Internet Archive Blogs | A blog from the Collections Team at archive.org How to Silence Your Noisy Computer (and Keep It Cool as a Cucumber) A couple more suggestions: Consider replacing a single, high speed fan with multiple slower fans. Generally, the slower the fan spins, the less noticeable noise will be (even for the same dBA). In my experience, dBA is not truly additive, so a single 40 dBA fan is more noticeable than two 20dBA fans, and may not move any more air. Many cases/motherboards come with PWM ([en.wikipedia.org]) capable connections, which allows the OS to control the fan speed without needing an extra fan controller. Consider replacing your graphics card (or if you're feeling handy, your GPU's heatsink and fan). Not for the faint of heart, but consider undervolting. Happy tweaking!
Take this simple marketing quiz Not so simple, actually, and about more than just classical marketing: There are a hundred people in a room, perhaps a trade show or a small theatre. What's your choice: Sit in the back, watch, listen and learn.Cajole your way onstage so you can make a slick presentation that gets everyone on their feet, buzzing and excited, eager to do business with you or hire you.Set up a booth in the lobby that energizes and engages 12 of the people enough that they tell their friends, while it disturbs or mystifies two of the others and is ignored by the rest.Provide a service (like cookies and juice in a box at the exit) that many of the people there are appreciative of but few remember or talk about. Most people say they choose #2. Apple and Nike and Starbucks are trotted out again and again as marketing gold standards, because they are beloved by many and ignored or distrusted by few. The mass market is no longer.
Stuff You Don't Have to Buy Because You Can Print It Yourself for Free Some people aren't electronically oriented, and just don't get a warm fuzzy feeling from entering things in their phones. They'd rather write it out. I am firmly in the phone camp, but I can see the other point of view. LOTS of people (myself included) retain information best when they physically write it down. I think there's even an lh article floating around about that... Pretty stuff I can't argue with. The memory and retention is one of the points of wearables, though... Most of the "recall without gear" crew I don't fully get because I still retain most of the knowledge I have without being told a second time, but I'm aware that it's an innate skill I was born with and that developed with my frequent use of it and it's not a standard thing... but at the same time, why ever be without a wearable?
Tips Every Teacher should Know about Google Docs in Education ( Great Easy Guide ) Here is a list of some of the best features of Google Docs that teachers need to know about :It is free and very easy to useIt has a user-friendly interfaceIt lets you create Google documents, spreadsheets, and other file types and collectionsIt lets you upload, manage and store files and foldersIt allows you to share Google Docs, files and collectionsYou can preview your docs and files before you open or share themYou can also view images and videos that you have uploaded to your document listIt lets you search for items by name, type and visibility settingIt allows users to collaborate on documents in real timeIt also offers a chat functionality for collaborators to use while working on docs.Google Docs Templates for teachers Many Google Docs users are unaware of the fact that they can breathe life into their documents with templates. Google's new templates for Google Docs make it fast and easy to create all kinds of documents. I- Documents : Click on any title to read the tutorial
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