How to make your room brighter

A dark and gloomy room gives off a depressing vibe when you step in. To let in more light, you don't need to tear down walls to make more windows! Just do these:

1.  Repaint the walls: Dark walls tend to absorb natural light from the room. So repaint with fresh coat of white paint or even pastel colors such as yellow pale.

2. Hang mirrors: Get a few large or medium size mirrors.Hang one facing the light source such as the window or door, and place the rest around the room.

3. Color the furniture: Just as dark walls absorb light, so will the furniture. Change the shades of your furniture by repainting them in lighter color.

4. Change the covers: If you don't want to repaint the furniture, a very easy alternative is to change the slip  over of the sofas, throw pillows, tables and chair to lighter colors.

5. Add lights: Another stylish option is to add floor lamps or install uplights and let their glow bounce off the ceiling and back into the room. You may want to consider using full-spectrum light bulbs, the glow closely resembles real sunlight!

How digital camera works

A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. Digital camera has a sensor that converts light into electrical charges. The image sensor employed by most digital cameras is a charge coupled device (CCD). Some cameras use complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology instead.

Once the sensor converts the light into electrons, it read the value ( accumulated charge) of each cell in the image. A CCD transports the charge across the chip and reads it at one corner of the array. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) then turns each pixel's value into a digital value by measuring the amount of charge at each photosite and converting that measurement to binary form. The amount of detail that the camera can capture is called the resolution and it is measured in pixels. The more pixels a camera has the more detail it can capture and the larger pictures can be without becoming blurry.

Just as with film, a digital camera has to control the amount of light that reaches the light sensor. The two components it uses to do this are the aperture and shutter speed, are also present on conventional cameras.

Aperture: The size of the opening in the camera. the aperture is automatic in most digital cameras but some allow manual adjustment to give professionals and hobbyists more control over the final stage.

Shutter Speed: The amount of time that light pass through the aperture. Unlike film, the light sensor in a digital camera can be reset electronically so digital cameras have a digital shutter rather than a mechanical shutter.

These two aspects work together to capture the amount of light needed to make a good image. In addition to control the amount of light, the camera has to adjust the lenses to control how the light focused on the sensor.

The focal length is the distance between the lens and the surface of the sensor.

With digital zoom, camera takes pixels from the center of the image sensor and interpolate them to make a full sized image. Depending on the resolution of the image and sensor, this approach may create a grainy or fuzzy image. you can manually do the same thing with image processing software--simply snap a picture, cut out the center and magnify it.

Steps:

1. You aim the camera at the subject and adjust the optical zoom to get closer or farther away.

2. You press lightly on the shutter release.

3. The camera automatically focuses on the subject and takes a reading of the available light.

4. The camera sets the aperture and shutter speed for optimal exposure.

5. You press the shutter release all the way.

6. The camera resets the CCD and exposes it to the light, building up an electrical charge, until the shutter closes.

7. The ADC measures the charge and creates a digital signal that represents the values of the charge at each pixel.

8. A processor interpolates the data from the different pixels to create natural color. On many cameras, it is possible to see the output on the LCD at this stage.

9. The information is stored in some form of memory device.

How to spend your weekend alone

Are you being alone this coming weekend? Your family members are busy with their works and your friend are out? You are alone and bored? Here I suggest what can you do when you are alone without getting bored. I am sure you gone rock you weekend because there are so many things to do out there alone.

1. Clean your house and room. You have been busy and no time to clean your house. Now it's the opportunity to do so. Sweeping, moping, washing the mirror, wiping the tables and chair, gardening and so on. It may be boring but you can make it interesting by listening to your favorite music. At the end, you will feel proud of yourselves when you see your house is clean to stay.

2. Grooming. You have to make sure well-groomed all the time. Take this weekend to do pedicure, styling your hair, making home made face-mask and shaving. Plan ahead how you want to do the pedicure or the face mask. Find tips in internet and you will be amazed with the result

3. Cooking. This is the time for you to learn cooking or making your favorite dish. If you are good in cooking, so you can prepare something for your family members and friends. If you are just learning, then buy some cooking books and start cooking! Try to make one to two dishes for yourselves and you can improve it slowly.

4. Do shopping and keep update. Clean your drawer. Throw your cloths that you are not using or out of date. Do some shopping to keep yourselves updated with the current style. Make sure you arrange your clothes nicely for easy access.

5. Plan for your weekdays. You have lot of works pending for your weekdays? Plan ahead and have your own timetable to accomplish all the works. You can also do planning on personal finance. Perhaps,you may want to divide your time appropriately for your daily activities.

6. Have a hobby. Do you have a hobby? If no, start now. You can start reading books, go swimming, go to watch birds or drawing. You will find your real talent and you may achieve something one day.

How do I stay healthy and fit

I really care on how do I keep myself healthy and fit. To begin, the environment of the eating place should be clean. I have been reading some articles from magazines and internet about being healthy and maintain a good figure. Here are what I found:

1. Drinking 8 glasses of water. The benefit of drinking water is undeniable. Water is very cheap and available everywhere. Take this opportunity to drink water as frequent as possible because one day water may be more expensive than soft drinks.

2. Do exercise. We can indulge ourselves in jogging, swimming, playing badminton, dancing and the list goes on.Pick your favorite game and spent some time playing with friends and family. It not only makes us look healthier but also younger.

3. Balance food. Make sure to have all the nutrients in out daily meal. We can make our meal varieties by having fish, vegetables, milk, fruits and whole grain. This will help us to have balance diet and we won't get bored eating the same food all day. I suggest to plan your own menu every week ahead to make sure all nutrients are taken.

4. Take a break. Always have time for yourselves. If you are overloaded with your work and studies which are repetitive, I suggest you to take a vacation with family and friend. Or if you are at home, switch off your hand phone and do your favorite things such as watching movie and gardening.Take a deep breath when you feel tension as that can help you lot.

5. Have regular doctor visit. Visit doctor every 6 months to do medical check-up. Tell the doctor if you find any difficulties because prevention is better than cure. Get your vaccination too.

How to attach external document in Microsoft word

Have you ever wanted to link external documents in Microsoft word? You can either link it to your preferred word ( where when you click on the word, this document will appear) or just attach an external document for the article in word. I figured out about this and here I would like to share it in the simplest way that I could.

1. In Microsoft Word, highlight the word where you want the attached document to pop up when click on it. In my case, I highlighted " average temperature".

2. Go to insert-choose hyper link. The table below will appear:

3.For the column "link to" choose "existing file or web page".

4. For the column "look in", chose appropriately according to your preference. In my case, I would like to chose "current folder".

5. Then pick the document that you want to attach to the word. I am going to attach the file named "HT".

6. Press ok.

7. Here what you will get. Now you can just press ctrl+click on selected word and there, you have the document!

Other method: You also can attach a document by naming it differently at the column "text to display" in the "edit hyperlink" table.

Hope this help you!

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How to put caption for blogger pictures

Well I have tried few methods to apply captions for the pictures in my blog, and I guess this post will be useful for the newbies. We always want the caption of the picture to be right below the picture at the center. Here is the simplest way to do so:

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These are how the image and caption will be displayed:

Note: float:left and text align: center

snapshot tool

Tips:

*If you want the image to float at the center, edit "float:left" to "float:center"
*Change the text position according to your preference at "text align:left;"

How to copy and paste from PDF to word

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a electronic document for long tern preservation.All the contents, texts and images will be reproduced in the same way if needed. Besides, editing PDF is impossible. SO in order to pick information needed from PDF, do we need to type each words? To make things easier, here is a tip to copy, crop, design and paste the required information in our own way.
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Open the respective PDF

Determine the content to copy and paste. Here I would like to copy the table.Select the snapshot tool.

Open paint.(go to start menu-all programs-accessories- paint)

Copy the contents and table above will appear

Paste the copied content to paint. (right click, select paste)

Now you can edit the table in your own way.I labeled some of the important information with red and blue ink.

Select the range to copy from the button above, the right click, copy.Paste to word.

From above steps, now I gain the information that I require which is only the table. By using this method, you will be able to edit the table in paint by adding colors and shapes. This method help you to copy required information from PFD to Word document perfectly.