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I have been learning Portuguese lately. I finally found out how to write accents on my Mac. I used Yahoo Answers to learn how.  I was directed to this site.
On A Mac

This list is organized by Accent type. The sample shows a letter with that accent, and the Notes present any special comments about using that accent.

For the Template, the symbol “V” means any vowel. The format is to hold the first two keys down simultaneously, release, then type the vowel you wish to be accented.

Example 1: To input the letter ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type lowercase o.

Example 2: To input the letter Ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release all three keys then type capital O.

Other Accent Marks

See the Extended Keyboard Page for additional accent marks

On a PC

This list is organized by Accent type. To determine the appropriate numeric code, match the accent with the vowel. See the individual By Language pages to see how to handle other accents.

Example: To input the acute a á (0225), hold down the ALT key, type 0225 on the numeric keypad, then release the ALT key.

If you are having problems inputting these codes, please review the instructions for using the codes at the bottom of this Web page.

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Today Mashable mentioned MemoryPress on their blog. Here is what they wrote:

MemoryPress is a recently launched service that lets you create physical books, scrapbooks, if you will, with its Mashup tools.

With MemoryPress, you can create a scrapbook of your choice, for a wedding, a new baby, or a memoir. The service will cost you about $50 per book, and works in a similar manner to PanRaven. The mashup part comes in when you see you have the option to import content from Microsoft Word or a Blog. There’s also integration with Flickr photos as well.

The editor has all the necessary tools for document creation, which seems to be from a different service than MemoryPress. This can be somewhat confusing, as it seems like the two aspects of the services aren’t quite interconnected, but the two options are part of the FamilyLearn site. At any rate, you won’t be able to try all the new features of MemoryPress, as they’re not all live yet.

A similar service include Scrapblog .

In regards to the comment about FamilyLearn. FamilyLearn is the company that built MemoryPress. All the books that are created on MemoryPress are archived (at no extra charge) so that they will be searchable for future generations on FamilyLearn. FamilyLearn’s Mission is to be the world’s most enjoyed family library. MemoryPress is just a tool to help it get there.

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I love firefox. Here is a link to start a firefox account!

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We just posted a video where we put a MemoryPress book in the dryer for 45 minutes. I am trying to decide what video serving option we should use to serve it to our website. Here are some options:

Bookbusters – MemoryPress Book Demolition 1 from MemoryPress and Vimeo.

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I just found Jake Jarvis’ website Litesum.com. You type in a topic that you want to learn about and wait for results. A brief summary of the requested topic will appear instantly. I will be using it in the next few weeks to see if it sticks.

The first thing I typed in was “imemorybook” to see what it would do. Surprisingly it found iMemoryBook and pulled it up. It sourced wikipedia.

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Today, I found the first funeral home I have ever seen with a blog! Good job Barkdull Funeral Home of Ohio.

I was doing research for the upcoming Ohio Funeral Home Convention this week. We find that those funeral homes that have websites are most inclined to love our family history books.

Here is what Barkdull said introducing the blog:

“Most people find the funeral business a little creepy but we’re going to try to educate the public about the importance of the funeral in the grieving process, help understand the growing trend towards cremation and the options families have with that type of disposition, and show that there are tools to help with the financial side of things.”

If this blog is done tastefully I think it will be a powerful way to help families.

I used to think Funeral Homes were creepy as well. We are now the family history company for the Death Industry. I am trying to make the adjustment.

Update: I just posted their blog on dig at the first funeral home in history to start a blog.  It will be fun just to see what happens. Here is a link to go and digg it. 

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Today Yahoo! announced that they are going to be offering unlimited storage to their Email users. It makes sense. Recently have switched all my photos over to Yahoo Photos. I uploaded 300 photos from my laptop to their system. It is the best photo storing system I have seen, and trust me I have used a lot of photo sharing sites while doing research for FamilyLearn.

This announcement from Yahoo comes at a great time. I have filled 91% of my 2.5 year old Gmail account. I prefer Yahoos user interface. UI is about the only thing really holding Google back (if you can say that anything is holding them back). The only thing that could keep me with Google at this point is Google Docs. I use Docs daily. So do a bunch of my friends at school.

I always have to ask myself how long this free model will be able to sustain itself. In order for the ad model to work you have to have millions of users. Free is so common that it doesn’t have any buzz anymore. It will be interesting to see how new businesses innovate to compete with free.

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