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by Frank Hoffmann
December 28th, 2018, 4:38 am
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: macOS Sierra & Mojave: Hanja Input Method & PPTP for VPN
Replies: 35
Views: 502543

Re: macOS Sierra & Mojave: Hanja Input Method & PPTP for VPN

============================== U p d a t e - macOS Mojave (12/28/2018) ============================== The input problem continues in the latest MS Office apps version 16.20 under macOS Mojave (10.14.x). :yawn: But there is GOOD NEWS! I've revisited the topic and found the cause and a solution (which...
by Frank Hoffmann
August 23rd, 2017, 6:27 pm
Forum: Research, Study, Institutions, Tools
Topic: Research paper on North Korean "Socialist Realist" Art
Replies: 18
Views: 34976

Re: Research paper on North Korean "Socialist Realist" Art

Hi Jonathan: Since you do not respond to email ... >> I mention references to a particular North Korean Artist, >> Kil Chin-sop and the painting Lunch break in the fields. Is this by any chance the painting in my own collection: http://koreanstudies.com/nkart/xz4.html I would certainly be interested...
by Frank Hoffmann
September 12th, 2016, 7:08 am
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: macOS Sierra & Mojave: Hanja Input Method & PPTP for VPN
Replies: 35
Views: 502543

macOS Sierra & Mojave: Hanja Input Method & PPTP for VPN

This issues is fixed -- see LAST entry here. / Frank ======================================================== Here a SUMMARY about the issue regarding hanja 漢字 input under macOS "Sierra" ======================================================== My first take on this, on where to locate the...
by Frank Hoffmann
June 1st, 2016, 5:19 pm
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: Converting Korean ezPDF Files into Adobe PDF Format
Replies: 28
Views: 91249

Converting Korean ezPDF Files into Adobe PDF Format

Converting Korean ezPDF Files into Adobe PDF Format: [updated: 05/12/2022] I see there now is a free "ezPDF Editor" ( not 'reader') for personal use for Windows here: http://www.ezpdf.co.kr/main/downPage/downPage.jsp Just tried that but had some problems with it. --- Maybe 5 to 10% of doc...
by Frank Hoffmann
September 17th, 2015, 7:27 pm
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: Brèves & Macrons: Mac and Windows INPUT Solution
Replies: 4
Views: 74609

Brèves & Macrons: Mac and Windows INPUT Solution

This is a reposting of an announcement originally done in June 2012 that includes several updates. (Sept. 17, 2015; Frank) Below you'll find download links to my (1) Mac OSX and (2) Windows keyboard drivers that will allow you a more convenient input of the special brève characters that are part of ...
by Frank Hoffmann
July 25th, 2013, 12:29 pm
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: Hanword HWP files to MS Word .doc or .docx
Replies: 80
Views: 457975

Hanword HWP files to MS Word .doc or .docx

=========================================== Converting Hanword HWP files to MS Word .doc or .docx: =========================================== Hope this will help those working mostly with MS Word for text processing but receiving .hwp files from Korean colleagues. Windows 7 & Windows 8: Downloa...
by Frank Hoffmann
June 14th, 2013, 10:35 am
Forum: Books, Publications, Film, Art & Culture
Topic: Byung-Chul Han—Philosophic Apps for the 21st Century?
Replies: 11
Views: 51593

Re: Byung-Chul Han—Philosophic Apps for the 21st Century?

Here is a very nice short TV portrait of Byung-Chul Han -- from December 2012, only saw that today. Someone has uploaded a copy to the tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJr-AIbnZEg


Frank
by Frank Hoffmann
January 31st, 2013, 11:07 pm
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: Windows 8 -- and Korean software & websites?
Replies: 4
Views: 37379

Re: Windows 8 -- and Korean software & websites?

 
About the installation of the Brèves & Macrons KEYBOARD DRIVERS under Windows 8, please see here:

http://koreaweb.ws/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8&p=30#p30


Best,
Frank
by Frank Hoffmann
January 31st, 2013, 9:40 pm
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: Brèves & Macrons (Windows 8 NOTE)
Replies: 9
Views: 42878

Brèves & Macrons (Windows 8 NOTE)

NOTE: The below, posting from 2013 relates to the (now reposted) forum post about keyboard drivers at: http://koreanstudies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19 Win 8 : The posted Windows 7 keyboard drivers (http://koreanstudies.com/notebook/Win7-KJ-keyboards.zip) are not 100% compatible with Win 8 ...
by Frank Hoffmann
November 17th, 2012, 10:03 am
Forum: Books, Publications, Film, Art & Culture
Topic: Byung-Chul Han—Philosophic Apps for the 21st Century?
Replies: 11
Views: 51593

Byung-Chul Han—Philosophic Apps for the 21st Century?

[ Originally posted to the KoreanStudies Discussion List, archived at:  http://koreanstudies.com/pipermail/koreanstudies_koreanstudies.com/2012-November/022323.html ]   Byung-Chul Han—Philosophic Apps for the 21st Century? DISCLAIMER: These are a few observations I would like to share—not to be mist...
by Frank Hoffmann
October 27th, 2012, 10:09 pm
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: PDF editing and conversion tool
Replies: 19
Views: 46459

Re: PDF editing and conversion tool

  U p d a t e : A new version of Adobe Acrobat has been released this month, Adobe Acrobat XI Pro ( http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro.html ). That is now a 'monster' application like MS Word, about 1 GB is size. But it opens fast and it performs fast, and is now far better than above mentione...
by Frank Hoffmann
October 25th, 2012, 2:54 pm
Forum: Books, Publications, Film, Art & Culture
Topic: Comrade Kim Goes Flying
Replies: 5
Views: 26447

Comrade Kim Goes Flying

  Just see that the European-North Korean co-production Comrade Kim Goes Flying is out. https://www.youtube.com/user/comradekimgoesflying/videos?view=0 Congratulations to Nicholas Bonner & team ! :thumbup: Seems it was already shown at a film festival in South Korea. Will this be shown in Europe...
by Frank Hoffmann
October 20th, 2012, 11:12 am
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: Internet access on the road, cell phone as WiFi
Replies: 10
Views: 35111

Internet access on the road, cell phone as WiFi

­  This is very useful--worth mentioning here. The below app is *highly* recommendable: " FoxFi (WiFi Tether w/o Root) " It is a free app you can use on most newer cell phones with Android OS. Quite simply it enables you to create your own network, your own Internet access, your own WiFi H...
by Frank Hoffmann
October 15th, 2012, 6:47 pm
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: Windows 8 -- and Korean software & websites?
Replies: 4
Views: 37379

Windows 8 -- and Korean software & websites?

Dear All: Anyone is already running Windows 8 ? The final developer version has been released and the retail versions (identical to that) will come out later this month. Windows 8 is a completely new animal, very different from all earlier versions of Windows. It offers very different, advanced opti...
by Frank Hoffmann
July 4th, 2012, 6:51 am
Forum: Off-Topic and General Chit-Chat
Topic: The Dokdo Times
Replies: 2
Views: 52474

The Dokdo Times

  Oh yeah, this is pretty hilarious ::wow: » The Dokdo Times « at http://dokdotimes.blogspot.com/ QUOTE: "Founded in 1509, we are Dokdo’s oldest independent Korean-language newspaper. (...) written by two Korean Americans, as a homage to our former homeland, and a sixteenth generation Irish Ame...
by Frank Hoffmann
June 11th, 2012, 10:24 pm
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: Eudora @ replacement [Mac]
Replies: 0
Views: 34492

Eudora @ replacement [Mac]

    Sinéad O'Connor is right on: "Nothing Compares 2 U." Those where the 90s. Shaved head or not, Eudora hardly left anything open to be desired as an email client. I used Eudora for 19 years, managing several email accounts simultaneously. Qualcomm stopped any development of the email cli...
by Frank Hoffmann
May 30th, 2012, 1:53 pm
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: 5000 PDFs on Your Computer: Knowledge Management Software
Replies: 3
Views: 49455

5000 PDFs on Your Computer: Knowledge Management Software

  5000 PDFs on Your Computer: Knowledge Management Software FRANK HOFFMANN Situation: - you have hundreds or thousands of mostly PDF files (and maybe fewer MS Word and image files), in various languages (English, Korean, etc.) and stored in various folders on your computer's hard drive, with no fast...
by Frank Hoffmann
May 9th, 2012, 8:19 pm
Forum: Computer, Internet, and New Media
Topic: PDF editing and conversion tool
Replies: 19
Views: 46459

PDF editing and conversion tool

Hi ! Just wanted to share the following info about an interesting PDF related tool. Sorry if this reads like an advertisement text -- just happens that I like the software. So, this is not Korea related, is just a program that seems useful (to me anyway), and I have not seen any other one that does ...