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.

Got an unusable headphones ? #Random Tip - 2

Hi

We say, a picture is more than 1000 words. 

All you need to do is plug in this jack and open your FM Radio app on your smart phone. That's it!

#additional tip.
Don't cut the wire immediately, experiment it by shortening the wire and checking if the phone is able to receive the signal. Usually FM Radio and transmission will have a very strong signal, which needs a small piece of wire to receive the signal.

Have a nice day.

Yours
K.MedhaChaitanya - ArCsOfLiFe.

Broken data cables ? Here's how to fix it. #Random Tip - 1

Hello friends

Hope you are doing good.
Did you encounter this problem for your Mac cables (or your earphone and other cables ...) ?

source: http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d3246ae74938863c76e3e1faefa168cc?convert_to_webp=true

Here is a great way to fix it with out buying a new one and saving a few dollars.

sources: http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=383&t=3724291
http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d3246ae74938863c76e3e1faefa168cc?convert_to_webp=true

I guess this needs no explanation. But if you still want, you can click on the original thread here.
Have a nice day.

Yours
K.MedhaChaitanya - ArCsOfLiFe.

20 random but important things . . .

Hi 

There's a book called  "Life's Little Instruction Book", which i read recently. Here are the set of most loved statements by me.

1. Compliment three people every day.
2. Watch the sunrise at least once a year.
3. Be the first to say, "hello."
4. Live beneath your means.
5. Treat everyone like you want to be treated.
6. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen.
7. Don't judge what you don't understand. 
8. Never deprive someone of hope. It may be the only one; all he has.
9. Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.
10. Be tough-minded but tenderhearted.
11. Be kinder than necessary.
12. Don't forget, a person's great emotional need is to feel appreciated.
13. Keep your promises.
14. Learn to show cheerfulness, even when you don't feel like it.
15. Remember that overnight success usually takes about 15 years.
16. Leave everything better than you found it.
17. Remember that winners do what losers don't want to do.
18. When you arrive at your job in the morning, let the first thing you say brighten everyone's day.
19. Don't rain on other people's parades.
20. Never waste an opportunity to tell someone that you love them.

Have a nice day

Regards
MedhaChaitanya- ArCsOfLiFe
about.me/medhachaitanya

Lesson(s) to be learned from a final year passed out student . . .

Hi

Its been almost four months looking at the face my blog; my very second post in 2014.
Being an engineering final year student, I was all focused on getting a job like many of us. I started brushing up my existing skills.

My first interview with the software giant; my dream company; Microsoft was a failure. The pain and the depression that I felt after loosing it is still unexplainable. I was able to clear 3 rounds and I was rejected in the fourth round.

"I studied hard, worked very hard for this but was a failure."

The only line that was looping in my mind was "I AM FAILED" .
Slowly, as time passed by, the campus placements in my college started. The depression level that I was already in because of loosing Mic., made me loose "TCS - Tata Consultancy Services" too. I was not even able to clear the damn aptitude test and this added fuel to my feeling of being a failure.

Must do things in the last semester of your engineering . . .

Hi friends!

Finally free from my placement stuff as I am in the final year of my engineering course and there were really a very few days left for my graduation like many of you.

The first two years of engineering - people still are serious about the marks and grades.

The third year - exposed to the real life of engineering. Enjoyment, hangouts, friends, bunks, movies, fights, confessions, internships and many more. Different people different experiences. Some are sweet and some are bitter.

Are you a professional worker with computers?

Hi friends,
These days I rarely find time to give a slot of my schedule for blogging. In the past three months i was able to write only thrice. But the response that I do get from various other bloggers(specially IndiBlogger) keeps my spirit always high to write new and think new.
I am back with another helping post.
Just like as usual, let me start with posing questions. :)

• Are you a computer science student (like me?)
• Are you a professional photographer who work on Design software ? (like this cool guy Joshi Daniel , my friend on IndiBlogger)
• Are you a software engineer? or
• Do you work more time on computers?
• Do you often feel your eyes and body stressed?
• Do you forget to get up now and then to stretch?
• Do you ever feel like someone reminding you to relax? (some small mobile software that I created recently for windows phone users Take a break! )

I came up with a beautiful but simple solution.

Do you use dual operating systems ?

Hi friends,

Its been almost two months; blah blah the reasons... Now the question is Do you use two or more Operating systems ?

If YES, you might have already suffered restarting and booting to other operating system to access the files on the desktop of the other OS; or The sticky notes of the other OS; or In the worst case, if you have a sync-able applications like Evernote, which maintains a local database; You need to sync on the both sides of different operating systems.

I know its really really painful.

Now say GOOD BYE to these problems.

Let me give you some scenarios through which you could better understand.

What to call this? Pity? Mercy? or Compassion?

Hi,

Life is Life whether its for a human or for an animal or for an insect. ArcsofLife is exactly targeted at this. This morning, i was watching some videos on the YouTube and I came across a beautiful video that completely made me dumbfounded. The importance of LIFE, inspite of any circumstances, inspite of your enemies, inspite of food can never be completely described.
But before u read the rest, do watch this video completely.

 

Sorry for this wild video for those who are sensitive. There's no high clarity video available.

I thought that I could write a lot but I was unable to describe it in my words. I don't know what to write. To write about killing? or to write about saving? All that happened to me(us) is a silent charm that left a beautiful feeling in my(our) heart(s). A predator like this saving another animal! I would simply entitle it as another "Arc of Life". No words.

Thank You,
Have a great day :)

Yours,
Medha Chaitanya- ArCsOfLiFe.

The chain reaction of LOVE. . .

Hi friends!

I'm back again with another self analyzing post :) this time, lets get into some very interesting topic because we basically feel some topics all time interested. I don't know what to call it, ahhh, a topic? or a feeling? or a gossip? or whatever... from the times during our schooling, college, higher education, employment  and life, this topic is with us all the time. Ya its LOVE.

Two Questions to test your decision skill . . .

Hello friends!

Directly to the point. Self-assessment and decision making. 

There's something which is always in our minds that automates certain decisions in to a positive opines. Here are are the BIG Two Questions that will prove the predestined decisions of our minds..

Confused? 

Read on...  There you go!

Never give a chance to regret for your data loss . . .

Hello friends!

I am writing this post with a huge pain. I never thought that I would be in a situation like this. No one will. Let me open up.
Since a long time, I have been working on a personal(computer) project.
Developing code;
Correcting errors;

Performance Issues- Computers and Laptops

Hello friends!

I tried to minimize the conversational kind of writing unlike my previous posts.

Simple and Direct to the point.

Problem -> Solution

Problem(s)

1.Are your programs responding too slow?

2.Is your windows boot time tooooooo big (5-15 minutes or even more sometimes)?

3.Is your computer hanging at random times?

4.Are you frustrated with frequent Not Responding dialog boxes?

The silly memories of the past . . .

Hi friends!

The clock ticked 8:00 AM. No school. No early morning wakeup. No bus horn. No mom shouting. Most of all No early breakfast. No worry.

That Sunday morning rounding on the whole bed as if we are the emperors; staying in the hugs of mom or a pillow; and from the other side, dad calling us to get up and therefore we resisting his calls for a 70% sleep.  

The power with in you . . .

Hi!

There's one big saying by many great people. They say it in one form or the other, but the actual content of the saying is same. What's are the big lines that are being referred to?

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