January 2011
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Jan 31st
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Oklahoma County Snow Route Maps →
In preparation for this year’s winter weather Oklahoma County has provided printable snow route maps for download.
Jan 31st
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Watching Oklahoma Weather via Twitter
Searched Twitter for #okice OR #oksnow OR #okstorm OR #okstorms OR #okwind OR #okwx OR #okfire OR #okozone OR #okheat OR #okflood OR #oktornado: http://tinyurl.com/27bw48g
Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Stop Interstitial Advertising
I posted this rant on Twitter this morning Dear Internet Advertisers, Stop with the Interstitial ads that prevent me from looking at content. I don’t mind banner ads, but this constant hijacking of web sites needs to stop. What you are doing is driving me away from those web sites. I’ll either find another source, or just use a news reader (like Google Reader) to get the content....
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Podcast Clean-Up Series: The Accessible iTunes... →
(via Libsyn) When was the last time that you checked out your own podcast landing page in iTunes? It may seem a bit basic and even perhaps a waste of time, but in all honesty it’s a very important space that podcasters often overlook. I may venture to say that for the majority of your potential raving fans this is the first and only impression that they will get. There will be no second...
Jan 25th
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Google Voice Videos →
See all of GoogleVoice’s how to videos
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Print from your phone with Gmail for mobile and... →
(via Gmail Blog) Let’s say you need to print an important email attachment on your way to work so that it’s waiting for you when you walk in the door. With Gmail for mobile and Google Cloud Print — a service that allows printing from any app on any device, OS or browser without the need to install drivers — you can. I just tested this and it worked great. Now I can print important emails and...
Jan 24th
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Turn book reading social with www.getsocialbooks.com
Jan 24th
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Jan 18th
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Switch to a Standing Desk →
(via Lifehacker) Why and How I Switched to a Standing Desk - Lifehacker founding editor Gina Trapani recently decided to take the plunge that she’s written about others taking, and, after a few days and some adjustments, is digging her new standing work setup. Here’s how she, and others like her, made the transition. This is something I’ve wanted to do at the office for some...
Jan 17th
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WRITEMONKEY 2.0 FOR WINDOWS  →
(via Download Squad) Version 2.0 of bare-bones text editor WriteMonkey has just been released. This release comes after a lengthy testing period, and adds several news features.
Jan 17th
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2011 Task Progress Tracker Updates →
(via davidseah.com) The fifth update of this year’s forms, which brings me to 42 updates so far, is the Task Progress Tracker. I was originally going to do a quick update of it, but I ended up redesigning both this and the more obscure Destruct-o-matic version.
Jan 13th
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Keeping Web Users Safe By Sanitizing Input Data →
(via Smashing Magazine) … looking at input filtering in more depth while picking on a few real examples that we’ve seen around the web.
Jan 12th
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Formspring Wants a Place Next to Twitter and... →
(via Mashable) The company has also revealed a big new way to grow its audience: a button that publishers can use to ask questions on their website called “Respond.” As the name suggests, it lets visitors respond to a question posed by the publisher. The button itself resembles the Tweet, Facebook share and Digg buttons already pervasive on millions of sites across the web. Answer Questions...
Jan 12th
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Google Chrome drops H.264 support to focus purely... →
(via Download Squad) Google has just dropped a bomb shell: Chrome will no longer support H.264 HTML5 video playback. The open-sourced WebM (VP8) and Ogg Theora video codecs will be the only options for HTML5 video. H.264 will not be dropped immediately, but probably with the next stable build of Chrome.
Jan 12th
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How To Add MP3 Support to Audacity (to Save in MP3... →
(via How To Geek) You may have noticed that the default installation of Audacity doesn’t have built-in support for MP3s due to licensing issues. Here’s how to add it in yourself for free really easily in few simple steps.
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Vendor selected for state's new voting system →
(via NewsOK.com) The new devices will be similar to the optical scanner devices used by Oklahoma voters for nearly 20 years.
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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Oklahoma Educators, EduLeaders, and Edu... →
(via speedofcreativity.org) It’s important to amplify local creativity, innovation, and leadership. With that idea in mind, I’ve started two new Twitter lists: One for educators and educational leaders in Oklahoma (twitter.com/wfryer/oklahoma-ed) and another for Oklahoma organizations involved in education and learning (twitter.com/wfryer/oklahoma-ed-orgs.)
Jan 6th
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To fight spam, Google Apps adds e-mail signing →
(via cnet) Google has made it possible for Google Apps customers to sign their outgoing e-mail using a technology called DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) that makes it easier to ensure a sender is who he or she says he is.
Jan 6th
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Google Apps Gives Schools a Better "Walled Garden"... →
(via readwriteweb.com) … These new controls can be be adjusted based on different user groups so, for example, school faculty and staff can have unrestricted email access while students can only email those within the school community. …
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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Weather Alerts via Text Messaging →
(via Lifehacker) Most weather sites and apps focus on current conditions and general forecasts. If you want to know whether the weather will actually change your plans, or your coat choice, subscribe to Weather.com’s SMS or email alerts for rain, snow, and other conditions…
Jan 5th
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Opening Session of the 112th Congress http://www.livestream.com/speakerboehner
Jan 5th
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Markdown is a Skill Every Modern Communicator... →
(via @steverubel) … Markdown is what’s next for text Text alone, however, is not enough. It needs to contain references to links and formatting that guides a busy web reader’s eyes to where they want to go. Markdown makes it easy to mark up your text without any knowledge of HTML and without getting locked into a more complex editor that others might not use. …
Jan 5th
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2011 Emergent Task Timer Updates →
(via davidseah.com) The Emergent Task Timer (or ETT) is a stand-alone system that prompts you to log what you’re doing every 15 minutes. It works great with a simple 15-minute repeating timer. You’ll quickly see where your time is going, and have a picture of what your day looked like. The results are often shocking. Like all the Printable CEO™ forms, the ETT is designed to provide maximum...
Jan 4th
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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The How-To Geek Guide to Audio Editing: The Basics →
(via @howtogeek) Ever get the urge to edit some audio but you’re not sure where to start? Settle in with this HTG guide to the free audio editor Audacity that’s written for beginners but caters to geeks of all levels.
Jan 3rd