Computers & Programming: Page 61

Suffering from a cluttered desktop? In this tutorial, Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at the basic structure of Mac OS X, especially the user folder, and gives suggestions on how to organize your files. Take a look!

In this video tutorial, Gary Rosenzweig of macmost.com takes a look at how to use the Keyboard Viewer to easily find and insert special characters and accent marks into your text documents. Très chouette!

Ever wish you could switch between users on your Mac without having to kill all of your applications (and losing all your data) in the process? In this tutorial, Molly Stanberry from MacMost.com Shows how to enable fast user switching in Mac OS X Leopard.

Molly from MacMost.com shows how to configure Apple's Mighty Mouse as a two button mouse. This will allow you to bring up contextual menus by right-clicking à la other popular operating systems. Learn how to configure your own Apple Mighty Mouse with this tutorial.

Digidesign has transitioned all of their plug-in software copy protection from floppy drive based key disks to copy protection authorizations that reside on the iLok technology provide by PACE. The following is some information about iLok technology.

The Windows XP My Documents folder is a great way to organize and view folders and files on a computer running Microsoft Windows XP. Learn how to organize the My Documents folder with tips from a computer programmer in this free computer video on Windows XP.

Cubase digital audio workstation supports lots of equipment and gear. Learn what you need to record MIDI music in Cubase in this free digital music recording video series.

It takes practice but helps anyone create a personal web page from scratch. Code paragraphs, text, tables and lists on an HTML website with a professional designer in this free web design video.

Designing a data mapping project in MapForce? The output functions in MapForce let you preview textual or XML output, save it to disk, or look at SQL statements for database output before committing them to the database server. Learn how in this tutorial.

WordPress is a hugely popular blogging content management system, or CMS. This video offers a walkthrough of designing for WordPress. In part one, you will be downloading and installing WordPress. Then you will install the "Starkers" theme by Elliot Jay Stocks to start with a completely fresh slate for our new design. No sense starting with the default theme; it's more trouble than it's worth! In part two, you will go over the theory behind designing for WordPress and how it's much like...

Is your Intel Core 2 Duo processor not fast enough to you? Want to obtain processor speeds in excess of 3.5GHz? This tutorial will walk you through the process of overclocking your Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 central processing unit by modifying your system's BIOS settings.

Has your Windows computer been sluggish of late? This simple how-to demonstrates how to stop background processes from running automatically on your Microsoft Windows PC without the use of third-party software. Stop unnecessary start-ups with this tutorial.

Dust, when it works its way into your computer, can cause a lot of problems. To prevent cooling or intermittent problems like system freezes, you should be cleaned every six to twelve months. In this tutorial, James Deslauriers shows you how to clear the dust from your PC.

New to the Linux operating system? In this video, Daniel Holbach takes you through the process of patching a package in Ubuntu Linux. Watch this tutorial to learn for yourself this necessary skill for Ubuntu packaging.

In this web application tutorial you will learn how to set up error handling using Microsoft's Silverlight developers tool plug-in. This tutorial will be helpful if you want to create your own error handler instead of using the default handler set up by Silverlight.

In this web application development tutorial you will learn how to use brushes in Microsoft's Silverlight for color, gradient and video. Learn how to write ASP.Net functions in Silverlight to control colors, shapes, gradient and videos on your web app or web page.

In this Silverlight web application tutorial you will learn how to create a basic stock quote application that updates in Realtime. You can apply this ASP.Net backend application to any realtime data update application you need to make. All you need is Silverlight to get you started.

If you are building web applications in Microsoft Silverlight, and you want to give users the option to make the application or page full screen, then this Silverlight programming tutorial will be perfect. Watch and learn how easy it is to add some code to give users of your application the option to view it fullscreen, all within Silverlight.

In this video tutorial, which highlights Silverlight's flexibility, you will learn how to overlay HTML controls on Microsoft Silverlight content using the Silverlight windowless mode. (You can also use ASP.NET controls in a similar manner of your page is a .aspx page.)

It's one thing to write in a given blog and another to author a blog itself. This video demonstration will teach you how to create a bare-bones blogging application using Ruby on Rails and version 6 of the NetBeans IDE. This example highlights NetBean's Ruby support.

Ever wanted to take apart your Western Digital "My Book" enclosure? If you also happen to think that the drive inside that enclosure runs too hot, this brief how-to video will also guide you through the process of placing the drive in another enclosure with a fan and an eSATA port. As always, be careful, use a set of high-quality tools, and be certain to backup the data on your My Book hard drive.

Ever had a computer fan that started to sound like it was grinding flour or mowing the lawn? In lieu of purchasing a replacement fan, you might try reviving it with motor oil, any average bottle of which will last for years and thousands of fans. Learn how in this video tutorial.

Want to change your Mac's boot screen? Take a look at this tutorial and learn how to hack your Mac Os boot screen and replace it with any image you want.

Take a look at this tutorial and learn how to triple boot your Mac. In order to follow this tutorial, you'll need the software Boot Camp which allows Mac users to have the option of installing a Microsoft OS if they choose. You will also need to install rEFIT, a boot menu.

Ever had too many windows open in an application on the Mac? Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to close them all with a click of the button.

Want to customize your folder icons without having to pay a fee? Take a look at this tutorial and learn how to change the Mac's folder icons for free.

Noticing a lot of excess noise coming from your desktop's tower? Check out this video and learn how to easily reduce the noise your computer makes.

Take a look at this video and learn how to hack into a wireless Linksys router. This hack isn't applicable for all security enabled networks, only ones that use generic passwords.

Watch this computer tutorial video to learn how to get the most out of your trackpad. This how-to video will make life easier with your new Apple MacBook or MacBook Pro laptop.

OS X has some easy shortcuts, just as Windows does. Watch this computer tutorial video to learn how to use them. This how-to video will help you use OS X's shortcut keys and allow you to use your computer faster.

Your registry is probably a mess, but you don't even have to know what a registry is in order to clean it. Your PC will thank you and probably run a little better. Watch this computer tutorial video to learn how to clean your registry, and soon your computer will be running better.

Find out what a USB flash drive is, how to use it and helpful tips on making the most out of this device. Tom Merritt will demystify any confusion about the USB flash drive, a most handy and reliable way to save your computer files.

The shutdown button in Windows Vista doesn't actually shut down your computer. Watch this helpful computer tutorial video to learn how to fix your Vista power button so it does shut down your computer.

For new Mac users, figuring out how to install and remove programs can be vexing. Don't worry; it's way easier than you may have thought! Watch this software video tutorial to learn how to add and remove applications in OS X for Mac. This how-to video will help you easily make the transition to Mac.

Watch this software tutorial video to learn how to use the Quick Look feature on Mac OS X Leopard to preview files very quickly. Mac OS X Leopard's Quick Look feature will be easy to use after you've watched this how-to video.

If you're using Boot Camp to run Windows, you can remap the keyboard to make your life easier. This computer tutorial video will show you how to mod a Macbook Pro keyboard for Windows. These tips for remapping the keyboard will make using Boot Camp much easier.

Watch this tutorial video to learn some tips that will make using your MacBook or MacBook Pro's trackpad easier and more effective. This how-to video is good for new MacBook owners who may not yet know how to use the trackpad well.

Before SOAP and REST, there were Remote Procedure Calls. Ruby on Rails ships with native RPC support and this screencast programming tutorial will show you how to build powerful remote API queries with 3 lines of Ruby on Rails code!

This Ruby on Rails instructional screencast demonstrates credit card validation within a Ruby on Rails application. It uses the credit card library from Lucas Carlson. This library validates the structure of a credit card number and can also return the type of card being used. Informative Ruby on Rails computer programming how to video.

This is a three part video programming tutorial series on Ruby on Rails. These screencasts allow you to program your own web server using Ruby on Rails!