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 The Wayback Machine, a handy feature from
www.archive.org,
allows you to look at web sites in their former states.
For
example, if you were trying to search for a lawyer's
name and that person is no longer with the firm you
would likely find it by looking at that law firm's web
site in one of its previous incarnations.
As you can
see
here, these are all the past edits to the Torys, LLP
site. Only catch is that companies can pay to NOT
have their previous renditions displayed. Still,
can be extremely helpful! |
 Not just a toy for music. This is also
a useful device on which to keep digital speed practice
files, keeping notes, a work diary, checking the
weather, stocks, watching YouTube, doing calculations,
or surfing the net for job-related information.
The
weather- and stock-checking, YouTube browsing, and
surfing have to be done online, however. This is
no problem as long as you are near a wireless hub, and
there are more and more of them available, even for
free.
 Apparently, Starbucks
will be allowing two hours' free usage of wireless
browsing in some of its outlets soon.
You can use it with your wireless router at home to
check your e-mail when your main computer is not on.
The
advantage over a BlackBerry is that with Blackberry you
are always paying for downloading those little bits.
With iPod surfing you're just piggybacking off your
basic internet service (at home) and off (hopefully
free) internet hotspots when away from home. |
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When trying
to find a file and you're going back and forth from
directory to directory, remember that two periods (..)
will take you back a directory.
One period
(.) stands
for the current directory you are in, two periods
(..) will take you up one directory, three period (...)
will take you up two directories, et cetera. |
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We all know
that if you're googling a multiple-word term or a phrase
in a search engine you need to enclose the words within
quotation marks, i.e., "jolly roger".
However, a
quicker way to do this is to separate the words
using a period, i.e., jolly.roger, or made.in.canada.
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 www.signa.com is a well-rounded computer
shop located east of Yonge between Lawrence and York
Mills, supplying not only computers and laptops. new and
refurbs, but also helping to source Windows XP machines
for us reporters. |
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www.aoamedia.com for any kind of audio/video
ripping you need to do. Frequently, video
files are supplied in .vob format, which consists of
multiple files. Rip those suckers into .avi
for transcription use.
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If you have
children in school or you are registered in courses
yourself, you can use proof of enrollment to get DEEP
discounts on software and some hardware items at
www.studica.ca.
Cheap prices on WordPerfect is probably the most useful
for court reporters. |
