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Entries Tagged as 'Current Technology'
observable universe
September 30th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Science
Find and Replace
September 13th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology
Find and Replace function is a powerful tool. It can cut down many repeated replacement processes in word processing. Some replacements need not be character. For example, New Line Breaks or Spaces can also be replace.
In MS Word, I found this useful:
Edit -> Replace -> More -> Special -> Paragraph Mark -> Replace With: <space>
setting up Localhost
September 12th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology
I have been wanting to experiment with web designs et al and it is better to expriment on our desktop first before putting it up in the internet. Setting up a local server is really easy. This post shows how to set up a local server with wordpress engine with xampp.
So, while the local folders/roots folder [...]
Google Chrome
September 7th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology
I just downloaded the Google Chrome - the web browser from Google. The immediately observation was its SPEED and minimalist clean interface! I’m waiting for more plugins and features… till then, enjoy the Google Chrome story.
500 DSLR hints, tips & techniques
September 3rd, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Music and Arts
Book Title: 500 Digital SLR Hints, Tips and Techniques - The easy, all-in-one guide to getting the Best out of your digital SLR
Author: Chris Weston
Year written/published: 2006
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Contents page:
Camera Set-up
Image Quality
Getting Ready
Using your DSLR
Flash Photography
Useful Resources
Different Subjets
Camera Care
External Devices
Some extracts:
#33: I have found most useful playback screen to be the highlights screen, [...]
Yahoo Widgets
June 20th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology
Finally i found little applications that i can display on the desktop without the use of any browser or opening any applications… Yahoo Widgets!! Clocks, Convertors, weather, countdowns etc…
Looks like i need to explore something similar - Google Desktop gadget!
ASCII Art
June 10th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Music and Arts
I just discovered a genre of art form - creating pictures with ASCII characters! yes i have seen bits and pieces of them, but i never knew there is such a serious art form - ASCII ART! And one of my fav ASCII art has to be from Chris!
Data Communication Networks - Transmission medium
June 9th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology
All networks are interconnected to allow communication with a variety of different kinds of media. There are 2 kinds of medium:
Guided : open wire, twisted pair, coaxial cable, optical fibre
Unguided : Radio propagation
Computer Networking
June 8th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology
When a set of computers/devices are connected to exchange data, the networks possible are:
local area network (LAN)
wide area network (WAN)
wireless LANs and WANs (WLAN & WWAN)
Network topology includes:
Bus
Star
Tree (hierarchical)
Linear
Ring
Mesh
partially connected
fully connected (sometimes known as fully redundant)
IEEE 802
June 7th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology
So here goes the IEEE 802 standards that we see around us…
802.1 Bridging
802.2 Logical Link
802.3 Ethernet
802.4 Token Bus
802.5 Token Ring
802.6 Distributed queue dual bus (DQDB)
802.7 Broadband LAN Practices
802.8 Fiber Optic Practices
802.9 Integrated Services LAN
802.10 Interoperable LAN security
802.11 Wi-Fi
802.12 Demand Priority
802.13 Not used
802.14 Cable modems
802.15 Wireless Personal Area Networks
802.16 Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
802.17 Resilient Packet Ring
802.18 Radio Regulatory TAG
802.19 Coexistence
802.2 Mobile Broadband Wireless Access
802.21 Media Independent Handoff
802.22 Wireless Regional Area Network
Electric Canvas
May 30th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Music and Arts
I’m in love with this new art form that i saw - Electric Canvas. These artists transforms huge building facades into magnificent designs and themes using only light projections. Now talk about arts, physics and engineering all coming into play!
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10 terms for basic photography
May 29th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Music and Arts
and so i learnt the 10 important terms for the basics of photography:
shutter speed
exposure
aperture
depth of field
lens
ISO
metering
white balance
focal length
DSLR technology
DSLR technology
May 27th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Music and Arts
Lens
May 26th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Music and Arts
Metering
May 25th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Music and Arts
The metering system in a digital camera measures the amount of light in the scene and calculates the best-fit exposure value based on the metering mode. There are 3 types of metering mode:
Overall Metering (Multi Segment/Zone Metering)
Spot/Partial Metering
Center Weighted Metering
Some links about metering:
digital photography school
dpreview
ephotozine
weather scapes
White Balance
May 24th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Music and Arts
White Balance (WB) is the process of rendering the colours in the photograph so that it appears more neutral. Some times there is a blue or yellow cast and this can be removed with shifting the white balance so that original white colours looks white!
Some Links…
cambridge in colour
wiki
photoxels
dpreview
photoshop tutorials
Measurement of White Balance can be done [...]
Wii Fit
May 23rd, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Life Skills
I must be one of the slowest to discover this… but i just love Wii… especially Wii Fit!
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earthly friendly car
May 22nd, 2008
Tags: Current Technology
I finally found a car that runs fast as well as it’s environmentally safe with no pullution! Hybrid Technologies has the solution with their litium powered batteries. My future car!!
Choosing a good password
May 21st, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Life Skills
How to choose a good password with high password strength? A good password is hard to guess and yet easy to remember!
at least 6 characters long
mix of lower and upper cases, numbers and punctuation marks
how to create one…
think of a phrase and use the first alphabet
don’t use names and address and Identity numbers
some links on [...]
Focal Length
May 12th, 2008
Tags: Current Technology · Music and Arts · Science
Focal length of a camera lens system is a measure of how strongly it converges (focuses) light. A photographic lens is used in a camera to make images of the opbjects on the film or other image sensors.
Some links…
wiki: focal length
wiki: photographic lens
photoxels: Focal length
focal length
Measurement of focal length is done in mm. nowadays:
Wide-angle lens 18mm, 20mm, [...]