Anti-corruption

I am against corruption --- anywhere in the world, in any sphere --- not just in India, not just in politics, not just in the police force, the army, the navy, the airforce, the commercial pilot licensing authorities, the academies, the passport offices, the regional transport authorities, the autorickshaw powers that be, television, real-estate, electricity, telecomm ... 

And my support will always be with those who are also against corruption.

Long live those with the courage to stand up, sit down, go on hunger strikes - whatever - in support of their beliefs!

Pl share this as well ...

Find-my-iPhone now free!

If your iPhone's iOS is 4.2 or later, you can setup FindMyiPhone for free. (First-time free accounts need iPhone 4.) Here goes ...

1) On your iPhone, tap "Settings" and then "Mail, Contacts, Calendars."

2) Tap "Add Account" and then "MobileMe."

3) Type in your Apple ID and password.
(Already have an iTunes Store account?
* You already know your Apple ID.
No Apple ID?
* "Create Free Apple ID" and follow instructions.
Already a MobileMe subscriber?
* Enter your me.com or mac.com email address and password.)

4) Verify your account.
(MobileMe account says “Not Verified?”
* Check your email for a new Apple message.
* Click "Verify Now" and sign in with your Apple ID.

No verification email yet (even after a while?)
* Select your MobileMe account
* Tap "Resend Verification Email.")

5) Go back to the MobileMe screen on your iPhone. Ensure "Find My iPhone" is set to "ON."

6) When you see a "Find My iPhone" message, tap "Allow."

That's it! You can now check it out from Safari (or any other browser.)

Pix and other details available online at http://www.apple.com/iphone/find-my-iphone-setup/

Set up MS Outlook 2003 e-mail in Windows

Open MS Outlook, Go to E-mail Accounts - Tools.

In the E-mail Accounts wizard window - Add a new e-mail account - Next.

Server type - choose POP3 or IMAP - Next.

In Internet E-mail Settings (POP3/IMAP), type:

Your Name - Your First Name, Last Name.
E-mail Address - Yours.
User Name - Yours (your IT dept, may have fixed your email address as your User Name.)
Password - Yours.
Incoming mail server (POP3) - your POP server details.
Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - your SMTP server details.

In Internet E-mail Settings window - Outgoing Server tab - select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication (if so set up by your IT dept.)

Use same settings as my incoming mail server (if so set up by your IT dept.)

In the Advanced tab, check whether the Outgoing server (SMTP) port is as set up by your IT dept. If not, change appropriately.

OK - Next - Finish.

Delete files/folders, bypassing your Mac's trashcan

One of the "missing" features on a Mac (according to me) is the absence of the Windows equivalent of Shift-Del to directly delete unwanted files without having to move them to the Trash and then deleting them from there.

Careful, though! You don't want to delete your entire hard disk by mistake. Check everything before you press Return!

Hope this workaround helps...

Launch your Terminal app and type

rm -rf
(note: press the spacebar after you've typed -rf)

Highlight files/folders you want to delete.

Drag them to your Terminal window (and you should see details of the files/folders you just dragged).

Again ... pl be Careful! You don't want to delete your entire hard disk by mistake. Check everything before you press Return!

Press Return to enter the command.

This will bypass the trash.
(note: you will not get any audio paper-crush feedback)

MS Outlook Command-line Options

Here's something for our Office on Windows users ...

MS Outlook command-line options … in case of outlook not behaving correctly. Use with caution, ONE AFTER ANOTHER and, after each one, check to see if your problem has gone away before trying the next...

Click Start - Run (and optionally key in the complete path to your Outlook.exe file) followed by a / and then ...

outlook.exe /cleanfreebusy
outlook.exe /Cleanfinders
outlook.exe /CleanReminders
outlook.exe /CleanViews
outlook.exe /CheckClient
outlook.exe /Recycle
outlook.exe /ResetFolders
outlook.exe /ResetOutlookBar
outlook.exe /Nopreview
outlook.exe /CleanSchedPlus

Regret I don't know the Mac 2011 equivalent commands ... :(

PDFs and your Mac

Thought I'd begin the year 2011 with a new (and hopefully helpful) series of notes; mostly to do with Apple Mac facilities ...

How to Create a PDF on your Mac
In Preview --

Step 1
Open a document in any program (Word documents work fine, as do text files, RTFs or any other documents).
Step 2
Select "File" > "Print."
Step 3
Click on "PDF" in the lower-left corner of the Print screen.
Step 4
Select "Save as PDF," type in the name of the file and click "Save."

How to Highlight Your Text

Step 1
Open the PDF in Preview.
Step 2
Select a line of text in the PDF.
Step 3
Click "Tools" in the top menu.
Step 4
Scroll down to "Mark Up" and click on "Highlight Text."
Step 5
Your text should be highlighted in yellow. You can also underline and strike through (will place a line through your text) with the "Underline Text" and "Strike Through Text" options.

How to Annotate Your PDF

Step 1
Open the PDF in Mac OSX's Preview.
Step 2
Click "Tools" in the top menu.
Step 3
Scroll down to "Annotate" and click on "Add Oval" (you can also add a rectangle).
Step 4
Drag your mouse to create an oval around some text.
Step 5
Double-click on the gray square in the bottom-right corner.
Step 6
Click on the "Color" box to change the color of your oval and you can change the thickness of the line by typing in a different number in the "Thickness" box. You can also check the "Dashed" check box to make a dashed outline.
Step 7
Click "Tools," scroll down to "Annotate" and select "Add Note."
Step 8
Click on the PDF where you want to add the note.
Step 9
Double-click the note.
Step 10
Select what kind of note you want to add in the "Annotations" window by clicking on the "Icon" drop-down. This will change the icon next to the note window. You can also alter the color of the note and icon.
Step 11
Type your note in the note box.

How to Move, Add Pages and Combine PDFs

Step 1
Open up one of the PDFs in Preview.
Step 2
Select a page in the sidebar and click-drag that page to move it to another spot in the document.
Step 3
Go to the Finder and locate an image you want to add to the PDF.
Step 4
Drag the image into the sidebar, between two pages. You have now added a page to the PDF.
Step 5
Use the Finder to find another PDF you want to add to the end of your current PDF.
Step 6
Drag the entire PDF into the sidebar, below the last page of the current PDF. You have now combined two PDF files into one.

Tips & Warnings

Save your work!

A few private moments … but ‘ware of peeping ‘toms’ :)

“I think the kids have left for the day.”

Meanwhile, a couple of peeping ‘toms’ … “Wonder if they gonna go upstairs today as well…”

More peeping ‘toms’ … “Naaw… too many people about."

"What's happening?"

Meanwhile … “So, no one’s looking… Let’s hop upstairs for a bit."

*(One early morning while waiting for the bus. Caught the above on my iPhone…)