John Wasson
wassonjb@mac.com
(541-646-1613)
Columbus Day today, no mail. Yesterday, I successfuly installed Final Cut Studio on the BT3 FireWire drive. This drive is a SuperDuper clone of the MacBook hard drive and is, of course, bootable. I also started setting up the scenes for a dramatization of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as a flash animation. Featuring soda cans, The Strange Adventure of Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb (or Dr. Peeper and Mr. Hibb). After posting my latest iPhone Journal and checking email, I plan to move the PowerBook with BT3 attached, into the rec room and start editing the prairie projects footage. Then the next day, Tuesday, I plan to call apple care center and once again try to get the airport extreme connected to the internet through Earthlink DSL.
Sent from my iPhone
John Wasson
wassonjb@mac.com
(541-646-1613)
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
October 9, 2007
October 9, 2007
Might as well write today's journal in an OpenOffice.org Writer document. I notice that when I opened OppenOffice an xterm window opens too with line 67-40-125-196:~ John$ When I enter ls and hit return it shows me a number of files which turn out to be the same files as in the home directory of the MacBook (John). This seems to be the default place to store odt documents. Speaking of which I have been trying to get the MacBook to access the internet through the airport extreme, again with no apparent success. I called the apple care site where I was put on hold, told the waiting time was 8 minutes and then after 5 or 6 minutes the line went dead. So much for Apple Care. I do not seem to have done much today.
I took down the cable modem to return to Charter as Barbara called and canceled our internet connection which costs $50 per month and from which we are getting virtually no connectivity. I plugged the ethernet connection (switch) that had been plugged into the cable modem in to the switch for the Earthlink DSL connection but it did not immediately give internet access. Connected to this switch is the Gateway Computer which runs ClarkConnect software and is the server for wassons.com, the old airport, The G4, the Dell Inspiron (running linux), and the HP 2200 printer. I had to remove the G4 from the EarthlinkDSL switch so I had a port to connect the other switch. It does not do much, but I was able to print a document from the G4 to the HP 4600 which is on the other switch, by using its IP address which was 10.0.1.3
I will continue trying to get the network working and connect to the internet, but I am afraid wassons.com is off the air until Thanksgiving at which time I might be able to get Paul to help me get it going again. Lacking a wireless connection to the internet, my iPhone is also unable to send out email by WiFi. I can however use any of my computers as long as they have an ethernet connection to the switch that is connected to EarthlinkDSL. Also in the success column I have been able to install the upgrade to Final Cut Pro and have been using it to edit the videos for the prairie projects of Rud, Bill, Al, and Bob.
Might as well write today's journal in an OpenOffice.org Writer document. I notice that when I opened OppenOffice an xterm window opens too with line 67-40-125-196:~ John$ When I enter ls and hit return it shows me a number of files which turn out to be the same files as in the home directory of the MacBook (John). This seems to be the default place to store odt documents. Speaking of which I have been trying to get the MacBook to access the internet through the airport extreme, again with no apparent success. I called the apple care site where I was put on hold, told the waiting time was 8 minutes and then after 5 or 6 minutes the line went dead. So much for Apple Care. I do not seem to have done much today.
I took down the cable modem to return to Charter as Barbara called and canceled our internet connection which costs $50 per month and from which we are getting virtually no connectivity. I plugged the ethernet connection (switch) that had been plugged into the cable modem in to the switch for the Earthlink DSL connection but it did not immediately give internet access. Connected to this switch is the Gateway Computer which runs ClarkConnect software and is the server for wassons.com, the old airport, The G4, the Dell Inspiron (running linux), and the HP 2200 printer. I had to remove the G4 from the EarthlinkDSL switch so I had a port to connect the other switch. It does not do much, but I was able to print a document from the G4 to the HP 4600 which is on the other switch, by using its IP address which was 10.0.1.3
I will continue trying to get the network working and connect to the internet, but I am afraid wassons.com is off the air until Thanksgiving at which time I might be able to get Paul to help me get it going again. Lacking a wireless connection to the internet, my iPhone is also unable to send out email by WiFi. I can however use any of my computers as long as they have an ethernet connection to the switch that is connected to EarthlinkDSL. Also in the success column I have been able to install the upgrade to Final Cut Pro and have been using it to edit the videos for the prairie projects of Rud, Bill, Al, and Bob.
Monday, October 8, 2007
October 7, 2007
October 5, 2007 Pages (October 7 follows)
Since I already have posted an October 5 entry to my blog and I want to write some more with pages on the MacBook, I will name this document October 5,2007 Pages. I was using the Alienware computer and found that it will not log on to the internet through the airport extreme, which it did yesterday. I really do not understand what is going on, so I took it back to the office, plugged in the ethernet cable and started to download OpenOffice.Org which I wanted to play around with. I used to have NeoOffice.org on the PowerBook but took it off when I was running out of disk space. At the moment I have 11.5 GB of available space so I don’t want to put it on here. Anyway I am using Pages as my experimental word processing program.
I received the upgrade to Final Cut Studio today and wonder if I have enough space to install it on the MacBook. Will it remove the old program as it installs the new? If it does not I will certainly run out of space on the hard drive. I do not think I can install it on a firewire drive. I believe it has to be installed on the boot drive. I could backup the system to the firewire drive with SuperDuper, boot from the firewire drive and then install the new system on that drive.
I like the way the text for Pages looks on the computer screen as I type. I am using the default font which is Helvetica-12. This is something I can do sitting in the blue recliner without being connected to the internet. I would, however like to get the wireless network working on the earthlink DSL connection. I am also going through some lessons for Flash MX on the MacBook.
October 7, 2007
The information on Final Cut Studio 2 upgrade says that it requires 30.6 GB of memory. There is 10.19 GB available on the Macintosh HD on the PowerBook. So I backed up the hard drive to a firewire drive with SuperDuper! I then proceeded to install Final Cut Studio 2 to the firewire drive. The first time through it gave up when I got to the last installation disk (motion content) and it quit installing so I had to cancel and start over again. The second time through the installation worked fine and I ended up installing Final Cut Pro 6, Color (new to FCP studio), Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Compressor 3, and DVD Studio Pro 4 on the firewire drive named BT3. I then booted the system from BT3 and tried out the new installation of Final Cut Pro, it assigned the BT3 drive as the repository for distribution files. I did not input any new video from a camcorder or tape deck at this time but I did set up a new project to work on the Prairie Project footage from Bill, Rud, Bob, and Al. I then rebooted the system from the original hard drive, opened up the old version of FCP and exported four quicktime movies, the in progress videos for Bill’s Prairie Project (2.26 GB), Rud’s Prairie Project (6 GB), Bob’s Prairie Project (3.39 GB), and Al’s Prairie Project (3.09 GB) to the BT3 hard drive. The distribution files were on another external hard drive, Summer2007, so I had that attached to the computer via a USB port during the process. I also moved a folder of Al’s audio files (399.5 MB) to the BT3 hard drive.
This was Sunday and time to check that all my responses to student assignments and email responses were up to date so I could post the student gradebooks for Ed 602 and Ed 603 to the internet and save backups of the two class folders and the practical press folder, to another external hard drive (BT5).
I then rebooted the system from the BT3 hard drive and proceeded to get all the exported files in to a Final Cut Pro 6 project. This went just fine, I imported all the video clips and the audio files. These are large files (as video files are) but when I import them into the FCP project the files are not copied, the FCP project just has pointers to the files which remain on the BT3 hard drive. I then created a sequence for each of the four prairie projects, dragged the project file to the timeline and saved the entire collection. I am now ready to edit the footage, add the audio to Al’s project, and get the edited output to a DVD disk. I will need to get some audio background from Bob for his project, but for the moment I will back it up with some music. I have some royalty free (or royalty paid for) music from Gene Michael Productions (AV117 Bluegrass Treasures) that I think would work nicely.
Tomorrow, I plan on getting started with the editing of the prairie projects, and when that is finished add videos from the Burnt Roots Tour to the mix.
Since I already have posted an October 5 entry to my blog and I want to write some more with pages on the MacBook, I will name this document October 5,2007 Pages. I was using the Alienware computer and found that it will not log on to the internet through the airport extreme, which it did yesterday. I really do not understand what is going on, so I took it back to the office, plugged in the ethernet cable and started to download OpenOffice.Org which I wanted to play around with. I used to have NeoOffice.org on the PowerBook but took it off when I was running out of disk space. At the moment I have 11.5 GB of available space so I don’t want to put it on here. Anyway I am using Pages as my experimental word processing program.
I received the upgrade to Final Cut Studio today and wonder if I have enough space to install it on the MacBook. Will it remove the old program as it installs the new? If it does not I will certainly run out of space on the hard drive. I do not think I can install it on a firewire drive. I believe it has to be installed on the boot drive. I could backup the system to the firewire drive with SuperDuper, boot from the firewire drive and then install the new system on that drive.
I like the way the text for Pages looks on the computer screen as I type. I am using the default font which is Helvetica-12. This is something I can do sitting in the blue recliner without being connected to the internet. I would, however like to get the wireless network working on the earthlink DSL connection. I am also going through some lessons for Flash MX on the MacBook.
October 7, 2007
The information on Final Cut Studio 2 upgrade says that it requires 30.6 GB of memory. There is 10.19 GB available on the Macintosh HD on the PowerBook. So I backed up the hard drive to a firewire drive with SuperDuper! I then proceeded to install Final Cut Studio 2 to the firewire drive. The first time through it gave up when I got to the last installation disk (motion content) and it quit installing so I had to cancel and start over again. The second time through the installation worked fine and I ended up installing Final Cut Pro 6, Color (new to FCP studio), Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Compressor 3, and DVD Studio Pro 4 on the firewire drive named BT3. I then booted the system from BT3 and tried out the new installation of Final Cut Pro, it assigned the BT3 drive as the repository for distribution files. I did not input any new video from a camcorder or tape deck at this time but I did set up a new project to work on the Prairie Project footage from Bill, Rud, Bob, and Al. I then rebooted the system from the original hard drive, opened up the old version of FCP and exported four quicktime movies, the in progress videos for Bill’s Prairie Project (2.26 GB), Rud’s Prairie Project (6 GB), Bob’s Prairie Project (3.39 GB), and Al’s Prairie Project (3.09 GB) to the BT3 hard drive. The distribution files were on another external hard drive, Summer2007, so I had that attached to the computer via a USB port during the process. I also moved a folder of Al’s audio files (399.5 MB) to the BT3 hard drive.
This was Sunday and time to check that all my responses to student assignments and email responses were up to date so I could post the student gradebooks for Ed 602 and Ed 603 to the internet and save backups of the two class folders and the practical press folder, to another external hard drive (BT5).
I then rebooted the system from the BT3 hard drive and proceeded to get all the exported files in to a Final Cut Pro 6 project. This went just fine, I imported all the video clips and the audio files. These are large files (as video files are) but when I import them into the FCP project the files are not copied, the FCP project just has pointers to the files which remain on the BT3 hard drive. I then created a sequence for each of the four prairie projects, dragged the project file to the timeline and saved the entire collection. I am now ready to edit the footage, add the audio to Al’s project, and get the edited output to a DVD disk. I will need to get some audio background from Bob for his project, but for the moment I will back it up with some music. I have some royalty free (or royalty paid for) music from Gene Michael Productions (AV117 Bluegrass Treasures) that I think would work nicely.
Tomorrow, I plan on getting started with the editing of the prairie projects, and when that is finished add videos from the Burnt Roots Tour to the mix.
Friday, October 5, 2007
October 5, 2007
October 5, 2007 Friday 8:45 AM
I am sitting in the living room in my blue recliner with the alienware laptop in my lap. It is the heaviest lap top I have owned.It feels warm but not as hot as the MacBook. I am writing this with Notepad and had to go to the Format menu and select Word Wrap so I would not just get one line of type. The next step was to attempt to log on to the airport extreme network, using the 13 character password and believe it or not I was able to log on. I thought I would try to see if I could print to the HP 4600 which is connected to the same switch as the airport extreme. Next step was to run Firefox and voila I was on the internet with the alienware computer via the airport extreme. This is great, now let's see if I can print this document out with the HP 4600. Well that was successful now there should no reason why my PowerBook and G4 should not be able to connect to the internet via the airport and Earthlink DSL connection. I am now watching Blair Tractor IV: Best in Fest Part 1 on YouTube. The wireless connection seems to be working just great now. Now I should fire up the MacBook and get it working on the airport. I was going to call the apple help line again today if it did not work. I also got the elapsed account with City of Heroes reestablished. Billy Batson and Sleeeeeeper seem to be in good shape. Now let's see if I can post this to my iPhone blog (even if it was not created with Notes on the iPhone).
I am sitting in the living room in my blue recliner with the alienware laptop in my lap. It is the heaviest lap top I have owned.It feels warm but not as hot as the MacBook. I am writing this with Notepad and had to go to the Format menu and select Word Wrap so I would not just get one line of type. The next step was to attempt to log on to the airport extreme network, using the 13 character password and believe it or not I was able to log on. I thought I would try to see if I could print to the HP 4600 which is connected to the same switch as the airport extreme. Next step was to run Firefox and voila I was on the internet with the alienware computer via the airport extreme. This is great, now let's see if I can print this document out with the HP 4600. Well that was successful now there should no reason why my PowerBook and G4 should not be able to connect to the internet via the airport and Earthlink DSL connection. I am now watching Blair Tractor IV: Best in Fest Part 1 on YouTube. The wireless connection seems to be working just great now. Now I should fire up the MacBook and get it working on the airport. I was going to call the apple help line again today if it did not work. I also got the elapsed account with City of Heroes reestablished. Billy Batson and Sleeeeeeper seem to be in good shape. Now let's see if I can post this to my iPhone blog (even if it was not created with Notes on the iPhone).
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
October 4, 2007
October 4, 2007
I continued experiments to get my network set up. I want to get the airport extreme connected to earthlink DSL so I can get an internet connection via the airport extreme.
I have no computers connected to the gateway/charter cable switch. I do want to be able to look at that connections and of course have access to the wassons.com home page. Of course I could get to that via the internet if the Charter cable is functioning. Anyway I pulled the Dell Inspiron laptop out the the closet. It is running linux and connected immediately to the internet when I connected it by ethernet to the switch to the Charter cable modem. I was testing it out by filling out a Practical Press web form when charter went down and interupted my testing.
The next step was to connect the airport extreme to the switch for the Earthlink DSL modem. I then ran Airport Setup Assistant from the G4 but was not able to get to the internet.
I then plugged the HP 4600 printer into the earthlink DSL switch. With this connection I was able to print out this document. I was not able to print out a document with the MacBook.
I then plugged the HP 2200 printer into the earthlink DSL switch. With this connection I was unable to print out this document. I was also unable to print a document from the MacBook.
I plugged the HP 2200 printer into the ethernet port on the airport extreme. With this connection I was unable to print this document. I was also unable to print a document from the MacBook.
I plugged the HP 4600 printer into the ethernet port on the airport extreme. With this connection I could print this document. This is kind of encouraging as I could print out Adobe Photoshop CS2 documents from the G4. I could not print out a document from the MacBook.
Printing summary: I can print this document (G4) when the HP 4600 color laser jet printer is connected to the DSL switch or to the ethernet port on the airport extreme.
I could not print a document from the MacBook to either the DSL switch or to the ethernet port on airport extreme.
So the G4 can print to the HP 4600 and the MacBook can print to the HP 3330 printer connected to a USB port.
I am going to read the documentation for the airport extreme (Airport Extreme Base Station Setup Guide and Designing Airport Extreme Networks) to see if there is something else I can do to get the airport extreme on the internet through the DSL modem.
I called the Earthlink support number but they were unable to get the airport extreme configured to work with the earthlink DSL connection. The earthlink tech said my modem is set to DHCP, the airport is set to PPOE, and the Mac G4 is set to DHCP (address of the G4 is 192.168.1.3). He gave me the telephone number for apple tech support 800-767-2775.
This posting was not created on my iPhone but was created with BBBEdit on the G4.
I continued experiments to get my network set up. I want to get the airport extreme connected to earthlink DSL so I can get an internet connection via the airport extreme.
I have no computers connected to the gateway/charter cable switch. I do want to be able to look at that connections and of course have access to the wassons.com home page. Of course I could get to that via the internet if the Charter cable is functioning. Anyway I pulled the Dell Inspiron laptop out the the closet. It is running linux and connected immediately to the internet when I connected it by ethernet to the switch to the Charter cable modem. I was testing it out by filling out a Practical Press web form when charter went down and interupted my testing.
The next step was to connect the airport extreme to the switch for the Earthlink DSL modem. I then ran Airport Setup Assistant from the G4 but was not able to get to the internet.
I then plugged the HP 4600 printer into the earthlink DSL switch. With this connection I was able to print out this document. I was not able to print out a document with the MacBook.
I then plugged the HP 2200 printer into the earthlink DSL switch. With this connection I was unable to print out this document. I was also unable to print a document from the MacBook.
I plugged the HP 2200 printer into the ethernet port on the airport extreme. With this connection I was unable to print this document. I was also unable to print a document from the MacBook.
I plugged the HP 4600 printer into the ethernet port on the airport extreme. With this connection I could print this document. This is kind of encouraging as I could print out Adobe Photoshop CS2 documents from the G4. I could not print out a document from the MacBook.
Printing summary: I can print this document (G4) when the HP 4600 color laser jet printer is connected to the DSL switch or to the ethernet port on the airport extreme.
I could not print a document from the MacBook to either the DSL switch or to the ethernet port on airport extreme.
So the G4 can print to the HP 4600 and the MacBook can print to the HP 3330 printer connected to a USB port.
I am going to read the documentation for the airport extreme (Airport Extreme Base Station Setup Guide and Designing Airport Extreme Networks) to see if there is something else I can do to get the airport extreme on the internet through the DSL modem.
I called the Earthlink support number but they were unable to get the airport extreme configured to work with the earthlink DSL connection. The earthlink tech said my modem is set to DHCP, the airport is set to PPOE, and the Mac G4 is set to DHCP (address of the G4 is 192.168.1.3). He gave me the telephone number for apple tech support 800-767-2775.
This posting was not created on my iPhone but was created with BBBEdit on the G4.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
October 2, 2003
October 2, 2003
Greetings and Salutations,
I am on the Macintosh G4 computer, writing a document with BBEdit. I don't know if word wrap is in place so I will just keep adding text. Since this is all one long line I guess it is not. I went to Edit, selected Text Options, checked Soft Wrap Text and entered 75 in the to Character Width box. Now I have nice text wrapping in my document.
Unlike, the PowerBook this computer is connected to the airport eXtereme wireless network, so I am going to check if I can print this document on the HP 2200 and HP 4600 printers. Each of these printers is connected to the same switch as the airport eXtreme is connected to and thus are on the same network and available to any computer connected to the airport eXtreme wireless network.
First can I print this document on the HP 2200? The answer is yes.
Can I print this document on the HP 4600 color laserjet computer? Answer is yes again.
The MacBook Pro is connected to internet via an ethernet connection to the swith that is also connect to earthlink DSL. The MacBook is also connected (wireless) to the airport extreme.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 2200. Yes.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 4600. Yes.
On the airport eXtreme there is a connection to the internet and it is connected to the switch which is connected to the Gateway PC which in turn is connected to the Cable Modem for Charter Communications, which works very sporadically and does not give reliable internet access. There are also ports on the airport eXtreme to connect printers or other netword devices, one ethernet port, and one USB port. I have connected the HP 3330 printer (which is not a network printer) to the USB port on airport eXtreme, now can I print this document out with the HP 3330 printer? The answer is no. I could not print this document on the HP 3330 connected to the USB port on the airport eXtreme. I could not print a doc on the MacBook to the HP 3330 connected to the airport USB port.
Now can I print this document to the HP 3330 when it is connected to a USB hub on this computer, the G4? The answer is yes it did print.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 3330 when it is connected to a USB port on the MacBook? The answer is yes.
For the next experiment I plugged the ethernet cable on the HP 2200 directly in to the ethernet auxillary port on the airport eXtreme.
With the HP 2200 plugged directly into the ethernet port on the airport extreme could I print this document? The answer is yes.
With the HP 2200 plugged directly in the ethernet port on the airport extreme could I print a document on the MacBook? The answer is yes.
My next experiment will be to use the G4 which is connected to the internet through an ethernet connection to earthlink DSL and see if I can reinitialize the airport extreme to access the internet through the earthlink DSL modem (via the linksys 8-port 10/100 switch).
Obviously this post did not come from my iPhone. I created it with BBEdit on the G4.
Greetings and Salutations,
I am on the Macintosh G4 computer, writing a document with BBEdit. I don't know if word wrap is in place so I will just keep adding text. Since this is all one long line I guess it is not. I went to Edit, selected Text Options, checked Soft Wrap Text and entered 75 in the to Character Width box. Now I have nice text wrapping in my document.
Unlike, the PowerBook this computer is connected to the airport eXtereme wireless network, so I am going to check if I can print this document on the HP 2200 and HP 4600 printers. Each of these printers is connected to the same switch as the airport eXtreme is connected to and thus are on the same network and available to any computer connected to the airport eXtreme wireless network.
First can I print this document on the HP 2200? The answer is yes.
Can I print this document on the HP 4600 color laserjet computer? Answer is yes again.
The MacBook Pro is connected to internet via an ethernet connection to the swith that is also connect to earthlink DSL. The MacBook is also connected (wireless) to the airport extreme.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 2200. Yes.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 4600. Yes.
On the airport eXtreme there is a connection to the internet and it is connected to the switch which is connected to the Gateway PC which in turn is connected to the Cable Modem for Charter Communications, which works very sporadically and does not give reliable internet access. There are also ports on the airport eXtreme to connect printers or other netword devices, one ethernet port, and one USB port. I have connected the HP 3330 printer (which is not a network printer) to the USB port on airport eXtreme, now can I print this document out with the HP 3330 printer? The answer is no. I could not print this document on the HP 3330 connected to the USB port on the airport eXtreme. I could not print a doc on the MacBook to the HP 3330 connected to the airport USB port.
Now can I print this document to the HP 3330 when it is connected to a USB hub on this computer, the G4? The answer is yes it did print.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 3330 when it is connected to a USB port on the MacBook? The answer is yes.
For the next experiment I plugged the ethernet cable on the HP 2200 directly in to the ethernet auxillary port on the airport eXtreme.
With the HP 2200 plugged directly into the ethernet port on the airport extreme could I print this document? The answer is yes.
With the HP 2200 plugged directly in the ethernet port on the airport extreme could I print a document on the MacBook? The answer is yes.
My next experiment will be to use the G4 which is connected to the internet through an ethernet connection to earthlink DSL and see if I can reinitialize the airport extreme to access the internet through the earthlink DSL modem (via the linksys 8-port 10/100 switch).
Obviously this post did not come from my iPhone. I created it with BBEdit on the G4.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
September 29, 2007
September 29, 2007
Saturday 11:00 PM
I have 5 computers connected to the switch that is connected to the Earthlink DSL modem. The PowerBook, the Mac G4, the Alienware laptop, the Dell XPR, and Barbara's PC are all cnnected to the Internet through their Ethernet ports. The PowerBook and the G4 can get to networked printers through airport eXtreme and can also get to the Internet wirelessly when charter cable is working. But it is very sporadic in performance.
Saturday 11:00 PM
I have 5 computers connected to the switch that is connected to the Earthlink DSL modem. The PowerBook, the Mac G4, the Alienware laptop, the Dell XPR, and Barbara's PC are all cnnected to the Internet through their Ethernet ports. The PowerBook and the G4 can get to networked printers through airport eXtreme and can also get to the Internet wirelessly when charter cable is working. But it is very sporadic in performance.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
September 25, 2007
September 25, 2007
12:20 AM
Yesterday, again, I had poor access to Charter internet and of course the new DSL modem from Earthlink has not arrived yet. I read the preface and the first two chapters of "Learning Together Online." I want to write an extended book review of this book and of "e-Learning and the Science of Instruction," for an article for the November, 2007 issue of Practical Update. Both books are ostensibly based on research but learning together takes a constructivist pov, while e-Learning utilizes research from a positivistic perspective.
10:30 AM
Barbara tried to use the computer this morning, got partway through an online order she was placing and the cable connection dropped. She called Charter and after determining that the upstream channel power level was too low (its 14.0 now and then jumped to 58.0, then 52.0 dBmV). This metric can be accessed by going to http://192.168.100.1 and clicking on the green signal button.
Tomorrow should be a busy day. The cable tech is coming, the new DSL modem should be coming, and a landscaper is going to kill the lawn and errant grasses in preparation for installing a new lawn, with an improved walkway.
12:20 AM
Yesterday, again, I had poor access to Charter internet and of course the new DSL modem from Earthlink has not arrived yet. I read the preface and the first two chapters of "Learning Together Online." I want to write an extended book review of this book and of "e-Learning and the Science of Instruction," for an article for the November, 2007 issue of Practical Update. Both books are ostensibly based on research but learning together takes a constructivist pov, while e-Learning utilizes research from a positivistic perspective.
10:30 AM
Barbara tried to use the computer this morning, got partway through an online order she was placing and the cable connection dropped. She called Charter and after determining that the upstream channel power level was too low (its 14.0 now and then jumped to 58.0, then 52.0 dBmV). This metric can be accessed by going to http://192.168.100.1 and clicking on the green signal button.
Tomorrow should be a busy day. The cable tech is coming, the new DSL modem should be coming, and a landscaper is going to kill the lawn and errant grasses in preparation for installing a new lawn, with an improved walkway.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
September 22, 2007
September 22, 2007
Earthlink DSL modem arrived the 19th, I could not get it to work and called earthlink, they said DSL would be activated by midnight the 20th, so I quit trying until the 21st. Spent most of the day on the phone with Earthlink but no success. Finally, they said a local technician from Quest would come out on Saturday. At 9:30 today Matt came out and could not get the Earthlink modem working. He tried a Qwest modem which worked fine but Qwest would not sell me a modem as I had a contract with Eartlink. Finally Earthlink said they would send a replacement modem in two business days, so I guess that would be Wednesday, September 26.
On another front, the cable modem has been performing poorly - that was the reason I tried to get the DSL line. A Charter technician came out and said we should request another cable line, instead of splitting the line between the family room and the office. On Friday a technician came out and installed two new cable lines. One to the rec room and one to the office. It has improved Internet access somewhat, but is still off too much. In fact, the Internet was not available when I started to write this note on the iPhone.
Earthlink DSL modem arrived the 19th, I could not get it to work and called earthlink, they said DSL would be activated by midnight the 20th, so I quit trying until the 21st. Spent most of the day on the phone with Earthlink but no success. Finally, they said a local technician from Quest would come out on Saturday. At 9:30 today Matt came out and could not get the Earthlink modem working. He tried a Qwest modem which worked fine but Qwest would not sell me a modem as I had a contract with Eartlink. Finally Earthlink said they would send a replacement modem in two business days, so I guess that would be Wednesday, September 26.
On another front, the cable modem has been performing poorly - that was the reason I tried to get the DSL line. A Charter technician came out and said we should request another cable line, instead of splitting the line between the family room and the office. On Friday a technician came out and installed two new cable lines. One to the rec room and one to the office. It has improved Internet access somewhat, but is still off too much. In fact, the Internet was not available when I started to write this note on the iPhone.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
September 8, 2007
It is Saturday night, September 8, 2007, 11:55 PM, so it is almost Sunday. I am not writing this entry on the iPhone but am writing it on the MacBook. Incidentally, the new iPod Touch does not seem to have a Notes program, nor does it seem to have mail. Guess I better stick with the iPhone. I had prepped some movies to put on my iPhone (or iPod) using the Handbrake program. It has a preset for iPods which I used. This created an mp3 file for the movie, a little over 1 gigabyte in size. I double clicked on the movie but it did not go into iTunes but opened up in QuickTime. So I then saved it from QuickTime as an m4v file which took forever, like 24 hours. When I got two movies onto the iPhone for both of them the sound was out of synch with the video. Very disturbing. I then tried importing the mp3 files directly into iTunes, I just selected import under the file menu and it went right into iTunes and did not have any audio/video synchronization problems. I was listening to TWIM today and one of their panel recommended a science fiction novel, Accelerando by Charles Straus. Maybe I should see if that is available on audible.com - also Bruce Sterling has written a novel I have not yet read, Schismatrix. I just read a long review of it in Wikipedia and it does not sound all that interesting.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
September 4, 2007
September 4, 2007
10:42 AM
Another entry for the iPhone blog. This entry was created with Notes on the iPhone, but the only thing you can do with Notes, other than saving them on the iPhone, is to email them. So for this blog, after completing an entry with Notes, I email it to myself and then paste it into a blog page at blogger.com. Today I took a picture of myself, with PhotoBooth on the MacBook, holding up the iPhone and wearing a TWIT cap. I will add this photo to the blog site. I have the MacBook (with GarageBand), set up to record a podcast for my online course on educational research. However instead of doing that I am writing this Note.
What I should do is put the iPhone in its charging cradle and start reading the research article I am going to review in the podcast.
10:42 AM
Another entry for the iPhone blog. This entry was created with Notes on the iPhone, but the only thing you can do with Notes, other than saving them on the iPhone, is to email them. So for this blog, after completing an entry with Notes, I email it to myself and then paste it into a blog page at blogger.com. Today I took a picture of myself, with PhotoBooth on the MacBook, holding up the iPhone and wearing a TWIT cap. I will add this photo to the blog site. I have the MacBook (with GarageBand), set up to record a podcast for my online course on educational research. However instead of doing that I am writing this Note.
What I should do is put the iPhone in its charging cradle and start reading the research article I am going to review in the podcast.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
August 27, 2007
August 27, 2007
When I got up at 7:00 it was 36 degrees Fahrenheit. Looks like it will be a cool day to visit Crater Lake and to hike up Mount Scott. At 10:00 we left the campground and made our way to Crater Lake National Park. Magnificent views as we entered the park from the North and arrived for lunch at Crater Lake Lodge. Barbara had the spicey salmon wrap and I had the Northwest fish and chips. That should prepare us sufficiently for our Mount Scott hike. Got to Mount Scott trailhead and started up at 1:38. Turned around at 2:38, rested for 15 minutes while sending email on the iPhone and returned to trail head. We completed our trip around the rim road and then headed to an RV campground North of Crater Lake on Diamond Lake. We wanted to see if it would be a suitable place to stay for a future trip to the area. It looked just fine. We got back to the RV and Chobe was glad to see us. So ends the day we hiked partway up Mount Scott. We took some nice pictures and I will let you know where they are posted on the web.
When I got up at 7:00 it was 36 degrees Fahrenheit. Looks like it will be a cool day to visit Crater Lake and to hike up Mount Scott. At 10:00 we left the campground and made our way to Crater Lake National Park. Magnificent views as we entered the park from the North and arrived for lunch at Crater Lake Lodge. Barbara had the spicey salmon wrap and I had the Northwest fish and chips. That should prepare us sufficiently for our Mount Scott hike. Got to Mount Scott trailhead and started up at 1:38. Turned around at 2:38, rested for 15 minutes while sending email on the iPhone and returned to trail head. We completed our trip around the rim road and then headed to an RV campground North of Crater Lake on Diamond Lake. We wanted to see if it would be a suitable place to stay for a future trip to the area. It looked just fine. We got back to the RV and Chobe was glad to see us. So ends the day we hiked partway up Mount Scott. We took some nice pictures and I will let you know where they are posted on the web.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Visitors to Medford
Thought I would post a blog even if I am not on my iPhone. I am just entering this into my iPhoneJournal page on Blogger. Have to keep in practice here and if I did not do this I would have to work on my EducationalResearchToday Podcast. We had a delightful visit today with nephew Erik and his daughter Sarah who were on there way to Bellingham from Minnesota by way of Texas. I don't see anyway to put pictures on this blog but then if I wanted to I could put pictures on Facebook where I have been enjoying Jeff's pictures of his travels with Max including some spectaular views of Crater Lake. Erik and Sarah planned on traveling near Crater Lake on their way to Bellingham. They are taking highway 97 to avoid the traffic problems around Seattle on I-5. Everybody seems to be taking a look at Crater Lake. Next Wednesday Barbara, Chobe, and I are going to pile in to the Winnebago and go to Klamath Falls, Crater Lake, and then back to Medford. I should figure out how to put some pictures on Facebook by then (before I can do that I have to figure out what my gmail account is). Well that's enough for now, better get back to reading an article to turn into an ERT podcast episode.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
iPhoneNotes002
Greetings and salutations from an iPhone, Google Docs afficiado (spelling?). As stated earlier this blog is to act as a repository for my rambling writings or journals on the iPhone. However I am not creating this entry on the iPhone but am entering it directly into the Google Docs application with Firefox on the MacBook Pro. I wanted to try this new entry and then publish it to the blog and make certain that the process works OK before I attempt to create a document with Safari on the iPhone and publish that doc to the iPhone.
Another thought, I wonder if the students in my online course, could prepare their assignments using Google Docs and then email them to me. They would have to include identifying information at the top of the document so I knew who it was coming from and also which assignment it purports to be. To check that out, I will try emailing this document to myself so that I can see if it works (as well as posting it to my blog). In the current version of my online course, Ed 603 Educational Research Methods, 2 credits, Fall Semester 2007 at Minnesota State University Moorhead, I am using a series of podcasts for the course. The 20-30 minute podcasts each review a current research article in education, educational psychology, or educational technology, and then follow the review with a brief discussion of a concept or point in educational research methods. For each week there is an assignment to complete and submit to the instructor (me). The submitted assignments are then posted to an assignment web page for instructor and peer review. The student's full name is not posted and I add my comments to their assignment in a green font so that it is differentiated from their assignment. So if this works out I might recommend that students who do not have access to Word, use GoogleDocs to complete their assignments and submit them to the instructor.
Well I was able to get to google.docs with safari on the iPhone. However when I opened a new google docs page, i could not get the keyboard on the iPhone to come up, thus I could not add any text to the page. I am adding this text to the page on the MacBook Pro. I guess when the iPhone says it is a closed system, it really is a closed system.
Greetings and salutations from an iPhone, Google Docs afficiado (spelling?). As stated earlier this blog is to act as a repository for my rambling writings or journals on the iPhone. However I am not creating this entry on the iPhone but am entering it directly into the Google Docs application with Firefox on the MacBook Pro. I wanted to try this new entry and then publish it to the blog and make certain that the process works OK before I attempt to create a document with Safari on the iPhone and publish that doc to the iPhone.
Another thought, I wonder if the students in my online course, could prepare their assignments using Google Docs and then email them to me. They would have to include identifying information at the top of the document so I knew who it was coming from and also which assignment it purports to be. To check that out, I will try emailing this document to myself so that I can see if it works (as well as posting it to my blog). In the current version of my online course, Ed 603 Educational Research Methods, 2 credits, Fall Semester 2007 at Minnesota State University Moorhead, I am using a series of podcasts for the course. The 20-30 minute podcasts each review a current research article in education, educational psychology, or educational technology, and then follow the review with a brief discussion of a concept or point in educational research methods. For each week there is an assignment to complete and submit to the instructor (me). The submitted assignments are then posted to an assignment web page for instructor and peer review. The student's full name is not posted and I add my comments to their assignment in a green font so that it is differentiated from their assignment. So if this works out I might recommend that students who do not have access to Word, use GoogleDocs to complete their assignments and submit them to the instructor.
Well I was able to get to google.docs with safari on the iPhone. However when I opened a new google docs page, i could not get the keyboard on the iPhone to come up, thus I could not add any text to the page. I am adding this text to the page on the MacBook Pro. I guess when the iPhone says it is a closed system, it really is a closed system.
iPhone Notes 001
This is a new document submitted to Google Docs, the new name for writely.com. I can't seem to find the other documents I have saved here but would like to use this repository as a place to enter documents written on my iPhone. About the only thing you can do with a Notes document on the iPhone is to mail it to someone. So it seems that if I want to write documents or keep a journal with the iPhone I will have to get on the web with the iPhone (safari) and go to docs.google.com and find my Docs stored there. So let's save this doc which I will name iPhoneNotes.
Well that sounds pretty straight forward. Now let's hope I have the url to this page in my iPhone safari favorites so I can get to this page (or another doc page) easily with Safari on the iPhone. What I actually ended up doing was to copy and paste my google docs page into the new blog I created on blogger.com
So there you have it my first iPhone Journal blog entry.
Maybe I can find this place on the iPhone with Safari and then compose directly into my new blog or conversely go to google docs with safari on the iPhone, create a document and then publish it to this blog.
Well that sounds pretty straight forward. Now let's hope I have the url to this page in my iPhone safari favorites so I can get to this page (or another doc page) easily with Safari on the iPhone. What I actually ended up doing was to copy and paste my google docs page into the new blog I created on blogger.com
So there you have it my first iPhone Journal blog entry.
Maybe I can find this place on the iPhone with Safari and then compose directly into my new blog or conversely go to google docs with safari on the iPhone, create a document and then publish it to this blog.
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