[accesscomp] Dan's tip for Friday
- From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tektalk discussion" <tektalkdiscussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:54:17 -0700
Sites For Friday October 12 2012
1. Learn To Code: 10 Free And Fantastic Online Resources To Hone Your Skills
<http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/learn-code-10-free-fantastic-online-resources-
hone-skills/>
This is a good collection of coding resources for anyone who wants to learn
to code.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/learn-code-10-free-fantastic-online-resources-h
one-skills/
2. Lock Google Safe Search to Protect Children Online
<http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2012/09/lock-google-safe-search-pro
tect-children-online/>
Use Google safe search to protect your children online from searching adult
content and getting surprised by unexpected search results.
http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2012/09/lock-google-safe-search-prot
ect-children-online/
3. Jetstream: Online Weather School
<http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/index.htm>
"This site is designed to help educators, emergency managers, or anyone
interested in learning about weather and weather safety.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream//index.htm
4.
Everything Microsoft is a terrific resource for just about everything
related to Microsoft with a healthy dose of content that isn't related to
Microsoft.
The site description says "....Everything Microsoft is an unofficial site
dedicated to bringing you all the latest news, rumours, tips, tutorials,
reviews, screenshots and videos of Microsoft's products and software." This
is a great site for several reasons - the tips and and tutorials are great.
The news and other content is interesting enough for everyone, no matter
where you are on the computing learning curve.
If you want a site to get information, tips, and the latest Microsoft news
without any particular agenda this is a good place to visit. It does a good
job of evaluating things related to Microsoft and stating what works and
what doesn't, written by top-notch folks.
There are several useful categories on the site, listed here:
* Themes and Wallpapers
* Browsers
* Cloud
* Office
* Operating Systems
* Download
* Gaming
* Hardware
* Mobile
* Help and Support
* Misc
* Non Microsoft
Downloads, wallpapers, themes, etc. come from sites around the internet as
well as Microsoft so you get a good mix.
(disclaimer: I'm a cross-platform person. I like computers and operating
systems, period)
Everything Microsoft <http://www.everything-microsoft.com/>
http://www.everything-microsoft.com/
5. Become A Gmail Ninja
<https://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/tips.html>
The main link to this page is on the next line.
https://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/tips.html
All the steps to become a Gmail ninja are right here, from beginners (white
belt) to Gmail master, laid out as a series of tutorials that are easy to
understand. Well, maybe not all the steps; you may not need the gmail
keyboard shortcuts, found at:
http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6594
but if you're a keyboard jockey try the Gmail keyboard shortcut page
<http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6594> or this
great list put together by Adam Pash over at Lifehacker
<http://lifehacker.com/5451352/become-a-gmail-master-redux> , found at:
http://lifehacker.com/5451352/become-a-gmail-master-redux
6. Solve Common Android Wi-Fi Problems
<http://www.guidingtech.com/13028/solutions-android-wi-fi-problems-common/>
Here are some common issues you may run into with your Android and how to
fix them.
[via TinyHacker
<http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/solve-wi-fi-issues-with-your-android-phone/>
http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/solve-wi-fi-issues-with-your-android-phone/
7. The October, 2012 issue of Accessworld includes What's on this Page: A
Review of the SayText,
Prizmo, and TextDetective iOS Reading Apps, ZoomText Reinventing Itself: A
Review of ZoomText
10 and Its New Features, An Evaluation of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Using the
Nexus 7, Accessible
Television for the Visually Impaired: Is It Only for the United Kingdom? and
more at:
http://www.afb.org/aw/main.asp
8. Blue Letter Bible homepage as a powerful site containing different Bible
versions, dictionaries, concordances, commentaries and audio material:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/
9. The US Department of Education now offers a free Android App for
identifying US currency:
http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-announces-new-
app-identify-us-
currency
10. How To Get a Better Wireless Signal and Reduce Wireless Network
Interference:
http://www.howtogeek.com/126327/how-to-get-a-better-wireless-signal-and-redu
ce-wireless-
network-interference/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10
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Helping Hands for the Blind
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