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• Spotting Scope Resolution at 1000 Yards (in Ideal Conditions)

  
  AccurateShooter.com Bulletin — Authority: 138
  While attending the CA Long Range Championship recently, we had the opportunity to test the performance of a high-magnification (63X) spotting scope in near-ideal conditions (maybe the best I’ve ever witnessed). On the event’s last day we arrived at 5:45 am, literally as the sun was cresting the horizon. I quickly ...
  1 day ago

• Tip of the Week – Pretty powerful panoramic pictures

  
  History Tech — Authority: 123
  I’m a big believer in the power of photographs and images. And if you can find really big photos, so much the better! New camera and web technologies now allow the publishing of incredibly detailed, full screen 360 degree panoramic photographs online. And the people at Panoramas have gathered together over 600 ...
  1 week ago

• Tech Tip: Restore Ctrl-Alt-Backspace in Ubuntu

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  In the last release of Ubuntu (9.04) the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace key sequence normally used to kill the X server was disabled by default. Apparently many people like to kill their X server this way so a workaround "dontzap" package was used to enable it. With the latest Ubuntu release (9.10, aka Karmic) its even simpler to ...
  1 week ago

• Tech Toolbox: Onyx

  
  Other World Computing Blog — Authority: 129
  Every now and then, you may find that your startup seems slower than normal or that some things are just not working the way they used to. When that happens, it is usually best to be a proactive,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• Tip of the Week – Pretty powerful panoramic pictures

  
  History Tech — Authority: 123
  I’m a big believer in the power of photographs and images. And if you can find really big photos, so much the better! New camera and web technologies now allow the publishing of incredibly detailed, full screen 360 degree panoramic photographs online. And the people at Panoramas have gathered together over 600 ...
  2 weeks ago

• TECH TIP TUESDAY - How To Fix A Corrupted Outlook File

  
  Stamping Is My Business! — Authority: 129
  A client of mine recently had this happen to her, and if youre a long-time Outlook user, the chances are pretty good its happened to you, as well. You fire up Outlook only to get the messsage that Outlook cant start because of a corrupted Outlook profile . As bad as it sounds, the fix isnt terribly difficult and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Primers and Load Velocity: CCI-BR2 vs. Wolf in .308 Win

  
  AccurateShooter.com Bulletin — Authority: 138
  We are often asked “Can I get more velocity by switching primer types?” The answer is “maybe”. The important thing to know is that changing primer types can alter your load’s performance in many ways — velocity average, velocity variance (ES/SD), accuracy, and pressure. Because there are so many variables ...
  3 weeks ago

• Barrel “Depreciation” and the True Cost of Shooting

  
  AccurateShooter.com Bulletin — Authority: 138
  How much does it cost you to send a round downrange? Ask most shooters this question and they’ll start adding up the cost of components: bullets, powder, and primers. Then they’ll figure in the cost of brass, divided by the number of times the cases are reloaded. For a 6BR shooting match bullets, match-grade ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tip of the Week – Where are we?

  
  History Tech — Authority: 123
  I love Google Earth and all of its bells and whistles. But the following activity is a great way to hook kids using just the basics of GE and is very simple to implement. I call the activity “Where Are We?” and can be used to introduce a variety of history or geography units. Select at least one (I use two or ...
  3 weeks ago

• Greatest Hits: Ballistics App for I-Pods and I-Phones

  
  AccurateShooter.com Bulletin — Authority: 138
  LINK: Advanced Ballistics Program for I-Phones and I-Pods Apple’s I-Phone and I-Pod offer a superb user interface with serious computing power. Here’s a very trick software App (good enough for the U.S. military) that runs ballistic calcs and even has a bullet database.
  4 weeks ago

• Tech Tip: Same Load Varies in Velocity with Different Barrels

  
  AccurateShooter.com Bulletin — Authority: 138
  Put the same load in a variety of barrels (with the same length and chamberings) and you’ll see a wide variance in muzzle velocity. In fact, it’s not unusual to see up to 100 fps difference from one barrel to the next. We demonstrated this with a comparison test of Lapua factory ammo . Chron Testing Lapua ...
  4 weeks ago

• Word Tip # 14: Vertical Text Selection

  
  voluntaryXchange — Authority: 134
  I’ve needed to know this forever: how to select text vertically instead of horizontally . All you do is hold down the ALT key before using your mouse to scroll down. It isn’t perfect unless your fonts are monospaced, but it is pretty good. Also, as near as I can figure this doesn’t work when you use ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tech Tip: Printing Problems from Browser Window

  
  Technology Report — Authority: 107
  Print troubleshooting is one of the most frustrating aspects of computing. Although printer quality and cost has become very reasonable, there’s nothing more frustrating than printer failure during a deadline for an important paper or letter. Some good troubleshooting rules of thumb are as follows if you suddenly ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tech Tip: Send an Email Alert When Your Disk Space Gets Low

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  If you dont want to step up to a full monitoring solution such as Nagios you can create your own scripts for monitoring the things that you want to monitor, such as disk space. The following script alerts you when your root partition is almost full: read more read more
  4 weeks ago

• Combat Corrosion with Rust-Fighting Products

  
  AccurateShooter.com Bulletin — Authority: 138
  Winter is coming and that means cold temps and wet weather. Heck it’s even raining in California this week. When it’s cold and damp out, you need to pro-actively guard against rust and corrosion on your valuable tools and firearms. As temperatures drop, moisture can condense from the air, causing guns to rust, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tech Tip: Automaticaly Organize Your Photos by Date

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  Linux Journal: "Now that summer is over and your digital camera is full of pictures, how do you get them organized? At the command line of course! The script provided here automatically organizes them into sub-directories by date."
  4 weeks ago

• Tech Tip: Automaticaly Organize Your Photos by Date

  
  Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.com — Authority: 460
  Linux Journal: "Now that summer is over and your digital camera is full of pictures, how do you get them organized? At the command line of course! The script provided here automatically organizes them into sub-directories by date."
  4 weeks ago

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