HerringLaw: Civil Rights & Discrimination Law in Iowa tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1277914 2012-02-09T13:14:58-06:00 Law firm blog, with particular emphasis on Civil Rights, Discrimination and modern Technology in the law office, and life. TypePad HerringLawhttp://feedburner.google.com Preservation, literally tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218e669e20167620c64f8970b 2012-02-09T13:14:58-06:00 2012-02-09T13:14:58-06:00 I am going thru boxes of papers etc., tossing, recycling, saving and came upon the following, published in Preservation News [by the National Trust for Historic Preservation] and identified as a "Note found on the back of an old tea... VictoriaJZ

I am going thru boxes of papers etc., tossing, recycling, saving and came upon the following, published in Preservation News [by the National Trust for Historic Preservation] and identified as a "Note found on the back of an old tea box":

A rabbi spoke  with the Lord about heaven and hell.  "I will show you hell", said the Lord, and they went into a room that had a large pot of stew in the middle.  The smell was delicious, but around the pot sat people who were famished and desperate.  All were holding spoons with very long handles that reached to the pot, but because the handles of the spoons were longer than their arms, it was impossible to get the stew back into their mouths.  Their suffering was terrible.

"Now I will show you heaven,"  said the Lord, and they went into an identical room.  There was a similar pot of stew, and the people had identical spoons, but they were well-nourished and happy, talking with each other. 

At first the rabbi did not understand.  "It is simple," said the Lord.  "You see, they have learned to feed each other."

 http://www.herringlaw.com/2012/02/preservation-literally.html Storm Tracking for your iPhone tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218e669e2016300c93723970d 2012-02-06T16:31:00-06:00 2012-02-06T16:31:00-06:00 From MakeUseOf, another list of free apps - this time, for storm tracking on the iPhone: Stormtracking VictoriaJZ

From MakeUseOf, another list of free apps - this time, for storm tracking on the iPhone:

Stormtracking

 http://www.herringlaw.com/2012/02/storm-tracking-for-your-iphone.html Free Audiobooks tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218e669e2016761beba41970b 2012-02-06T05:28:00-06:00 2012-02-06T05:28:00-06:00 A resource list from MakeUseOf which provides gobs of useful information for those dealing with technology in our lives, virtually anyone: FreeAudiobooks VictoriaJZ

A resource list from MakeUseOf which provides gobs of useful information for those dealing with technology in our lives, virtually anyone:  FreeAudiobooks

 http://www.herringlaw.com/2012/02/free-audiobooks.html Cross-referencing, News Aggregators tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218e669e2016761bd4892970b 2012-02-05T10:42:57-06:00 2012-02-05T10:42:57-06:00 Just thought I'd mention that I did a separate blog post with links regarding news feed aggregators at my JourneyZing blog. VictoriaJZ

Just thought I'd mention that I did a separate blog post with links regarding news feed aggregators at my JourneyZing blog.  

 http://www.herringlaw.com/2012/02/cross-referencing-news-aggregators.html How to save Battery Life on your iPhone tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218e669e201630099f7a7970d 2012-02-02T12:06:34-06:00 2012-02-02T12:05:40-06:00 Did a little quick research and found loads of info [the title above is a good search term] but here's a synopsis: Saving Battery Life on the iPhone - notes from articles [2/2/12] Go to Settings and adjust what... VictoriaJZ

Did a little quick research and found loads of info [the title above is a good search term] but here's a synopsis:

Saving Battery Life on the iPhone - notes from articles [2/2/12]

<http://ipod.about.com>

  1. Go to Settings and adjust what you can to limit the constant operation of the iPhone [fetch, don’t push, mail;  turn off Location Services not needed, etc.].  In iOS5 & the 4S, there are other Location settings you can adjust.  turn on auto-brightness or reduce screen brightness
    1. turn off Bluetooth, 3G or Wi-Fi, if not needed.  Usually turning off Bluetooth is not a major issue but unless you’re away from 3G or free Wi-Fi, the other two may need to remain on.  Turn on Airplane Mode if you want all connection off.
    2. avoid using battery hogs:  videos, games and Siri, sometimes.

 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com>

  1. Some of the above 
  2. Turn off Notifications you don’t need and turn off Push Notifications especially.
  3. Close your Background apps - to multitask, Apps you’ve opened remain open and available [quick two-taps on Home button shows them across the bottom of the screen] - every now and then go in and turn them off by clicking the little red dash.  
  4. There are other tests and possibilities you can find out at the Genius Bar.

 

 http://www.herringlaw.com/2012/02/how-to-save-battery-life-on-your-iphone.html Caring for Cloth Grocery Bags - Lots of helpful info here! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218e669e2015438656973970c 2011-12-16T16:21:30-06:00 2011-12-16T16:21:30-06:00 Caring for Cloth Grocery Bags Reusable cloth grocery bags are a great way to help drastically reduce the number of plastic "disposable" grocery bags that end up in landfills. Those plastic bags, which are made from nonrenewable petrochemicals, can take... VictoriaJZ

Caring for Cloth Grocery Bags

Reusable cloth grocery bags are a great way to help drastically reduce the number of plastic "disposable" grocery bags that end up in landfills. Those plastic bags, which are made from nonrenewable petrochemicals, can take more than 1,000 years to decompose! Though cloth grocery bags are more environmentally friendly, their longer life spans mean they can become moldy or messy with frequent reuse.

 http://www.herringlaw.com/2011/12/caring-for-cloth-grocery-bags-lots-of-helpful-info-here.html "Great" Nixon Quote tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218e669e201675eb8483f970b 2011-12-13T19:58:43-06:00 2011-12-13T19:58:43-06:00 I'm finalizing the materials for a presentation tomorrow on the topic of Privacy and Social Media in the Workplace and ran across the following quote which I find rather interesting and apropos - “Get a good night’s sleep, and don’t... VictoriaJZ

I'm finalizing the materials for a presentation tomorrow on the topic of Privacy and Social Media in the Workplace and ran across the following quote which I find rather interesting and apropos - 

“Get a good night’s sleep, and don’t bug anybody without asking me.”

Richard M. Nixon to re-election campaign manager Clark MacGregor, recorded on tape [Christian Science Monitor, 8/14/80]


 http://www.herringlaw.com/2011/12/great-nixon-quote.html How do you move things between your Mac computer & iOS devices? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218e669e201539373c330970b 2011-11-23T11:46:51-06:00 2011-11-23T11:46:51-06:00 What cloud applications do you use if you don't have iCloud? There are all sorts of options to move data from Point A to Point B [from computer to your iOS device]. VictoriaJZ

I was just talking to someone about what she's going to do because her Mac is too old to be updated to Lion and use the iCloud.  The iCloud will make sharing between all your Apple devices [computer, iPad, iPhone, AppleTV] much easier, the idea being that the information/material is in the 'cloud' and resourced by the devices when needed/wanted.  [n.b., nothing is totally safe, so you're wise to have backup copies of your most important and irreplaceable things, whether they're in the cloud or not = Murphy's Law].

Thinking a bit, I realized that I'm doing this myself now [I don't yet have iCloud].  I'm not sure about music [but since they're digital files they can be copied elsewhere, I think].  I have the following Cloud accounts, all free:  3GB at Dropbox, 5GB at SugarSync and 5GB at Evernote.  With each, but particularly with dropbox and Evernote you can email things to your account and they will be there for you.  Then you go to your desktop or iPad or iPhone apps [all free] and access the document or item you need.  Remember that anything you take out of the Dropbox on the Cloud or computer/pad etc. is removed, not copied and moved.

So, go to Dropbox or Evernote or SugarSync [I'm sure there are others!] and read the explanations for what you get.  You can run some tests [after all, they're free] and see which you like.  At least til you join the iCloud, this might be sufficient.

 

[I'm researching cloud computing as backup storage and hope to write about that in the near term.]


 http://www.herringlaw.com/2011/11/how-do-you-move-things-between-your-mac-computer-ios-devices.html Rules for Clarity tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218e669e201539331b4a8970b 2011-11-17T13:47:44-06:00 2011-11-17T13:47:44-06:00 "To be understood, the writing must be clear and organized. To be clear, it must be as simple as possible. To be simple, it must be focused. To be persuasive, it must be clear, simple and focused." former Justice Mark... VictoriaJZ

"To be understood, the writing must be clear and organized. To be clear, it must be as simple as possible. To be simple, it must be focused. To be persuasive, it must be clear, simple and focused." former Justice Mark McCormick (in today's seminar materials)

 http://www.herringlaw.com/2011/11/rules-for-clarity.html A note to a Windows user moving to a Mac tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345218e669e201539327857d970b 2011-11-16T18:10:36-06:00 2011-11-16T18:10:36-06:00 About a year ago, I prepared a short memo to a family member who has always used Windows computers and was moving to a Mac [she inherited Ryan's MacBookPro]. Some of the points are standard suggestions from me and I thought worthy of a blog post VictoriaJZ

About a year ago, I prepared a short memo to a family member who has always used Windows computers and was moving to a Mac [she inherited Ryan's MacBookPro].  Some of the points are standard suggestions from me and I thought worthy of a blog post:

  1. At Apple.com/Support there are loads of materials, written and video, to help ‘switchers’ or Windows users trying Mac for the first time, get comfortable.  There is a bit of a difference, but I’m not certain it’s all that important.            
  2. I suggest that the first thing you do before you try anything at all is go to the Apple Menu [upper L corner] and drop down to System Preferences.  Go thru them one by one and set them to your liking or at least get some familiarity.    
  3. Word Processing:  there are two [or maybe 3?] excellent FREE WP programs that convert and work with Word docs on the Mac - NeoOffice and OpenOffice.  You can find them online.  Might as well get them and use them.    
  4. I always suggest some regular cleanup and maintenance.  Two excellent resources for this topic, among others, are:  the Missing Manual series [http://oreilly.com/] and the Take Control series [www.takecontrolbooks.com]
  5. I always suggest backing up.  Get an external hard drive that is about 1.5 x the internal startup drive so you have plenty of room.  Then set up TimeMachine [it's part of the OS X operating system and operates automatically in the background] to back it up.  There are other free or shareware backup programs as well.  The topic of Backing Up is amply covered in the resources in ¶ 4, above.  Just remember - it is not IF you will experience a disaster, it is WHEN - always have a backup and, if possible, an off-site/cloud copy of the most important items.  Think Katrina.

 

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