Nov 14, 2010

If you ever wanted to film a video that shows your hands handling something (i.e. gadget video review), here is a great example on how to achieve the perfect 90 degree camera angle so the only thing filmed is your hands. What you need is to pull out the center pipe of the tripod, on which the head of the tripod sits, and reinsert it from the bottom up. Then you just need to adjust the angle on the tripod head (depending on the model you use, Slik video tripod works best) for the camcorder lens to point vertically downward (see the photo below).

If you ever faced a challenge to rename hundreds of files this is a timesaver;

1.    Start Windows Explorer. To do so, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer.
2.    Select multiple files in a folder. To do so, press and hold down the CTRL key while you are clicking files.
3.    After you select the files, press F2.
4.    Type the new name, and then press ENTER.

NOTE: When you complete the preceding steps, the highlighted state of all files except one disappears, so it may appear
as if you are only renaming one file. However, after you press ENTER, all of the files are renamed. When you rename multiple
files, all of the renamed files have the same name with a number in parentheses appended to the name to make the new file
name unique. For example, if you type BUDGET as the new name, the first file is named BUDGET. All of the remaining selected
files are named BUDGET(x), where x is a unique number, starting with (1).