Sunday, February 1

Suggestions for providing proof of a configured newsbrowser.
(Any one will work.)
1) Print from the application.
2) Print the screen.
3) Bring in a laptop computer.
4) Take a snapshot of the screen with a digital camera.
5) Surprise me.
Addendum: Here's an elaboration on #2 above thanks to Nate. With this method or with #4 above you could just email me the results rather than printing it out.
Nate: ah...well on PC's there is a button called "Print Screen" Nate: and it basically takes a snapshot of the current screen display Dave: oh cool...i'll post that Nate: then go to paint or some paint program Nate: and select edit paste Nate: print screen just takes a "copy" of your current view I guess

Dan is the man.
Here's how NewzCrawler looks fully loaded.
From Denison in It's Fourth Incarnation.

When ya'll get your newsbrowsers set up tell us about it on your blog. Which one did you install? Was it difficult? Got any tips or tricks?

Btw, no extra assignment for tomorrow. Just the newsbrowser setup.

A short post on the issue of paying $19.95 for NewzCrawler.
Textbooks for Dr. Gilbert's course: $0.00.
Jager shots last night: $36.50
Value of a good newsbrowser: priceless.

stranded in ohio (darn nice looking blog by the way) expresses frustration with trying to set up a newsbrowser. I know she is not alone, that her feelings are shared by others.
But my first question is why would anyone try to install a newsbrowser on a Saturday night? Get a life! (Kidding.) ;)
But seriously, I'm going to repost part of a message I posted on 1/29:

"For those of you who use Macs and/or those of you who use Windows but are having trouble with the other News Browsers, I have a solution. It's not a perfect solution (it strips out links and you can't click on it to get directly to a blog), but it will suffice. It's an Internet Application appliance called "Central" by Macromedia. You can download it for free here. Yes Mac users, apparently my favorite News Browser, Net News Wire, does not currently support ATOM, so I'm going to use Central myself."

In answer to the further question about whether News Monster accepts ATOM feeds, see the first part of the same post:
"Fortunately, ATOM is just as easy to configure and use, and is compatible with all of the News Browsers I listed earlier (except for Net News Wire)."
See also the tenth post on 1/30.
Gentle reminder: Read my blog carefully.
Gentle reminder #2: Call me or IM me if you get stuck (preferably before you get frustrated).