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Archive for May, 2006

How to set up a webcam

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

For all you amateur exhibitionists out there, we show you how to broadcast your own webcam stream from your website. From buying a webcam to configuring your website, we show you what needs to be done from start to finish.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/85

Extract data from a text file (and gain an understanding of regex, csv & data importing in the process)

For those of you who want to take a step into the unknown and onto the road towards becoming a power user, this article teaches you how to use regular expressions to use the patterns in a text file to reformat the data into csv, then import that csv data into an Excel spreadsheet.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/80

Troubleshoot the “sad face icon” on your iPod

Monday, May 29, 2006

The sad face icon is infamous for striking fear into the hearts of iPod owners the world over. We tell you what that sad face means and what you can do about it.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/79

Render your hard drive’s data irrecoverable

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Computers make us more efficient by helping us to better organize and access massive amounts of information. We give you the right know-how to keep your computer from making identity theives more efficient at accessing your personal information when you get rid of an old computer.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/78

Chart your income and savings with a spreadsheet

Use a spreadsheet, in this case Microsoft Excel, to keep yourself on top of your income, savings, investments and interest.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/76

Use a spreadsheet to keep a monthly budget

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Use this dead simple spreadsheet to budget your monthly income. Three sets of columns give you a place to chart income, fixed expenses and variable expenses. A fourth set of columns give you an overview of how much you’re spending, saving and have left over.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/69

Watch television on your computer

A simple guide to getting your computer to receive and display television signals by installing a TV tuner card.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/68

Buying vs. Building a computer

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

If you’re debating whether to buy a new computer or take the DIY route and build it yourself, we lay out the pros and cons of each route.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/67

Burn data files onto a CD with Windows XP

Friday, May 19, 2006

In this tutorial, we show you that burning files to a writeable CD-R or CD-RW is as easy as drag-and-drop with Windows XP and My Computer.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/66

Find out how much memory your computer has

If you’ve forgotten how much memory came with your computer, we’ll show you how to find out in just a few clicks.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/65

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