In the old days, there was  a plug in for your right click menu that was called Command Prompt Here. It simple meant that if you right-clicked inside a folder or on the desktop and chose this option, then you be at the command prompt but also in the current folder. This was a real time saver because you didn’t have to go hunt down CMD.EXE in the start menu. In Windows 7, this is built right in. All you have to do is hold down...

Its the most “sinking” feeling. When you think you can do three things at once – do the dishes, talk and hold the phone, the inevitable happens. Phone drops – you run to the corner and cry for mommy…. (Please note – this also applies if you drop your phone in the toilet whilst trying to text and pee at the same time. Ya, we know about that too.) I worked in Carphone Warehouse for 6 or 7 years....

This is my favourite line from The IT Crowd and a line use every single day. In fact, sometimes 10 times a day. When I provide IT support, I invariably find that people do not try this simple solution to most problems. One day, I got a call to come fix someones computer. I drove 30 mins to their home, did a two minute meet and greet, did a thirty second “refuse-coffee” and was shown the problem. It took the person 5...

I keep an eye on a Flickr photostream by Victor Walsh. He covers quite a variety of subjects with professionalism. He just posted this hack with some parts he bought from eBay. The total cost was €5. Simply put, he glued some stuff together and got a great result – a 10 Stop Filter. Here is the shot he accomplished with this hack with his own words. I finally got round to trying out my homemade 10...

Disclaimer: This post was written by Bakari Chavanu on MakeUseOf. Link at the end of the post. If your family is anything like mine, making a family portrait is almost as hard as winning the lottery. We manage to get a portrait done once a year, and it’s usually a few days before or after the Christmas holiday. Here are a few of my portrait photography tips from my recent session. First, let’s talk a little about the set up....