If you have Windows Vista… and it boots slow… and you have a multiple core CPU… read on. You can speed up the booting process by doing the following: “Run msconfig (type it into the Start search bar, press enter). Click boot, then advanced options. Then change the number of…
The clever folks at Hacked Gadgets managed to make a ghetto fabulous magnetic money clip… um… out of money. Keep it away from your credit cards or your magnetic strip will end up dead. Here are the instructions… not that you should really need them. Find a dollar (or $20…
Crafty little gadget… looks like a credit card, but actually holds a lock pick set hidden inside it’s 1/8 inch think casing (about twice as thick as a normal credit card). The lock pick set includes 4 individual picks and a two sided tension bar tool. The picks are stamped…
This crafty fellow has found a relatively simple way to make your own iPhone ringtones from the music you already own. No more paying again to convert something to a ringtone. Shame on you Apple. Props to you dGnome33! Watch the video for instructions.
In a money saving, anti-establishment move, all the geek’s in my neighborhood are giving Comcast the middle finger and putting up antennas to get uncompressed, and unbastardized by Comcast, high def video. That’s right folks – broadcast TV is often the best quality high-def signal available. Remember the old school…
What would you do if your best friend told you they had caught their spouse cheating and we’re getting a divorce? You can do a few things for your heart broken friend: 1. Console them 2. Be a shoulder to cry on 3. Buy them a 10 pack of Shooting…
This article from Farhad Manjoo shows how to get free access to any WSJ article (which typically costs $79 per year). You may question the ethics of not paying for the content, rest assured Farhad has covered that as well. 🙂 {Via Salon}
Crafty fellows make a printer that prints on the top of your foamed coffee (latte). Watch the video here, and if you decide you are up for the challenge here is the DIY link. {Via Make}
Couple of my non-nerd friends told me not everyone knows about the free way to convert YouTube videos to AVI, MOV, MP4 (iPod, iphone, itouch, PSP, etc…), 3GP for Mobile or just straight out rip the sound into MP3. You can be dumb and BUY a program or even several…