How to do a screen capture.

A screen capture is essentially a way to capture your entire screen as you are viewing it.

Prt Scr button

To do a screen capture you hold your Ctrl button key on your keyboard and then hit the key the should say on most keyboards Prt Scr which means print screen.

Now it won't print the screen but it will capture an image in the temporary memory of your computer until you paste it.

For example if you want to go into your MS word you would open up MS Word

To paste your screen capture you can go to the edit tab on the top left and click the edit tab.

You will then scroll and click the paste tab.

There you have it your screen capture.

Khan Academy - free tutorials on arithmetic to physics

I found this website watching 60 mins and its a non profit website which offers free classes on different forms of math to art history and chemistry course. I viewed a few of them and they seem very easy to follow.

I'm posting this as not only a reference for those who are reading but also a reference for myself as well.

Anyway check out  the site.

http://www.khanacademy.org/

Godaddy shared hosting review

I have used Godaddy for many years and for the most part I would say I was satisfied to some degree with the use of the hosting services. The price for hosting was competitive for most hosting sites and useful for a any aspiring computer geek.  It was the first service which I used to ftp my first website but sadly it would be my last.

As I became busy I needed a website where I didn't have to tinker to much with the HTML or CSS coding so my solution was an open source CMS. If your not familiar with the coined term CMS it stands for content management system which is essentially a database driven website which runs off a template of your choosing.

The plus side about using a content management system is that you can remotely access your CMS and add delete content and pictures on your site. I built a template for one of my photographer friends but later only to find out that many of the CMS that you can install on godaddy seem to be very sluggish or stop to a craw.

It was very disappointing since I knew my friend wanted a website where she could go and add and change information and photos.

In summary the shared hosting is not a good solution if your looking to build a content management system on the shared godaddy platform.

Let me know of any hosting that offers a good price and can run a content management system with no problem I would love to know.

Facebook's new timeline and what it means to publishers

If you like many online have a facebook landing page for your business, the rules may change on what the default is to what your customers will see when they click the facebook icon on your website. I believe the change will take place this month when all pages even personal ones will take on the timeline look.

Google Plus Ap

I just uploaded the Google plus ap onto my phone which allows the phone user to upload photos to the Google cloud automatically. I remember having lost my phone with all the photos I have taken how I wish I had this feature.

Time will tell and see if this feature is something I can use in the future. The back up of photos I'm sure is well worth it.

Interesting spin on a blog I found on Google Plus

I sometimes struggle with coming up with ideas on what to write about and sometimes I really don't have to write anything such as posting a picture.

This blog is called Running from Camera which is a simple blog on running from the camera. He sets the camera for a self timer and runs away from the camera. Thats the blog.

Running from the Camera check it out.

Inkscape vector software

I love to draw but even more on the computer. I knew Illustrator was way to expensive for my budget and the learning curve can be steep if you are not familiar with Adobe products. Corel draw is a less expensive alternative if your looking for a vector program and to be honest I believe it is easier to learn in comparison to Illustrator.

If you are familiar with Corel Draw then your in luck. You can get the power of Corel Draw without having to pay for the program. No I'm not going to refer you to a boot leg but an alternative vector program 90 percent similar to Corel Draw.

Inkscape which is a an open source program offers many of the features Corel Draw without the price tag. I have used Inkscape in my part time business to create business cards, and mainly to design t shirts.

If your not familiar with what vector drawing is, here is a simple explanation. I vector drawing will not become pixalated such as a photograph that that has been blown up 10 to 15 times its original size. What this means a vector design no matter how large or small will not lose its original design.

Google Inkscape and see for yourself. I will be posting in the future tutorials on how to use Inkscape