The right way to peel off a sticky note - #Random Tip - 8

Hi Friends


Although sticky notes are called sticky notes, they don’t always stick that well. They tend to curl up, and fall to the floor after a while

But there is a solution in the way you peel off the sticky note.

But when you do it this way, the sticky note will curl up and disappear from your wall after a little while. With the risk of ending up in the dustbin. There goes your splendid idea or “must not forget” thingy for that important presentation.

The better way is to peel if off from left to right:

When you stick this sticky note to the wall, you’ll notice that it doesn’t curl up, and thus will stick many times longer.

This picture shows the difference:

Happy Sticking !


For reference:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD_cmLCmv24

Have a nice day

Regards
K.MedhaChaitanya - ArCsOfLiFe

Seeking YouTube video. #Random Tip - 7

Hi Friends

You tube player tips. :)

Pressing keys 1 through 9 will seek the video to 10%, 20% and so on up to 90% of the playback duration.

If the video is of 10 minutes, pressing 2 will seek the video to 2 minutes. i.e., 20% of the total playback duration!! 

Edit : Pressing 'K' will pause the video, and 'J' will seek the video to 10 seconds before, and 'L' seeks 10 seconds further!!

Have a nice day

Regards
K.MedhaChaitanya - ArCsOfLiFe.

Eliminate car Blindspots. #Random Tip - 6

Hi

Directly to the content:

Eliminate Car Blind Spots - Contrary to popular convention, adjusting your mirrors to show the rear edge of your car while sitting straight up in the driver's seat creates your blind spot. While the following might take a little getting used to, it vastly reduces and/or eliminates blind spots:  

Left/Right Mirror (Driver's side(different in different countries) - tilt your head to the left so it is almost touches the driver's side window. Now, adjust your mirror outward until you can only just see the rear left edge of your car.

Source: http://www.caranddriver.com/features/how-to-adjust-your-mirrors-to-avoid-blind-spots

Right Mirror - position your head almost directly in front (centered) on the rear view mirror. Do the same for your passenger side mirror, angling it out until you can just see the right rear edge.You may have to fine tune slightly, but you should notice that cars approaching (or departing, if you're overtaking and changing lanes, for example)  from either side will now visibly hand-off from wing mirror to rear view with virtually no blind spot.

Hope this helps.

Thank you.

Regards
K.MedhaChaitanya - ArCsOfLiFe.

Kilos to pounds #Random Tip - V

Hi

This is so simple to do with your brain, you don't need any calculators or converters.

To easily convert from Kilos to Pounds, double it and then add ten percent.

Example,

1) 73kg x 2 = 146
 
     146 + 14.6 =160.6 Lbs

2) 45kg x 2 = 90
 
     90 + 9 = 99Lbs

#additionalTip

Pounds to kilos is to halve and then minus ten percent, but it isn't as accurate as the method to convert from Kilos to Pounds. I hope that suffices every day needs.

Have a nice day.

Regards
K.MedhaChaitanya - ArCsOfLiFe.

Shutdown windows automatically after a specific time. #Random Tip - 4

Hi

We come across situations like these

You're sleepy and a file being downloaded is 85% complete and you will need to turn off/shutdown your system after that.
or 

Something needs to be processed and is stopping you going out as you need to shutdown your system.

or

You're copying files that takes almost 3-4 hours.

Now its simple to deal with situations like these.

Its just one line command and is even easy to remember. 

STEP 1: Open your run command by pressing "START + R" or as shown in the image below.

STEP 2: Type this

shutdown -s -f -t 3600 

and then click ok.

3600 is number of seconds.  i.e. 1 Hour in this case.

3600 is number of seconds i.e. 1hr in this case.
After 3600 seconds your system terminates all programs and automatically shuts down without prompting.

This is very useful if you're going out for more than 4 hours and you want to copy a large file, process a HD video or download something, installing a heavy game which would take, assume 3-4 hours to complete and there's no one it shut it down manually after the work is done. Don't worry about the data being lost, just set few minutes more than the ETA and everything will be cool and fine.

#additionalTips

1. If you find difficult to find number of seconds in 'n' hours, just type "calc"(with out quotes) in run window which opens a calculator, ex: 7*3600 which is 25200 for 7 hours; so, the command would be shutdown -s -f -t 25200 for 7 hours.
2. If you want to cancel the scheduled shutdown, type "shutdown -a"(with out quotes) in run window. -a for abort

I hope you find it useful. Have a nice day.

Thank you.

Regards

K.MedhaChaitanya - ArCsOfLiFe.

Wondering if the problem is with the remote or just with the exhausted batteries? #Random Tip - 3

Hi friends

Back again with another life time never forgetting usable tip.

We often experience situations like TV,AC remotes not working properly. We wonder if the problem is with the batteries or the remote itself or with the TV/AC receiver.
Here's a way to easily check.

Generally, the light emitted from IR emitter (bulb like thing in all remotes) installed in your TV, AC or any other remotes when a button is not VISIBLE.

http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-e7c0666fa5386e34aad1c8c4f20165ae?convert_to_webp=true

But if you do watch it through any digital camera( even that of mobile phone ), you can actually see the light coming out of it whenever a button is pressed.

http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-f3230922f11d32f2fa6563e7f451770e?convert_to_webp=true

So from the next time, you can check if your remote is working properly with your camera(may be a mobile camera ;)).

#additionalTip
If your remote's battery is weak, you will see weak light.(light of less intensity)

Have a nice day.

Regards
K.MedhaChaitanya - ArCsOfLiFe.