Computer Information & Technology

How To Create Bulk Number Lists in Excel 2003/2007

2009-07-02T09:01:00.003-05:00

This tutorial will show you how to create an automatic, bulk list of numbers for your spreadsheets on Microsoft Excel (2003 or 2007). Very useful for when you want to create a quick number list so you never have to type in the following numbers again.

To do this, type in the number "1" on the first vertical cell (say A1), and in A2, type in =A1+1. Then copy (Ctrl+C) cell A2 which should now say "2" and highlight cells A3 to say A10, Ctrl+V Paste and now you have 1 - 10 in cells A1-A10. Now you got yourself a system so you never have to type in those numbers again in a list.

Can't Wait For Saw VI to be Released in Theaters this October

2009-05-03T09:34:00.003-05:00

I just recently watched all six Saw Movies from the beginning and loved them all. I thought the villain, Jigsaw (played by Tobin Bell) was so evil but was the perfect villain in these movies. This October 2009, Saw VI, the last movie in the Saw series will be released. Here is my opinion on Saw I - Saw V:

Saw I - Amazing, filled with creepy, disturbing scenes, and plot twisting events.
Saw II - Also amazing and scary / disturbing.
Saw III - This is the most gory saw movie. At some parts it was hard for me to eat my food and felt like gagging, especially the scene with the pig corpses being shredded... Amanda was such a bitch in this movie haha.
Saw IV - This saw movie was good, but it was probably the worst of the five. It provides us some background information about Jigsaw after he died in the third movie, and we get to meet his ex-wife.
Saw V - Amazing Saw Movie with great plot twists and prepares us for the finale - Saw VI.

I recommend the Saw movies for people that love horror films. However, movie critics do not like Saw that much. I disagree with the critics most of the time. Critics liked movies such as Brokeback Mountain, I am Legend, and Atonement, which I disliked. I am Legend was the worst movie I ever saw, especially since I am not a big fan of Will Smith.

How to Make Money on the Internet

2009-03-20T16:15:00.003-05:00

I am going to discuss some ways that explain how to make money online. Through experience I have found these methods to work quite well to get some extra cash.

1. Ebay (http://www.ebay.com)
Ebay is a great website for selling your stuff. First you will need to create an ebay account if you haven’t done so before. When selling, Ebay lets you design your description template however you like, and it is very inexpensive and affordable to list an item. Media items such as video games, books, and dvds only cost $0.15 for 30 days (without the extra fees that are optional). Virtually all other items are only $0.35 for 30 days. I recommend buying a few items on ebay first before selling in order to get some Positive Feedback boosting. Then sell something that is a rare item (such as beanie babies or a unique video game) and get positive feedback from that (if you want to sell that rare of an item). The key to getting good positive feedback is to ship your items in time, ensure the item is EXACTLY what you described, and pack it well. Unique tips: When you have enough positive feedback, you have the option of creating your own ebay store for only $15.95 per month, which gives you store inventory listings, which only costs $0.03-$0.10 depending on the price of the item. Also, when you have a lot of items to sell, use Turbo Lister (which can be downloaded off the ebay site) to make the listing experience easier and more fun. If you are serious about starting a business, then realize this: Wholesale Lots are sold on ebay. Buy wholesale lots of an item you want to sell and resell items individually, hence starting your business. Be creative and smart when purchasing lots. Nearly every category on ebay has a Wholesale Lots subcategory. You will find that some items you buy in lots will sell well, while others won’t sell that well. The key is to find a lot where the items are inexpensive and sell like crazy, then you can keep buying those and reselling them. There are countless ways to go on ebay, you may want to use it just to clean out your garage for some extra cash or possibly start an online business. It is all up to you…

2/3. Google Adsense (on google.com in Advertising Programs) and YouTube.com videos
Google Adsense is a creative and fun way to make money. Once you have your website or blog up and running, be sure to sign up for the Google Adsense Program. Adsense gives you a code to put on your website or blog that displays content-targeted ads. Whenever someone clicks on your ad, you make money. It sounds easier than it is because first you have to make a decent website or interesting blog and submit your website to search engines, such as Yahoo, MSN, and Google. Good website content is king for appearing on the first page of the search engines. This is very competitive to get to the top of search. Most likely you will be on the 5th-10th page on various keywords inputted. So what do you do? There is a trick I learned to getting visitors to your website… Make a YouTube video(s) that matches the content of your site. It is easier to get views from YouTube videos than it is to get people just randomly clicking on your site from a search engine. Make sure to advertise your website in your video and put a link to that site or blog in the description (the only place where YouTube allows you to put links). Remember that it is not a good idea to advertise your site by just commenting on videos for several reasons:
1) it is considered spam
2) YouTube doesn’t allow links in comments
3) Most likely people won’t listen to you very often
4) It takes a lot of time and effort to do this
The reason why making YouTube videos is so great is that once they are uploaded you don’t have to do ANYTHING. The more people you have viewing your videos, the higher the chances that they will click on your website link, the higher the chances of them clicking on your ads. In the beginning you will not make much money (maybe like $0.25-$1.00 per day), but the more visitors you have at your site the more adsense revenue you will gain.

Citi Group is Wasting your Bail out Tax Dollars

2009-01-27T11:33:00.004-06:00

So this is how the bail out money that is supposed to help our economy is being spent. Citi Group was caught buying a $50 million dollar airplane with YOUR tax dollars that was supposed to be used wisely in healing the economic recession the United States is in.

This really makes me angry, and every American should be angry about this. $50 million on a PLANE. Here's how that $50 mil money could have been allocated:

$10 million for economic stimulus to the taxpayers
$10 million for infrastructure
$10 million for science research
$10 million for new jobs investment
$10 million for, well, anything but bailout.

Why is our government even bothering bailing out these greedy corporations? They should use our tax dollars and borrowed for a much better purpose than to pay for an airplane. This should anger you very much. Taxes for everyone should be lowered, not raised! Our taxes are going up to bail out Citi so they can buy a plane! This is preposterous and it shows how corrupt the system is. I am personally against any bailout because it raises our taxes and serves the filthy greedy pockets instead of a good cause. I am all for capitalism and low taxes and I am definitely not for high taxes, especially when our money that we, the people work hard for is being used like this. Later.

Spyware Sucks - How to Remove brastk.exe threat

2008-10-22T09:42:00.005-05:00

Hi everybody. I just had a horrible experience with spyware with a new virus called brastk.exe. BRASTK is a spyware that pops up in your taskbar and annoys you with saying that you need a program to get rid of spyware, but of course it is ironic that the spyware itself is the brastk.exe virus. It not only pops up in your taskbar, it randomly shuts down your computer and restarts it.. its like your computer is possessed. I got rid of it by reading how to, which here is the quote from yahoo answers:

"
1) delete beep.sys from c:\windows\system32\drivers\
2) start windows in safe mode and clean your registry
3) kill 'delete' Brastk.exe and Karna.dat from c:\windows & c:windows\system32

"

However, this wasn't the end of the horror. Sure, this removed the brastk annoying pop up from the taskbar, but now my internet was plagued with more spyware viruses inside of firefox. Everytime I went to google I would get annoying pop ups and web page redirections. I gave up at this point and had to format my computer. I lost everything thanks to this annoying brastk spyware. I was such a fool to get this virus, too. All I did was visit a site where I thought I could download a game, but ended up clicking on all these ads and voila - I got the virus and other spyware along with brastk.exe. Here's my video with me voicing my frustrations about spyware and how much spyware sucks:

Very Scary Pop Up

2008-10-19T17:04:00.003-05:00

Okay this is frustrating I have a really good Scary Pop Up video on Youtube that nobody is watching. People love to watch my really stupid scary pop up videos which climb to 1,000+ views really quickly but the one I have titled "watch if you dare" is not being watched at all -_- sighs. Anyways here is a scary pop up / screamer video I think will definitely make someone jump. Here it is: enjoy!

Final Fantasy VI is the Best Game Ever

2008-10-05T06:06:00.004-05:00

Here is my video about why I think FF6 is the best game ever. FF6 is a long game that is definitely NOT boring, the graphics are fantastic for the time it came out (1994). There is so much to do in that game, 255 items to collect, tons of great magic, great monster artwork, etc. I played this game in 1996 the first time and that got me into the Final Fantasy series. Eventually I decided I liked FF4, FF6, and FF7 the best in the series...

Firefox 3 Really Sucks

2008-10-04T14:34:00.005-05:00

Firefox 3 really sucks. It is quite possibly worse than Internet Explorer 6 (not 7 though cuz 7 is the worst web browser in history). Where do I begin? Firefox 3 is SLOW. The videos run slow on youtube, when downloading MPGs or AVIs the video comes out choppy after you download it, more than 1 file at a time can't be downloaded due a bug where the download fails. Need I go on? This is very frustrating. Firefox 2 was sooo good, and I had so many hopes for Firefox 3 when it came out. Actually, when I first starting using 3 it seemed good for a second because of the massive security improvements, but of course it got slower and buggier. Firefox 3 still isn't as bad as IE7, but it is still very bad. In some ways Firefox 3 is worse though. The youtube videos aren't even loading half of the time. This is utterly ridiculous! There is so much lag and bugs in this Firefox that it isn't even funny. My advice is to return to using 2, this version is just absurd. My advice is to please email firefox and tell them all about their bugs, I beg for speed and bug-free as do we all! Here's my new youtube video on explaining why Firefox 3 is so bad:

How I chose the name 'Lightmaster'

2008-08-24T13:02:00.002-05:00

You know, it's funny, but I subconsciously chose the name Lightmaster. Going back to my years of childhood, I made The Lightmaster without knowing why I chose it. But now I know the reason. Star Wars was very cool to me back then, and I decided to use the name 'Lightmaster' because it was taken from Lightsaber and Jedi Master. Combined = Lightmaster. Obviously, people who are familiar with Star Wars will know what I am talking about. The lightsaber is of course the weapon of choice by Jedis, while a Jedi Master is someone who has mastered the Light Side of the Force, such as Yoda.

All About PC Games

2008-07-14T17:40:00.004-05:00

‘Online Games' - Most Relaxing Experience Want to Unwind – Play Online Games Increasing Audience for Online Gaming
by: Allen Brown

Recently, many new online gaming services have been introduced. The world is having a visible affect on the online gaming industry, as more and more people turned towards playing and enjoying online games.

Games on net were once an imaginary phrase, but since the introduction of thousands of user friendly and easy operating games on the Internet, people are finding that fiction has become reality.

But, now you can read about what you want to learn and play free online games at paying no money. This is the ultimate playing way for anyone frightened by the complex layout of games. To play online games, read introduction to the games and play along.

Another main reason people want to play free online games is to get refreshed from the monotonous and hectic routine. With games on net, all of that excitement can be put into action. The people may choose to play free online games for recreation. Many people just want to chill out at the end of a day, and playing with a pool or slot machine etc. doesn't provide sufficient amusement.

According to a leading company’s survey on online gamers, women around or above age 40 are the informal gaming hardcore, playing games at an average of nearly nine hours a week. As far as men of all age group are concerned, they spend nearly six hours gaming while women of all ages average to around seven hours per week. This show increasing urges to play online games in all age groups and both genders.

The report also unveils an interesting point, 54 percent of adults said that they play games to wipe-off stress and the 20 percent of teens who play for just relaxation.

With free online games one can experience the excitement of playing, without the fear of losing any single cent. Many sites on the Internet also let you to post messages in forum and even facilitate to chat with friends while you play.

This is excellent news for gaming authors and websites, as the more-n-more people are moving towards playing online games on net, the more excitement around the globe will be.

All in all, it can be pretty relaxing experience and certainly it is becoming very popular time-pass.

Final Fantasy 7 Was the Last of Fantasy

2008-06-12T17:00:00.000-05:00

Why Final Fantasy ended at 7: The Final Fantasy Disintegration
When it first came out in the late 1980s, the first Final Fantasy video game did not reach the explosive popularity it later achieved. The game, which originally came out in Japan, was not a big hit at this point in time. Final Fantasy 2 was released soon after, and no, it still wasn't a hit. FF2 & FF3 were OK games that were originally released in Japan only. The series was not growing much at this point.

FF4 (FF2US) received more popularity in the United States than it did in Japan. The fifth installment? In my opinion, FF5 is a disaster of a game that has real good gameplay. The only thing I like about FF5 is the gameplay.

Once FF6 was released in both countries as Final Fantasy 6 (Japan) and Final Fantasy III (USA), the series was now a hit. This was the first FF game that I and many other gamers first played. I played it first in 1996 (2 years after its release) and loved it dearly and finished it all the way through over ten times. Final Fantasy 7 represents the peak of Final Fantasy popularity. This game became my instant favorite next to 6 when it came out in 1997.

About a year and a half later, in 1999, is when I first heard about, played, and was disappointed with Final Fantasy 8. From then on to each subsequent release is a ruined series. All it seems now is that Square Enix cares about is a Final Fantasy series based on too many sequels (10, 11, 12, X-2, Dirge of Cerebus, Crystal Chronicles, and so on) with watered-down gameplay, more linear everything! It is horrendous. They need to stop the series, and should have stopped the series right after 7!

I love FFs 1-7 now and have played them all. Everything after 7 is junk. Please Square Enix, end this series now and make something new and original thats going to be a REAL success.