Fishing the net is some articles of interest I have found whilst trawling newsletters and internet sites. Here you go:
5 tips for taking better portrait photos with your digital camera
A brief history of Computers as told via TV ads
If you have used computers for a while you will recognize some of these ads and the machines in them. Just goes to show how good Apple usually is at it’s marketing.
Bit of trivia – as a teenager I owned both a Tandy TRS80 and a Commodore 64. The C64 was an excellent machine for playing games – I still remember some
For users of Firefox, Thunderbird, Flock and even (god forbid) SeaMonkey.
Did you know that all the customizations, cookies, bookmarks, and plug-ins you add to your programs can be backed up? You can save them in case of a problem, copy them to another PC and so on. This link gives you a howto tutorial using MozBackup
Ultimate Windows Tweaker - Tweak UI For Windows Vista
Ultimate Windows Tweaker is a Tweak UI Utility for tweaking and optimising Windows Vista. It is modelled after the TweakUI program that was an ‘unofficial’ Microsoft product available for Win XP but never released for Vista. The Win XP version is available here.
Details of Tweaks :
The tweaks are classified under seven categories and can be accessed through a common interface, just like your Windows Vista Control Panel.
1) Personalization,
2) User Accounts & UAC,
3) System & Performance,
4) Security,
5) Internet Explorer (IE7 / IE8)
6) Network Optimization
7) Additional Options
The Complete Guide To Speeding Up Your PC's Startup
A good summary of tips from Lifehacker on how to make your PC start faster. Follow the tips to speed things up. You can also investigate switching off some of the services on your PC, although this is probably for more advanced users. I have personally tried the startup Delayer program they recommend and pretty quickly stopped using it – your mileage may vary
28 Powerful Photoshop Lighting Effects
Some tricks and tips for adding fancy effects to your pics using Photoshop or similar editing programs
Interested in all this digital photography editing and manipulation but have never used Photoshop? Well here is a beginners tutorial that may suit you
There you go – that’s a few tidbits to keep you reading over the weekend :)
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