I love technology…and I love free. Every Tuesday I plan to post links to some cool free technology to make the lives of educators everywhere easier.
Pdf Creator – For those of you who do not have Office 2007, Open Office, or iWork there is a handy little piece of open source software called Pdf Creator. Essentially, it acts as a virtual printer and will turn anything that you can print into a Pdf. The best part is that it’s freeware. My only qualm about this piece of freeware is that it install a pdf creator toolbar in your browsers…but you can easily turn that off.
I use this in Windows Journal to turn my Journal pages into web ready pdf’s.
Enjoy.
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
I, like the many millions of computer users out there, used to worship at the altar of Microsoft. I was a slave to the dreaded windows OS and have come face to face with the dreaded blue screen of death more times than I care to count.
My personal experience with the Windows OS forced me to learn how to troubleshoot common pc problems, update drivers, switch out hardware and peripherals, rid my HDD of viruses, and eventually how to place a fresh install on my box of choice.
I was happy to do this up until sometime last year. My wife tried to download a documentary from zshare and we were greeted by the blue screen of death. I was unable to clean the virus off this last time and lost countless photos, songs, and many other files. I was not pleased. I vowed to rid myself of my unholy dependence on Microsoft.
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