Author: Benjamin Anderson

Justified type sets up both flush left and flush right. Image Credit: Image courtesy Adobe Systems Justified type presents a mass of text with unified, crisp edges formed by characters that fill the width of each line. Adobe Photoshop treats text alignment as a paragraph attribute and separates justification from other alignment options, including flush […]

How to Stop Ping in the Terminal Image Credit: Zoran Zeremski/iStock/Getty Images Ping is a Terminal command that tests your connection to a host machine. Ping reports back the distance between your computer and a destination host in millisecond response times. When you use the Mac or Linux Terminal to ping a host computer, it […]

Image Credit: jacoblund/iStock/GettyImages It can be difficult to find someone online without knowing their full name, but it’s not impossible. If you know other aspects about a person’s life, such as where they live or work, you can sometimes find them on search engines using a combination of first name and that information. Social media […]

Converting data in a string format between different data types is usually a straightforward process in Oracle, but some cases are a little more challenging than others. One of these occurs when you use Oracle to convert clob to varchar2, which is difficult because a varchar2 column has a maximum of 4,000 characters, while clob […]

A mirror image is useful when creating a symmetrical graphic design project. When creating a digital art project, the ability to control the elements that make up the piece is essential for the overall layout. You may find that an image needs to be mirrored to fit into a project, or a duplicate image needs […]

The VLC media player from VideoLAN is a free, open-source player that runs on Mac, UNIX, Windows and Linux. It can be used as both a media client and a media server, serving audio and/or video files to any size network — public or private. You can set up VLC to act as a media […]

Image Credit: Poike/iStock/Getty Images The command prompt is a keyboard-based feature built in to the Windows operating system. The program has a long list of uses, like modifying network profiles or writing batch files that modify how other programs will run. After working with the command prompt for a while in a single session, the […]

A Logitech wireless mouse makes navigating your computer’s desktop screen more convenient, but electronic glitches can sometimes occur. For example, if your computer isn’t recognizing the mouse for some reason, the mouse probably isn’t broken but just needs to be reset. No technical knowledge is needed to reset your Logitech mouse because it comes installed […]