Thursday, 17 May 2012
Add a Recycle Bin to your Flash Drive
While working on another computer and using your own
Flash Drive as a place to store and
copy files, if a file is deleted it's sent to the Windows
Recycle Bin. If you'd like the extra
security and peace of mind, use the iBin utility to have all deleted files
sent to a Recycle Bin folder on the Flash Drive.
To use this utility download the small iBin utility, run the ibin.exe file from the flash drive, and then delete files by pressing the Windows Key + Delete. When this shortcut key is pressed, any deleted file will be sent to the Flash Drive Recycle Bin instead of the Windows Recycle Bin. Once running the utility can have its
To use this utility download the small iBin utility, run the ibin.exe file from the flash drive, and then delete files by pressing the Windows Key + Delete. When this shortcut key is pressed, any deleted file will be sent to the Flash Drive Recycle Bin instead of the Windows Recycle Bin. Once running the utility can have its
How can I improve my typing?
There are several different techniques a user can do to help improve
his or her typing skills. Below is a short list of different ideas and
recommendations you can do to help improve your typing. Keep in mind
that most people are not going to be able to improve their typing speed
overnight.
Proper placement
Learn to type the proper way (no typing with one or two
fingers). This means your fingers should be on the home row keys A, S,
D, and F with the left hand and J, K, L, and ; with the right hand. Of
course if you're on a non-English keyboard or a non-QWERTY keyboard this may change.
- What fingers are used for what keys on the keyboard?
Where should fingers be placed on the keyboard?
As can be seen in the below picture, your left-hand fingers should be resting
over the A, S, D, and F keys and your right-hand fingers should be placed over
the J, K, L, and ; keys. These keys are considered the
home row keys. Your thumbs should either be in
the air or very lightly lying on the space bar key.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
The Great Escape - Part 1
Here is a story which could become a blockbuster if put on screen! A
fascinating account of escapes from Soviet Russia during World War II
has lain buried in the files of the India Office Records. Four Poles,
one Ukrainian and a Russian woman give their statements, full of
discrepancies.
IOR/L/PS/12/380
Olgierd Stołyhwo and Adam Backer were at school together and fought in the Polish Army after the German invasion in 1939. Taken prisoner, they escaped hoping to join the newly formed Polish Army in France. Their chosen route through Hungary was blocked, so they made their way eastwards. They were
IOR/L/PS/12/380Olgierd Stołyhwo and Adam Backer were at school together and fought in the Polish Army after the German invasion in 1939. Taken prisoner, they escaped hoping to join the newly formed Polish Army in France. Their chosen route through Hungary was blocked, so they made their way eastwards. They were
The Indian Comforts Fund (1939-45) – Humanitarian relief work for Indian soldiers in Europe
To commemorate VE Day on 8 May 1945, we have a story from guest blogger Dr Florian Stadtler -
The contribution made by South Asians living in Britain to the war effort on the Home Front in World War II remains little known. One organisation, run by South Asian and British women, played a particular important function. An entirely voluntary organisation, the Indian Comforts Fund (ICF) worked in close cooperation with the Indian Red Cross and St John’s Ambulance Service.
Serena Livingstone-Stanley: unsung heroine of imperial exploration
A guest blog from Raymond Howgego whose work featured in Hedley Sutton's last post -
In 1936 the normally staid London publisher, Chatto & Windus, published a stirring account of two women travellers’ adventures in a distant outpost of empire. Entitled Through Darkest Pondelayo, and written by the appropriately christened adventuress Serena Livingstone-Stanley, it was presented in the form of letters back home, edited by one Rev. Barnaby Whitecorn D.D., the author’s ‘next door neighbour’.
The author, together with her female travelling companion Francis and long-suffering maidservant Placket, sail from Harwich on ‘May 14th’ (year unspecified), and via the Mediterranean and Suez Canal reach
In 1936 the normally staid London publisher, Chatto & Windus, published a stirring account of two women travellers’ adventures in a distant outpost of empire. Entitled Through Darkest Pondelayo, and written by the appropriately christened adventuress Serena Livingstone-Stanley, it was presented in the form of letters back home, edited by one Rev. Barnaby Whitecorn D.D., the author’s ‘next door neighbour’.
The author, together with her female travelling companion Francis and long-suffering maidservant Placket, sail from Harwich on ‘May 14th’ (year unspecified), and via the Mediterranean and Suez Canal reach
Friedrich Spassvogel – an unlived life!
Some lives are untold for a good reason. Several years ago Asian
and African Studies added to the stock of their Reading Room a
four-volume Encyclopaedia of Exploration compiled by Raymond
Howgego (OIA 910.903). What was remarkable about this was that it
included a note in the first volume stating that one of the thousands of
entries was completely fictitious, and a case of champagne was offered
to the first reader diligent enough to identify the spoof. I recognized a
kindred spirit in Mr Howgego, but quailed at attempting to comb through
well over 3000 pages of text.
The champagne has been claimed (and no doubt drunk). The indefatigable winner, a German gentleman living in Nice, proved correct in recognizing that his putative fellow countryman, Friedrich Spassvogel - born in Hildesheim in 1606, lost an eye in battle during the Thirty Years' War, went to sea in the 'Treibend' in 1632 in an attempt to break the Anglo-Dutch monopoly in trade with the East, captured and taken to Nova Scotia, escaped to Maine, tried to establish a colony in Georgia, captured for a second time by Spaniards and imprisoned along with his native American wife in Madrid, freed after the payment of a ransom, published his memoirs in Leipzig in 1658 which were later translated into Dutch, French and English, died in Cologne in 1672 - never actually existed. A clue is provided by his surname, which means 'wag'.
Map of the southern part of the coast of Maine c. 1680. (Add. 13970 A)
© The British Library Board
Mr Howgego has just completed a fifth volume of his Encyclopaedia, and appropriately enough this is about imaginary travel narratives.
Meanwhile, I believe that the film rights to 'The Adventures of Friedrich Spassvogel' are still available ...
Hedley Sutton
Asian and African Studies Reference Team Leader
The champagne has been claimed (and no doubt drunk). The indefatigable winner, a German gentleman living in Nice, proved correct in recognizing that his putative fellow countryman, Friedrich Spassvogel - born in Hildesheim in 1606, lost an eye in battle during the Thirty Years' War, went to sea in the 'Treibend' in 1632 in an attempt to break the Anglo-Dutch monopoly in trade with the East, captured and taken to Nova Scotia, escaped to Maine, tried to establish a colony in Georgia, captured for a second time by Spaniards and imprisoned along with his native American wife in Madrid, freed after the payment of a ransom, published his memoirs in Leipzig in 1658 which were later translated into Dutch, French and English, died in Cologne in 1672 - never actually existed. A clue is provided by his surname, which means 'wag'.
Map of the southern part of the coast of Maine c. 1680. (Add. 13970 A)
© The British Library Board
Mr Howgego has just completed a fifth volume of his Encyclopaedia, and appropriately enough this is about imaginary travel narratives.
Meanwhile, I believe that the film rights to 'The Adventures of Friedrich Spassvogel' are still available ...
Hedley Sutton
Asian and African Studies Reference Team Leader
Botanical discoveries and beastly bungalows
RHS National Gardening Week seems a good time to highlight the work of East India Company botanists 
such
as John Forbes Royle who from 1823 was Superintendent of Saharanpur
Botanic Garden, located about 1,000 miles west of Calcutta. He was part
of a network of people collecting and describing plants, managing
botanic gardens and experimenting with plant transfers, often in
difficult conditions. Their work led to changes to agricultural
production in India and the introduction of new plants to British
gardens.
Royle's article in the Journal of the Asiatic Society (1832) tells us that as well as appreciating the aesthetic qualities of plants, he valued botany for its usefulness to medicine and for developing new sources of food and economic products. He believed that the practical benefits of
such
as John Forbes Royle who from 1823 was Superintendent of Saharanpur
Botanic Garden, located about 1,000 miles west of Calcutta. He was part
of a network of people collecting and describing plants, managing
botanic gardens and experimenting with plant transfers, often in
difficult conditions. Their work led to changes to agricultural
production in India and the introduction of new plants to British
gardens.Royle's article in the Journal of the Asiatic Society (1832) tells us that as well as appreciating the aesthetic qualities of plants, he valued botany for its usefulness to medicine and for developing new sources of food and economic products. He believed that the practical benefits of
Whatever happened to Eliza Armstrong?
One hundred years ago William Thomas Stead died in the Titanic
disaster aged 62. He had enjoyed a long career as a journalist and
newspaper editor, campaigning on political and social issues.
In November 1885 Stead was sentenced at the Old Bailey to three months’ imprisonment for his part in the Eliza Armstrong case. He had intended to highlight the scandal of child prostitution by arranging to buy 13-year old Eliza for £5 from her mother through an intermediary Rebecca Jarrett. The story of the sale of ‘Lily’ was published by Stead in the Pall Mall Gazette in 'The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon'.
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