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Sunday, 30 October 2005
Good news!
Here's some good news for all of you. I'v almost finished coding my own Windows Vista template. It's not completely done yet but you can see how your blog might look. Just go to http://vistatemplate.blogspot.com and see for yourself!
Computers and Internet
Cool Blogs
Weblog
Blogging
Computing
Tips
More blogs about Design.
More blogs about technology.
Computers and Internet
Cool Blogs
Weblog
Blogging
Computing
Tips
More blogs about Design.
More blogs about technology.
Wednesday, 26 October 2005
Coming soon. . . . .
Here's a list of stuff that is under development. Just made this post so that you can be informed!
I suggest that you subscribe to the RSS/Atom feed so that you can exactly know what is happenning @ Beyond Teck. This is also going to help you rememberto come back to this blog incase you forget.
If you are using Firefox then I recommend that you enable live bookmarking (the bookmarks get updated automatically as soon as I make a new post!) Click here to go to a tutorial on how to set live bookmarks.
- A tutorial on how to edit macros in Microsoft Word -done
- A few blogger templates that were created by me- My very first template is going to be a template based on Windows Vista (for some reason I like windows vista a lot!) and then I'm also going to make other templates like Kubrick and all that but only better! After that I'm going to make some more templates that mimic operating systems (such as a mac template etc.) Click here to view a screenshot for My Vista Template!
- A few tutorials (for advanced users and beginners) for adobe photoshop
- The Beyond Teck Podcast
I suggest that you subscribe to the RSS/Atom feed so that you can exactly know what is happenning @ Beyond Teck. This is also going to help you rememberto come back to this blog incase you forget.
If you are using Firefox then I recommend that you enable live bookmarking (the bookmarks get updated automatically as soon as I make a new post!) Click here to go to a tutorial on how to set live bookmarks.
Thursday, 20 October 2005
AutoRecover in Microsoft Word
We all need so save our work all the time, but due to those “system crashes” or those “word errors” it is harder for us to do that. Unlike some programs word doesn’t save information all the time. I’m sure all of you have lost some kind of data in Microsoft word due to a system crash. For some of us we see a box, which says, “Word has encountered a problem and needs to close. Sorry for the inconvenience.” That's why I decided to create this tutorial so that you won't get frustrated and start physically/verbally abusing the computer!
Then when you open Microsoft Word you either don’t see anything or you might see a copy of your file that was recovered because you didn’t save it before word closed down. The thing that does that is called AutoRecovery.
It comes with word and for some reason by default it is set to save information every 10 or 9 minutes. Due to this the saved information might be something that you had typed in 9 minutes ago and that was when it was last saved.
To change this feature and to make word save your work every one-minute just follow these steps. Note: due to this you might use up a little bit more ram and your cursor might go away while you are typing because word will be saving the date automatically.
Warning: Word only opens your file failure so remember to save your file regularly, because your better off safe than sorry.
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Then when you open Microsoft Word you either don’t see anything or you might see a copy of your file that was recovered because you didn’t save it before word closed down. The thing that does that is called AutoRecovery.
It comes with word and for some reason by default it is set to save information every 10 or 9 minutes. Due to this the saved information might be something that you had typed in 9 minutes ago and that was when it was last saved.
To change this feature and to make word save your work every one-minute just follow these steps. Note: due to this you might use up a little bit more ram and your cursor might go away while you are typing because word will be saving the date automatically.
Warning: Word only opens your file failure so remember to save your file regularly, because your better off safe than sorry.
- First click on Tools. You can find the tools button in the menubar.
- Then click on Options…
- After that click on the Save tab
- Make sure the check box beside “Save Save AutoRecover info every:” is checked
- Then use the tabs beside the number you see to make the number lower (I recommend you set it to one). You can also type in number 1. Note: you cant set it to a number lower than 1 because if you do that the check box will “uncheck itself”
- Just click on OK and your all set!
There are many more things that you can modify from the options area, so go crazy and have fun!
Sorry about the messed up tutorail and the wierd screenshots. I couldn't do any better at school. That's why I have a better version of this tutorial at my website!
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Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Ten things I didn't know about Microsoft word
Here are ten things that I didn't know about Microsoft Word.
- Insert Cross-Reference- this means that you can put numbers so that you can reference it or go to it faster.
- Merge Documents- This means you can merge the master and the other document
- Online collaboration- You can have online meetings
- Text Direction- Inside a table you can select a direction in which you can place the text
- Document Map- This enables you to see things inside a document
- AutoRecover Info- Word Automatically recovers your information
- Table Auto Format- Autoformat
- Protect Form/ Documents- Locks your forms so that you can't edit it.
- Insert Sound Objects/ Comments- Insert comments and sound files that you can record from your microphone
- Format Themes- Just like Microsoft FrontPage you can edit the look of your webpages
Tuesday, 18 October 2005
Search the web tutorials
Well to be honest I'm not really familiar with "web searching tutorails" but I do know a few websites where you gan get some tips on performing web searches.
Here's what I've uncovered!
Here's what I've uncovered!
- If you want a good in-depth tutorial for websearching http://www.askscott.com/tindex.html this should be a good choice.
- If you want a basic tutorial http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/bones.shtml is quite nice.
- http://library.curtin.edu.au/staff/personal/gwpersonal/searchtut/ is also another good site out there.
- You can get tutorials from the search engine itself. For examlple google has it's own tutorial/tips page, and so do all the other search engines. Since each one works a little differently they all seem to have tips pages
Wednesday, 12 October 2005
Project still in progress
My website is now complete but unfortunately now I have to go through the laborous process of checking each and every link and making all the pages look the same. Then I need to upload then. Hence it is going to be a while till me website is complete, about two days or so. .
Until then happy browsing
Until then happy browsing
Tuesday, 11 October 2005
Alienware PC's up to 4.0 GHz!
Alienware the creator of high performance computers comes up with cool computers. They now have set higher standards for their stuff. I guess a Pentium 5 5.0 GHz processor is going to coming sooner than I thought in the near future. If you wan't to know more then just go to alienware's website.They sure did break the performance barrier and out smarted their competition. No wait a minute they have none...
If you are a gamer or a video processing guru I guess you are going to need PC's like this in the near future if you don't have them yet.
One thing is for sure the people at Alienware do put a lot of effort into making their computer look very good. The pc's from alienware are one of the best pc's I've ever seen. They seem to stand out from the rest of the black and white coloured pc's.
If only I was a extreme programmer... I could have probably owned a alienware pc. Sadly I'm not, I guess that's just the way how things are.
One thing is for sure the people at Alienware do put a lot of effort into making their computer look very good. The pc's from alienware are one of the best pc's I've ever seen. They seem to stand out from the rest of the black and white coloured pc's.
If only I was a extreme programmer... I could have probably owned a alienware pc. Sadly I'm not, I guess that's just the way how things are.
Friday, 7 October 2005
Basics of how computers work
Computers work thorough switches and have only two states, it's either on or its off. There is no state in between.
Switches for example, when a switch is turned on then if we disconnect the power to it and re connect the power to it, it is still going to be on.
We can compare this to memory or rather storage.
It's sort of like 8 switches are equal to a byte.
"Computer Simulation Switch board of Science" is what Bill Nye calls his board that has switches!...
The information will still be there on the switches even if the power is turnded off.
He also compares the RAM to a Table. The bigger the table the more books you can keep open. Simarly the bigger the RAM the more programs or applications you can keep open. If you have a small table you can only keep a few books open. It's the same with the RAM too.
However if you turn of the computer all the data is lost in the RAM as it is only temporary, not permanent because it is votile!(unfortunately that's just how thing are, and I'm presuming that is going to change soon!)
But there is one more thing that I found out today. You always need to save your work in the computer, right? Well with Archy you don't it automatically stores all the data into your hard drive all the time. Cool!
So we can say that this application makes use of the RAM and the Hard Drive or permanent memory at the same time! Hence we don't have to worry if your computer accidently crashes as the info is already is stored in the hard drive.
I wonder how computer programmers (except Jef Raskin of course) couldn't think of a Ram that auto stores everything!
Quick facts of the day: BIOS or the Basic Input Output System is associated with ROM or Read Only Memory. That's because you can't alter or change the BIOS.
Switches for example, when a switch is turned on then if we disconnect the power to it and re connect the power to it, it is still going to be on.
We can compare this to memory or rather storage.
It's sort of like 8 switches are equal to a byte.
"Computer Simulation Switch board of Science" is what Bill Nye calls his board that has switches!...
The information will still be there on the switches even if the power is turnded off.
He also compares the RAM to a Table. The bigger the table the more books you can keep open. Simarly the bigger the RAM the more programs or applications you can keep open. If you have a small table you can only keep a few books open. It's the same with the RAM too.
However if you turn of the computer all the data is lost in the RAM as it is only temporary, not permanent because it is votile!(unfortunately that's just how thing are, and I'm presuming that is going to change soon!)
But there is one more thing that I found out today. You always need to save your work in the computer, right? Well with Archy you don't it automatically stores all the data into your hard drive all the time. Cool!
So we can say that this application makes use of the RAM and the Hard Drive or permanent memory at the same time! Hence we don't have to worry if your computer accidently crashes as the info is already is stored in the hard drive.
I wonder how computer programmers (except Jef Raskin of course) couldn't think of a Ram that auto stores everything!
Quick facts of the day: BIOS or the Basic Input Output System is associated with ROM or Read Only Memory. That's because you can't alter or change the BIOS.
Thursday, 6 October 2005
How computers are involved in productions
Now a days there are a lot of things that are computerized. For example production of lenses and production of contact leses.
Mainly computer are involved because there is a necessity of precision. If lenses are not precise then it is going to be a huge problem for the patients.
Here below I have described the lens production steps for contact lenses:
In the olden days glasses used to be a symbol of geekdom. They used to be thick and bulky but in the modern times it is not so.
Here below I have described the production steps for glasses:
Mainly computer are involved because there is a necessity of precision. If lenses are not precise then it is going to be a huge problem for the patients.
Here below I have described the lens production steps for contact lenses:
- The lens starts our as a polymer disk, this disk can be in various colours
- Then the data of the prescription of the particular patient is fed into the computer
- A computer cuts the polymer disks into the desired shape
- The disk is shaped using a dimond edge cutter
- The disk itself rotates at about 6000 rotations per minute
- Then the disk is polished
- The thick ness of the disk is measured with a gauge
- The diameter is also measured
- Then the lens is put into a balanced ph saline solution.
- The lens then expands
- After that they use a meter to measure the optical precision of the lens and the optical power of the lens
- Then it is stored in a container of salt water with silicone and aluminum lids
- This lens now remains sterile till up to 7 years if the seal is not broken
In the olden days glasses used to be a symbol of geekdom. They used to be thick and bulky but in the modern times it is not so.
Here below I have described the production steps for glasses:
- The computer takes the prescription and then milling machines shape the plastic creating the concave and the convex end
- Then the lenses are polished
- They put protective film on the convex side
- Then they measure the precision with something called the lensometer
- After that the lenses go through a 15 stage automated cleaning.
- Anti reflective coating is also applied, up till now the lenses are completely round in shape too
- Then a computerized machine cuts the lenses to the desired shape of the frame.
- If they are normal glasses then the lenses are just popped in, but if the are "ultra light" glasses or atleast that's what the "how its made" people call it then holes are drilled in through the lens. This too is done by a computerized machine and after that the frames is fitted in.