Desk Lights Money Saver.

Today my red 4″ cathod lights turned up, I brought these to replace my white 12″ ones as I thought they where too bright.

So I switched them over so I now have some really nice red lights on my desk allowing me to see the keys I press really easily and the best thing about it is when you want to read a book its brilliant if you have a white light and want to see what its light just buy some thin red paper a cheap way to check it out I really couldn’t go back to my white lights after this but another plus side is having desk lights allows you to save a lot of power my room lights are 4 x 50w now these under the desk are just running of my computers molex connectors.

So what happened to my 12″ ones?

simple answer is i put them in my case, I do a lot of work inside my case as I’m studying something to do with fixing computers, so this has been a massive help as the brightness allows me to see anything inside the case :), but only when its on which isn’t a problem very low voltage goes through the computer.

This Weeks Top Reads.

Jason Bradbury.com - tells us how we can make our own portable WiFi for anyone to use, using a 3G simcard brilliant idea allows anyone to use it and a good idea for advertising your site.

Essential Keystrokes.com - Char tells us about a really good tool for web designing, called color schemer brilliant idea their is alot around but it is a very usefull tool and brilliant to use.

Blog Republic - Darren tells us the good ways to maintain your blog by keeping up your posting what you should post on and the best part if your stuck go on a cruise :D.

I don’t follow blogs much but these are my favourite posts for this week check them out.

Wordpress Updated To 2.1

As you might have noticed I made a new design, moved some things around a little bit.

I thought as I was updating the version I should design a new layout, hopefully it isn’t looking as scruffy as before I am still working on it so please any feedback would be great.

DVD Burning Software.

As with many IT-related industries DVD burning software has increased dramatically in its use, affordability and usability within the last few years. Whether for backing up your essential information such as pictures to free up hard drive space, creating home movies or copies of your favourite films to watch on your stand alone player.

With so many functions it’s not surprising how popular it has become but it’s easy to get confused about where to start so I thought I would try and pass on some basic knowledge to get you started.

Software

My personal favourites are:

Nero: They aren’t the biggest name in the business for nothing, they offer an amazing all round program that gives all the DVD and CD capabilities you need, however, with all these features comes a bigger price tag and a lot of settings and lessons to be learnt; it can sometimes be hard to use. You can find more information at www.nero.com, but I suggest trying a site such as www.amazon.co.uk or your local high street for a more competitive price.

Free WiFi Why I’m Against It.

I have to say in some cases I would agree with the use of it and some I would agree now over the news in England we have seen Norwich go WiFi all over I feel sorry for their bandwidth, I think their speed is something like 256kb/s which Isn’t that bad considering how many people will be using it.

But why don’t I like it, basically I can’t stop thinking about war driving (hackers) how dangerous can this be if people are checking their bank account on this WiFi, I for one never check bank details online even if its on a wired stand alone computer it opens up so many possibilities, we already have enough trouble as it is with fraud now we will be getting even more with WiFi.