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Nexus One Tip

By Mark on Monday, February 8th, 2010 | No Comments

There are a couple of problems I’m having with my new Nexus One smart phone. One is even when all of the windows are closed many of the applications continue to run. To shut them down you have to press the menu button, touch Settings, touch Applications and touch Running Services. Next you have to [...]

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Photo Repair

By Mark on Monday, September 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Here is a recently restored photo that I have been working on. A lot of what was wrong with this photo was not fixed by Photoshop. It was very stained and very dirty. I had to remove the dirt covering the picture first. If you Google cleaning photos it will tell you much better techniques [...]

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Windows 7 Tip

By Mark on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Here’s a great Windows 7 tip from Veronica at Techzilla.

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New Google Feature

By Mark on Friday, May 15th, 2009 | No Comments

Google has just launched a new “search options” feature. To use the feature go to Google and enter a search term hit enter. As always you will see the search results. Above to results you will see the words “Show options…”. When you click that a bar will appear on the left that categorizes your [...]

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Black and White Background Trick

By Mark on Friday, May 1st, 2009 | No Comments

Just like on the previous PhotoShop tip I use the “Pen Tool” to select the subject (fireplug in this case). Invert the selection. Open “Hue and Saturation”. I reduce “Saturation” to -100. This photo has a second “saturation layer” that brightens the yellows in the leaves in the foreground making them brighter and reduced the [...]

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Photoshop Tip

By Mark on Monday, April 20th, 2009 | 2 Comments

This is a photo taken with my new Canon 50D but what I am most excited about is the Photoshop skill the I perfected. You see this photograph had terrible clutter in the background. (I think there was even a guy with his finger in his nose back there. Otherwise it is a great picture.) [...]

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Windows Security Tip

By Mark on Friday, January 16th, 2009 | No Comments

It is well known that no one should be running there computer logged in as an administrator. When you run as administrator you are running a risk of getting infected with something (virus [viri], spyware, others). When you run as a admin (Short for administrator) anything that can access your user-account has the same privileges [...]

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A Firefox Tip

By Mark on Friday, October 24th, 2008 | No Comments

Here is an easy but useful Firefox Tip. If you see a word or phrase on a webpage you want to find out more about select the text, right-click on it and select Search Google for “!@#$%^&*%”. Then a Google search opens in a new tab.

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PC User Groups

By Mark on Monday, July 7th, 2008 | No Comments

I’ve been doing this computer thing for quit sometime. I’ve only just recently learned that there are groups out there that share our interest in computers. They are called PC User Group. I only just found my local PC User Group in my home town. I’m sure you have one near you. Please don’t do [...]

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