the mini Blog

This is an interesting iswa.  This guy decided to set out and make a relatively inexpensive (the cameras aren’t too cheap unless you already have them) panorama system that uses 6 cameras linked with firewire in daisy chain mode to supply video to his mac. He starts at week one with a prototype system and [...]

Mythtv is an amazing product for turning your xbox in to a home built PVR system, the downside is the Xbox is not powerful enough for having it do the recording or the streaming of your tv shows. This guide will help you through configuring the xbox as a front end “Viewer” to your already [...]

Sorry that I only made one post yesterday, but my new Dell LCD arrived and I spent some time setting it up and making everything perfect. The monitor is the Dell 1704FPT 17″. My previous monitor was a 15″ and I am just loving that extra screen space. It is really beneficial. I will post [...]

Though I can’t even get TechTV or G4/TechTV now here in the UK, I did enjoy those episodes of Call for Help and ScreenSavers on bittorrent. They were great. However there is still one show on G4/TechTV that isn’t too bad. And that is Attach of the Show. Sometimes they have interesting content and other [...]

I wanted to show some people how Windows1.01 worked and acted, granted all I do is boot it up and click a few things, It gives a rough idea on the OS. For the people who care, this was ran on a Dell Inspiron 7500. [Gray Apple]
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This is a really cool Google Video that was taken from the Braniac: Science Abuse series that airs in the UK (a really great show by the way). It has 3 different clips, taken from 3 different episodes that show thermite burning through a car hood and making the car blow up.
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This is a really interesting article that lists a lot of common myths about PC’s that people never know whether they are right or wrong. A few of them have been cleaned up for me such as “Magnets zap your data” and “Using a cell phone on a plane interferes with the navigation and communications [...]

Have you ever spilt water, coffee or anything over one of your beloved gadgets and then it didn’t work. Well this guide has the answer. It may seem a bit out of the world with some of its steps, “4. Rinse the PCB (Printed  Circuit Board) under the shower“, but if it is already dead [...]

We’ve just been tipped off with some very interesting information about the MacBook Pro on Apples website. The images are quite clearly of a Photoshopped PowerBook G4. This is obviously nothing amazing I’m sure many companies do it but this goes together with the rumour that the MacBooks weren’t quite ready for the MWSF Keynote.
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I downloaded a *cough* legal *cough* version of IE 7 to test out. I was expecting some big things but I am really disappointed. The biggest annoyance is that the toolbar is messed up. Microsoft have gone with their own thought and totally moved everything so it is hard to get around. It has had [...]