Archive for the 'Hint' Category

Calendar exporter

August 14, 2014

calendar exporter:

http://www.gcal2excel.com/

It is simple but does the work you need: calendar exporting, event filter based on keywords and simple statistics.

Wikipedia:Redirect – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

August 9, 2014

QT:{{”

To create a basic redirect manually, set #REDIRECT [[target page name here]] as the only body text of the page. For instance, if you were redirecting from “UK” to “United Kingdom”, this would be the entire body of the “UK” page:

#REDIRECT [[United Kingdom]]

“}}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect

How to Install Screen Protector on Tablet

August 3, 2014

http://www.armorsuit.com/screen-protector-tablet

cleanliness and godliness

April 19, 2014

from
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3988

“How to disinfect the Apple internal or external keyboard, trackpad, and mouse… you should use Lysol Wipes or Clorox Kitchen Disinfecting wipes”

An example of this:

http://www.amazon.com/Clorox-Disinfecting-Wipes-105-Count-Canister/dp/B0036B89QC

However, this doesn’t include an ipad screen. For this, see: http://lifehacker.com/5665119/how-to-safely-disinfect-and-clean-your-gadgets

and the following products:

http://www.amazon.com/Klearscreen-iKlear-Apple-Polish-Kit/dp/B00078COKE and “recommended by Apple” Sanus Elements ELM104
http://store.apple.com/us/product/H6014LL/A

Sign in, sign out, and change your password – Gmail Help

January 6, 2014

Password change on mobile

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/3114694?hl=en
+
http://www.google.com/settings/security

Export or Copy/Paste list of iPad apps…: Apple Support Communities

December 9, 2013

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2599717

To optimize a DSL connection

December 8, 2013

Expanded speedtest results (in Mb/s downloading and then uploading + latency (ms)) comparing DSL & Cable

mb16 =>

432a => SSID=MarkGerstein : 267, 278, 13

860mbg11=>Verizon-DSL : 6.4, .9 (2nd try: 6.07, 0.84, 33)

860mbg11=>TW-Cable : 6.4, 5.2 (2nd try: 5.46, 5.18, 32)

“12c” SSID=>TW-Cable : .53, .68, 28
“” “” (5′ from base station)=>TW-Cable : 3.8, 5.6, 28 [not matching “turbo” performance]

FD4CN=>Verizon-DSL : 5.1, .8

77c021=>TW-Cable : 8.8, 5.1

http://verizon.net/speedoptimizer

then

http://verizon.net/speedtest

Useful post on 5 v 2.4 GHz:
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wirelessfaqs/f/5ghz-gear.htm

PubMed Help – Searching for specific last and first authors

November 30, 2013

From
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3827/#pubmedhelp.Search_Field_Descrip some useful field descriptors, include:

Last author = [Lastau]
First author = [1au]
Grant = [GR]

Here are some examples employing these from the end of 2012:

(1) My overall query {Q} (from papers page, http://papers.gersteinlab.org) =

((Gerstein M[Author] NOT (1957[dp] : 1990[dp])) NOT 10787728[UID] NOT 11744447[UID] NOT 14663468[UID] NOT 14730174[UID] NOT 16081066[UID] NOT 14663468[UID] NOT 17270657[UID] NOT 21243890[UID] NOT
21406498[UID] NOT 21945273[UID]OR 15499007[UID] OR 17571346[UID] OR 17571346[UID] OR 8877505[UID] OR 8816770[UID] OR 7540695[UID] OR 7567918[UID] OR 7567918[UID] OR 7577841[UID] OR 7567917[UID] OR 7643385[UID] OR 8749848[UID] OR 8808580[UID] OR 8120887[UID] OR 8029203[UID] OR 8204609[UID] OR 7922041[UID] OR 7584390[UID] OR 8078776[UID] OR 8428572[UID] OR 8429559[UID] OR 8464069[UID] OR 8234227[UID] OR 8230220[UID] OR 1584800[UID] OR 2067013[UID] OR 20981092[UID] OR 21526222[UID])

==> yields 426 papers (from my total of 449)

(2) Last author papers

(2a) Gerstein M[Lastau] AND {Q}
==> yields 242 last author papers

(2b) GM[GR] AND Gerstein M[lastau] AND {Q}
==> yields 33 of 242 last author papers supported by NIH/NIGMS

(2c) GM[HG] AND Gerstein M[lastau] AND {Q}
==> yields 45 of 242 last author papers supported by NIH/NHGRI

(3) 1st author papers

(3a) Gerstein M[1au] AND {Q}
==> yields 41 first author papers

(3b) Gerstein M[lastau] AND Gerstein M[1au] AND {Q}
==> yields 11 sole author papers

(4) Reviews

Gerstein M[lastau] AND review[PT] NOT PLOS ONE[Journal] AND {Q} ==> yields 19 Reviews

sharing – Google Docs: Is there any way to tell if people have opened a document that you have shared on Google Docs? – Web Applications Stack Exchange

November 25, 2013

http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/12798/google-docs-is-there-any-way-to-tell-if-people-have-opened-a-document-that-you

Ideas for fixing osx networking issues

October 19, 2013

http://osxdaily.com/2009/12/22/mac-wireless-problems-guide-to-troubleshooting-airport-wireless-problems-on-your-mac http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
QT:”
OS X does not store network settings in NVRAM / PRAM. If you are troubleshooting a network issue, resetting it will not help. “