Your Computer and You

This blog post will be about your computer. Since I have talked about almost all the basics of how to use the internet this post will be about your computer. This will be explaining the parts of the computer and what they do in simpler for so that more people can understand. I will list the parts and what they do.
CPU-Central Processing Unit. This is like the brain of the computer and controls everything.
GPU-Graphics Processing Unit. This is like the eye of the computer. It makes it possible to see all the graphics on the screen
Motherboard- This is where everything is put. It is like the skeleton of the computer. Everything in the computer hooks to this
RAM-Random Access Memory. This makes it easier for the computer to do multiple things at once.
PSU-Power Supply. This is what controls the flow of electricity into the computer
HD-Hard Drive. This stores all the things you save.
Case-This is what holds the computer together and protects the parts or inner workings. This is like the body of the computer

Traditional Motherboard

These are all the main parts of the computer. There are others things that you can add like a CD/DVD Burner and writer, A second GPU for better graphics processing, an SSD or solid state drive which is way faster than a Normal Hard Drive but a lot more expensive. Next I will talk about care of you computer. You never want to move a computer while it is on and running. If you want to move it make sure that it is turned off and unplugged or else you could damage something inside. You also want to keep it clean and not eat food around it. You also want to clean the inside of it out ever so often so that it doesn't get filled with dust and ruin the computer. To clean the inside you just open the side panel and vacuum the inside. Make sure no to knock anything lose. Keeping your computer clean it the first step in making your computer run faster and long. Lastly we will talk about your computer area. Your computer area should not be super messy and close in. If it is closed in then the computer wont have a fresh supply of air and then it will over heat easier and it will get dusty faster. If it is messy then there is a bigger chance that something will be slipped onto the computer and that is a big no no.

Traditional GPU

Keyboard layouts

This post will be about keyboard layouts. There are two main keyboard layouts. Not as in where the keys are but that the keys do. There is the standard qwerty keyboard and Dvorak. Most keyboards come as qwerty originally. The keyboard you are using right now it probably qwerty. You can tell by the top row from left to right spells qwerty. Not all the way across the top row but the first 6 keys. This keyboard layout is the default that almost everyone uses. The way qwerty was invented was to make it so that people would type slower. This is because when it was invented people used typewriters and if they typed to fast the bars they controlled would collide and it would jam. This is now not a big deal if someone fast because we don't use typewriters anymore. On a qwerty keyboard the more commonly use keys were put further apart as so the bars would not hit. This is still a good keyboard layout because we are used to it. Next is the Dvorak keyboard layout. Dvorak is a good keyboard layout because it puts the most commonly used keys on home row. This keyboard layout is used to make you type a efficiently as possible. It also causes less strain on the wrists and hands because of this. I personally still us qwerty but Dvorak is a better layout overall and you can give it a try if you want.

http://dvorak.i-rox.com/
This link is to a post on a website that compares qwerty and Dvorak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l47HjQ3kCac
This video shows how to Dvorak keyboard has more words on home row and reduces strain on your hands and wist

Search Engines

Bing Logo

Google Logo

A search engine is a program that lets you search for data, websites, documents etc. through the Internet. There are many types of search engines. The most popular are Google and Bing. This post will be comparing the different search engines. First we will start with Bing. Some of the pros about bing are that it looks good, but that is a matter of opinion. Bing's video and image search are good but there is nothing special about it. Bing is also a fast search engine. Bing also had live updating which is it gives you search results as you type out what you are looking for. For the con's the search results can be really weird and have nothing to do with what you want. Next is Google. Google is a very good search engine because it has a very simple layout and it has very good and accurate search results. There are really no downsides you using google over Bing. It also searches to the depths of the Internet to find almost everything that is related to your topic. It also has live updating like Bing. Both a very good search engines and which one you use is a matter of preference.