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The jig saw concept first came about when an engineer attached a saw blade to his wife's sewing machine. Jig saws are used to cut out intricate patterns in the material you are shaping. If you need a curved edge or a circular cut out in the center of your material, a jig saw is the tool to do it. A jig saw blade moves in a rapid up and down motion to cut the material you are working with. The important thing to remember is that your body is softer than the material you are cutting and the blade will cut through you faster than the material. Be observant of where the blade is at all times and avoid cutting yourself. Bosch power tools were the first toolmakers to offer a jig saw to consumers. Bosch power tools are designed to aid in the workplace by being built to withstand the punishment professionals give their tools in the rush to finish work on time. Most are built to withstand a drop of ten feet and still work reliably afterwards. After vibration was noticed as detrimental to the physical health of workers, Bosch power tools set out to reduce vibration from their equipment. Bosch power tools has reduced the vibration by 60% over the years. Along with the low vibration, Bosch power tools are designed for low sound emissions as well. The fan motors are pitched to be less irritating and pointed away from the user as well so little noise directly impacts the worker. Handles and weight distribution are designed to make the tools comfortable to grip and use. Buttons and switches are conveniently placed to make the operation of Bosch power tools easier to do one handed. Bosch power tools even have left handed equipment available. Bosch power tools are ergonomically friendly, tough enough to withstand abusive treatment and quick to make adjustments to while working. This allows more production to be accomplished in a professional setting. This also makes them some of the most expensive available. There is an old saying that you get what you pay for. With Bosch power tools, this is definitely true. 5 Ways To Make Night-And-Weekend-Computer-Life Rich Prasad Kopanati 16cf Are you a computer-worm? Do you thrive on a computer 24/7? A “computer-worm” is analogous to “book-worm” – a person who spends most of the time working on a computer. Do you expend most of your time reading or writing emails, chatting with friends, watching movies, listening to music, cyber-window-shopping, etc? Do you relegate your important tasks of completing a school assignment, working on a contingency project, etc to realize later that you spent the prime-time idly? In this article, you would discover few ways of improving your cyber-life – how to make your working on a computer more useful and much more effective. Technology revolution has supplemented the ease and increase of computer usage. The overall at-home global active internet use for a number of selected countries grew by two-thirds of a percentage point from February 2004 to March 2004 (Nielsen//NetRatings). Switzerland exhibited the largest growth rate at over 3 percent, while U.S. added the most active Internet users over the month. With this enormous increase in internet usage you have to keep the following 5 ideas in mind that would help increase the efficiency of work that you do while on your computer off-work. 1) Chat or email kills your time- Avoid opening a chatting application, or an email application as your first window. When you find one of your friends on the chatting window (or email from one of your friends), you inadvertently start conversing with the person. On the other hand, if you do not find any friend, you search for a new chat-buddy. In both the cases you deviate yourself from important tasks. This hinders you from working on essential activities that you intended to do when you started the session. Instead, make a habit of completing tasks that you planned before opening a chat window or an email window. Treat yourself with a chatting session (or an email session) for completing the daily (important) tasks. 2) Audio speakers add to your entertainment- Turn on your pair of audio speakers, if you have one. Listen to online news, success stories, motivational speeches or jokes while working on your important tasks. Online news is becoming common day after day. You can view and listen to news on many websites. You would find it easy to access online news channels if you have a “superpass” with Real Networks (/www.real.com/superpass/ target=_blank>http://www.real.com/superpass/ target=_new>http://www.real.com/superpass/). Nevertheless, websites like MSN (http://msnvideo.msn.com/), ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/) offer feeds to news and other interesting stories available for free download. 3) Do smart-browsing not the hard-browsing- When you read on the internet, do it intelligently. One way of intelligent reading is to increase your vocabulary. Look up difficult words in the dictionary when you read documents on the web. You can use innovative internet tools like XemanteX (http://www.xemantex.com) that provide an online-running-dictionary. You can read through the document with a built-in dictionary. Just double click the word to get the meaning on the same screen. 4) Online games as concentration tools- Play online games. Games not only give you entertainment but also help you increase your concentration. There are many websites that offer free subscription to the games on their website. Perform a Google search on “free online games” that would bring up thousands of resources. Enjoy playing a game, improving your personal skills at the same time. 5) Help your mind concentrate- Split your entire sitting into various sessions. You would be able to give out more every session. Take a coffee or tea break every 45 to 60 minutes. This would help your mind free up its resources and get back on track after the break. Moreover, this would help you avoid narrow thinking. One gets to think through a narrow channel when deep concentration. Okay, I told you 5 simple and common ways to make your off-work computer life easy. Try them out and feel the difference. You would be happier and feel more accomplished. As you know internet has redefined human's life. Computer, which was used only by intellectuals and elite a few years ago, is a basic requirement for a common man now. To add fuel to the fire, internet has supplemented its power transforming them the best communication tool. Instant messaging, emailing, electronic news, etc allow for fast and easy communication among the internet users. Very soon, computers would be indelible parts of our life. You should realize that the tremendous power that this internet has can only be harnessed when it is put to use in the most efficient way. About The Author Prasad Kopanati is the Vice President of XemanteX Inc. (/www.xemantex.com target=_blank>http://www.xemantex.com target=_new>http://www.xemantex.com), an internet company offering language related services as dictionary tool displaying meanings for words appearing in the text on the internet web pages. You can reach him via email at team@xemantex.com>team@xemantex.com. 2chttp://www.aaarticles.com/article41058.html | ||||||||||||||||||||