Technology and life. Merged.
Discontinued
Unfortunately, I cannot continue with this site. I have began working on other projects, and I do not have the resources to continue with this site. I will leave all posts up and the website will continue to exist. I will still be accepting user submitted posts. If you would like to submit a post, click the link to the left. I have disabled auto renew on my domain name, so after September 30, 2012, this website will no longer be accessible from http://basicpctips.com. Instead, the web address will be http://basicpctips.tumblr.com.
Thanks,
Jesse Rice
How To: Adjust Your Computer Display Based on the Time of Day
Seagate CEO Explains Why Flash Won’t Replace Magnetic Hard Drives Anytime Soon
Solid state drives don’t just “sort of” speed up your boot drive, the difference is literally night and day. Anyone who has spent any amount of time with a machine equipped with one will tell you it’s hard to go back to using a mechanical drive, but that doesn’t have Seagate worried…
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Best Buy Releases the List of 50 Stores Being Closed Next Month
Best Buy has been in the news quite a bit lately, and while some might argue any publicity is good publicity, I’m not sure even they would defend the latest coverage. First their CEO leaves amid a sea of controversy, and today they confirmed the list of 50 retail stores getting the axe…
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How To Make Your Own Google Chrome App - UPDATED
How To Create Your Own Google Chrome Web App
Copy (all) the text below and edit it as needed. Be sure to save the document as a .json file!
{
“name”: “NAME OF APP”,
“version”: “1”,
“icons”: { “128”: “icon.png” },
“app”: {
“urls”: [
“SITE URL”
],
“launch”: {
“web_url”: “SITE URL”
}
}
}
How to Create Cool YouTube Intros For Free
Most Common Screen Resolutions
I love designing websites, but sometime it can be a pain. Probably the biggest pain of all is making sure your website will fit into everyone’s screen. On my first website I made the mistake of adjusting everything to my screen resolution (1360x768) instead of a more popular resolution (like 1024x768). So when someone with a monitor resolution of 1024x768 visited my site, they couldn’t see my entire page without scrolling to the right and left. So here’s a list/graph of the most popular screen resolutions so you guys won’t make the same mistake.
Top Ten: Game Soundtracks
We picked some of our favorite games and rated their music. All of these games has great music, but some music was better than others. The music was rated on the following terms: 1. Would it sound good if it wasn’t in a game? 2. Does it complement the game? So here’s our top ten favorite gaming soundtracks.
10. Left 4 Dead 2; Composer: Mike Morasky
9. Infamous 2 (Zeke’s Death); Composers: Jim Dooley and JD Mayer, Bryan Mantia
8. Gears of War; Composer: Kevin Riepl
7. Crysis 2; Composer: Hans Zimmer
Remove Unwanted Applications With SlimComputer
You know when you get a new PC and it’s full of pre-installed crap you never use? With SlimComputer, you can remove these programs quickly and easily. It’s simple to setup and use.
- Download the installer using the link above. Open the installer once the download completes.
- When it installs, it will sync itself to the Internet. Once that is complete, it will ask you to choose a threshold. Keep the “Default” setting.
- Once you do that, select the type of things you’d like SlimComputer to remove. Then click “Run Scan.”
We recommend keeping all settings default unless you know what you’re doing. Run this scan about once a month to keep a clean PC forever.
