Some Tips For Maintaining Hard Drive

by John B. Emmerson III on February 9, 2010

On a hard drive, heads on moveable arms impart magnetic charges to sections of spinning discs. In effect, these charged sections are the files you bring up on your computer. And, while your merry-go-round spins at a nice leisurely pace, the discs that hold your info, also known as platters, are whirling around at speeds up to 15,000rpm. When you realize that one tiny particle of dust or dirt in your drive can ruin the drive, it’s amazing we don’t have more trouble with this vital component of our computers.

Hard drives are temperamental about the temperature inside your computer’s case. Cleaning the inside of your case is a surefire to keep your drive cool. All you need to do is remove one side panel on your case and use a can of compressed air to blow the dust out of your computer. Most cases have a couple of screws or thumbscrews screwed into the back of the case.

Before you dive into dusting your computer components, touch a piece of metal to get rid of any static electricity that may have built up. Though it may literally be a shocking experience for you, it will be much less painful than having to replace a fried hard drive or motherboard. Another option is to buy an inexpensive antistatic wrist strap, which keeps you static-free while you work inside the computer.

This is also the perfect time to check your fans to make sure they’re all working correctly. You must have properly functioning fans to ensure that air can circulate through your case. Once you’ve cleaned out your case, make sure cables are clear of fans, and turn on your computer while the side panel is still off.

External hard drives also need some special attention. If you use one, make sure it has space to do its thing. These drives can overheat just like internal drives, especially if they’re surrounded by books, stacks of papers, and other such material. An external drive needs to be able to circulate air in order to keep cool and this can’t be done effectively if the drive is cramped for space.

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How To Make Money With Event Photography

by Willy Wong on February 9, 2010

One of the many ways you can make money as a photographer is to specialise on events. Christenings, weddings, and all sorts of other events where people make memories can be well paid business. The great thing is that all you need is a good digital camera, tons of memory cards, and some business cards.

What to do

You must be careful what events to cover if you want to make money. Only where people want to retain memories will it be worth your while.

One idea is to go to kids sports events. Get permission from the coach to click pics for the parents watching and then start clicking away. If you turn up with a massive telephoto lens like the ones used for pro coverage of events, you will be taken seriously. Make sure you get all the children doing great action shots and then hand out flyers to all the kids’ parents watching with your web address. If you can write down the parents email address so you can email them the URL of you site then upload the pics to your web site that day and email everyone. If you have a simple shopping cart set up you can make money in a few hours as people pop in to see the pics and buy them for $20 or more a pop.

You can do a similar thing with weddings. Take all the normal pictures as part of the wedding coverage but then get your URL printed on the wedding invites and all the other wedding materials and also get an email list of all the wedding guests, offer the couple a nice 20% discount for doing this and then take lots of extra pics at the wedding of the guests doing all the things they do. Upload all the pics to your site and send the emails. You will then make a lot more money than the 20% discount it cost you because then 20 or 30 people will be also buying your pics at $20 or more a shot straight from your site. Also charging them more for higher resolution shots is a great bonus income as well.

The trick is to find a niche where you can excel by being the best photographer in the room, and offering an easy way for people to buy your photos.

Dog shows, fashion shows, horse shows, car shows, livestock competitions, rock shows, – the list goes on. Keep your eye out in the events section of your local paper to see what is happening. Always ask for permission to shoot pics and if you need to offer the people 10% of the income if feel you need to so you can get easy access.

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Green Screen Studio Rentals: Affordable Technology

February 8, 2010

Green screen or “chroma key” technology involves the replacement of the background of an image with any other background of preference. This is done for videos, films or photos. Chroma Key technology is essential in making the photos more appealing and beautiful. This method can be employed by newbies, pro filmmakers and photographers alike. Green [...]

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Private Placement Memorandum and OTCBB: Get More Investors Than You Can Handle, Easily

February 8, 2010

If you are trying to raise capital with a PPM or public entity like OTCBB you need to understand the mind of the investor. After the business plan sells the investor on the business concept you need to sell them on you and your executive staff. You need to stack your executive positions with professionals with a proven track record of success and possess a solid reputation in the industry. You must paint the picture for investors that your business is run by the who’s who in your industry and this pedigree is demonstrated by your education, degree, grades in college, professional organizations of which you have been and are currently a member, advisory board positions with other corporate organizations, a track record of setting up and maintaining strategic alliances, networking contacts and more.

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White Cyc Studios Technology

February 7, 2010

White cyc is an individual element used to build a cyclorama that encircles the stage. All the advances in technology have done tiny to switch the way in which the cyc is lighted over the years. All of the state-of-the-art technology has increased the importance of proper lighting, and using the right kind of material [...]

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Web Marketing – Do You Need It?

February 7, 2010

It takes many people years to get up the courage to launch their own businesses, yet for many it only takes a few short months to realize that they weren’t as prepared as they thought to be in charge of the future of their career or their product. If you’ve got a good idea for a business, don’t let it go to waste. Give it wings with a solid web marketing campaign.

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Green Screen Studios Magic

February 6, 2010

Green screen studios are the creators or producers of CGI effects for film media like films, TV shows and commercials, virtual reality games and other types of video games. Special effects created using this specialised screen ( or otherwise known as chroma key technology ) is a photo imagery process which allows for footage or [...]

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Ways To Buy A CD Player

February 6, 2010

With the increasing development in technology the compact disc players have changed and been modified over the period. The quality of the sound produced from playing the discs are way better than playing the cassettes or even music given by the radios. This is the reason why the compact disc players have become very popular in the market. There are many types of additional features that come with a CD player and this makes things difficult when the customer has to buy a player. Therefore this article aims at how to buy car CD players.

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Don’t Lose Your EPAct 2005 Tax Deductions

February 6, 2010

Many businesses have implemented energy efficiency measures in their facilities over the past several years to help decrease operating expenses and aid the local and global environment. What a lot of these companies do not know is that sizeable federal tax deductions are available to them and also that time may be running out.

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Clemson Stuns Miami With Overtime Touchdown

February 6, 2010

The Clemson Tigers used a touchdown pass on their first possession of overtime to upset the Miami Hurricanes 40-37 on Saturday night to cap a back and forth game. Miami kicked a field goal on their first possession of overtime to take the lead, but Clemson responded with a seldom used play on third and 11 to get the victory as quarterback Kyle Parker completed a 27 yard touchdown pass to Jacoby Ford. Clemson improved to 4-3 with the win while Miami slipped to 5-2.

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