When you're on the road using your MacBook or MacBook Pro laptop on battery power, there are a few things you can adjust to get the most out of your battery charge. This video tutorial offers a number of tips and suggestions to ensure your computer uses the least amount of energy.
Whether it's a small business or a work group inside a large corporation, all members need access to the same materials in order to work effectively. Mac OS X server makes it easy for groups to collaborate and communicate through their own Wiki-powered Internet website. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to adminster the Wiki server in Leopard Server in Mac OS X.
This video is going to show you how to install a processor upgrade card into a Power Mac G4 AGP machine that is either a "sawtooth" or "Gigabit Ethernet" machine.
If you have a Power Mac G4 AGP system, and it's too slow, you'll want to install a parallel ATA controller card and second hard drive. The controller card is necessary to make the second hard drive actually useful since if you don't install it, both drives are running on the slow factory card. Check out how to do it in this video.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 has a lot of power becuase it has a lot of tools. But if you don't know how to find those tools, or worse yet, what to look for, you are going to get frustrated fast. This Photoshop CS3 tutorial will familiarize you with the basic tools and how to work with layers in Photoshop.
Watch this instructional power lifting video to work on arm positions for the dead lift and heavy weight lifting. Practice the movement with the shoulders in front of the arms, and scapula over bar. This is a key position for heavy weight exercises.
If you're interested in learning a general purpose, high-powered programming language, Python might be the way to go. In this installment from his video tutorial series dedicated to programming in the Python programming language, you'll learn how to set up your bash shell for programming in Python.
As Eric Hughes writes in his "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto," privacy, otherwise known as the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world, is necessary for a free and open society. One way to protect your privacy is through anonymous browsing. In this tutorial,
Tone your body with tips from the experts and a jump rope. This fitness how-to video tutorial offers a series of SELF Magazine workouts based on working out with a rope. Watch and learn how to do heel clicks, power twists, leap frogs, pick up lunges and double hops with alternating jump roping in between each exercise.
World 9 Ball Champion Ralf Souquet explains how to break with his X Breaker Cue. Power is meaningless without precision. Cue ball control and accuracy is the foremost priority. The X-Breaker is engineered to provide Xtreme accuracy in breaking and jumping. This video tutorial shows you just what it can do, this video shows you how to break in pool with help from Ralf Souquet.
World 9 Ball Champion Ralf Souquet explains how to jump with his X Breaker Cue. Power is meaningless without precision. Cue ball control and accuracy is the foremost priority. The X-Breaker is engineered to provide Xtreme accuracy in breaking and jumping. This video tutorial shows you just what it can do, this video shows you how to jump a pool ball with help from Ralf Souquet.
In this science tutorial video, learn how to make a simple lamp from household materials. This lamp is great for power outages and other stuff like camping. All you need is some type of alcohol (isopropyl, ethonal, or even vegetable oil), a pair of scissors, a jar with a lid, and a cotton ball. Make your own alcohol lamp with this instructional video.
Are you, as a Linux user, jealous of the gaming possibilities available to your Windows and GNU/Linux-running friends? In this tutorial, Linux Journal Gadget Guy Shawn Powers walks you through how to play Windows games on Linux using Wine, an open source implementation of the Microsoft Windows API built on the X-Window System.
If you're interested in trying out Linux but afraid of accidentally formatting your hard drive, take heart. In this tutorial, Linux Journal Gadget Guy, Shawn Powers, takes you through installing Ubuntu on a machine running Windows with the Wubi installer. Install and uninstall Linux as if it were a Windows application with this how-to.
This Home & Garden how to video is a DIY basic about accentuating outdoor living space with solar lighting. Watch and learn all about strategic placing of solar powered lighting to enhance the look and feel of your front yard. Always start with a plan before setting up and installing the lights on your walkways.
Watch this speed and conditioning instructional video. This 40 yard dash exercise is developed to increase your overall sports performance. This how to video explains the 40 yard dash exercise and how you can incorporate this speed training to develop your flexibility, balance and power.
Watch this instructional guitar playing video and learn how to play the song "The General" by Dispatch. For the verses, you can bar the fret that the power chord starts on to get the high parts in there. This video tutorial is a great way to practice and improve your acoustic guitar skills.
Never underestimate the power of fresh bread crumbs. In this how to video Chef Paul demonstrates how to make your own breadcrumbs.
Watch this video to learn how to snake in Mario Kart on the Nintendo DS. Snaking is a technique in which the user repeatedly uses power slide to increase his over all kart speed.
Watch this video to learn how to snake in Mario Kart for the Nintendo DS. Snaking is technique in which you constantly drift power slide to increase your kart speed.
This video demonstrates a couple of ways to get a wah wah sound. It shows some of the power of FL Studio's Formula Controller as an automation source as well.
Glue your eyes to the screen, because you will see how to make your very own battery pack for your own two-way handheld radio. If you have an iCom, and need to a battery pack, well then, listen up. With a handy holster for your battery, you'll have never-ending power for your two-way radio communications.
How to break a fork with mental power. This takes preparation and knowledge of when a fork will break.
Learn how to hold your bridge hand to make an effective bridge depending on how much control, draw, and power you want in your shot.
Learn from Perry Novak how to build your own electric solid body mandolin. Instruction is very detailed. This project is not for people who are not familiar with power tools.
In this video you will learn how to make a high voltage, high frequency power supply in just five minutes, and for less than twenty bucks. All you'll need is a compact fluorescent light (CFL) and a flyback transformer to make that alternative energy source of yours.
Learn the basic information on eyepieces for your telescope, so you can gaze at the stars correctly in Amateur Astronomy for Beginners - Eyepieces. Learn the difference between low, medium, and high power eyepieces.
Watch this video to learn how to install a nVidia SLI 2.0 system. While it is not very hard, this new graphics system requires two external power sources.
The power button in Vista's start menu doesn't do what you think it should. So why not change it so it does! Find out how in this video from Tekzilla.
Today's word is "panacea". This is a noun which means a remedy to cure all diseases or a solution for all difficulties.
Today's word is "despot". This is a noun which means a tyrant or someone who abuses his power.
A basic instruction for electronic enthusiasts. I use an RGB LED and a 510 ohm resistor as I may change from 6 to 9 volts later, but with my LEDs i could go as low as 330 ohms. I sacrifice some brightness for the sake of longer life. To choose your resistor, the value in ohms = voltage of your batteries or power supply / (as in divided by) the amperage that your LED needs to run.
This video shows you how to reset your circuit breaker if the power goes out.
It's a flying flapping machine powered by a rubber band. Make Magazine shows you how to make your own for about $10.
I wanted to demonstrate the shortcut in action. I launched Microsoft OS Keyboard & typed in the shortcuts with it. You can see the keys I hit & how they powered the shortcut on the text in my Wodpress blog.
The original idea was to turn a small home UPS into a giant UPS but because the UPS was only able to run the RAID-wielding desktop for three minutes before shutting down, he decided to add two 24V car batteries to the equation (the maximum that his UPS could tolerate). The good news: it worked, and will run his computer for an hour plus.
Have you ever wanted to build a statue of the one you love to show them how much they mean to you? Well, I'm guessing your no stone sculptor so you'll have to resort to the powers of Photoshop. In this tutorial, learn how to turn any human or person in a photo into a statue in the application, Photoshop.
If you are going to tow a trailer, or if you want to wire up some accessories that need power, such as a winch or utility lights, you are going to need to install a wiring harness. This video shows you, step by step, how to complete the installation. There are some tips that will explain how to remove the tail lights, remove the plugs, install the ground, route the wires, and avoid damage to your Jeep Liberty.
Use a few simple household items to make a flashlight powered by you computer through the USB port.
Learn how to practice your hook shots and your jumps in basketball using the George Mikan Drill. This is an advanced drill for finesse that should be used once players are good at power.