Daily Archives: April 29, 2010

American army declares war on Microsoft PowerPoint

Posted on April 29, 2010 by pm286

According to an article today the US Army has declared war on PowerPoint: http://www.metro.co.uk/home/823839-american-army-declares-war-on-microsoft-powerpoint The problem is, apparently, this diagram. I reproduce it without permission but since it is presumably a work of the US government, albeit highly creative, it … Continue reading →

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Teaching my computer chemistry

Posted on April 29, 2010 by pm286

This is a test of dictating a block in a very noisy coffee room. I have just bought a cost effective headset with a noise canceling microphone and so far every word that I have dictated has been faithfully rendered … Continue reading →

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Test of publishing Chem4Word to blog

Posted on April 29, 2010 by pm286

I have left my microphone so this is being typed. Egon Willighagen asked whether it was possible to post documents created with Chem4Word to a blog. Having mastered the process of posting to a blog without chemistry (thanks Sam) I’m … Continue reading →

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Examples of Scientific Semantic Web wanted

Posted on April 29, 2010 by pm286

I am giving a talk on Friday where I want to show the power and wow! of the Semantic Web applied to Science through an online example. I’d be keen on a DBPedia example (along the lines of http://wiki.dbpedia.org/OnlineAccess#h28-5 with … Continue reading →

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More on Chem4Word and OpenOffice

Posted on April 29, 2010 by pm286

I have left my microphone so this is being typed. I had expected – and am glad – that there would be debate on the release of Chem4Word under an Open Source licence. The latest contribution (http://techrights.org/2010/04/28/really-qualifying-as-foss/, (Dr. Roy Schestowitz)) … Continue reading →

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