Over the weekend, several hundred thousand Gmail users saw their accounts reset, which is the technical term for “losing everything that was in your Gmail account prior to Feb. 27.” This follows on last week’s news of Google calender mysteriously deleting appointments and events. At the time of this writing, at least 150,000 Gmail users are still without data, an improvement over the 500,000 or so that were wiped out on Sunday, and Google promises the remainder will eventually get their data back.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Back up your Gmail
Over the weekend, several hundred thousand Gmail users saw their accounts reset, which is the technical term for “losing everything that was in your Gmail account prior to Feb. 27.” This follows on last week’s news of Google calender mysteriously deleting appointments and events. At the time of this writing, at least 150,000 Gmail users are still without data, an improvement over the 500,000 or so that were wiped out on Sunday, and Google promises the remainder will eventually get their data back.
Friday, February 25, 2011
iPad 2.0
Thinking about buying an iPad? Do yourself a favor and wait a week. March 2nd looks to be the date that Apple will unveil their latest version of the iPad. That's when you'll get to choose whether the new updates are worth the money, or if you want to grab up one of the older models at a (most likely) discounted rate. Will it have a camera? Will it have new features we haven't even fathomed? Who's to say...
Thursday, February 24, 2011
New MacBooks out! Old ones now cheaper!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Photoshop: Before and After
http://www.msethjones.com/rollovers/
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The Ivory Tower and the Open Web
Monday, February 21, 2011
Penn Fund Video
When Do You Condone Piracy?
http://lifehacker.com/#!5760625/when-do-you-condone-piracy
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Missing Track Names
Well, I can't solve your problem, but you can prevent someone else from experiencing the same frustration. iTunes actually uses a service called Gracenote (also known as CDDB), which is essentially just a massive archive of every CD ever made (Well, every CD except the one you just tried to import.) And you can submit the information about the CD to Gracenote on your own, and then everyone else who pops that CD into iTunes (or Winamp, or QMP, etc.) will be reading the information that YOU entered.
Check out the instructions from Gracenote here:
http://www.gracenote.com/about/faqs/#upload
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Hate Facebook's New Pop-out Image Viewer?
Friday, February 18, 2011
When should I buy a new computer?
With every possible add-on?
Did you save up for a very long time?
Did you agonize over parting with all of these dollars at the store?
Did you then read that Apple announces it's new line of Mac Book Pros? Coming out next month?
Doh.
Here's a handy site that keeps tabs on when you should buy and when you should wait. It covers most Mac products including iPhones, iPods, and computers.
Posters are Back
Thursday, February 17, 2011
2TB External Hard Drive, Great Price
Also, just a heads up that this is the type of drive you need to plug into a wall socket.
http://www.techdealdigger.com/pr/cheap-fantom-greendrive-2tb-external-hard-drive-deals/2505
No Posters Today :(
Penn's Biomedical Library offers a poster printing service similar to ours (with the same pricing, but with additional payment options), available to UPenn faculty, students, staff, UPHS staff, and affiliates by appointment only. See their FAQ (http://www.library.upenn.edu/computing/Health_Sciences/biomed_poster/poster_faq.html) for more details.
Also, both FedEx Office (formerly Kinko's) (3535 Market Street, 215-386-5679) and Campus Copy (3907 Walnut Street, 215-386-6410) provide poster printing services.
Finding Study Spots
"Students may obtain a list of suggested and available study spaces through the online database. Study spots are narrowed down based on the number of people, location, time and facilities needed, such as white boards, projectors and computers."
StudySpaces@Penn attempts to centralize the huge pool of study rooms around campus, which is no mean feat in a decentalized environment like Penn. Try it out (and send feedback to them!) at:
http://pennapps.com/studyspaces/
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Mash "UP!"
Our WIC MashUp Contest is right around the corner if you'd like to create your own little masterpiece. Check out the MashUp page for more info.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
iMovie 2011 Training
iMovie 2011: http://www.lynda.com/tutorial/77957
iPhoto 2011: http://www.lynda.com/tutorial/75922
Friday, February 11, 2011
Computer Culture
Known as Google Art Project, the initiative will give users remote access to the priceless paintings, sculptures, and other artifacts from 17 of the world's most famous museums, including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art, London's National Gallery and Tate Britain, the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Philadelphia Art Museum, etc.
This means you no longer have to leave the lab to attend a class field trip.
In a blog post announcing the effort, Amit Sood, head of the Google Art Project, explained that users will have initial access to at least 1,000 works from the 17 museums, including one from each institution that will be presented in high-resolution using "'gigapixel' photo-capturing technology."
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Microsoft 2011 Demonstration
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
InDesign Gig
Is Your Hard Drive Dying?
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Alan Moore Loves Libraries
Alan Moore (author of Watchmen, From Hell, and V For Vendetta) visited the St. James Library in Northampton, England on Save Our Libraries Day. Here is what he had to share about libraries influencing him.
Via Boingboing
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Back Up Your Stuff!
Apple Systems Engineer, Mike Wolk will be on campus this Friday, February 4 to present “Back Up My Stuff” at the Van Pelt Library, Weigle Information Commons’ Technically Speaking Series from noon to 1 PM in the WIC Seminar Room.