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Have a back-up strategy for the new year

29 December 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Back-Up / Restore

With the holidays upon us and with most students inbetween semesters, right now is a great time to either refine or create a back-up strategy for the new year. I highly, highly suggest heading over to TabletPCBuzz.com to take a look at their "Back-up Strategies and Tools" thread that has several ideas to pull from. I’m no role model on back-up strategies, so I’ll just say I use a Maxtor 80 GB external hard drive (it’s my catch-all) and my new iPod (so I have a back-up of my school files with me on campus).

Eric Mack: Is scanning your books legal?

27 December 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Digital Books

Much of our discussion revolves around scanning textbooks for use on a Tablet PC (we are students, after all). We’ve had people take these discussions as a way to beat the system and share textbooks like MP3s (old-school-Napster style). We’ve also had people wonder if this idea of scanning textbooks was legal at all, even without sharing.

About Us page is updated

27 December 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Blog Related

Stop by the About Us page for a glimpse at our pretty mug shots and some updated profiles. Andrew is now a full time author (yay!) so his profile is included for all to see ^_^.

Interesting Combo: Tablet PC + WebCam (+ iPod Video)

26 December 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Accessories, Tips / Tricks

I got a cool Christmas present: a Creative notebook web cam. Small, sleek, fits on the screen while in tablet mode, and has a pretty good picture quality. Now I can record audio and video lectures. Sweet. Imagine using this with OneNote’s sync capabilities.

Since I don’t use OneNote, I’m thinking more along the lines of using my new iPod video (woohoo!) and have the lectures playing while doing homework and studying. There’s a limited amount of time I can pay attention to an audio recording of a lecture (especially since I’m a visual person), but audio and visual should help keep my attention while studying. I don’t know about your classes, but it’s amazing how much you can learn by just hearing and understanding what your lecturer is telling you. So many people just rely on the book and miss so much because of it.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!

24 December 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Blog Related

 

It’s now officially Christmas day where I am, so Merry Christmas to everyone, and happy holidays to those celebrating other holidays this season. As JK mentioned, gadgets and gifts are nice, but the things that really matter are found with those you love, not under the tree. Don’t forget to count your blessings, and don’t forget to share your love this wonderful holiday season.

God bless!  

General Updates

21 December 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Blog Related

Right now I’m updating things here and there on the site that most of you won’t notice unless you look around here all the time. Just tying up some loose ends and adding some new features. I’ll post about big ones as I finish them, but here’s a list of some updates on the way:

• Software List page overhaul
• New "Tablet Demo" page with image galleries
  
• GoBinder 2006 Beta review
• About Us page overhaul
• Whatever Andrew and Trevor have in the works ^_^
  

Windows Live Messenger beta

21 December 2005 Posted By: Andrew
Posted in: Software Info

I just threw on Windows Live Messenger Beta. Looks interesting. I’ll post more after I’ve used it for a while. I also have 2 invites. If you want one, leave a comment stating why you should receive an invite (bribes are welcomed encouraged).

The top 2 commenters will receive an invite. Entry deadline is 12/23/2005 23:59:59 MST.

Update: Thanks to everyone who entered. Invitations have been sent out to the winners!

30 Tips for a Tight Budget

19 December 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Low Budget Tablets

Finals are over so now I can finally relax and get back to fun stuff!

One thing that’s important to students (usually) is saving money, but few know how or where to save when it comes to electronics. It’s time to point out some tips for those short on a short budget (or for those who simply like to save). Feel free to share your own tip as a comment, or use the tips to save some extra holiday cash ^_^.

Free Copy of ActiveWords? Heck yeah!

19 December 2005 Posted By: Trevor
Posted in: Blog Related

The man with the eponymous moniker, Buzz Bruggeman of ActiveWords was on the Tablet PC Podcast this week. Listen to the podcast and you can find out how to get a free copy of ActiveWords.

ActiveWords is the awesome software that lets your computer be smarter than it actually is. Paired up with the InkPad for ActiveWords, you’ll find a whole new level of productivity.

Head over to the OnTheRun with Tablet PCs Podcast and give yourself an earful.

It’s finals week

12 December 2005 Posted By: Tracy
Posted in: Tracy's Updates

Things will be a little sluggish this week (kinda like last week) because this week is finals week (five tests, and one class thanks to icy weather last Thursday). Last week was the week before finals, which was almost worse than this week, but then the ice hit and I got two days off (woohoo!) so now it’s this week that’s bad, heh.

Anyway, I think Andrew has finals this week, and I’m willing to bet half our student readers do too, so, good luck!

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