Lanikila Program Announced

Posted by ohanakomputer on Mar 7, 2012 in What's New ‘Ohana Komputer is proud to announce a new program to teach the disabled computer skills. This project is a collaboration with Lanakila Pacific, a non-profit that offers programs and services to enable adults (ages 18 to 92) with disabilities to reach their goals and potential, while building independence and encouraging community integration.  Their disabilities range from cognitive and...

Family Promise Collaboration Announced

Posted by ohanakomputer on Mar 7, 2012 in What's New ‘Ohana Komputer is proud to announce our new collaboration with Family Promise of Hawaii. Family Promise of Hawai’i is a new and innovative program to help families with children to escape homelessness.  Their mission is to mobilize existing community resources to help families experiencing homelessness transition to sustainable independence.  They do this by developing, training, and...

Windows 7 tip: shake it!

Posted by ali on Nov 22, 2011 in Tech Tip Tuesday Sounds like a new dance craze? Try it in Windows 7 today. To focus on just one window when several are open, just shake it. Left click and hold the top of the window pane and shake your mouse. Every open window except that one instantly disappears. Jiggle again—and your windows all come back.

Windows 7 tip: Peek

Posted by ali on Nov 15, 2011 in Tech Tip Tuesday Peek gives you the power of X-ray vision to see the desktop right through your open windows. To peek at your desktop, move your cursor to the peek button, (the rectangle to the right of your clock at the end of the taskbar.) As you hover over it, all open windows will become transparent, showing your desktop. Left click on the peek button and all open windows will instantly minimize, (this is...

Windows 7 tip: Snap it into place

Posted by ali on Nov 8, 2011 in Tech Tip Tuesday Snap is a quick way to re-size open windows, simply by dragging them to the edges of your screen. Depending on where you drag a window, you can make it expand vertically, take up the entire screen, or appear side-by-side with another window. To snap: left click and hold the top of a window pane and drag it to the left, right or center to snap it into place. Drag it back to the center to set it...