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How to Remove noise from an audio file

Audacity is a great tool for simple audio editing. If you’ve only ever used it to trim recordings, now’s the time to take the next step into actual signal clean-up. Here’s how to remove noise from any MP3 or any recording. The How-To Geek Guide...

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Just Thought You Should Know….

Did you know…. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was the first cell phone sold in the US; launched on April 11, 1984, it was designed by Rudy Krolopp and weighed 2 pounds. 9 out of every 1,000 computers are infected with spam. Google uses an estimated...

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Cool Random Number Generator

Ever need to just randomly pick a number from 1 to 10? Check out this cool randomizer from random.org. Lots of great randomizing tools. The numbers generated by this widget come from RANDOM.ORG’s true random number generator.

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PhotoShop/Premiere Elements 8

Looking for a robust photo editing suite? Be sure to look at Adobe’s Photoshop Elements 8, also bundled with their video editing software Premiere Elements 8. If you are an experienced user of one of the older versions of Photoshop, the learning curve will be...

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Mail Merging – MS Access to MS Word

Once you have created a database of information, that information can be send to a word processing document. Microsoft Word 2007's help menu offers a great video tutorial. You can access the tutorial by clicking here, or from Microsoft Word, click on the help icon...

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See if you can put the keyboard back together

Although you should not really be trying to “memorize” the keyboard layout, if you are practicing correctly, you should eventually be able to accurately locate keys on a blank keyboard with your mental “picture” of it. You may need to place your fingers on an...

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This is the worst website ever!

My graphic design brother came over and showed me this one. I can no believe how horrible and crazy this webpage is. You have got to check it out for an example of everything you should not do when designing a webpage, all at once....

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Random Educator Resources

I was just browsing the web and found some cool education blogs and resources. Check them out. http://teacherscount.org/teacher/ http://www.teachersdiscount.biz/ http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ http://anonteacherblog.blogspot.com/ http://www.thewritingteacher.org/ http://hipteacher.typepad.com/

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