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HOW-TO: Cleaning the Apple Keyboard
143 Comments Published November 16th, 2006 in Apple, Noteworthy, Random Stuff, TechnologyThere comes a time, when your shiny white Apple keyboard gets so dirty that you can’t bear one second more. For me, that day was today. I love the Apple keyboard, it is nice, ergonomic and looks very sleek. However the only ‘disadvantage’ (if you could call it that) is that it is white. It [...]
Links for 12/10/2006
0 Comments Published October 12th, 2006 in Microsoft, Random Stuff, Software, TechnologyThe shorts for Thursday 12th October:
The EggCuber in action - above (video) [link]
It’s been four years, but Windows XP SP1 support ended on Monday [link]
Developers are from Mars, Programmers are from Venus [link]
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Geek24.com went geek licence plate spotting (on Flickr of course), and found some very good ones. There are quite a lot of them; The above few are just some of the ones that I found funny. If you look in the comments of the article, you will find links to other pictures of similar types [...]
HOW-TO: Rechargeable LED Flashlight
1 Comment Published October 3rd, 2006 in Random Stuff, TechnologyI thought I’d mention this because it is really cool! An LED flashlight was built using an old tic-tac box and a few other components. You basically shake the tic-tac for 60 seconds which is enough to power the LED. As you shake the tic-tac, the rare earth magnet inside the coil (the red thing) [...]
Links for 24/09/2006
0 Comments Published September 24th, 2006 in Apple, Gaming, Internet, Microsoft, Random Stuff, TV's, TechnologyShorts for 24 September 2006.
Amazon UK attribute the Zune to “Apple Computer”, recently fixed it (above) [link]
Xbox 360 add-on HD-DVD drive adds 1080p, for $170, to be released on November 22nd in Japan [link]
Digital fingerprint lock broken by MythBusters’ photocopied fingerprint! (video) [link]
Links for 13/09/2006
0 Comments Published September 13th, 2006 in Gaming, Noteworthy, PC, Random Stuff, Software, TechnologyThe shorts for today (and some from the past) are:
Rotating Lego Chaingun that shoots elastic bands at 11 rounds per second - with video [link]
Why Linux doesn’t need defragging (good article) [link]
World’s worst hacker - IRC transcript (absolutely hilarious) [link]
iTunes 7 for Windows includes a Software Update like app to update Quicktime and iTunes [link]
Joystiq’s [...]
You know you can get those IR devices that turn of your TV sets? Well this is an awsome mod made to the most readily available one: the TV-B-Gone. This instructibles how-to details on how to mod that puny one IR-LED into 20 LED’s working in series and parallel (4 parallel blocks of 5 LED’s [...]
Links for June 29
0 Comments Published June 29th, 2006 in Apple, Noteworthy, Random Stuff, Shorts, Software, TechnologyThe shorts for Thursday June 29, 2006.
LAPD to trial GPS darts, like in the moves (above) [link]
Apple replacing some MacBook’s with the colour defect [link]
MacWorld’s 23 things we want in Leopard [link]
You Know You Go to a Tech School When…
0 Comments Published April 11th, 2006 in Random Stuff, Shorts, Technology, WirelessI don’t know what a typical college campus is like. Everything I’ve experienced at Georgia Tech is apparently not normal for a university lacking “tech” in the title. I’ve compiled a few things I’ve noticed around school for your enjoyment on this slow news day. Here we go. You’d be surprised at how much I’m [...]
LEGO Lie Detector
0 Comments Published March 25th, 2006 in Noteworthy, Random Stuff, Shorts, TechnologyYou can’t get more simple than the Galvanic Skin Response [GSR] sensor. It is just a cut 9V LEGO motor wire and some aluminum foil wrapped around your fingers with tape. I was inspired by talks by Mindfest panelists Karen Wilkinson and Mike Petrich who talked about using this type of sensor. The theory is [...]
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