Watch video using Paint or Photoshop (tricks)

Follow these 5 steps to watch a video using MS Paint or Adobe Photoshop.
  1. Open a video in VLC or Media player, Maximize the screen
  2. Press Print Screen on your keyboard
  3. Open MS Paint or Photoshop and also, Maximize the screen
  4. Press CTRL + V (Paste) on your keyboard
  5. Enjoy the movie! (100% working)
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Why You Should NOT Shut Down Your PC

If your time is worth more than $1.91/hr you're losing money shutting down your PC each night

Back in the stone ages I remember reading about this in PC Magazine. Since time is money, wasting time each day switching tasks and restarting applications is costing you hundreds or thousands a year. It's even more true today, with reduced power consumption and laptop/tablets being more commonplace. Run the numbers for yourself, all you need is a little data:

CkWh =Cost / kilowatt hour. Check your bill. In my case its $.127/kWh, yours is similar.
PkWatts = Hourly power consumption in kilowatts. We're not counting monitors: these are easy to turn off. Most PC power supplies are .6kw's, but you aren't capping them out 24/7. My power supply is 1kw but everything isn't running at 100% when you're away at night unless you just like running infinite loops while you sleep. .350 is a safe estimate for me, probably .250-.3 for average users.
TAFK = Hours away from keyboard between the time you stop working and when you come back to the office. For me, 12.
HEnd = Hours you spend saving, closing programs, "getting ready to shut down tonight" etc. Could do minutes but lets not complicate things. I'll say .1.
HStart = Hours it takes you to get restarted every day. Here is where it adds up:

  • Unless you have a solid state drive you're looking at 3-5 minutes for a full boot (BIOS, windows loading, logging in, and waiting for all your junk to start up).
  • You have to remember where you were, and manually re-open each program and the files within it (also carries a small risk of data loss).
  • Open cloud services, log in, etc.
  • "Checking" things like email, Skype, BHW, PayPal, etc. that you normally have open all day. Each usually requires a login.

You're spending a serious amount of time here. I'll say .18 hours here for myself, but that is probably far too low.

Now crunch the numbers:

CkWh*PkWatts * TAFK = Total cost of running your PC all night

CkWh*PkWatts * TAFK / (HEnd + HStart) = Hourly earning rate where its no longer worth it to shut down.

$.127 * .350 * 12/ (.1 + .18) = $1.91/hr

Of course these numbers are further compounded if you have employees. Remember this next time the wife gets mad for 'wasting money' ^_^

Remove desktop icons on Windows XP

Does your desktop look something like this?:

Before

with all of those icons and stuff that makes you feel uncomfortable when you look at your desktop, or for some reason, you just want to hide these icons and have a nice view of your wallpaper, here is a guide for you!

  1. Right-click on your desktop, choose Arrange Icons By and then click (to uncheck) Show Desktop Icons
  2. Have a nice look at your clean desktop!
    After
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How to download video from youtube

Marami sa atin ang mahilig manood at makinig ng mga music, music videos, movies, anime at iba pa galing sa Youtube. Pero paano kung gusto natin itong i-save sa PC natin or sa Mobile para panuorin kahit anong oras? We need to download the video. And for some reason, hindi tayo binigyan ni youtube ng link para magawa ang bagay na to.



In this tutorial, I will help you to download, and even convert your chosen youtube video in a fast, free, and legal way. No need to install!
  1. Search for a video on Youtube.
  2. Copy the link of the video.
  3. Go to this link: http://convert2mp3.net/en/
  4. Paste the Video URL on the textbox
  5. Select what format you want to download (Audio: mp3, m4a, aac, flac, ogg, wma; or Video: mp4, avi, wmv, 3gp)
  6. Click convert
  7. Wait till the video is converted and click Download
Share this to your friends so they won't need to install software like Youtube Downloader when they can just do it online!

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Minesweeper Expert 31.133 seconds World Record

May naglalaro pa ba ng minesweeper?? hahaha.eto yung larong kakaunting tao lang ang nakakaintindi, pero pag natuto ka na, pwede mong ipagmalaki: "Oi, watch me play minesweeper! Kaya mo yan? haha."
Siguro wala nang naglalaro neto ngayon, pero ako nilalaro ko pa din siya, pampalipas ng oras o kaya habang nag-iintay bumilis yung internet connection namin.

Paano nga ba nilalaro to?
Meron itong tatlong levels: Beginner, Intermediate at Expert mode. Isama na natin yung Custom kung saan pwede mo ilagay kung ilan yung boxes at mga bomba.
You play by clicking a box, at kung pinalad ka, hindi siya sasabog. haha. Kapag sure ka na merong bomba sa isang box, right-click ka lang para lagyan yun ng flag. Yung mga numbers na lumalabas, ibig sabihin nun ay ganun kadaming bomba ang katabi niya (horizontal, vertical, and slant). For example 1, ibig sabihin may isa lang siyang katabing bomba, kung 2: dalawa, and so forth. It's a game of logic.

I've done a bit of research about it and natuklasan ko na may website pala na dedicated to minesweeper: http://www.minesweeper.info . Diyan nakalagay yung mga history ng world records, strategies, and meron pang forum!

Watch the current world record video, si Kamil Muranski

 

 Napakahusay neto, ang best time ko sa Expert mode is 191 seconds.

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Run for a Child


Naisipan ko buksan yung website ng alma mater ko nung college. Informatics.
Mukhang disente naman na yung website nila ngayon, di gaya dati. Asenso! haha! Gumamit na rin sila ng Content Management System na WordPress at mukhang sariling theme yung gamit (infotheme) kaya kudos to the web developer.

Sakto naman merong event bukas (April 12), yung Run for a child:
pic from www.informatics.edu.ph
 Di ako makakasama, pero God bless sa event and ingat sa mga tatakbo.

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Philippine Archives


Pic from i.gov.ph
Alam niyo ba na merong "iniimplement" na Archives Management System ang ating bansa?
Eto yung tinatawag ngayon na NEARMaP o National Electronic Archives And Records Management Program.
Kaya ko nasabing iniimplimement  pa lang eh kasi di talaga natin masabi na gumagana na siya. hehe.

Magandang improvement to saten. Dati kasi sa National Archives naten eh punong puno ng mga papeles na napakahirap i-maintain at malamang yun eh nagkandawalaan na. Kaya ngayon dini-digitalize nila para sa mas madaling storage ng files.

eto yung link niya: (kaso down yung website ngayon)
http://nearmap.i.gov.ph

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