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Setting Up Zotero: Link by Link

The following is a set of links that will be useful for those trying to set up Zotero on their computers.
Initial Setup

Firefox Web Browser. Zotero runs as a plugin within this excellent browser.
The Zotero Plugin. There are two options here. Pick one of the following:

Zotero Sync Preview (Version 1.5) (recommended). This is the latest release. [...]

Using OpenOffice as an Outliner

In addition to its basic word processing power, OpenOffice has fairly robust outling features. Check out a guide on how to use it here. This works very nicely in conjunction with the previously mentioned guide to the navigation panel.

Related Nerdlets posts:

Zotero: An Introduction, now with SBL support
Zotero 1.5 and OpenOffice 3.0: Getting it all to [...]

Zondervan Acquires “The City”

Mars Hill Church developed “The City,” a Facebook-like Web site, in order to create a “Real, not virtual, community, for Jesus’ fame.” Zondervan has recently acquired this software system.
MarketWatch reports:
Developed over the past two years by Mars Hill pastor of technology, Zack Hubert, who spent eight years in management at Amazon.com, The City was created [...]

Some Recommended Fiction

In this post I extolled the importance of Fiction. Here is some recommended reading to get you started. The books range from Children’s literature to thrillers to some noteworthy classics to diamonds-in-the-rough.

Related Nerdlets posts:

It’s OK to Read Fiction

Nerdlets Now Zotero Compatible

If you use Firefox and browse this site with the excellent Zotero extension, you will now notice Zotero reference links in your address bar. Anytime I reference a book in a post you will now be able to add it to your Zotero database. Similarly, any post can be added to your Zotero database.
Don’t have [...]

It’s OK to Read Fiction

John Piper reminds us fiction junkies that it’s OK to read stories, even children’s stories. Quoting C. S. Lewis:
I was therefore writing “for children” only in the sense that I excluded what I thought they would not like or understand; not in the sense of writing what I intended to be below adult attention. I [...]

Using OpenOffice.org as a 2-pane outliner

If you use OpenOffice.org you may find this guide helpful, especially if you are a frequent note-taker or outliner (like myself; I how I love a good outline). It tells you how to use the built-in OpenOffice navigator and Heading styles to structure and easily manipulate your documents.
If anybody knows of other good outline solutions, [...]

A More Robust Greek Layout (or make your own!)

One of the advantages of using Linux is the ability to tweak everything (everything!) to your individual needs. So if you are not satisfied with the layout of you Greek keyboard, you can change it, or download someone else’s changes.
Vern Poythress has a simplified Greek layout available here, for example, which places the breathing marks [...]

Some Examplary uses of Bible Software

The true advantage of Bible software like Bibleworks and Accordance is its ability to allow researches to do advanced searches based on complex syntax. Rod Decker has recently applied Accordance Bible Software to a particularly interesting problem by looking at the features of complex sentences in Mark’s otherwise paratactic Gospel. His method provides an interesting [...]

Windows Shutdown Problems

Tiny application ShutdownGuard puts Windows automatic restarts back into your control.
I run an automated backup program on my Home computer (Vista) every night at 1am. Well, almost every night. Well, about every other night. The problem is that I have Windows set to download and install all those security updates, and it often decides [...]