One of the things people spend most of their time doing with their computer is troubleshooting. For instance, I have been having some trouble with this new theme constantly switching back to the old theme. I don’t know why it is doing that so I have been wrestling with the stupid website to get it to work. In this situation I’m going to guess that you do one of two things. Continue reading →

This is a point that needs to be made as slowly as possible.

Computers Run Fast

Computers can run fast. They are capable of performing many calculations quickly and efficiently.

You can perform abstract calculations and incredibly advanced pattern matching. Computers were created to augment our own weaknesses in organizing and maintaining data.

You don’t have to go as fast as they can go.

Speed = Stress.

God Bless,
-Daniel Kolansky

Getting from the top of a document to the bottom is a task that is rather bothersome to some of us. I sat watching a friend of mine try to scroll the other day and it was painful to wait. My friend isn’t really tech savvy, but he has to use a computer quite often. He just held the down arrow and slowly but surely it scrolled down. I, the techy-need-for-speed freak was dying waiting for him to get to the bottom of that document.

To use the scroll bar to its full potential you need to understand that there are several ways to scroll that the scroll bar does. Continue reading →

We all get stress from working with computers. Even those of us that can make a computer do our bidding by just thinking a command. If you find that computers stress you out, try these techniques to help cope with your computer.

1. Organize Your Work Space. Having an organized workspace helps you to clear your head and feel comfortable with where you are at.
2. Make sure that you are with the task at hand both in mind and body. Do your best to remove distractions from your work time. Continue reading →