Comments for Keener Living http://www.keenerliving.com A retired professional talks about life, technology, learning Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Would you know if you have ADD? by Jess http://www.keenerliving.com/would-you-know-if-you-have-add#comment-42997 Jess Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:53:19 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/?p=106#comment-42997 I've been having this feeling lately, like I know there's something wrong with me, but I couldn't figure out what it was. Over the weekend I just had this gut feel that I had ADHD, so I started doing research on it. Turns out that I have practically every symptom of ADHD. I was kind of surprised, but not totally shocked... I know there are ways to help cope with the ADHD, but I'm fine with the way I'm living. I do well in school, but that's mostly because I enjoy almost every subject (except economics, where I tend to daydream in class). I'm only 13 and have kind of just... Known that there was something about me. The only thing is that I tried talking to my mom about my suspision of me having ADHD, but she just shrugged and said "So what?" Another thing. Is it normal to get agitated when a person talks to you? Not if it's a friend that that you started talking to, but when it's a person who starts speaking to you... I’ve been having this feeling lately, like I know there’s something wrong with me, but I couldn’t figure out what it was. Over the weekend I just had this gut feel that I had ADHD, so I started doing research on it. Turns out that I have practically every symptom of ADHD. I was kind of surprised, but not totally shocked…

I know there are ways to help cope with the ADHD, but I’m fine with the way I’m living. I do well in school, but that’s mostly because I enjoy almost every subject (except economics, where I tend to daydream in class). I’m only 13 and have kind of just… Known that there was something about me. The only thing is that I tried talking to my mom about my suspision of me having ADHD, but she just shrugged and said “So what?”
Another thing. Is it normal to get agitated when a person talks to you? Not if it’s a friend that that you started talking to, but when it’s a person who starts speaking to you…

]]> Comment on Would you know if you have ADD? by Katalin http://www.keenerliving.com/would-you-know-if-you-have-add#comment-42991 Katalin Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:04:15 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/?p=106#comment-42991 I'm pretty sure I have ADD, I have suspected it for awhile but I'm exactly like this. I’m pretty sure I have ADD, I have suspected it for awhile but I’m exactly like this.

]]> Comment on iPod Touch as a PDA and Entertainer by Bruce Keener http://www.keenerliving.com/ipod-touch-as-a-pda-and-entertainer#comment-42980 Bruce Keener Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:33:19 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/2008/03/06/ipod-touch-as-a-pda-and-entertainer/#comment-42980 Michelle, Yes, that was a bit exhausting. The best way to move apps between screens is with iTunes. On the sidebar of iTunes, under the Apps section, will be a copy of each of your screens. You can simply drag and drop them between screens as you choose. Same applies to the four apps at the bottom of the screen. You can put whichever apps you prefer there. I do not think you can have an empty home screen, though, although I haven't tried it. Not sure why you want that. I recommend reading the manual that comes with the Touch. It's brief, but really quiet informative. As to getting apps that are not in the App Store, the only way to do that is to jailbreak the device, and I do not recommend it. I seriously, seriously doubt that there are any useful medical applications for the Touch that are not available in the App Store. As to screen rotation, the setting for that is in the Settings "app," which gives you the option of enabling or disabling automatic rotation. Good luck, and enjoy your Touch. I am sure you'll find it very useful ... just give yourself some time to explore it. Michelle,

Yes, that was a bit exhausting. The best way to move apps between screens is with iTunes. On the sidebar of iTunes, under the Apps section, will be a copy of each of your screens. You can simply drag and drop them between screens as you choose. Same applies to the four apps at the bottom of the screen. You can put whichever apps you prefer there. I do not think you can have an empty home screen, though, although I haven’t tried it. Not sure why you want that.

I recommend reading the manual that comes with the Touch. It’s brief, but really quiet informative.

As to getting apps that are not in the App Store, the only way to do that is to jailbreak the device, and I do not recommend it. I seriously, seriously doubt that there are any useful medical applications for the Touch that are not available in the App Store.

As to screen rotation, the setting for that is in the Settings “app,” which gives you the option of enabling or disabling automatic rotation.

Good luck, and enjoy your Touch. I am sure you’ll find it very useful … just give yourself some time to explore it.

]]> Comment on iPod Touch as a PDA and Entertainer by michelle http://www.keenerliving.com/ipod-touch-as-a-pda-and-entertainer#comment-42973 michelle Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:36:24 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/2008/03/06/ipod-touch-as-a-pda-and-entertainer/#comment-42973 Hey all..I am back. So I received my Apple iPod Touch 4G 64MB with iOS5 today!!! I love the way it looks and it is so compact I am not even going to notice it in my scrubs. I am so excited!! Now for the bad news. I have no idea what to do with it. First of all I have an HTC phone and I was expecting something similar and that was my first mistake.LOL Anyway here are a few issues that I am sure you will be familiar with since the majority of you are very in tune to your devices and have used them for a long time. 1.) I would like my main screen (the one after unlock) to be blank. I do not want any icons on this page. Unfortunately apple has graciously provided me with all the apps that they think are helpful right there on the screen and locked them there for my enjoyment. I would like to move some of them completely out of view...hide them...and some I would like to move to page two. I have been looking for ways to do this and I am not sure that I would like to do this jailbreak thing that I am hearing about...sounds messy. Also there is a trick of placing one icon on each of the 11 pages and then filling page 11 with 15 apps and the 16 behind 15 thereby removing it to be hidden on page 12 until the iPod is shut down and it would appear again. Now as much as I would like to do that...I am afraid that my first page applications are stationary as are the 4 along the bottom. I have seen this method in demonstration and all the other iPods have a mobile bottom row...I do not. Any thoughts on a way for me to accomplish this? 2.) I do not have a horizontal screen when I turn the iPod to the side. My screen stays vertical no matter which application I deploy. Is there an app for that? LOL 3.) I need to download a considerable # of medical calculation apps and medical reference journal apps (as this is primarily what this purchase was for). Basically I will have ALL 1o pages full of useful tools for Nursing with 1 page available for such things as the camera, mail, notes, messaging, downloaded file managing tool, word document creator, security etc. That is the about the gist of my intent for this iPod. So having said that, I realize that I may need another, (and do want another) option for applications other than itunes. Where will I be able to go since I have been informed that apple has restrictions attached where these actions are concerned. 4.) Now...even after reading all that I have in this website..I am still not sure where to begin. This is purely out of intimidation of the device and my knowledge deficit. Please tell me what my first steps should be, (less the initial set up at itunes, I have accomplished that, as well as syncing my email and establishing internet connection) in order to get the most out of this device given the information I have provided for the way I intend to use it. I am going to give you a brief overview of what a typical day will be like for me with my iPod so that you can accurately assess my needs: *I will begin my day in a clinical setting where I will view several medications, patient condition, lab values; I will make notes to myself, send txt messages to ppl and then I will check my emails; I will occasionally check the weather, open a file to either read a book on my kindle during break or to view a study document that I have downloaded from home or thru my email as an attachment. I may take a pic or two on a nice day, watch a video on youtube that someone has said is funny, or I will write a short document in journal or doc form about a clinical experience to submit to my instructor. I may from time to time view ppt presentations from lecture, and even do some calculations using an advanced setting calculator. WOW, that may not be all but that is a full day anyway and I will be lucky to get that in as it is. I really hope that someone would be gracious enough to take the time to be my personal computer whiz here and develop me a step by step program in order to accomplish my goal and be able to utilize this fantastic piece of equipment that I have here. I am so excited to use it in the way I envision it...however, I am fearful of the thing itself because I do not know enough. I really do not want to go the routes that I have been hearing about (jailbreak..etc). The last thing i want to do is ruin it before I ever get a chance to enjoy it. I just exhausted myself with all that. Sorry if i have done the same to you. Thank you to whomever takes on this task. I am so busy with school work that just taking the steps given will be an accomplishment, let alone having to research it for days in order to accomplish one WRONG step. I would like to take the appropriate steps in order to insure that it is done correctly. I do not want to be installing this when I should have installed that and now this is useless. Get me??!!! I don't.. Thank you all again. I love this site. It's nice to know there are real people on the other end that actually care. Hey all..I am back.
So I received my Apple iPod Touch 4G 64MB with iOS5 today!!! I love the way it looks and it is so compact I am not even going to notice it in my scrubs. I am so excited!! Now for the bad news. I have no idea what to do with it. First of all I have an HTC phone and I was expecting something similar and that was my first mistake.LOL Anyway here are a few issues that I am sure you will be familiar with since the majority of you are very in tune to your devices and have used them for a long time.
1.) I would like my main screen (the one after unlock) to be blank. I do not want any icons on this page. Unfortunately apple has graciously provided me with all the apps that they think are helpful right there on the screen and locked them there for my enjoyment. I would like to move some of them completely out of view…hide them…and some I would like to move to page two. I have been looking for ways to do this and I am not sure that I would like to do this jailbreak thing that I am hearing about…sounds messy. Also there is a trick of placing one icon on each of the 11 pages and then filling page 11 with 15 apps and the 16 behind 15 thereby removing it to be hidden on page 12 until the iPod is shut down and it would appear again. Now as much as I would like to do that…I am afraid that my first page applications are stationary as are the 4 along the bottom. I have seen this method in demonstration and all the other iPods have a mobile bottom row…I do not. Any thoughts on a way for me to accomplish this?
2.) I do not have a horizontal screen when I turn the iPod to the side. My screen stays vertical no matter which application I deploy. Is there an app for that? LOL
3.) I need to download a considerable # of medical calculation apps and medical reference journal apps (as this is primarily what this purchase was for). Basically I will have ALL 1o pages full of useful tools for Nursing with 1 page available for such things as the camera, mail, notes, messaging, downloaded file managing tool, word document creator, security etc. That is the about the gist of my intent for this iPod. So having said that, I realize that I may need another, (and do want another) option for applications other than itunes. Where will I be able to go since I have been informed that apple has restrictions attached where these actions are concerned.
4.) Now…even after reading all that I have in this website..I am still not sure where to begin. This is purely out of intimidation of the device and my knowledge deficit. Please tell me what my first steps should be, (less the initial set up at itunes, I have accomplished that, as well as syncing my email and establishing internet connection) in order to get the most out of this device given the information I have provided for the way I intend to use it.
I am going to give you a brief overview of what a typical day will be like for me with my iPod so that you can accurately assess my needs:

*I will begin my day in a clinical setting where I will view several medications, patient condition, lab values; I will make notes to myself, send txt messages to ppl and then I will check my emails; I will occasionally check the weather, open a file to either read a book on my kindle during break or to view a study document that I have downloaded from home or thru my email as an attachment. I may take a pic or two on a nice day, watch a video on youtube that someone has said is funny, or I will write a short document in journal or doc form about a clinical experience to submit to my instructor. I may from time to time view ppt presentations from lecture, and even do some calculations using an advanced setting calculator.

WOW, that may not be all but that is a full day anyway and I will be lucky to get that in as it is.

I really hope that someone would be gracious enough to take the time to be my personal computer whiz here and develop me a step by step program in order to accomplish my goal and be able to utilize this fantastic piece of equipment that I have here. I am so excited to use it in the way I envision it…however, I am fearful of the thing itself because I do not know enough. I really do not want to go the routes that I have been hearing about (jailbreak..etc). The last thing i want to do is ruin it before I ever get a chance to enjoy it.
I just exhausted myself with all that. Sorry if i have done the same to you. Thank you to whomever takes on this task. I am so busy with school work that just taking the steps given will be an accomplishment, let alone having to research it for days in order to accomplish one WRONG step. I would like to take the appropriate steps in order to insure that it is done correctly. I do not want to be installing this when I should have installed that and now this is useless. Get me??!!! I don’t..
Thank you all again. I love this site. It’s nice to know there are real people on the other end that actually care.

]]> Comment on For WordPress Bloggers: Customize Thesis Theme Functions by ajmal http://www.keenerliving.com/for-wordpress-bloggers-customize-thesis-theme-functions#comment-42964 ajmal Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:37:11 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/?p=1431#comment-42964 Thanks for this article! excellent tutorial. I will make this on my thesis blog Thanks for this article! excellent tutorial. I will make this on my thesis blog

]]> Comment on iPod Touch as a PDA and Entertainer by michelle http://www.keenerliving.com/ipod-touch-as-a-pda-and-entertainer#comment-42960 michelle Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:29:15 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/2008/03/06/ipod-touch-as-a-pda-and-entertainer/#comment-42960 Bruce, thank you so much for the quick response. I am SO happy that I have found you. I am sold!!! I am in my fourth term of nursing (1 more to go!) and I will eventually go into anesthesia. From what I have learned through your site I believe that this amazing electronic miracle will be my best friend. I cannot believe that this product did not cross my mind while looking for an electronic organizational tool. However, they do market it as an MP3 player and not so much more, which is what it is. I intend to come back and let you know how it has worked for me. You need a nursing student to promote this. I went through and read all 300+ responses on here and only saw where one nurse asked a question. Thanks again. Michelle Bruce, thank you so much for the quick response. I am SO happy that I have found you. I am sold!!! I am in my fourth term of nursing (1 more to go!) and I will eventually go into anesthesia. From what I have learned through your site I believe that this amazing electronic miracle will be my best friend. I cannot believe that this product did not cross my mind while looking for an electronic organizational tool. However, they do market it as an MP3 player and not so much more, which is what it is. I intend to come back and let you know how it has worked for me. You need a nursing student to promote this. I went through and read all 300+ responses on here and only saw where one nurse asked a question. Thanks again.
Michelle

]]> Comment on iPod Touch as a PDA and Entertainer by Bruce Keener http://www.keenerliving.com/ipod-touch-as-a-pda-and-entertainer#comment-42959 Bruce Keener Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:40:44 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/2008/03/06/ipod-touch-as-a-pda-and-entertainer/#comment-42959 Hi Michell I just took a look at the iTunes App Store for iPhone, and it lists dozens of medical apps, such as prescription drug databases, drug identifiers, various calculators, and so on. I assume most of these apps, if not all of them, would also run on the Touch (since most iPhone apps do run on the Touch). The email settings for the Touch allows for quick setup using AOL (along with hotmail, gmail, Microsoft Exchange, and others). Hi Michell

I just took a look at the iTunes App Store for iPhone, and it lists dozens of medical apps, such as prescription drug databases, drug identifiers, various calculators, and so on. I assume most of these apps, if not all of them, would also run on the Touch (since most iPhone apps do run on the Touch).

The email settings for the Touch allows for quick setup using AOL (along with hotmail, gmail, Microsoft Exchange, and others).

]]> Comment on iPod Touch as a PDA and Entertainer by michelle http://www.keenerliving.com/ipod-touch-as-a-pda-and-entertainer#comment-42955 michelle Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:20:29 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/2008/03/06/ipod-touch-as-a-pda-and-entertainer/#comment-42955 Thank you all so very much for the dedication that you have shown towards this site over the year. I was doing a search and stumbled upon you and I thank God for that. I am a nursing student and I am about to graduate. I am my clinicals and I am in need of a device in order to store many nursing and medical apps to do calculation, Rxs, conversions, etc. I had no idea that the ipod touch could be used in this way!! I spent the last 3 hours reading each thread and taking notes from all the posts. I think that the touch may be good for me, however, I did not see one nursing student or nurse post any questions regarding the functionality for medical personnel. So with that said, can anyone tell me if it has been compatible in this way and if I will be able to use it for what I am needing. Also, I use AOL and there was not one mention of that as well. BUT....everything else was so very informative that I am only 2 answers away from being sold. I am not computer savvy by any means and so I intend to save this site and refer to it often for support. I am also going to purchase the "dummies" book to get the most from the Touch. Thank you again....I could not be happier to have found you. Thank you in advance for the reply. Thank you all so very much for the dedication that you have shown towards this site over the year. I was doing a search and stumbled upon you and I thank God for that.
I am a nursing student and I am about to graduate. I am my clinicals and I am in need of a device in order to store many nursing and medical apps to do calculation, Rxs, conversions, etc. I had no idea that the ipod touch could be used in this way!! I spent the last 3 hours reading each thread and taking notes from all the posts. I think that the touch may be good for me, however, I did not see one nursing student or nurse post any questions regarding the functionality for medical personnel. So with that said, can anyone tell me if it has been compatible in this way and if I will be able to use it for what I am needing. Also, I use AOL and there was not one mention of that as well.
BUT….everything else was so very informative that I am only 2 answers away from being sold. I am not computer savvy by any means and so I intend to save this site and refer to it often for support. I am also going to purchase the “dummies” book to get the most from the Touch. Thank you again….I could not be happier to have found you. Thank you in advance for the reply.

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