http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/is Just another UCLS Blogs weblog Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:47:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A two-person company based out of Seattle, Common Craft specializes en explaining complex ideas simply, all with a white board, colored markers, paper cut-outs, and simple film editing techniques. Here are a few of my favorites: Web Search Strategies in Plain English Podcasting in Plain English Blogs in Plain English Google Docs in Plain English http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/is/2008/09/30/common-craft-videos/ In the upper left hand corner of every window on your Apple computer, you'll see three buttons: red, yellow, and green. The red button closes the window but not the application. To close the application, depress the Command key next to your space bar (⌘) with your left thumb and ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/is/2008/09/19/mac-os-x-window-buttons/ One of the key improvements in Leopard is the new features in Spotlight. I'll be posting a few of the more useful new features in Spotlight in upcoming blog posts. If you weren't a Spotlight user with Tiger, the new Leopard Spotlight may well win you over. If you're unfamiliar ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/is/2008/08/27/leopard-spotlight-calculator/ One day last week, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, our SPAM-fighting server blocked over 100,000 SPAM messages. Go ahead, read that again. That is 100,000 in one day... 24 hours... that's over 4,100 per hour, which is just more than 1 per second. In another light, that is also approximately 100 ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/is/2008/05/29/lot-o-spam/ The mail service at UCLS became unresponsive at some time after 4:00PM until the server was rebooted at 6:15 PM. Service appears to have returned to normal and we are investigating the cause.  http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/is/2008/04/22/mail-service-interruption/ So far, the biggest win I see in Leopard is being able to create an iCal event right out of a Mail message. The program is smart enough to know when a date appears; hovering over it produces a click box to enter it in iCal. It works really well ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/is/2008/04/04/cool-mailical-trick-in-leopard/ Adobe has recently publish a treasure-trove of video tutorials for its CS3 suite. These videos cover everything from basic use of the programs to high-end tips and tricks. Check out the video workshop here. http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/is/2008/02/29/adobe-video-workshop/ If you are unable to login to the files.ucls.uchicago.edu or get mail due to password difficulties, your password is likely one of those corrupted by some work done Monday. Please contact jk at 834-4476 and we can fix it quickly. http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/is/2008/02/19/password-troubles/ Toshiba announced this morning that it will no longer produce players for the HD-DVD format. Blu-Ray's recent adoption by Netflix and Wal-Mart, two of the key players in the DVD world, were the final nails in the HD-DVD coffin. So go ahead and buy that Blu-Ray player! http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/is/2008/02/19/blu-ray-wins-hi-def-dvd-war/ [UPDATE]Tuesday, February 12 2008: The server files.ucls.uchicago.edu has been stable for over 10 days now. We are still keeping a close eye on the situation. Sunday, Feb 3 2008: Unfortunately, although the file server had a longer stable period, we experienced another interruption. We are still working on the ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/is/2008/02/01/file-server-issues-update/