background preloader

Internet resources

Facebook Twitter

The Online Books Page: Search. Examples: Entering austen, jane in the Author field finds books by Jane Austen. Entering Baum in the Author field and and oz in the Title field finds L. Frank Baum's Oz books. Entering dosto in the Author field, choosing the Exact start of name option, and entering underground in the Title field finds Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground, even if you don't remember how to spell more than the start of the author's name!

(Hey, we've changed the spelling in our own database at least once.) If you have an old browser that does not understand forms, the old author search and title search are still available. Home -- Search -- New Listings -- Authors -- Titles -- Subjects -- Serials Books -- News -- Features -- Archives -- The Inside Story Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom (onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu) OBP copyrights and licenses. Google Earth 5 - Historical Imagery. My files - Windows Live. DICE 2010: "Design Outside the Box" Presentation Videos. Setting up TVersity with your Wii « Dan Gross. Recently, a Plurk friend stated, “My husband came home with a Wii Points card. What should we get?” I replied – download the Internet Channel for 500pts, and then set up TVersity on a computer so you can play video/podcasts through your Wii!

To me, this sounds really simple, but I know that isn’t the case for everyone. So I’ll walk you through it a bit… TVersity is a great piece of software! WHAT IT DOES: TVersity started life cataloging audio, video and pictures on your computer, and serving them up to a remote box on your network via streaming. TVersity wanted to be more, and it began pulling content from the Internet, and relaying it to the endpoints. With the 2008 releases, TVersity can now transcode flash video files, such as YouTube, and supply them to a Wii over the Internet channel. For educators, there are many excellent audio and video podcasts out there such as CNN Student Daily, NASA and National Geographic. You will need a computer that is generally “on” most of the time.

Delicious.com - Discover Yourself! File2.ws. Interactive online Google tutorial and references.

Web based software

Gizmos Freeware Reviews. Getting things done gtd software task manager and to-do list for project management and time tracking. Now on Apple iPhone and Mobile Phone! Documents - Windows Live. Top 10 Comedy Movies & TV shows as per IMDB. Search engines. How to Use SkyDrive’s 25 GB as a Mapped Drive for Easy Access. SkyDrive is an online storage system included in Windows Live, which gives you 25 GB of space that you can sync to your desktop.

Here’s how to connect it to your Windows 7 computer as a mapped drive. First of all, you need to go to and use your Windows Live account (the same you use to access Hotmail, Messenger, Windows Live Mail or MSN) to log in and create the folders you want to use by using the New menu. You can create private and shared folders and customize the access for every one of them. After your have created your folders, you will need to link your computer to your online ID so it can access them without asking for credentials every time.

Click on the Start Menu button and select Control Panel. Select User Accounts and Family Safety. Go to User Accounts. Click on Link Online IDs located on the left side of the window. Click on Link Online ID. If you haven´t installed the Windows Live ID provider, you will be taken to a website to download it.