The tutor shares his own experience with the Hitron wireless cable gateway cgnm-2250. Recently we upgraded our wireless speed, so had to get a new router: the Hitron cgnm-2250. The router came with some instructions, which were mainly pictures: I …
The tutor begins exploring the question of 5GHz capability. I have several computers. One shows the 5GHz network among those available, but the other doesn’t. Why? Apparently, the answer is in the hardware. Both computers are Windows 7. In the …
The tutor shows absolute value on the Sharp el-520w. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, absolute value of x, commonly written |x|, can be defined as follows: I can’t find a dedicated absolute value function on the Sharp el-520w; however, …
Math: solving an absolute value equation with the Sharp el-520w equation solver Read more »
The tutor continues about lists on the TI-83 Plus. I began about lists on the TI-83 Plus back in my post from January 24, 2015. Now I want to continue. My favourite way to enter a list is from the …
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The tutor shares best practices for charging a smart phone. Most people know that there’s probably a “better” way to charge a smartphone. What is it? Conversely, what are some practices to avoid? Apparently, the best habit is to keep …
The tutor shares a discovery he made while researching Windows 10. In my June 26 post I began about the possibility of upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7. I’ve heard the deadline to do so for free is July …
The tutor shows a trick available from CSS. @keyframes animation effect from CSS. The @keyframes effect may not be visible in some earlier browser versions – like, possibly, ie9 or before. However, someone running XP, for example, can get Opera …
The tutor continues coverage of web proxy terms. With yesterday’s post I began exploring the world of web proxies. In general, they are hardware or software entities that receive and pass on the requests and responses of internet communication. A …
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The tutor begins about the different types of proxies used over the internet. Lately I’ve developed interest about internet proxies. I hear about people using them, but those aren’t the ones that mainly interest me. I’ve got the academic curiosity …
The tutor brings up a useful command for Windows. The 2015-2016 academic year over, I’m looking into the Windows 10 upgrade. Today I began gathering information: For example, when was Windows 7 installed on this computer? Searching the internet, a …
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