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How to Create Text Images Using Typo Effects

When looking for websites that created images from your text the best one I could find was Typo Effects.  Type Effects allows you to customize several things with your text images including the size of the words, the length of the text, how the text is presented, and how the text integrates into the picture.  There are several steps before using Typo Effects to create a great looking image and they are outlined here.

Step 1 - Go to Photo Joiner and upload your picture twice.  The reason for this is Typo Effects will put a watermark at the bottom of your picture so you will need to crop out the bottom.  You want to select that option where it puts your pictures on top of one another.  Save the created image somewhere where you can find it.  

How to Automate Your Phone's Battery Life Using AutomateIt

As I have previously mentioned in many posts is the powerful ability of AutomateIt to automate your phone in a variety of different ways.  Today's post is about using the app to manage your battery life.  I ask my phone to work very hard all of the time so when it is low on battery I just want my phone to be able to do the basics (text and call).  Using these rules allows my phone to last for approximately 2.5 more hours.

Battery Low Turn Off GPS 

The trigger for this AutomateIt rule is battery level below 15%. The action is turn off GPS. The battery rules enable me to save my battery when it is low. I turn off all of the stuff that drains my battery that is not essential (or I view as not essential) till my battery recharges and then it turns all of the items back on.

Battery Low Turn Off 3G 

The trigger for this AutomateIt rule is battery level below 15%. The action is turn off 3G.

Battery Low Turn Off Wireless 

The trigger for this AutomateIt rule is battery level below 15%. The action is turn off wireless.

How to Automate Your Phone at Work Using AutomateIt

AutomateIt is the best phone automation app out there so how do you use it at work.  The items I want automated at work include sound, Wifi connection, and data use.  I have many rules written for AutomateIt which can be found here, so the key is making sure the new work rules are compatible with those.

• Sound Work - Trigger is location is work.  The sampling rate is 5 min (anytime after 30 seconds will work since work enable time is 30 seconds).  Action is turn phone on vibrate.  I do this because I want AutomateIt to turn off my phone's sounds one time while I am at work.  I use this rule along with enable sound work and disable sound work to only allow my phone to turn my phone on vibrate once because I might want to have sound on and I don't want it to keep turning my phone volume off all day.

• Work Disable - This rule turns on your work sound rule. Work Disable works together with the rule Work Enable to check your location only once. I use the next three AutomateIt rules with my headphone jack but it could also be used with a time. The trigger for this rule is headset is unplugged. The action for this rule is enable rule Sound Work.

• Work Enable - The trigger for this rule is headset is unplugged. The action for this rule is disable rule Work Sound. The key to this AutomateIt rule is the delayed execution. I have mine for 30 seconds which allows Work Sound to check the location and then turns Work Sound off before it checks your location again.

Warmups and Their Effect on Comprehension Conclusion

In this section I am going to discuss the findings of my action research on the effects of different types of warm-ups on students in the classroom. This finding will help and determine the usefulness of warm-ups in a mathematics classroom.

Surveys were completed after each unit to gather information on what the students thought about each warm-up before they received their test grades so that they were not influenced by their grade. I expected the students to have increased motivation for the games and puzzle units while having increased comprehension in reviewing the previous lessons material. I hoped that reviewing previous mathematical concepts would aid in their comprehension, but I did not know what to expect. In each unit the question, what are your observations about the beginning of each class (what happens?, what do you do while homework is getting checked?) was asked. The students' comments were categorized into four categories. They were not relating, doing something other than mathematics, working on the warm-up, and working on mathematics not dealing with the warm-up. Interesting trends I found when looking at the data are the more and more warm-ups the students saw the more participation I received. 

3 Reasons Why You Should Make Your Fiance Go to a Bridal Show

Bridal shows many times are only attended by the bride and her family.  Many of us are missing out on all of the opportunities a bridal show presents to the bride and her fiance.  It can be a time for them to come together as a couple and as a family.  I am not going to tell you it was the most fun I had ever had but it was a great experience for the two of us.

To Spend Time Together

Wedding plans take so much time and if just one of you is in charge in making them then you will spend less time together.  If you are willing to do it together then you get to spend all of that time together.  A bridal show is for the bride but that does not mean the groom is not welcome or not wanted.  When I went to the Pink Bride there were things for me to do as well as help my fiance through the decisions she has to make.  Let’s face it weddings are stressful so what better way to help then lower the stress of your fiance.

To Learn

Before I went to the Pink Bride I had a vague idea on what planning a wedding with my fiance would entail but there I learned the facts.  I learned my responsibilities in our wedding as well as the people we would have to hire and how much the costs of a wedding really was.  Now when my fiance and I talk about wedding plans I have a baseline of what we need and what the cost of those needs are.  Before i would have dwelled on the expense of whatever she told me and now we can have an informed discussion about what we both want.