How to save your laptop battery consumption

Notebooks or netbooks use a lot of power and they can't be use for very long time by depending only to the batteries.

Most of them last for about 2 to 3 hours depending on the type of the batteries.

If you want to let your laptop longer while using the battery only, you should avoid unnecessary battery usage which means not to use any device that take up your battery when you don't really need it.

Your battery power is usually used when you have a USB powered device plugged in your laptop. If you don't need a mouse, don't plug it in your laptop. This is also the same to other devices such as flash disk, card reader, external keyboard, portable printer, digital camera, etc. Anyway, just avoid unnecessary plugging of device.

Other settings that you can do to save your battery consumption is by turning off your wireless connection and bluetooth connection. Then you can also use the power settings in Control Panel to adjust the sleep time of your laptop PC. Okay, do the adjustment as you see fit and see how long you can use your laptop with only the battery.

Game House games, download trial or play online

Games House games have been so popular in the world of games. From kids till older people, the games never seem to be bored to play. Therefore the way of of playing those games are only moving the mouse and clicking here and there, they still have a lot of fun.

Take Insaniquarium game as example, which the way of playing is just moving the mouse, clicking the coin, fish, the monster, item for sale. Everything you do is just about clicking. Perhaps, almost no double clicking or right clicking. Sometimes, you need to do some typing when filling in your data. Sometimes when you want to activate the cheat code, you need to type the cheat code. Simple indeed in playing, but not always simple in winning the game. That's why the games are so challenging and fun.

We can buy the games, or we can download the trial version and see whether we like them or not. Otherwise, we can also play the games online.

Free online file conversion

File conversion is a necessary thing when we work with many different applications. Mostly when you found a file that you want to open, but don't have the application to open, you'll probably convert the file so that you can open it using your currently installed program.

For example, if you don't have pdf reader, you'll probably think of converting the pdf file into doc which you can open with Microsoft Word or Abiword. This is one solution. Another solution is to install the program needed to open the file. This solution would be a problem if it's a commercialware. But if it's freeware then you can download and install. Which one do you usually take? Well, that up to you.

But if you don't want to install the program that open it and also don't want to download the converter program, you can still use Zamzar free online file conversion service. There are four steps for doing this:
1. Select the file you want to convert
2. Select the format you want to convert to
3. Type your e-mail address where you want to receive the converted file
4. Click Convert, and you're done.

This online file conversion service is quite useful when you want to convert and directly send the file to someone's mail. You can convert images, documents, music, videos and compressed files.

Funny photo blending effects

Most people like working with photo blending when using photo editing software like PhotoShop. But Photo Blending is also not so easy when you want to get special blending effects, especially those who are still beginners.

For those beginners, they can usually make simple photo blending. Or they can use special features included in a photo editing software like Ulead Photo Express. This is also my favorite. I first knew this program when I installed drivers for Acer scanner about 10 years ago. That time my friend bought an Acer scanner and Photo Express was included in it. It's a very easy to use program cause it comes up with many special effects.

Adobe PhotoShop seems to have been designed to do more than simple photo editing. It's a bit harder to learn when you have no basics at all. But everything is hard at the first start. If you want to get started easier with photo projects (including photo blending), you can also choose PhotoDeluxe which is also a product of Adobe. It's quite nice and easy to use.

But if you just want to have special photo blending effects, you can just go searching for software purposely made for photo blending. You can't find, let me introduce you this one. You'll have a lot of fun with it. Click here to visit the photofunia site!

Kidzui - a great graphical and safe browser for kids

Most parents are worried that their kids would visit certain prohibited website with unsuitable contents for kids. In this IT era, it's hard to prevent kids from being isolated completely from using internet. They probably need the internet surfing for fun, learning or for school project research.

You probably don't have the time to watch over your kids all the time while they browse the internet. But you should at least provides them a browser that they can use with ease (having no worries about that matter).

Now, here's one web browser that you can let your kids use (of course you can also use it yourself for fun). It's Kidzui - a free web browser with a lot of graphical stuffs for kids. And most of all it's safer cause it's designed specially for kids and parents who want to have fun with their kids.

Learn to use blogger by watching video

If you want learn about blogging, you can start signing up at Blogger. It's a blogging service where you can have your own blog and post your articles. You can also add a lot of widgets to enrich your blog. Then you can share your ideas with every body on the internet.

Some people find it hard to do blogging. They don't know how to start. Some of them start searching on the internet for tutorial on learning blogger. There are e-books (in pdf format) where you can learn from it. But there are also tutorial videos that guide you about blogging. Learn from videos is the easiest way. It's like learning directly from your tutor.

When searching for tutorial videos, I found a link to Blogger tutorial. I believe you can learn a lot from it. Click here to open the tutorial page.

CommonCraft Videos - concise yet easy to understand

You probably want to learn more about computer or perhaps want to know more about internet stuffs. You visit Youtube.com and search for videos that you want to help you understand better through videos rather than text or pictures.

Videos are learning media that enables one to understand better. These are very common nowadays. And that's people like to watch presentation created using Powerpoint than to read text on a brochure.

While I was browsing through the internet and searching for material on Social Bookmarking and Social Networking, I found a site called www.commoncraft.com

This site provides lots of fun and very creative stuffs that you probably don't really understand if you read text. It gives you very clear explanation on the topic you want. You are also free to share the videos with anybody as long as it's for non-commercial purpose. Below the video, there's a small box with code which you can paste in your blog or website, so that you can let your visitors watch the videos of Common Craft.

Web Security Guard - protect you from visiting scam website

Browsing the internet is not really safe unless you have the basic security like antivirus, anti spyware and other web security programs. One of the programs that works well with Firefox is Web Security Guard. This program warns you when you are going to enter a harmful site, such as a scam website. When Web Security Guard appears and warns you about the website, be sure to click Block to prevent yourself from visiting such site.

Can't open files with Chinese file name

If you have a file with Chinese file name, whether a jpeg picture file or a Microsoft Office document, you'll probably meet a problem which you can't open the file. This problem usually occurs when you download a file with Chinese file name. I have ever met such problem when opening some jpeg files (with Chinese file name) of a disc. The files in the disc were given Chinese file name. Not sure which program was used to burn the disc.

I tried to open the files by double-clicking them. But then appeared error messages. So annoying!
To solve this problem, you just need to change the file name into any character from a to z or with numbers. Then, you'll be able to open the file. Just that simple.

Mygazines.com has stopped its free magazines service

Mygazines.com was once a site where it provides online reading of free magazines. It's actually a site where users who like magazines upload their magazines, make modifications of published magazines. It's like reading the real magazines, cause you can flip the page.

But it no longer provides this service. You'll read more by visiting the site why it no longer gives this service.

Jelly jumper - online game from Logitech

Jelly Jumper is a free online game from Logitech. This game has a layout of a keyboard and a jelly jumper as the game character. There 50 levels in this game. To play this game, you just need to press the arrow key to make the jelly jumper jump. It's so simple to play, but not really simple to win. When you pass level 10, you can win 20% off Logitech products.

Simply press the arrow key and move the jelly jumper from key to key. When you see red buttons, try to avoid them. They are like bombs. When you have landed on all the green keys, you'll be able to go to the next level. Have fun with this Logitech game!

Online dictionary

Dictionary is a must-have for every language learner and educator. It plays a big role in your learning process. When someone has a problem with a word or a phrase, he will have to find the word or phrase in a dictionary. But this is quite troublesome when you have to flip and flap the dictionary.

Some people who don't like flipping dictionary just to find a word, will find other alternatives. They would probably use digital dictionary to help them find the meaning faster and easier. It has become so common that everybody can bring it along.

Online dictionary also has become popular since internet technology took part in our daily learning process. People start to use online dictionary. To use online dictionary, people usually type the address of a site that provides online dictionary or online translation.

Actually, in my previous post about using "translate.google.com", I have stated that by using that online translation, it is already quite good. But when we just want to have quick meaning of a word (especially in certain language), we can use site that just provide words translation. This kind of site is of course faster because it just translate a word which is shorter than a sentence.

If you want a site for translating words only, you can click here. The site provides you dictionary for English, Malay, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, etc. It supports dictionary for at least ten languages.

How to save your laptop battery consumption

Notebooks or netbooks use a lot of power and they can't be use for very long time by depending only to the batteries. Most of them last for about 2 to 3 hours depending on the type of the batteries.

If you want to use your laptop longer while using the battery only, you should avoid unnecessary battery usage which means not to use any device that take up your battery when you don't really need it.

Your battery power is usually used when you have a USB powered device plugged in your laptop. If you don't need a mouse, don't plug it in your laptop. This is also the same to other devices such as flash disk, card reader, external keyboard, portable printer, digital camera, etc. Anyway, just avoid unnecessary plugging of devices.

Other settings that you can do to save your battery consumption is by turning off your wireless connection and bluetooth connection. Then you can also use the power settings in Control Panel to adjust the sleep time of your laptop PC. Okay, do the adjustment as you see fit and see how long you can use your laptop with only the battery.

Super TuxCart

Super TuxCart is also another free game with Tux as the game character. This game is not only fun but very suitable for those who like car racing games especially kids because the character, Tux has been so popular in Linux world. This time you can play it with other players with one PC only. This game also has very good background which is the snow, sand beach, etc. If you like racing games with cartoon characters, you should download it. Click here to download.

Super Tux - an arcade game like Super Mario Bros

Super Tux is a free game which is popular in Linux games. If you like Super Mario Bros, I think you will like this game. The way you play this game is almost the same as Super Mario Bros. You complete level by level to save your girlfriend, Penny from your arch enemy, "Nolok". This game has a background of snow land. If Mario eats mushroom, then Tux eats snowball to grow bigger. You'll have lots of fun playing with this game. Click here to download.

Vistamizer

Vistamizer is a freeware which you can use to turn the appearance of your Windows XP into Windows Vista. You don't have to install Windows Vista just because you want to have the appearance. Just install Vistamizer and experience it.

Vistamizer modifies your Start menu, the icons and also the wallpaper. The Vista sound effects
are also applied.

Using SSC Service Utility

If one color of your ink is running out from your external ink system ink bottle, you probably will meet a problem. You can't print a certain color. This problem is really a headache when you have to print a color page.

One of the solution is to quickly fill the external ink bottle with ink. After filling in the ink, you have to make the ink flow into the empty cartridge by using "head cleaning" in the printing preference - maintenance tab.

You'll find that by cleaning the head also makes the ink flow slowly into the cartridge.

Ink that flows into the cartridge does not flow only the color which is insufficient, but also other colors as well, including black. Of course this will make your black ink become wasted just for the cleaning process. Or if you just want to make the black ink flow, you'll also waste the color ink.

To avoid wasting ink either black or color, you can use SSC Service utility which you can find more about this utility also on this blog. Refer to the link on that post to download the utility.

After running SSC Service Utility, right click on the Head Cleaning menu then click the "Black head cleaning" or "Color head cleaning". This menu can let you choose which head you want to clean, so that you can save your ink.

Tux Typing - a good typing game for Tux lover

Tux, is the penguin which every Linux user knows. This time I would to recommend you, one of my favorite typing games. Since I knew Linux and found the Tux games like Tux racer, Tux games have become my favorite collections. When I was searching for free games last night, I found a link for downloading "Tux Typing" for Windows.

Tux Typing is a free game which you can download and distribute it. Play without limitation. This Tux Typing, as you know from the name, it lets you practise typing easily without the feeling of learning to type. There are two games you can play with it.

The first one is Fish Cascade, which you play by typing the letters or words. If you correctly type them, then Tux penguin will move itself to eat the fish. The second game is Comet Zap, which you also play by typing the letters or words displayed. If you correctly type them, then Tux penguin will shoot them. Very funny indeed. I love Tux Typing.

Klik and Play for schools - make game easily

Klik and Play is a free game maker program for schools use. Even though this is an old game maker (created in 1994), you can try using it create your games because it's easier than others.

Whether you are a student or a teacher, you can use this program for making some simple games. The games type that you can create can vary from educational games to arcade games. The steps in making the game is so simple that you don't need any programming skill.

Then if you are parents, you can use it for your kids to learn how to design their games. Just use your mouse to click and select the object you want to add to the storyboard. Then you can set up the event for your object. And after that you can play your games. Don't forget to save it. Click here to download!

If you need tutorials on making games, you can click here.
You can also click here to watch one the Youtube videos about Klik and Play

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