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FITS &
Starts Reader,
With only a bit more
of summer remaining,
I thought we'd take
a vacation and point
you to some
entertaining and
informative computer
sights & software.
Presenting Those
Summer Photos
If you still haven't
organized those
digital photos from
your latest summer
trip (or maybe this
applies to all of
your photos) FITS
has highlighted a
few tools that will
help you build your
very own
professional looking
photo displays.
 I'll
make the bold
assumption that you
have already spent
all your hard earned
cash on the big trip
so I'll stick with
suggesting the free
software versions to
help you out.
See the full article
here for photo
editors and
scrapbook software
to present your
pictures in a better
light...
Contact me if
you have any
comments or
questions at DMielke@FileBankIT.com
(416) 640-2874.
Tired
of
Holding
the
Phone?
I
don't
know
if
you
have been
introduced
to my
new
secretary,
however I happened
across
her
the
other
day
and figured
you
may
want
to
get
acquainted,
especially
if
you
have
a
call
to a
large
company
pending.
 If
only
I'd
met
"Lucy" before
I spent
half
a
day
on
hold,
listening
to
elevator-music,
while
waiting
to
get
a
person
on
the
line.
Instead
I was
subjected
to, "We
are
experiencing
a
unusually
high-volume
of
calls"
...which
is
strange
as I
tried
several
times
over
many
days
and I
always
seemed
to
be
oddly in
sync
with everyone
else's unusually
high
calling
pattern
to
this
company.
Now
I
know
some
large
corporations
have
wonderful
telephone
systems
that
put
you
in
touch
with
the
correct
person
whenever
you
need
them,
without
being
put
on
perpetual
hold...
I
apparently
just
don't
deal
with
many.
To
read
more
about
how
to
get
in
touch
with
"Lucy"
click
here.
Feel
free
to
contact me
and
let
me
know
if you
found
this
service
helpful.
(DMielke@FileBankIT.com
or
416
640-2874)
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Staying Sharp with
Ongoing Education
After mentioning TED
Talks in the last
newsletter I thought
I'd toss out a few
more websites where
you can pick up some
information to get
you in that
'back-to-school'
mode.
 OpenCourseWare
has a large
collection of high
quality
university‐level
educational
materials.
These materials are
organized as
courses,
and sometimes
include course
planning materials
and evaluation
tools. They are free
and accessible to
anyone, anytime via
the Internet.
http://www.ocwconsortium.org/
Launched with the
goal of making
accessible a wide
range of existing
educational videos,
featuring guest
lecturers from
leading
universities,
Academic Earth was
born. The site
offers full courses
as well as single
lectures from
leading (U.S.)
universities(apparently
they are not tapping
into Canadian
talent) that can be
searched by
university, subject
or instructor.
Covering topics from
Art and Architecture
to Writing, with
Academic Earth you
can catch up on all
the topics you
didn't take at
school.
http://www.academicearth.org/
If those two weren't
enough to send you
into information
overload we still
have a Wiki
University for you.
Devoted to learning
resources from
pre-school to
university this wiki
has amassed a
growing volume of
collaberative effort
learning (which you
can join in on if
you so desire).
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page
Contact FITS with
your questions.(DMielke@FileBankIT.com
or 416 640-2874)
Just Some Sites of
Interest
To finish off our
vacation I thought
I'd list a few
web-sites that can
keep your mind busy
for hours, when you
have some spare time
on your hands. (or
maybe to keep the
kids occupied in
these final days of
vacation).
BrainBashers is a
great collection of
brain teasers
puzzles and logic
games
http://www.brainbashers.com
For more of the
same, you can try
the site below as
well.
http://www.puzzles.com/
For the younger ones
(or to start you off
with a more simple
sampling) see:
http://www.kidsites.com/
Contact me if you
have any questions.
(DMielke@FileBankIT.com
or 416 640-2874)
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