Learn how to send emails using Blacktree's popular Mac OS X application, Quicksilver. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home computing how-to from the folks at CNET TV can present a complete (and somewhat talky) overview of the process in just over a minute's time. For the specifics, watch this handy how-to.
Want to know how to back up your data to an external hard drive? Protect yourself against data loss and heartbreak with this free home computing how-to from the folks at CNET TV, which offers complete instructions on how to back up your important files either manually or automatically. For specifics, and to get started backing up your own stuff, watch this handy how-to.
Have an external hard drive that you'd like to use with both an Apple computer and a Microsoft Windows PC? With the FAT32 file format, it can be done! And this home computing how-to from the folks at CNET TV will show you how. For more information, including detailed instructions, and to get started sharing your own HDs between Mac and Windows computers, watch this free video tutorial.
If you've ever received that grim error message from your iPod that tells you that you have to restore it, then you know what it feels like to stare down the threat of losing all your hard-acquired music files. This video teaches you how to make your iPod work again without having to restore it, preserving both the functionality of the iPod and your extensive MP3 and video library.
Is your Android phone's home screen a mess? One of the salient advantages of a Google Android smartphone over, say, an Apple iPhone, is the inherent extendibility of the open-source Android mobile OS. There are a seemingly infinite number of settings to tweak and advanced features to discover and use. This free video tutorial will show you how to create and use file directories on your Android device.
Looking for a guide on how to set a custom default ringtone on your Android smartphone? One of the salient advantages of a Google Android smartphone over, say, an Apple iPhone, is the inherent extendibility of the open-source Android mobile OS. There are a seemingly infinite number of settings to tweak and advanced features to discover and use. This free video tutorial, in particular, discusses how to tell your Android mobile phone to use a specified audio file as its default ringtone.
XML is a file type that can cause a lot of compatibility issues when you are working on multiple operating systems. With iPhone being the newest medium people work on, it presents new problems. But don't leave yourself in the dark. This video will show you how to open XML on your iPhone.
Whether you're interested in learning Microsoft Excel from the bottom up or just looking to pick up a few tips and tricks, you've come to the right place. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, ExcelIsFun, the 45th installment in his "Highline Excel Class" series of free video Excel lessons, you'll learn how to use the INDEX & MATCH functions.
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 487th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use a hyperlink to open a different workbook, file or sheet within the existing workbook.
Lee T. Dresang, MD of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health from the Deaprtment of Family Medicine give a discussion and demonstration of suturing techniques. Before beginning a procedure, you will need consent. One should irrigate lesion before beginning. A simple interrupted suture is easy to learn and fast, but unable to withstand stress. Vertical mattress sutures provide a good eversion of skin edges, closure of dead space, and strength, but also lead to scarrin...
It's unfortunate, but the fact of the matter is computers crash and you can lose a lot of important files when this happens. Your music doesn't have to be part of that. If something goes wrong with your iTunes, you can take the music on your iPod and transfer it to another iTunes. This video will show you how.
This video demonstrates how to build a fire with a bow drill. Your bow should be slightly curved. It should be the length of your arm. It can be fashioned from a tree limb and rawhide cord. You can use any number of types of cord. You will need a top rock. You will need a board. The board must be dry and dead. You will need a spindle. It should be the same type of wood as your board. You will also need a tinder bundle.
Network mapping lets PC users organize multiple computers into a system that provides informational data access. This video tutorial shows how to set file sharing permissions and assign users designated privileges within a network. Establishing a network provides functionality within a workplace and facilitates virtual communication among users.
Karen Knowler demonstrates how to make a quick and easy recipe called Fried Mushrooms in this video. This dish can be eaten as it is or topped with your salads. She takes in a generous quantity of mushrooms and slices them (obviously after they are washed!). Then olive oil is drizzled over the mushrooms and they are mixed well. Next, the juice of a whole fresh lemon is poured over the mushrooms with olive oil, to give an added taste. Next, she crushes two whole garlic pods and adds them in. T...
Bowman shows you how to resize your photos using Shrink O'Matic. Resize your pictures by doing the following: Open Shrink O'Matic and choose your settings, for example output size, pixels, ratio, etc. Highlight the pictures you wish to resize, and drop them into Shrink O'Matic. Open the Output Folder and you will be able to see the images in their new file size.
Things You'll Need: 3 cups grated carrot, 1 cup flour, 2 tsp baking powder - 1 t tsp baking soda 1 t salt 2 t ground cinnamon 4 eggs 2 t vanilla extract 1 c brown sugar packed c sugar 1 oil 1 c walnuts finely chopped c raisins For frosting 8 oz. cream cheese 1 stick butter 3 cups powdered sugar 2 tsp. vanilla 1 c. chopped walnuts Step 1 Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare 11 X 8 rectangular baking pan by lining with non-stick parchment and grease. Step 2 Grate carrots and set aside. Step 3 Sift flo...
Polish up your prediction card tricks. Easy and amazing prediction card trick revealed in this tutorial.
Watch this video to learn how to upload and play video on your LG enV3 phone. Now you can watch your favorite videos at the gym, on the bus, or share them with friends. You'll have to first compress your video to about 400MB, format it, and use a card reader to move the files from your computer to your phone, but once they're on there, you'll never have to part with them again. The quality ain't so bad either!
Why have a plain old barbecue when you can host an Oktoberfest? Make it authentic with these tips. You Will Need
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Congratulations! You're the proud new owner of an Xbox 360. But before you can play, you need to hook it up.
In this Photoshop video tutorial, see how to make an animated dancing GIF picture in Photoshop. With Adobe Photoshop, you can do virtually anything, and with one single photograph, you can create a dancing animation of your character. After a little manipulation, save it as a Compuserve GIF and there you have it, you're very own dancing GIF file to spread around on the Internet, much like this Steve Urkel dance.
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Simple steps to make a Hot Wheels USB key with working wheels. Mod this classic hobbyist favorite or kids' collector toy into a high tech portable flash drive carrier. You insert the flash drive or USB key into the body of the toy Hot Wheels race car and voila! A very cool dongle to backup your files. Great for rolling across a conference table!
This scripting software tutorial shows you how to use Russell Brown's Merge-A-matic script in Photoshop CS3 and CS3 Extended. Learn how to open, and combine, multi-layered Photoshop files into one layered document. Merge-a-matic works with CS3 and CS3 Extended.
In this tutorial, Mike Lively of Northern Kentucky University discusses the MVC (Model Viewer Controller) architecture, installs Cairngorm into Adobe Flex 3, and discusses one of David Tucker's examples. The MVC model is comprised of a Model (encapsulates information from the d base (XML file), View (presentation layer that the user interacts with, and Controller (processes and responds to events and invokes changes to the model and viewer). See how to use the MVC model and install Cairngorm ...
This web application tutorial teaches how to deploy a Flex 3 application on to a webserver for Internet use. Learn how to figure out what files you made in Flex Builder 3 need to be uploaded to the web to make your application run.
Have sensitive data that you want to make sure you securely delete? Or maybe you're getting an external drive ready to recycle or to give to a colleague. In this video tutorial, you'll find instructions for securely emptying your trash and also securely delete the contents of an external hard drive. For more, and to learn how to remove data from your Mac computer securely, watch this video tutorial from Apple.
Grabbing things off the Internet is common procedure for most internauts. This tutorial demonstrates a neat hack for the Automator Mac OS X application. To get started using Automator to scrape mp3s or other content from web pages, take alook.
This video shows you how to add subtitles to AVI or other video files using the subtitles provided by www.moviesubtitles.org.
This is how you use the slide card on a fat PS2 to play Guitar Hero Custom Songs.
How to record your XBox 360 video games onto video files to share over the Internet.
In this screencast from screencast central we look at how you can add passwords to your files and folders quickly and easily for free.
In this episode of Ask the Techoes, D.Lee and Brandon answer viewer questions on how to defrag a Mac hard drive, erasing an NTFS hard drive on Mac OS 10.4, how to uninstall programs and their related files on a Mac, questions with Parallels, and how to create a wireless USB hub. Send us your questions at askthetechies@gmail.com Hosts: D.Lee Beard & Brandon Jackson http://AskTheTechies.com
See how to use Audacity to duck or fade music behind voice tracks, most frequently used when preparing audio files
Make the magic remover cloth shown in this how-to video which will remove all the scratches on your favorite CDs, your LCD display or just remove some scratches on plastic. You'll need egg whites of and a microfiber cloth. Don't throw away anymore CDs, DVDs, or lose important files. The trick in this video tutorial will rescue scratched CDs so you can still keep using them.
Virtual CD technology allows you to copy CDs and DVDs to your hard drive so that you can play them without a disk. Learn about ISO files and how to use a virtual drive program like Daemon tools to create and open them.
Do you have an old computer that may be too slow to play video games? You may think it's totally useless, but CNET Video teaches you how to turn it into a network server that functions as a centralized depository for your files!
Add a little bounce to your crafting with Trampoline v1.3 for Minecraft 1.8. This mod will allow you to build a trampoline in Minecraft that will bounce your character to new heights (along with other creatures and objects that land on it). Visit the official Trampoline mod thread on the Minecraft Forums to download the file.
The Minecraft 1.9 pre-release is out, and Jeb has recently tweeted a link to version 2 of the 1.9 pre-release. If you're interested in downloading and installing it, take a look at this guide to learn how to update your Minecraft to the 1.9 pre-release.
