Sunday, May 24, 2009

How to create an html link for my blog:

To create a link like THIS is fairly simple. All it requires is a little html knowledge. Or easier yet, a link to a great website: W3Schools!

But basically, all you have to do is copy and paste this into your html:

<a href="http://www.pavelstudios.com/"target="_blank">Visit Pavel Studios!</a>

The code above will end up looking like this: Visit Pavel Studios!

Then make sure to erase and fill in the appropriate info. First is the web address where visitors will be sent when they click the link. the target=blank just means that the new website will open in a new window. And the last part is what your visitors will see and be able to click on.

And for anything that you could possible EVER need to know about html or any type of coding for that matter, just check out this awesome website: W3Schools!

What ever happened to the Bar None candy bar?

Bar None was my favorite candy bar of all time! I'm not sure if it is just the memory of picking them up at 711 every week when I was a kid or if they were really all that great, but I sure would like to have one right about now to find out. But to my dismay Hershey's no longer makes the Bar None.

The Bar None was first came out in 1986 and in my opinion was the best candy bar ever. It had a chocolate wafer in the center with layers of chocolate creme in the middle, topped with crushed peanuts, and covered in milk chocolate. Mmmmm.

Around 1993 Hershey's revamped the candybar into more of a Twix type configuration and it lost popularity soon after and dropped from the store shelves.



All is not lost however, there is an online Petition to resurrect the Bar None. So please, go forth and voice your opinion to Hersheys!

Sunday, April 19, 2009

How to replace a fuel injector on a toyota 4 runner



There it is, on most cars the fuel injectors are fairly easy to get to. But on my 1997 Toyota 4 runner, it is buried under half the engine which has to be totally removed just to get near the fuel injector. It looks more complicated than it is though and I'll guide you through the process, including pictures.

A little background info on the symptoms: I first noticed the 4 runner was having a rough idle and thought maybe I got some bad gasoline. After that didn't pan out, I replaced the spark plugs and wires but still no luck. I drove it to Autozone and had them run it on one of those diagnostic machines. The code that came up said there was a misfire in cylinder 2. So I replaced the spark plug once again but no luck. The only other option was a bad coil pack or a bad fuel injector. So I took it to the Toyota dealership to see what they said. I think it cost about $90 for them to tell you what the problem is. Sure enough it came back as a bad fuel injector. And the dealership wanted $450 to replace it!!! I dont think so... So here is how easy it is. It took me about 3 hours total and I'm not even much of a mechanic. The vehicle is a 1997 Toyota 4runner 2wheel drive. The Engine is a 6 Cylinder N 3.4L EFI DOHC, in the engine compartment is says 3400 4 CAM 24. All that said, I'm sure there are many similarities to other Toyota engines as well.

The first thing you will need is Read More......

Friday, March 13, 2009

How to See an Augmented Reality



This is really cool! At first you might not know what you are looking at but this is a new technology and GE has put it to use in a silly but very fun little website. The image you see above is a screen capture of my computer screen while on their Augmented Reality Website

If you have a web cam what you are going to do is Read More......

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Printer Problem? Printer Solution!

Has this ever happened to you? The other day I needed to print something VERY important. I pull it up on my computer, press print, and the print dialogue starts jumping up at me. "Alright, what now" I say. I click on it to investigate further and of course as always... I am out of yellow ink. Well who cares I'm just printing a few words in black only. "I do" says the printer as "I have 6 different color inks and I need all of them to be able to print... AT ALL!"



Why does this always happen to me at the most inopportune time? So as I run to the store I start to think Read More......

How to Make Photos Larger on Blogger... Step by Step Instructions.

Recently I decided I wanted to have bigger photos on my blogger blog than what it would allow me by default. Up until this point I used the standard blogger upload which looks like this:

But even at the large setting the Images are still too small for my taste.

So there are many ways to accomplish this task but I thought Read More......