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The current beta release of the Zotero plugin (2.0b7.6) allows for the use of an OpenURL resolver for accessing online library collections.The resolver allows a Zotero user to search for a Zotero item in a library database of the user’s choice. Zotero at present allows only for [...]
The following describes how to configure the network settings of LaserJet 4 printer equipped with a JetDirect networking card. As described in an earlier post, the printer is an HP LaserJet 4 (HP model no. C2001A) with an Adobe PostScript Level 2 module (HP part no. C2080A), a 4 MB memory upgrade [...]
Today I had to send in my MacBook Pro laptop for repairs due to a possibly failed logic board. No matter. I was given a loaner by our good tech support people at the College. And I had used Time Machine for my backups. In the span of less than an hour, I was able [...]
Zotero can be made to search the journals database at Central Michigan University. If you’re a Central Michigan University student with an appropriate login, you can use this feature to quickly find full-text articles through Zotero.
For newcomers to Zotero, here are pointers to the resources you need to get started. You’ll need the Firefox web browser, the Zotero plugin for Firefox, and the Zotero plugin for your word processor. If you need a word processor, I recommend OpenOffice.
Zotero has some new syncing and sharing features in its latest versions. I’ve found them to be extremely stable despite the alpha and now beta labels on the plug-in releases.
I upgraded my laptop to Mac OS X Leopard today. It wasn’t an entirely problem-free upgrade. Among several problems I encountered was that events in iCal were only partly migrated to the new version of iCal. Some of the groups and calendars were there but almost all the event entries were [...]
Many people seem to be under the impression that they need a Google email account in order to use any of the Google services, such as Google Groups. Worse, they believe that they have to abandon the email address that they’ve established for themselves in order to maintain a Google email account. Google [...]
Reading the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) short guide for journalists at the Beijing Olympics was quite sobering. The human rights situation for people in China has only gotten worse with the coming of the Olympics to Beijing. Yesterday, the IOC admitted that it had agreed to censorship [...]
I use rsnapshot for creating incremental backups on my MacBook Pro. I’ve been using it since before Time Machine was introduced for Mac OS X “Leopard.” I’ve had experience with rsync for synchronizing production web servers, so the move to rsnapshot was a natural one for me. In this [...]
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Orest Kinasevych is a digital media and publishing technologies instructor and consultant. He currently holds a faculty position at Red River College in Winnipeg, Canada. Orest has worked as a publishing technologies consultant to clients in publishing, pharmaceutical, travel information and financial industries across the U.S., Europe and Asia.Feedback
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