Use Your Linux PC to Teach Students Basic Science

What should I do? Read theKDE Windows installation pageto understand how to install KDE on Windows. Mathematics Made Easy The simplest mathematics module that KDE has is KBruch which helps kids learning fractions. The simple mode lets students learn simple fraction addition and multiplication. KBruch teaches students mathematics through simple problem solving quizzes, for instance what is the factors of 16 ? Each line is defined by two points, and the coordinates of those points are displayed nearby the line....

November 11, 2010 · 1 min · 142 words · Matthew Santana

BitTorrent for Beginners: Making the Most of Your Internet Connection

Quick Links Just got started using BitTorrent and want it to download torrents faster? In uTorrent, go to Options > Preferences, and then hit the Bandwidth tab. Global Upload/Download Rate Limiting allows you to set “speed limits” for transfers. This helps maintain a good ratio without sacrificing download speed too much. you’re free to also change how many people to upload to simultaneously. Go to Options > Preferences, and then press the Queueing (sic) tab....

November 10, 2010 · 1 min · 111 words · Mary Williams

Get Your Loaned Item Back with These Simple Tracking Systems

Quick Links Remember when you completely forgot to ask your friend to return your favorite DVD? Your friend will receive a friendly email from ReturnMyPants to let him know that you are tracking his loan. He can then login to the website to see a list of items that he borrowed from you. Note: We advised our readers to use BillMonk to track their expenses earlier today. We need to start a group before we can log any expenses....

November 10, 2010 · 1 min · 125 words · Michael Rivers PhD

How to Create Custom Charts for Better Excel Spreadsheets

Quick Links The world today has way too much data, but very little information. The chart definitely shows how productive the writers have been the past 2 months. The “sum” function aggregates each writer’s page views under the “Total” column. These two charts are not the only charts that we can create. Juice Analytics has a lot of different custom charts that we can use to present our data.

November 9, 2010 · 1 min · 69 words · Alyssa Martinez

Manually Restore System Files from Your Windows Installation Media

Why not restore the files directly from your installation disks? We have all found ourselves in the situation of needing a system file that we can’t find. Install 7-zip 7-zip is an insanely useful tool that no tech support should be without. It can open just about any compressed file including Windows disk image files. Download it from the link below if you don’t already have it installed. All Windows Vista and 7 installations are stored as an install....

November 9, 2010 · 1 min · 150 words · Melissa Smith

The How-To Geek Guide to Learning Photoshop, Part 4: Basic Menus

Quick Links Photoshop has a huge menu system with options even advanced users may ignore. This is Part 4 of amultipart seriesonlearning Photoshop. The Top Menu Your menus are laid out as illustrated above. Let’s take a quick look through these and explain the less obvious menu items. Here are some highlights. Browse in Bridge:Bridge is a program that comes bundled with Photoshop for visual browsing. Browse in Mini Bridge:Mini Bridge is a version of Bridge that lives in Photoshop....

November 9, 2010 · 4 min · 700 words · Chris Rodriguez

Consolidate Movie Collections in XBMC with Movie Sets

With XBMC 10.0 you could also combine movie collections into a single entry in your library. Note: XBMC has been replaced by Kodi. We have an updated guide tousing movie sets in Kodi. We will set up the same feature using the XBMC web server and a custom web skin. To get started you better ensure you have XBMC 10.0 Dharma installed. Scroll down and tap on web interface to change it from the default interface....

November 8, 2010 · 2 min · 306 words · Jonathan Green MD

How to Recover Specific Files from a Windows System Image

Windows Vista and 7 have a few different options for recovering your system in case of a catastrophe. The root folder is called WindowsImageBackup with a folder named your username inside. Mount VHD Open your start menu and right punch computer and then open manage. In computer management tap on disk management on the left side. kick off the action menu and select attach VHD. Note: It looks like you need Windows Vista Enterprise or Ultimate to have this option available....

November 8, 2010 · 1 min · 158 words · Susan Sanders

How To Use JavaScript to Save Time by Automating Photoshop

Take a look through these simple JavaScripts and learn how to use them in Photoshop. Hello World! check that to secure your JavaScript file as a .JSX or a .JS file. Photoshop will easily read either in OS X or Windows. stash your file in any place it’s possible for you to locate later. Any version dating back to Creative Suite 2 will work fine, although your code may be different....

November 8, 2010 · 1 min · 186 words · Phillip Floyd

Stupid Geek Tricks: Make Your Own Fake Virus with Notepad

Of course, were not making an actual virusits a fake virus. In fact, its a test virus. Open up a Notepad window, paste in the following text, and then save it. If you dont see any warning, you should probably verify your virus scanning software is properly enabled. Your geek points will be wired to your WoW account, you dangerous hacker, you.

November 8, 2010 · 1 min · 62 words · Deborah Sanchez

How to Create a Wiki without any Technical Know-How Using Google Sites

Today well show you how to setup your own Wiki page with Google Sites. Google Sites has different templates that we can choose from for our website. Select ‘Project Wiki’ to start creating your wiki. Specify a name that best describe the purpose of your wiki. We can even make a visually engaging wiki with a selection of themes. Adding collaborators and members in the wiki is quite simple. you might invite people to collaborate on your wiki by sending email invitations....

November 5, 2010 · 1 min · 155 words · Autumn Hinton

How to Time Your PowerPoint Slides for More Effective Presentations

Rehearsing our Slides Before we rehearse, see to it that we select our first slide. Now launch the ‘Slide Show’ tab and poke the ‘Rehearse Timings’ button. Powerpoint will start the usual presentation mode with a timer panel. The clock on the panel will start ticking once we enter the presentation mode. press the setup slide show button. choose the ‘Browsed at a kiosk (full screen)’ option to setup a self-running Powerpoint presentation....

November 5, 2010 · 1 min · 114 words · Joseph Kennedy

Help Troubleshoot the Blue Screen of Death by Preventing Automatic Reboot

Here’s how to fix that. Right-choose the Computer icon and choose Properties. Windows 7 or Vista users will be taken to the system properties screen, so press Advanced system options. Here we go… just uncheck the option for Automatically restart under the System failure section. You’ll have to manually reboot the computer if this happens, of course.

November 4, 2010 · 1 min · 57 words · Kristen Calderon