With the success of the first Camp Blog, the iSchools Project Management Office (PMO) is pleased to announce the opening of the application period for Camp Blog 1B, from June 12 to August 14, 2009. Camp Blog 1B will happen on October 16-26, 2009.To join, interested teachers and students of iSchools Project recipient schools must answer all 4 essay questions found below: 1. Why should I be
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Battery life is by no means a fixed number. Your battery may say it lasts for 6 hours, but depending on how you use your machine that number can be cut by more than half. So what are the most notorious battery drainers on your machine?
The biggest drain on your laptop’s battery life is external devices. That USB mouse, that Flash drive, your nice big external hard drive or DVD drive, they all pull their power from your battery right through the USB port. If you know you have limited battery life and need to get something done, remove everything you can, and save them for when you get near an outlet.
Speaking of DVD drives, if you have an optical drive on your machine, make sure that there are no CDs or DVDs in it. The constant spinning of that drive will quickly drain your battery, leaving you high and dry.
One setting users often don’t think to change can have a huge effect on your battery’s life. By simply turning down the brightness on your laptop LCD panel, you can cut down a large portion of the drain on your machine. Just as it is with your home desktop, the chief flow of power in your machine goes to powering your monitor. The less it needs to project, the more battery you will have to keep your system running that much longer.
Another item people often don’t think to disable is the Wireless network card. If you aren’t actively using your internet connection, it will still search for and maintain a signal connection in the background, constantly draining your battery power to do so. Disabling your network card will expand your battery’s longevity by a very considerable amount.
Lastly, and perhaps somewhat obvious, is turn off the sound. If you’re on battery power and you need the most out of your machine, go ahead and mute your machine. It might be relaxing to work with a little background music, but turning those speakers off will help you to squeeze all the life you can out of a dwindling laptop battery.
For those of you with Apple laptop batteries, you may also want to keep an eye on your battery’s onboard charge indicator to know when your battery is low. This is especially important if you have a spare battery in your bag, as you can check the remaining charge on the battery before a long trip. For those of you who use HP, Sony, Dell, Toshiba, or Asus laptop batteries, or any other brand, you may want to visit an online laptop spare parts retailer and look for batteries with similar on board charge indicators. In some cases the OEM batteries did not include this feature, but some 3rd party compatible batteries include this feature.
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please take the time to click the like button to show you like the vid and want more of them it means alot if you like the vid and fav it How to do money glitch: During a game (Poker works 100% haven’t tried with anything else though). Win quite a bit of money and when it is your turn in poker, quickly press “O” or “B” (Depending on system playing) And quickly press “X” or “A” and repeat as fast as you can! When doing this you quit the game multiple times and the game thinks you won that amount of times! I have gotten over 10000 coins now due to this little glitch 
And please RockStar don’t get rid of this because money can be a pain to get in this game Cheating in Poker: By pressing “Y” or “?”. Then let the triangle bit in the bar stay IN the MIDDLE if not you will have to dual the person who catches you. It is normally the guy across from you… If not while it is your turn and would like to swap one of the cards you got in your hand press the buttons again and keep the triangle in the middle again it will swap the card you selected. Hope I helped you in getting money or cheating in Poker! Please Thumbs up, Comment and subscribe! Help us reach 1500 subscribers Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com -Hackz_er Help to the course support this video (Why Snipe in Modern Warfare 2 Part 1)! www.youtube.com Please support me by clicking on the advert under “Hackz_er website” at this URL hackzer.webs.com thank you (Don’t need to fill anything in all you got to do is load …
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Basic Computer Training, Tips & More in Plain English by Worth Godwin
I read a description of how memory addressing for the hi-resolution screen works three times, each time from a different source. The first two times my brain simply melted before such a byzantine structure. The third time it finally clicked. Surely this had something to do with it being my third attempt to grasp the concept, but I believe even more of it had to do with the third source’s description being the most clear, well-written and well-illustrated.
That third source is “Applesoft BASIC Subroutines & Secrets” by Jeanette Sullivan and David Sullivan. It appears to be an excellent book all around. Below are scans of the two pages on hi-res memory addressing, to assist anyone else puzzling out the same issue:
Hi Res Memory Addressing 1
Hi Res Memory Addressing 2
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The book also includes a nifty little BASIC program that will compute the address of any particular block, and lays out the formula the program uses, further reinforcing how the addressing works. Scans of that are below.
Hi Res Memory Addressing Program
Hi Res Memory Addressing Program
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In assembly programming news, “Assembly Language for the Applesoft Programmer” continues its traditional of clear writing/explanations and annoying typos in listings. I’m also going through Don Lancaster’s “Assembly Cookbook for the Apple II/IIe” — Lancaster completely skips over the basics (he basically waves his finger at you and says ‘Don’t you dare think of using an assembler until you’ve learned to code 100s of lines of machine language on your own’), but has lots of opinionated advice on surrounding aspects of assembly. I’m learning, slow but steady.
Ever wished that you can put a leash on your computer case so you can vividly brag about it with your fellow geeks? Have you experienced a hard day of carrying your computer coming from your house to your guild mate’s pad so you could just play the World of Warcraft all together?
The PC On-the-Go is the best solution for you! Install wheels under the case and viola! You can simply take it anywhere and everywhere you go. Can’t stay away from your computer for too long? Let the PC On-the-Go give you the perfect solution so you would not miss your metal baby. Better than having portable gadgets and getting free wi-fi ‘ey?
No it’s not Buzz Lightyear’s best friend. But if you would have this kind of computer case then Woody would definitely be the perfect name for it.
Can’t get enough of your wooden furniture? Then try incorporating the classic wood material with your state-of-the-art computer. It is not just the tables and chairs that can be as elegant as this, right? Showcase this not only to your fellow geeks but also to everyone who sees themselves as the elite and the elegant. For sure, your grandfather would love to have this in his library. Now this is something that will be worth buying by the time it’s already antique.
Internet safety is something all of us need to be very aware of. Covenant Eyes has some great videos about this. Here is one: