Since most of my public updates on Mandate, my novel, have come in the form of quick Twitter posts and status updates, I figured I’d actually write down some more than 140 characters to let everyone know where I’m at. And while I’m at it, I’m going to let slip a few things that no …
Mandate: Jon’s Interactive Book Project
So for awhile I’ve been thinking of writing a novel, and tonight an idea came to me. 2 ideas actually, and I’m going to tell you 1% of the first idea, and 100% of the second. Confused? OK, let’s go… The 1% of the first idea? The title of the book will be “Mandate”. That’s …
Using Mail Merge With Custom FROM: Addresses in Word/Outlook 2007 or Word/Entourage 2008
The following was written for my lab group at work, however it strikes me as something everyone may benefit from. Mail Merge is an awesome tool, and this makes it much more useful when a group shares an incoming e-mail address that replies should be directed to (e.g., sales@ or info@ etc.. instead of the …
Backup & Restore Android Apps Using ADB
Android is an interesting platform for a number of reasons, one of which is it’s openness to developer and debugging tools, and the fact that it runs a modified form of Linux as an operating system. If you’re like me and quite fond of jumping around from ROM to ROM on your Android devices, a …
Building Software Based Experiments: Techniques, Tools, and Tips
Welcome to Jon Westfall’s Software Based Experiment Resource site. This site will begin it’s life to serve as a supplement to my contribution to the SJDM Computing Symposium, and continue on as a resource to other social scientists that seek simple solutions to building software. (Whoa, Holy Alliteration Batman!) If you have any questions, feel …
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Getting Into A Psychology Graduate Program
I wrote the following How-To in order to help my fellow undergraduates understand the process of applying to Graduate School (specifically in psychology). It’s good information to have, considering that a concise (under 40 pages) How-To doesn’t really exist (as far as I could find). Hopefully this can help you or someone you know. And …
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Using Mail Merge To Email Your Class or Group
I ran across this feature awhile back and didn’t really explore it until now. I’ve often wanted to send out a class-wide email, but was reluctant to type all the information in to mailing list and send out a mass email that exposed all my students email addresses to each other (I’m the kind of …
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Recover Master Lock Combinations!
I’ve always been fascinated by locks, for some odd reason. Master combination locks, the combination lock of choice for most of us it seems, are everywhere and were a staple for my existence as a student. Hall lockers needed a combination lock, gym lockers, orchestra lockers, etc… The result? Well, years past high school, I …