The Helpful Web

Welcome to the June 30, 2010 edition of tutorials carnival. Where we present articles from our friends blogs. Bailey Digger presents 50 iPad Apps for Web Designers posted at Web Design Degree , saying, "If you need help creating a flawless site or simply need to kick your creative juices into high gear, check out this list of 50 iPad apps for web designers." Alvaro Fernandez presents What is Brain Fitness? How to Enhance Brain Fitness? posted at SharpBrains , saying, "Train your brain and reap big benefits. Understand the pillars of brain training." EDUmobile.ORG presents Android Development Tutorials-On Completing The Android Development Tutorials, You Will. - Android Tutorials For Beginners posted at Android Tutorial Online , saying, "Learn Android Programming via these simple weekly tutorials for Android developers. Download learn Android online videos and weekly Android development assignments. Access our experts any coding and concep...

Read More link to blogger posts without HTML changes : "This is really a very helpful post I believe. Most of the times I write long posts and explain each and every part in the solution I found. So, I really need to show only specific length of each post and add a link called Read More at the end of the post on the blog home page. So, that users get chance to see more posts and look more posts. And the loading of the main page will be faster as the content is less. So, there are lot of advantages by placing the read more link on the home page for each post. I have tried so many solutions and didn't impress by any of them. Some of them are disturbing my HTML as after specific characters add the read more link. Another option is, strip the HTML from the post and add the read more link after specific characters, but that also removes the blog styles for P tag, div Tag or any other custom styles we have applied. Sp, to get this working either we need to change the Blog HTML or ...

Some things you probably didn't know you could do with a Google Search. Search Google For Mp3's  or other Files To search for mp3 files with google, copy the text below and replace artist, or just click the link above to get to google.com with the text already added, into the search box. "parent directory" mp3 OR wma OR ogg OR wav Green Day -html -htm -download -links Replace Green Day with the artist or song you want and paste the text above into the google search bar. You can also take out the OR's, the wma's, and ogg's to search for just mp3's and Wav's etc. For other files you can try adding "filetype:" to your search, for example  ASSCI art filetype:txt Ask Google Many questions can be answered by google's A.I. and show results with graphics right on the search page. Try something like: Birth place of [name], Earth's surface area, Population of [country]. Time in [timezone]. And of course Math functions (calculator)...

"I bought an old, relatively crappy '97 Suzuki Swift from my friend before he went on his mission. Everything's working out fine, except the speakers/audio receiver are terrible. I am really good with electronics (computers/home theater) but I have no clue about anything when it comes to cars. Not only do these cans sound like cell phone speakers, but they short out a lot when you turn the volume knob, or even hit a bump in the road. So I'm pretty sure I'll need to replace both the speakers and the tape deck. I'm definitely gonna upgrade the receiver to something better, something with a cd player and hopefully a 3.5mm input. I couldn't care less about the speaker quality though. Anyway, if you didn't read anything else, read this: I want to get new speakers and upgrade the audio receiver in my car. How would I go about doing this cheap, and without getting ripped off? Since I am so clueless, I think it would be really easy to get ripped off. Also, is ...

Recording Video to your computer. Depends on what type of device you wish to capture from. A home video camera usually comes with the right cables for connecting to your computer, and also the right software. To record from a TV read my guide on How to record TV or HDTV to your computer For any other device (such as a VHS or your DVR that came with your cable company) or if your camera didn't come with any cables you can use a device that converts regular video to USB For Mini DV tapes etc. you can also use your camera, but the more professional option would be to get a capture deck , like editors use. Convert Video To USB This piece of hardware called Diamond is an awesome device Plug some RCA cables from the OUTPUT of your device (your TV, VCR, Camera, or even gaming machine) into the Diamond, and then plug the Diamond into the USB port on your computer. Comes with a software that lets you record. To record from a gaming machine you should read my guide on how to. Because you ...

When it comes to recording digitally you have a couple options : Using a a DVR you can : record shows and pause LIVE tv. The DVR box is usually supplied by your cable company. Use a Set top DVD Recorder, records your shows to DVD, then you can transfer to a PC or view in a DVD player. Record directly to PC . DVR's are fairly simple to use and come with an inbuilt hard drive. Recording directly to PC you have more control over your hard drive availability, and you can do more with the material, like editing etc. Recording TV Programs with a DVR DVR's, supplied by your cable company, are similar to VCR's in that they record TV, but they use no tapes. Instead they have an inbuilt hard drive, so there is no quality loss. You can set up timed programming for your shows just like a VCR but with more on screen options. They also give you a neat overview or menu for browsing your channels, and you can usually set your favorite channels, watch several channels at once etc. With DVR...

So have you ever considered getting an iPod? Then you must have noticed the prices, up to $400 for the 32 GB iPod Touch, last time I checked. Even if you just want a regular ipod at 4gb you'll have to dish out $120 or more. But there are alternatives, cheaper mp3 players that play music, video and radio, can record voice and radio read books, write notes, contacts etc. play games and more. Comparing them to the iPods, you'll see that you save hundreds for virtually the same equipment. 4GB iPod nano - Goes for $130-150 on amazon or ebay. 8GB goes for a bit more.. The alternative is to get a ipod clone from ebay: $30~$50 or the 8 or 16 GB touch screen version The touch screen version is meant to replicate the ipod touch which can get very pricy 32 gig version goes for over $300 you can also get the touch screens with a phone that takes up to three sim cards, meant to replicate the iphone. "looks and acts just like the iPhone" $80-190 depending on the winning bid...