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05/22/2009 02:10 PM
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The GROW Model in Coaching
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The GROW model of coaching helps a leader to get a team or group started down the right path on a new assignment:
G: Goals - Agree on goals and objectives. Set long-term goals and reach a consensus with the team. Ensure that you have their buy-in.
R: Reality - Assess the Reality of the situation. Determine [...]
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03/08/2009 05:53 AM
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Como? PDF Translation via Google
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Google’s current translation service has just gone a step further. Not only can you translate text, or a web page, but now you can translate PDF files that are on the internet. Simply enter in the URL for the PDF file and google will use it’s PDF->HTML conversion tools to convert the document to an [...]
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03/07/2009 08:09 AM
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Spring Cleaning: Dejunking old files on Linux
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I often let files sit around on servers that contain logs and other automatically updated information. I want to clean these up every once in a while. Linux, of course, offers a great way to do this.
find $directory_to_clean -mtime +$days_old -exec rm {} \;
This bash command will look in the $directory_to_clean location and [...]
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03/06/2009 01:06 PM
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Nothing like Paper - CSS for Print
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Many of us have websites that look great on the computer monitor, yet wreak havoc on printers. CSS has a great way to make your content more printer friendly when it is needed.
Take the following CSS code for example:
<style type="text/css">
@media print {
#menubar, #navbar, #searchbar {display: none;}
#wrap, #content, #comments {width: 100%; margin: 0; background: #FFFFFF;}
}
</style>
This [...]
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02/23/2009 03:08 PM
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UPDATE: Easier solution to Windows XP SP3 Wireless Issues
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I few months ago I published my solution for the various wireless problems I had with my laptop when I upgraded from Windows XP SP2 to SP3. Back then I used a batch file to resolve the problems that I was consistently seeing when coming back out of standby or hibernate mode. (See Windows XP [...]
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12/10/2008 09:42 AM
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LDS Church News Widget
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For those who follow news and information from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is a new widget out there that allows you track news of the church on any of your blogs or other websites.
First you go to the LDS News Widget Page and select the style of widget that you [...]
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11/24/2008 08:49 PM
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Watch out for Elf-Yourself ecards
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On Saturday, I had received an email-advertisement for an online e-card generator hosted by jibjab.com. It is a holiday ecard named “elf-yourself”. You upload photos of you and family and friends. You then stick your uploaded faces onto their website and they transfer them to a bunch of dancing elves. You can select the type [...]
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11/20/2008 04:54 AM
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When Your Job Gets you Down…
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I have read recently that if you buy a Johnson and Johnson rectal thermometer and take out the instructions from the box and read them carefully there is a notice that in small print says:
“Every Rectal Thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson is personally tested and then sanitized.”
When your own job get’s you down, think [...]
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11/17/2008 06:57 AM
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The Marrying of Technologies
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Google — one of the most cutting-edge companies in the technology world has been investing a lot of time and effort in Apple’s iPhone — yet another one of the most cutting-edge companies and products in the world today.
It appears that Google has been doing a lot of research and development with regard to voice [...]
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11/14/2008 07:56 AM
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Saving your LCD TV from Burning-In the last day
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Ok…so no, this is not about putting your new 52 inch LCD tv into a steel reinforced concrete vault with 10 inch walls buried 30 feet under the ground to keep it from melting down in a nuclear Armageddon.
We had a problem with one of our LCD tvs at work. This TV acts [...]
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