Saturday, July 30, 2016

How to hang a poster or picture perfectly centered on a wall

Today I'm going to teach you how to easily center your poster or picture on a wall so it would look awesome in half the time it would take to average it with someone else's help.

Follow these 5 easy steps to continue:-

Step 1
Measure the full length of the wall. As seen below, we have an example wall with the length 80cm.



Step 2
Measure the full length of the painting/picture. The example painting we have is about 60cm long.



Step 3
Subtract the length of the wall from the length of the painting. From the example above, if we subtract 80cm - 60cm, we get 20cm remaining.

Step 4
The remaining value you get, divide it by 2. From the above example, if we divide 20cm by 2, (20 / 2), we will get 10cm.

Step 5
This value is how much you need on either side of the painting in order for it to be perfectly centered on the wall. 

We will use the value we got from the above example, which is 10cm, and measure it off on each side.



Measure it off, put 2 little marks on either side, then the painting would sit comfortably in between the marks and be perfectly centered on the wall without anyone's help! 

Good job, the measurements may vary on different walls, and may need more precise calculations in the decimal formats to be exactly centered, but its not rocket science, so go forth and hang your paintings!

Friday, July 29, 2016

Top 10 - Windows 10 Shortcuts that you should know about!

These 10 extremely useful shortcuts are a must have when doing many tasks on your Windows 10 computer on a daily basis. Let's take a look!



1. Windows Key + G

This one is for the gamers out there who like to to record and take screenshots of their everyday gaming on Windows. This may not work for all apps, but is still very useful!

2. Windows Key + X


This command brings on the context menu for the start button. It shows many system utilities that are super easy to get to, such as command prompt, event viewer, device manager, and more.


3. Windows Key + (Left, Right, Up, Down) Arrow Key


This is another cool option as this can easily snap your current windows to the left or right of the screen or where ever you want!


4. Windows Key + I


This easily and quickly brings up the Windows 10 settings menu with easy access to all your settings on your machine.


5. Windows Key + Tab


This shortcut allows you to quickly switch between all open windows and even virtual desktops! You may even use this to create a new virtual desktop to keep your work space clean!


6. Windows Key + P


This will quickly allow you to switch to a projector if necessary during your presentations at work or if you simply want to connect to multiple displays for gaming!


7. Windows Key + L

Many of you may know this already, this shortcut simply locks your Windows 10 device if you quickly need to step out for some coffee and need to protect your computer from those lurking around!

8. Alt Key + Space bar


This shortcut brings up the context menu on any open window, which will allow you to quickly minimize any open window or perform other tasks such as open the task manager.


9. Windows Key + A


This shortcut can bring up the notifications that are present in your Windows action center. These notifications are sometimes really important, such as to alert you if any anti-viruses need updating, or if any threats are detected in your system, or about any things that need addressing in your computer. It also allows certain shortcuts to the bottom to get to settings, bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and more!


10. Windows + CTRL + D

This quick and simple shortcut quickly and instantly creates a new virtual desktop which is completely empty of any open programs. It may be useful when someone is passing by and you don't want them to know what you are doing, so you can quickly switch to a new virtual desktop and look as if you aren't doing anything at all. 


These shortcuts are available on all Windows 10 machines and some may even work on earlier versions of Windows. Enjoy and have fun using these tricks!