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 [...]
On one of my recent trips I had an issue with my jump drive that had my PortableApps installed on it. The issue was when I plugged in the drive it would begin to load up and then throw an error about the drive being write protected. I proceeded with the usual troubleshooting [...]
Helpful Firefox shortcuts, a continuation from my Common Keyboard Shortcuts article. Again shortcuts are just that, a quicker way of doing things. Lets jump right in…
Keyboard Shortcuts
new tab: Ctrl+T
previously closed tab: Ctrl+Shift+T
cycle through tabs: Ctrl+Tab
quick find: /
add bookmark: Ctrl+D
move to address bar: Alt:D
open address in new tab: Alt+Enter
delete single address from history: Delete (while hovering [...]
In Photoshop after you open your picture, you need to go to Image -> Adjustments -> Hue/Saturation and move the Saturation all the way to the left. I always copy the background in case I need to go back. It’s always better to be safe than sorry!
Then choose your History Brush Tool (Y) and just [...]
Problem: S-Video out works but there is a small black frame around the entire picture.
Solution:
Install envy (sudo apt-get install envy)
Install the NVIDIA FX drivers through envy
Change the settings by going to Applications -> System Tools -> NVIDIA Settings -> GPU 0 (Geforce FX 5200) -> TV-0. You can adjust the TV OverScan to your liking, [...]