The best free online outliners As an enthusiastic outliner I have compiled the following list of cross-platform, browser-based, free web outliners. Online outliners present a number of advantages over desktop applications (such as Ecco on Microsoft Windows, or OmniOutliner on Mac OSX), and are increasingly offering comparable functionality. These include platform, device and location independent access, collaborative functionality, as well as integration with other third party applications. Hopefully this list will assist you in the eternal search for the best free outlining solution! LooseStitch LooseStitch is a light weight outliner that has a free plan (pro accounts start at $24.95/year). The slightly odd interface enables editing using a pannel to the right of the main outline. Lucid Outlining Application The Lucid Outlining Application is a free outliner with a light weight interface that will appeal to those seeking to create simple nested lists. The Outliner of Giants thinklinkr Comparison of Functionality
Features Multi-platform Quip works on the desktop (PC and Mac), iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android. Wherever you are, whatever device you are using, you can use Quip. Collaborative editing With Quip, everyone can edit the same version of the document at the same time. Integrated messaging Quip combines documents and messages into a single chat-like “thread” of updates. Diffs Diffs are simple visual representations of edits to a document. Offline support All the features in Quip work perfectly offline on your phone or tablet. Shared folders Shared folders enable you to easily share documents with a group. @mentions Use @mentions to reference a person or a document. Presence Working together is easier when you know whether someone is online. Read receipts Read receipts appear at the bottom of each document thread. Interactive checklists One of the formatted list options is a checklist, which turns your document from a static piece of paper into an interactive task list. Chat tabs
Artificial Lighting and the Blue Light Hazard (Build 20111121092346) Research continues to warn about the danger of sunlight to the eyes. Doctors wisely respond by recommending eye protection while outdoors during daylight. Curiously, however, some lighting manufacturers say lamps duplicating sunshine are good for vision and eye health. Who is right? What is Light? (Fig. 1) As illustrated in Figure 1, the “visible light spectrum” is that small part of the electromagnetic wave spectrum seen as colors. The retina is a very thin, multi-layered tissue located at the back of the eyeball. (Fig. 2) As shown in Figure 3, light first enters the optic (or nerve) fiber layer and the ganglion cell layer, under which most of the nourishing blood vessels of the retina are located. (Fig. 3) The light is received by photoreceptor cells called rods (responsible for peripheral and dim light vision) and cones (providing central, bright light, fine detail, and color vision). The Blue Light Hazard Sight requires light. Terms Referring to Measurement of Light Kelvin (K): Watt:
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Use Microsoft OneNote to Stay Organized An Ideal Tool for Students and Pros to Stay Organized: Microsoft OneNote is an excellent tool for organizing both personal and professional information. It's a digital version of a tabbed binder or multi-subject notebook that allows you to capture Web information, make notes (handwritten or text), and collaborate with others much as you can with a whiteboard. From Niche Program to New Essential App: Despite its robust and unique features, however, OneNote hasn't really caught on yet as the organizational powerhouse it can be. The OneNote System OneNote is a great information management tool because it provides a centralized place for all kinds of data: typed or handwritten notes, Web pages, images, video, and audio. OneNote has several advantages over paper-based systems in that you can tag and search for information across notebooks (even search in handwritten notes and mathematical equations!) Helpful Organizational Features in OneNote Types of OneNote Notebooks
Optical Radiation Hazard Measurement — International Light Technologies (Build 20111121092346) International Light Technologies (ILT) has designed a selection of systems to measure almost any Optical Radiation Hazard application as defined by ICNIRP, ACGIH and EU Directive 2006/25/EC. Please SCROLL DOWN to review our selection of optical radiation hazard light measurement systems. Sources emitting optical radiation are of paramount concern to hygienists, safety engineers, and public health officials, both from their beneficial effects and their potential as a hazard to health and safety. International Light Technologies has a long history measuring optical hazard radiation. ILT's first product for these measurements, the (ILT)ACT5 filter, was based on the ICNIRP* / ACGIH* spectral sensitivity function. Our product offering in this area has expanded to include products for testing based on EU Directive 2006/25/EC*. Many common light sources can produce various damaging health conditions Even the smaller, less focused beams caused by scattering pose potential hazards.
SimpleOCR - freeware OCR software and royalty free OCR engine! The 5 Best Websites To Learn Python Programming Over the past decade, the Python programming language has exploded in popularity amongst programmers in all areas of coding. From web developers to video game designers to in-house tool creators, many people have fallen in love with the language. Why? Because it’s easy to learn, easy to use, and very powerful. If you’re looking to pick up Python, you’re in luck. There are lots of web resources to learn python, and many of them are entirely free. #1 – How To Think Like A Computer Scientist The most notable aspect of this web Python tutorial series is that not only does it teach you how to use the Python programming language, but it teaches you how to think like programmers think. Keep in mind, however, that learning how to think like a computer scientist will require a complete shift in your mental paradigm. #2 – Dive Into Python The Dive Into Python web tutorial series is awesome for those that want to learn python who have little or no experience with programming. #4 – TryPython
10 Awesome OneNote Tips You Should Be Using All The Time [Windows] Updated by Tina Sieber on 7 March, 2017. I am going to ruffle a few feathers here by saying that Microsoft OneNote is just as good as Evernote. OneNote is the digital equivalent of a binder, giving you more organizational control. The showdown will continue, so for the sake of productivity and peace, let's say that both are great note-taking apps with their pros and cons. We have covered a bit of OneNote's capabilities with: But effective note-taking requires as many tips and tricks you can pull together. 1. That's how you start your day. You can start your daily to-do in a new Note page. Type your first to-do item. 2. It used to be difficult to find Page Templates in OneNote. Go to Insert and under Pages, expand Page Templates, then click on Page Templates... You can choose a template and set it as the default template, or customize a page and set it as a template. 3. A real world diary or organizer is not always neatly written. 4. Does a white sheet of paper make you more creative? 5.
Comparison of MP3 and AAC (Anders Jacobsen's blog) (Build 20111126031027) January 20, 2004 Comparison of MP3 and AAC I got my iPod hooked up to my PC last night after installing Win 2000 SP4. ITunes installed nicely and found all my existing mp3s. Now the real job starts: I've got over 300 CDs back home, and of course they're all going to go on to the iPod over the next months. iTunes proposes to rip in both AAC and MP3 formats, and from before I have a few Ogg Vorbis files, more out of curiousity (and those won't play on the iPod, so that's a goner), and this leaves me with the following question: Which format should I choose for putting my record collection on to my iPod? The iPod homepage says: Designed to give you the best portable digital music experience ever, the iPod delivers the highest sound quality from input to output. iPod supports the most popular audio formats — including MP3 (up to 320 kbps), MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR) and WAV — giving you access to a wide range of audio file types. Ok; but that's a promotional message. Good point, Eliot! Ben Marc
Free OCR software? You may already have it... - Jon Galloway Free OCR software? You may already have it... Update (2011): This post describes using a little know feature of Microsoft Office which does a good job with OCR. There are a few workarounds for this: You can still install Microsoft Office Document Imaging for free using the instructions here: There are number of free OCR options listed here: Summary OCR (Optical Character Recognition) can really come in handy. There are some great commercial OCR packages out there. I looked around for free OCR software, and was a little bit surprised that there wasn't much out there. I first tried out GOCR (a.k.a. To let things be clear - gocr is not ready, to say the least. Tesseract OCR Yeah, there's been some chatter in the blogospheres and internets about Tesseract since Google assisted in re-releasing it as an open source project. Microsoft Office Document Imaging It handles scanned documents via TWAIN. Step 1. Step 2.