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How to print from Mac OS X to unrecognized foreign Samsung printers

I grew up on PCs, but when it comes to getting design work done, I’m a serious Mac user.  Most Koreans aren’t, and this means that there’s hardly ever anyone around who can help you, say, set up a Korean printer to work with your Mac.  This gets extra tough when the Samsung printer to which you’d like to connect isn’t actually meant to support Macs in the first place. I...
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Boring Repetition Made Easy: Days & Months Mazes

Even when you think your student has the days and months down cold, a week or two later, they can’t remember if Wednesday or Thursday is the day before Friday.  How can we improve this? Repitition, repitition, repitition.  The result?  Boring, boring, boring.  So here’s how you get your student to repeat the days and months to himself or herself over and over without losing steam. The...
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YouTube! No Language Redirect Version

One of the problems with living long term in a foreign land is that commonly-used websites like Google Search, Gmail, and YouTube tend to automatically try to display themselves in the local language.  Here in Korea, the most homogenous country on Earth, displaying in Korean is a pretty safe bet for about 98% of the population.  But not for me, and maybe not for you. Google No Country Redirect The...
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