Posted by Thinker on Jun 30, 2009 in
Thinkable Want to save some money? Ever wonder if you could do a car stereo installation yourself? Yes, you can do it yourself! Go ahead, spend that money on your hardware! Don’t spend it on labor. Besides, doing a car stereo installation yourself can be a very rewarding experience, not to mention you can learn a lot from it too. Nothing beats the feeling of seeing your “creation” in action, running smoothly and perfectly.
But be very careful, you really won’t want to damage your expensive hardware. Well, most car audio hardware are no-brainers to install, you’d find that most of the time the parts have specially shaped sockets and slots etc. and would only fit where it’s supposed to be installed. Still, it’s best to proceed methodically.
In a car stereo installation, you have to determine what kind of rig you’re going to put into your vehicle. If you’re a beginner, it’s best you do a car stereo installation if it’s just a simple system. You may want to leave the complicated stuff to the professionals, like installing delicate equipment like LCD panels, motorized parts etc. especially if it requires the creation of custom panels and such.
Head units are one of the easiest to do in a car stereo installation. Fortunately, most units follow the same size standards (DIN). In many cars, once the factory radio is removed the aftermarket radio will fit in the hole. In many other cars, a kit is needed if the factory hole is too big, or not deep enough. In some cases the dash has to be cut. Any car stereo store should have kits required for installation.
There are two types of mounting in a car stereo installation. ISO mounting is when the radio can be screwed to existing factory radio brackets, such as in most Japanese cars. Ring mounting is when an aftermarket radio comes with a metal ring that gets mounted to the factory radio hole or aftermarket kit via bendable tabs. In many cars, dash and trim rings have to be filed to enlarge the radio hole. Once the ring is installed, the radio slides in and is held by snaps. In most cases, special tools are required to remove the radio.
Speakers are very critical in a car stereo installation. No matter how expensive your speakers are, if they are not properly installed, the sound will not be up to par.
In a simple car stereo installation, you’ll probably be using speakers that fit into a factory location. Just make sure there are no gaps or holes. Sometimes building a wood or fiberglass baffle helps reduce holes and gives you much better sound. But always be careful when using power tools around speakers. Car stereo installation warranties usually don’t cover holes in speakers.
For unconventional speaker locations, sometimes metal has to be cut. You might want to leave this to the professionals, tools like plasma cutters and pneumatics drills are required. But if you’re going to insist, a pair of metal snips (left and right cut) will do.
A car stereo installation has to put up with vibrations and other noise sources in its environment. Even though it is impossible to eliminate these completely, there are products that will greatly decrease the noise and rattling, particularly on non-luxury cars. Liners, sprays and adhesive strips and even carpeting applied onto the panels can make a world of difference.
Posted by Thinker on Jun 30, 2009 in
Thinkable All traders in the foreign exchange (forex) market are seeking to find as many of these sometimes elusive characters as possible. They are called pips. In forex trading, a pip is the unit of measurement for the smallest change in the price of a currency or currency pair. Generally speaking, as to certain major currency pairs such as the EUR/USD (Euro/U.S.Dollar), if a trader commits one standard lot (equal to 100,000 units of the currency traded) to the trade, a movement of one pip in the trader’s favor will yield a profit of $10.
The off-exchange retail foreign currency market, also known as the “Forex” or “FX” market, is the largest financial and investment market in the world. But what is it, exactly? It is important to understand that trading currencies is a very risky form of investing, and any funds used when speculating on the values of currency prices should be considered risk capital. A scalpers philosophy is to take advantage of the many smaller moves the forex market has to offer with an automated forex trading system. The logic here is that many small profits add up to substantial profits. In EUR/USD a movement from 1.0066 to 1.0067 is one PIP, so a PIP is .0001. In USD/JPY a movement from 120.45 to 120.46 is one PIP, so a PIP is .01.
For most, but not all, currencies a pip is 0.0001 or 0.01%. So, when a currency moves from a price of 1.7800 to 1.7805 it is said to move 5 pips. In this case the situation is simple because a pip will always have a value of $10. So, if you are trading GBP/USD and the market moves in your favor by 5 pips you will make a profit of $50. Let’s see this in action. Now let’s look at the situation when the US Dollar is the base currency and consider a quote of USD/GBP = 0.5170. Here 1 US Dollar is worth 0.5170 UK Pounds and 100,000 US Dollars are worth 517,000 UK Pounds.
If a broker is offering a spread as low as 1 pip, be cautious. As most of the brokers do not charge a commission, it the spread they use to make their money. In a 1 pip spread, there is very little scope for him to make profit.
Posted by Thinker on Jun 30, 2009 in
Thinkable Bogota, Colombia
At Bogota, Colombia the average temperature is 13.04C (55.475F). 4.00C (39.20F) is the lowest average monthly low temperature (occurring in January) while 21.00C (69.80F) is the highest average monthly high temperature which occurs in January, February & March. This gives us an average range of temperatures of 1.50C (34.70F). Wet weather in Bogota accumulates to give us an average total of 739.00mm (29.09in) per annum. Therefore the average monthly rainfall is 61.58mm (2.42in). October is the wettest month when an average of 131mm (5.16in) of rain falls over a period of 17 days while in August only 28mm (1.10in) of rain falls over 15 days. Bogota’s climate enjoys an average of 164 days per year with greater than 0.1mm (0.004in) of rainfall. Relative humidity at Bogota averages 79% over the year. 76% is the lowest average monthly relative humidity which occurs in February and 83% is the highest average monthly relative humidity which occurs in November. Bogota’s climate enjoys an average of 1710 hours of sunshine per year which is an average of 4.68 hours per day. The range of sunlight hours is from an average of 3.6 per day in May to 5.9 per day in February. Find more details about the climate in Bogota on the world climate, temperature and weather website. Excellent climate graphs are provided that publishers can include on their websites.
Moroni, Comoros
At Moroni, Comoros the average temperature is 24.75C (76.55F). 19.00C (66.20F) is the lowest average monthly low temperature (occurring in July & August) while 31.00C (87.80F) is the highest average monthly high temperature which occurs in February, March, April, May & December. This gives us an average range of temperatures of 4.00C (39.20F). Wet weather in Moroni accumulates to give us an average total of 2562.00mm (100.87in) per annum. Therefore the average monthly rainfall is 213.50mm (8.41in). January is the wettest month when an average of 357mm (14.06in) of rain falls over a period of 16 days while in October only 89mm (3.50in) of rain falls over 9 days. Comoros’s climate enjoys an average of 136 days per year with greater than 0.1mm (0.004in) of rainfall. Relative humidity at Moroni averages 71.25% over the year. 65% is the lowest average monthly relative humidity which occurs in July & August and 79% is the highest average monthly relative humidity which occurs in January. Moroni, Comoros’s climate enjoys an average of 2612 hours of sunshine per year which is an average of 7.16 hours per day. The range of sunlight hours is from an average of 6.0 per day in January to 7.7 per day in June. You can find out more about the Comoros average temperature on the world climate, temperature and weather website. They offer a detailed Moroni climate graph that webmasters can add to their webpages.
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
At Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of The Congo the average temperature is 25.17C (77.3F). 17.00C (62.60F) is the lowest average monthly low temperature (occurring in July) while 31.00C (87.80F) is the highest average monthly high temperature which occurs in February, March, April & May. This gives us an average range of temperatures of 4.50C (40.10F). Wet weather in Kinshasa accumulates to give us an average total of 1482.00mm (58.35in) per annum. Therefore the average monthly rainfall is 123.50mm (4.86in). November is the wettest month when an average of 247mm (9.72in) of rain falls over a period of 16 days while in August only 2mm (0.08in) of rain falls over 1 days. Kinshasa’s climate enjoys an average of 115 days per year with greater than 0.1mm (0.004in) of rainfall. Relative humidity at Kinshasa averages 80.25% over the year. 74% is the lowest average monthly relative humidity which occurs in August & September and 83% is the highest average monthly relative humidity which occurs in January, November & December. Kinshasa’s climate enjoys an average of 1739 hours of sunshine per year which is an average of 4.76 hours per day. The range of sunlight hours is from an average of 4.1 per day in December to 5.3 per day in March & May. You can find out more about the Kinshasa climate on the world climate, temperature and weather website. Free Kinshasa climate graphs are available for you to add to your webpages.
Posted by Thinker on Jun 30, 2009 in
Thinkable Over the past few years, e-commerce websites have become much more practicle for users and businesses. It makes lots of sense for companies that used to be confined to their local markets, to open up their products and services to markets they had never even thought of.
First, search for an e-commerce website designer. There are several types of solutions that designers will most likely present including, OsCommerce, ZenCart, OpenCart, among others. We recommend finding a designer that specializes in Magento E-commerce Website design. Magento is a very powerful and flexible open source solution for e-commerce websites. It is also easy for the owner to log in and manage inventory, website content, products, images, descriptions, and more.
The next task would be to hire a graphic designer that is able to take your product and design elements of the website to compliment how your product will be displayed. This may include finding a good photographer to that will give you a good package deal to take photos of your products and provide you with the original photos and the photos that have had the backgrounds removed. This will make it possible for you to place your products nicely on a white background.
It is best to organize your products into categories and variations as soon as possible. This will help your website designer configure Magento with custom attributes and categories that will make it easier for you to manage your store once the website designers job is complete. Of course, once these steps are complete, your job is not over. Now it is time to market your website.