Nov 29

Need to hide stuff? Dont know how? Follow these steps below:

Note: you need WinRAR to start, pick it up at RarLabs. Its just like winzip, but better.

  • Get all the files you want to hide, and compress them into a file using WinRar
  • Make a folder on your C:\ called “hide”
  • Copy the compressed file you just made into the folder “hide”
  • Copy the image you want noobs to see when they click on it into the “hide” folder
  • Go open Command Prompt (you can find it in accessories)and you want to go to your C:\. If you dont start in it when you start the command prompt, type “cd ../../” without the quotes. It should say C:\>
  • Now type “cd hide” without the quotes
  • Type copy/b photo.jpg + files.rar result.jpg
  • You have just magically created “result.jpg” with the files in your compressed folder. You can rename result to anything else

Now when you click the image file it will show an image just like normal :) It will be the size of the compressed file you used though.

When you want to decompress it just right click on it and go to “open with” and choose WinRar. Then just extract it to wherever you want!

Now go impress your friends. You could even make up a jpg that says “OMG DONT LOOK” or something so it looks suspicious, but no one will ever know why you have a 560MB jpg file on your desktop.

Nov 14

The following is a school project I did in my technical communications class. Enjoy!

Replacing a flat tire

Introduction

Replacing a flat tire requires only a few essentials: a spare tire, a jack, a tire iron, and a wheel chock (or large rock). Because flat tires are so common and can happen at any time, every driver should know how to replace a tire with a spare. Although it can be daunting the first time you attempt it, replacing a tire is not very difficult. Almost anyone can do it in under 15 minutes, which is less time than it usually takes for assistance to arrive. After reading this set of instructions, you will know how to safely and correctly replace a tire on your own.

Directions

1. Pull off the road, turn off the engine, and turn on the hazard lights.

2. Put the car in park on level ground and apply the parking brake.

Note: If you drive a manual transmission car, you should put it in gear.

3. Place a wheel chock or a large rock behind (if facing uphill) or in front of (if facing downhill) the diagonally opposing wheel to prevent the car from rolling.

Note: This should be done even on a slight incline.

4. Get out the spare tire, a lug nut wrench (tire iron), and a car jack.

Note: To avoid bruised knuckles, you should pull rather than push when removing lug nuts.

Note: Do the following before jacking up the car.

5. Remove the lug nut by placing one end of the tire iron over a lug nut.

Note: The loosening of the lug nuts should be completed in a star pattern, first loosening one a few turns and then loosening the one opposite.

6. Turn the tire iron counter clockwise to loosen the lug nut.

7. Work across the tire until all the lug nuts are loose and unscrewed.

Warning: Cars can slip off jacks. Being extremely careful is very important. You should never get under a car with only a tire changing jack holding it up.

8. Move the jack underneath the car. Read the rest of this entry »