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June 8, 2007
HOWTO: Scan directly to PDF (well, almost) on OSX
I have to print, sign, scan, and e‑mail a lot of documents and have been seeking out an easy way to do it for a while. It’s been particularly aggravating for multi-page documents because ImageCapture saves each page as individual files. There are…
June 5, 2007
HOWTO: Configure a Linksys WPS54G wireless print server on Mac OSX
While trying to set up our home theater Mac Mini to print to our shared printer, I accidentally deleted the printer on my MacBook (this is what happens if you run too many VNC sessions on machines that share a look-and-feel!). Putting…
June 3, 2007
What systems do you use to store and manage proposals and their content?
We have a LOT of content that’s used in proposals. We’d like a better way to store, retrieve, and reuse that content. How does your organization do this? We’re looking for something that can work over the Web and is more sophisticated…
June 2, 2007
Use Firefox keyword searches to speed browsing
Via the wonderful Lifehacker, I discovered a feature of Firefox that I can’t believe I didn’t know about before. You can create keywords for search boxes on pretty much any Web page and then, when you invoke the keyword in the Firefox address bar,…
Enigmail — neat‑o GnuGP extension for Thunderbird
I just installed Enigmail, a GnuGP (free, open source version of PGP encryption) extension that makes it incredibly easy to send encrypted e‑mail through Thunderbird. Install of GnuGP was easy using MacGPG, but I hit one snag in getting to grips with…
June 1, 2007
NIH seeking grants IT people
NIH has posted several government payscale GS-15 (senior level, effectively) job openings in the area that builds and operates their grants management system, eRA. Here are the links to the postings:
Chief, Operations Branch
Chief, Customer Relations Branch
Chief, Design…
Warning re Grants.gov’s expected high submission volume
Just got this from Vince Sprouls at Grants.gov, via the NGP. Take heed!
Due to high volume of submissions expected through Grants.gov due to multiple agency closings through June 5 the response time for processing applications may be longer than usual.…
May 29, 2007
HHS launches Pandemic Flu Leadership Blog
HHS has launched a blog to air and discuss issues around pandemic flu!
On June 13, Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is convening a leadership forum on pandemic preparedness, which brings together highly influential leaders from…
Grants.gov Update from FDP Meeting, 5/25/2007
Feeling refreshed from a long weekend of being exhausted by children, I’m pleased to finally write up my notes from the Grants.gov Update session at last week’s FDP meeting. Michael Pellegrino, Vince Sprouls, and a gentleman whose name I didn’t catch presented the…
May 27, 2007
Scott Adams on Peer Review
The Great Philosopher of our Age, Scott Adams (yes, the Dilbert cartoonist), has a little ditty about the peer review process which is, in his usual style, hilarious and damning at the same time.…