If you notice a headache or your eyes hurt after being on the computer after a while, you should check your monitors screen refresh rate. You probably can’t notice it but you monitor flickers as it refreshes. Most people’s eyes aren’t sensitive enough to notice it, but it happens and the lower the rate it [...]
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I am a big fan of Photoshop, who isn’t? I use Photoshop for everything from actual photo editing, billboard design, paper advertisement, and a little graphic web design. Needless to say I am very comfortable with PS and it has a lot to offer. I do use Picasa for some quick photo editing (ie: rotating, [...]
If you’ve ever played with Vista, you know one of the cool things about it is the aero task switching. Well I don’t plan on going to Vista anytime soon but would like to enjoy the “eye-candy” on my XP machine. For aero-like task switching I found Shock Aero 3d. This is a great piece [...]
Ubuntu is 1st installed with the “root” user (or admin) disabled. It comes this way for security reasons: ie: so you don’t accidentally delete needed files, to protect you from your own stupidity. Most people use the terminal to get their admin work done, but this can be difficult for someone new to Ubuntu. Now [...]
Picasa is a great product from Google for locating, organizing, editing, adding effects, printing, emailing, and uploading photos. I pretty much use Picasa for all of these features, but the one I really like is the web albums. It comes installed with 6 templates, but if you want to add some flare to [...]