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February 09, 2013

February 2013

Family going through conflict.

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January 06, 2013

January 2013

Thesis, thesis, and more thesis. Learning to develop better thesis statement was no easy task for someone who was not familiar with writing one. In the past, lecturers would hand out a list of topics and we would fight it out. After we have finally settled on a topic. We would read up on books, newspapers, journals, and write an essay. At no point were we advised to write up a thesis statement. Often we would write up our first main point in our introduction before filling in the gaps of the essay. A lecturer once commented on my class mate's essay was equivalent to a dog's breakfast. You could say essay writing skills was not well taught in the 1990s. However, much has changed in the last decade. My latest class has proven to be very useful and relevant in essay writing, to the point where I enjoy writing a thesis statements. I think, I am on the right track. Encapsulating all the arguments in concise manner into one sentence has been challenging to do. To keep myself on track. I have decided to keep notes on my blog, so that I can read it at anytime and anywhere. I hope you will find it useful too.

Tip: a thesis is a declarative sentence that takes a stance.

Tip: The thesis statement must assert your point, suggest your evidence, and structure your argument, all in one. This is necessary for a good reason. If you can summarize your paper in one sentence, you’re more likely to have a tightly-constructed, concise, and readable essay.

Tardiff, Elyssa and Allen Brizze. 2011. Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/

Tip: An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. The claim could be an opinion, a policy proposal, an evaluation, a cause-and-effect statement, or an interpretation. The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided.

Odak, Shelia. 2012. How to Create an Argumentative Thesis Statement
http://www.ehow.com/how_8099815_create-argumentative-thesis-statement.html

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December 20, 2012

December 2012

Rushing to finish off statistics, scan jobs, accessioning, and any draft reports before Christmas is upon us.

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November 04, 2012

November 2012

meh...juggling everything. study. work. toilet broken and died after 12 years. planing cousin visit and dinner. attend a wedding. party to Hispanic festival. write performance review for work. adding voice over on draft video for work. trying to complete set exercises from each text book.

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October 05, 2012

October 2012

Check permissions for these folders

First look up from START > RUN %temp%

Then C:\Config.MSI

Then MSCONFIG.exe

• Disable start up apps on first tab
• Tick hide all Microsoft services
• Disable services
• Press OK

Restart PC

Install ITunes 10.7
• Burn to/Import to CD doesn't work
• Bonjour needs to be restart under ADMIN > SERVICES

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Sporadic notes taken during my first session with Library 2.0 #lib2012 online conference.
Copyright
Lawyers - chilling effect
Affect daily lives
Benefit 1 set of authors against another set of authors
1700s
Closed loop communication
Person A -> Person B and stops
Open loop communication
Cooperating
Reading for life (book)
Questions is the currency in determining the future

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Oxford reference online database is busy looking but there are clues to be found at every aspect of each page. Despite there was no traditional web bread crumb as you dive deeper in your searches, the many faucets on the left hand side of the page and option to remove filters above your search result was good. The quality of material is always remarkably good. The overview page and timeline feature are great resources for high schoolers. While the quotation feature is brilliant for social media users. No more Chinese whispers. Their music database even has modern music artists like Pitbull.

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Apple Wireless Keyboard

I'm typing to you from my newly acquired bluetooth enabled Apple wireless keyboard. It felt heavenly to hvae it connect up so easily. In the 13 years of using mobile phone, I have never seen a more easier to connect up wireless keyboard. I mean the paring part always took mang goes and not always successful too. You can say i had a fair share of disappointment in technology. Apple does create some wonderful tools in hardware and software. I look forward to future surprises. Enough of my grovelling and drool. To the details.

First, you read the supplied documents. Bluetooth regulatroy certfication for model number A1314, Limited warranty - Apple accessory, and Apple wireless keyboard manual. The keyboard uses AA battery. Follow the etching in the back and insert the batteries correctly. On the opposite turn on the keyboard. Proceed to your iPhone and turn on bluetooth. The keyboard shoyld rhen appear on list of devices. Tap on it. An alert comes up asking to enter some digits via the keyboard. Then tada. Boths should be now paired up.

Few things to remember, once the wireless keyboard is paired up, the virtual keyboard is temporarily hidden. To bring it back on screen, just eject key. The other thing is getting use to typing on a MAC based keyboard is aother learning curve for Windows PC user. Funny.

Is it fast? Yes
Is responsive? Yes.
Virtual or physical keyboard which is better?

Hard to tell at this point in time. Typing for prolonged length of time, I'd prefer to use a physical keyboard.

Why have an extra keyboard?

To ensure I am conveying the right message through my iPhone. I personally like having SIRI proof read my ideas, responses, and thoughts. Some typo are unavoidable.
Hit caps lock instead of letter a. Press control key instead of shift key. You get the idea. PC voice over doesn't read typed text.





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