A new logo was created for The Devir Kahan Network and cool round stickers of it were ordered to be affixed to my laptop. In this episode of Byte Sized the new logo is officially shown, and the new sticker finds its place on my MacBook.
I believe I have answered this one before, but essentially, I still have plenty of room. For one, I have an empty keyboard tray under my right-hand desk. Two, I can easily put my laptop on a shelf under that same desk and then I have a totally empty (just about) desk to use for writing – and mind you, that is what I sometimes do. I can also just push my laptop backwards on that same desk to make tons more room for writing.
But I think more so than all of that, is the fact that most of my work is done on my computers. Most of it is all typing, or writing, and so on. I would say about %90 of my school work can be done on my computer.
Sure, technology is full of theories, speculation, and questions, but do they all hold water? Join host Devir Kahan as he ejects drives, explores 911, clicks one too many times, tastes some cookies, and more in an effort to discover the truth behind some of the most perplexing and commonly thought upon technological myths and misconceptions.
In this episode of Byte Sized it is revealed to you how to use your iPad in a way that most people would never think of, and is just incredibly cool and useful, as an external monitor with just a simple $10 app from the App Store.
On this episode of TechKnowledgey I talk about a problem everyone with laptops has: The Laptop Fever Problem. What I mean to say by that is laptops are just not meant to get too hot, the problem is that everyday use causes them to heat up. Every laptop has this problem, and this can significantly reduce the life of your notebook computer.
So what’s a TechKnowledgist to do? Well, you can go out and buy yourself a cooling pad, but I have anumber of problems with these. For one, they are bulky and expensive. Worst of all, they don’t go with you when your laptop is out of the house! When you need it most you don’t have any sort of cooling! I have searched a while for a solution, and I believe I have found it. Enter, Laptop Lifts, from http://laptoplifts.com/. This is what I truly believe to be, even more so than all those cooling pads, the solution to the Laptop Fever Problem is.
They are small rubber strips that you attach to the bottom of your laptop allowing airflow beneath it. This way the built in fans in your notebook can move the hot air away and circulate in new, cooler air. Plus, think about it – they add no bulk and are always with you. Unlike the cooling pads, they don’t just bandaid the problem by blowing cool air at the laptop, they fix the problem! They create circulation which is exactly what you want! Plus, they’re cheap at only about 10 bucks on Amazon.
I have been using Laptop Lifts now for a few days, and after a little bit of getting used to, I love them! They have significantly reduced the temperature of my laptop by close to 10 degrees! A big thank you to Chris Adams for sending me along a set to review and use in this episode of TechKnowledgey! He also sent along a second set for me to give away to one of you! Details on that in a future video, though…
In the meantime, what are you waiting for?! Go out and get yourself a pair! I’m telling you your laptop needs it and you won’t regret buying these!
http://geeks.pirillo.com/video/dynamic-wallpaper-clocks – Yep. It’s another screencast for Lockergnome’s YouTube channel. I am still waiting on them to be uploaded, but they should be rather soon now.
Many geeks – myself included – like to change our wallpapers. I even have a few different programs that do just that (and if you still are using the wallpaper that came with your system that has a Dell logo or something – it’s time for a change). But, Wallpaper Clocks, cross platform – although only free for Mac OS X, are truly awesome dynamic wallpapers that display the time on some of the greatest and highest quality wallpapers that I’ve ever seen. The selection of Wallpaper Clocks is huge, and open to developers to add to. They also have a number of nice ones for the holiday season as well. They are clever, original, functional, and just an awesome thing to have as your wallpaper. And most people I know don’t have anything like this, either.
I’ve been using Mac OS X for a long time now. Ever since I switched to OS X from XP about four years ago, I have absolutely loved the experience of OS X. I switched, of course, because to me, OS X was just the superior operating system hands down. I was tired of Windows, and wanted something better. And I knew that OS X was that thing. But all of that is a story for another time.
Over the course of the time I have used OS X I have found a number of different tips and tricks. I have customized OS X to how I like it, and so that it works for me. And, well, within the Mac community, everyone uses their Mac a little differently, and we all have our own tips and tricks, and ‘secrets’ so to speak about OS X.
One that I recently discovered though, and is not documented anywhere obviously by Apple, is a feature of the multi-touch trackpad of the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros. There had been a application switching feature in OS X for a while that you can access by hitting Command + Tab. You get a grey box in the middle of the screen with icons of all currently running applications, and you can switch to any one of them by either clicking it, or tabbing to it and hitting enter (if you’re more of a keyboard kindda guy). But, and this is the ‘feature’ that I’d like to share, you can also get to that same grey box by simply swiping on the trackpad wither left or right, with four fingers. From there you can then just click on the one you want.
Now, I know this is not such a big feature, but what’s nice is that you can now use the application switcher entirely from the trackpad as well as entirely from the keyboard. So depending on what you’d prefer, or where you hand is at the time, there is always an easy, simple way to change applications.
Since everyone does have their own Mac OS X secrets and features and all, I’d love to hear some of yours. Drop a comment below with yours!
