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dudefree unit circle

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This is a Flash animation [freedude] created to help students study and learn the Unit Circle. It's probably most useful to pre-calculus and trigonometry students, but many other students will find it helpful as well. It has many features, so play around with it to see how it works.

Evernote w/ Griffin Clarifi iPhone case

Griffin 8245 Clarify case for the iPhone to use with Evernote:

Official Google Mobile Blog: Google Sync Beta for iPhone, WinMo and SyncML Phones

Official Google Mobile Blog: Google Sync Beta for iPhone, WinMo and SyncML Phones

Monday, February 9, 2009 9:15 AM

One of the hardest parts about switching phones is getting your address book and calendar to your new device. We're making that process a little easier by releasing a beta version of Google Sync for the iPhone and Windows Mobile phones as well as a contacts-only version for phones that support SyncML.

For iPhone and Windows Mobile devices, Google Sync allows you to get your Gmail Contacts and Google Calendar events to your phone. Once you set up Sync on your phone, it will automatically begin synchronizing your address book and calendar in the background, over-the-air, so you can attend to other tasks. Sync uses push technology so any changes or additions to your calendar or contacts are reflected on your device in minutes. The connection is always on so you don't have to manually sync your phone after Sync has been set up. This means that when your colleague changes the time of the TPS report cover sheets meeting, you'll know about it right away.

Since Sync is a two-way service, you can make changes on your phone or in your Google Account. Your calendar and contacts are always up-to-date, no matter where you are or what you're doing. Also, since your data is automatically backed up to your Google Account, it's securely stored even if you lose your phone.

For devices that support the open SyncML protocol, Google Sync will allow for two-way contacts synchronization. If you're a BlackBerry user, a version of Google Sync is already available.




Following the Google credo to launch early and iterate, we're introducing Sync in beta. We encourage you to visit our Help Center to review device specific instructions and known issues. Also, please keep in mind that Google Sync may remove all existing contacts and calendar events from your phone, so make sure to back up any important data before you set it up. You can find more information on backing up in the Help Center.

To try Sync out, visit m.google.com/sync

to sync multiple calendars: m.google.com/sync

Posted by Bryan Mawhinney, Software Engineer, Google Mobile

problem playing a movie on new laptop with Mircosoft Vista Home

This low-rent version of the operating system (Vista home) doesn't let you watch DVDs with Windows Media Player. I also had problems with the built-in HP player (i.e. it wasn't working). I tried to download missing codecs, but when that didn't immediately bear fruit, I found a free mediaplayer download that does play DVDs (and also, for some reason - maybe a codec had been missing - made the built-in HP player start working too).

(Good strategy, Microsoft!)

Since JMJ has the same laptop, I thought I'd post this for him here to shortcut a solution for him in case he encounters the same problem.

You can read the CNET review and download KMPlayer here.

Screen Resolution Idea

Multiple screens can be set to different resolutions. So you can have a really hi-res (zoomed out) one with lots of real estate (but too-small text), alongside a lower-res (more zoomed in) one. Sliding a window from one screen to another resizes it on the fly. Here the resolution increases from left to right (click on image):

Windows Explorer Patch

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Default Folder Template Patch

Intended For Windows Vista only

Windows Vista has a bug that prevents it from choosing the correct view for a folder based on its contents, which is why you may see thumbnails when they're not appropriate, and no thumbnails when they're needed. The following patch stops Vista from trying to guess how to display a folder, instead forcing it to use the template of your choice.

1. Download ResetExplorer.exe (119 kb) and save it to your desktop. (Don't worry... there's no adware, malware, or spyware here; this tool just deletes some unimportant cache data from your Registry. Thereafter, Windows Explorer will recreate the data as needed.)

2. Double-click the ResetExplorer.exe file to reset your saved Windows Explorer view settings. (Feel free to delete ResetExplorer.exe when you're done with it, or keep it around for future use.)

3. Next, download ChooseTemplate.reg and save it to your desktop.

4. Double-click the ChooseTemplate.reg file to add a new option to Windows Explorer (shown below). When prompted, answer Continue, Yes, and then OK. (You may delete the ChooseTemplate.reg file when you're done.)

5. Open Windows Explorer, and from the Organize drop-down, select Folder and Search Options.

6. Choose the View tab, and from the Default Folder Template option, choose one of the templates to be the default for all your folders:
   

7. Thereafter, Windows Explorer will use your preferred view settings every time unless you manually change the template for a folder.

8. To choose a new template for a folder or branch, right-click the folder, select Properties, choose the Customize tab, and select the desired template from the What kind of folder do you want? box.