Irfanview --a great free graphics program.

Gadwin printscreen

Really useful freeware programs for manipulating images and grabbing screenshots.

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Yonkers Police - YonkersPD.com - Carjacking Tips | JMB Web Designs: "Why is Carjacking a Problem?
No one knows for certain, but some explanations include:
It's a crime of opportunity - a thief searching for the most vulnerable prey. Sometimes it's the first step in another crime.
For some young people, carjacking may be a rite of passage, a status symbol, or just a thrill.
Cars, especially luxury ones, provide quick cash for drug users and other criminals.
Sophisticated alarms and improved locking devices make it harder for thieves to steal unoccupied cars.
It's easy to buy, steal, or barter for guns in this country. And a pointed gun makes a powerful threat.
More teens and adults commit crimes of violence than ever before.
Intense media interest may have created 'copycat' carjackers. "

Rock Climbing as Therapy

Class websites:

http://carboosters4310.blogspot.com
http://uvscconstruction.blogspot.com
http://solaradiations.blogspot.com
http://rockclimbers2.blogspot.com

CNN.com - Study: Even mid-life diet change can extend life - Sep. 19, 2003: "'If this works in humans, then it means that from the time a person starts on a restricted diet, they'll be like individuals of the same age who were always on that diet,' she said. 'Their prospects of survival are the same.'
Partridge said that although the life-extending effects of short rations have never been proven in humans, it has been shown in monkeys, mice, rats and fruit flies that diet restrictions will lead to longer lives.
'There is no reason to suppose it wouldn't apply equally to humans,' she said. 'There are diet restriction studies now underway with monkeys and all the indications appear the same [as with mice, rats and fruit flies].' "

Google Toolbar Installed: "Now that you've installed the Google Toolbar, you've got the world's best search at your fingertips.
Getting Started "

Dia a drawing program

Dia a drawing program: "Welcome to Dia's homepage. Dia is a gtk based diagram creation program released under the GPL license.
Dia is designed to be much like the commercial Windows program 'Visio'. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and simple circuits. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG to draw the shape."

When I want to add something to the class homepage, all I have to do is type it in this window.

Usability and Usability Testing

Usability 101: Fundamentals of User-Centered Design - What, Why, and How (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox): "What is usability? How, when, and where can you improve it? Why should you care? This overview answers these basic questions."

Industrial Art Gallery

I found this discussion of car theft prevention on http://groups.google.com, an often overlooked area of google based on Usenet news: Steal My Car.

For class tonight:

1. Find your group members and get situated.

2. If you're not in a group yet, either find one, or make your own and steal members from another group.

3. Create a detailed outline of the types of information your project will contain. Collaborate as a group to do this, and put your names on the top. Next to each type of information, list possible sources.

4. At approximately 6:00 we will swap these and let another group respond to them.