[accesscomp] Dan's Tip for Monday
- From: "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:19:47 -0700
Fact of the day:
Wrigley's gum was the first product with a bar code to be scanned at a
supermarket.
Kleenex tissues were originally marketed as a cold cream remover, not a
disposable handkerchief.
Johnny Carson's first three wives were named, in order, Joan, Joanne, and
Joanna. (His first wife went by "Jody.")
Automatically Dim Your PC Screen In The Evening
rob.schifreen
http://www.techsupportalert.com/users/robschifreen
If you use a Windows PC at home, whether desktop or laptop, you probably use
it throughout the daytime and into the evening. While the screen brightness
you configure for use during the daytime is probably just fine, there's also
a good chance that it's too bright for the evening, when ambient lighting
(ie, around you) is much dimmer and of a different "colour temperature".
That is to say, it's probably more yellowy and less bluey. Which means
that, when you do finally go to bed, the additional blue light you've been
seeing during the evening could keep you awake and prevent you from sleeping
as soundly as you might otherwise have done so.
To the rescue of all night-owls comes a program called Sunset Screen. At
pre-determined times (sunset generally, though you can change it), it
automatically dims your screen and changes the colour temperature too. The
author claims that the program is preferable to the better-known f.lux
utility because the timings are more flexible and because there's a greater
range of colours available.
Sunset Screen is free, and the download is less than 1M. You'll find it at
http://www.skytopia.com/software/sunsetscreen/ and it's also available as a
portable version if you prefer. The program is malware-free according to
VirusTotal and Web of Trust.
If you haven't tried F.lux, and you'd like to experiment with that program
too, you'll find details at
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/reminder-if-you-use-windows-just-get
-flux.htm
http://www.techsupportalert.com/files/images/pc_freeware/hot_finds/sunsetscr
een.jpg
Source link for the tip shown above is here:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/automatically-dim-your-pc-screen-eve
ning.htm
He sees the perils that are in our path that we cannot see. He speaks to us
in mercy and grace and He builds us up to meet the dangers and be prepared
to receive the things we could not wisely use today. There are many things
which we can employ tomorrow that we cannot wisely use today.
-A.A. Conrad
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