http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/apple-preparing-ipod-touch-with-camera-microphone-source/
Monday, September 7, 2009
Rumors Of iPod Touch With Camera And Microphone
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/apple-preparing-ipod-touch-with-camera-microphone-source/
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ipod touch,
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
Linux Wallpapers
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Friday, August 28, 2009
Download Movies Legally
MovieBerry.com
Sunday, August 2, 2009
How To Become A True Computer Geek
Steps
- Learn what hardware is.
- Learn what software is.
- Learn the specs (technical specifications) of your computer. There are some programs one can use in order to learn the specific specs a computer has, if you do not know off-hand. E.g. CPU-Z.
- Learn to navigate a computer without using the explorer window, only by using the command line. Here are some common commands:
- cd folder (*nix/Windows) to change the directory to folder
- ls (*nix) or dir (Windows) to list the files or folders in the current directory
- rm file (*nix) or del file (Windows) to remove file
- mkdir name (*nix/Windows) or md name (Windows) to make a directory with a name of name
- cp origfile newfile (*nix) or copy origfile newfile (Windows) to copy origfile to newfile
- Note: *nix is any Unix based system such as Linux, BSD, or MacOS X (previous versions of Mac OS are not based off of Unix)
- Note: Cygwin allows you to use *nix commands in the Windows Environment.
- cd folder (*nix/Windows) to change the directory to folder
- Learn to type without looking at the keyboard,
- Ask. If someone does something on a computer that you would like to know, ask them about it.
- Learning a programming language is a must-do. HTML is not considered a geeky language, nor CSS, HTML is a markup language and CSS is a presentation language. Python and PHP are excellent programming languages for beginner geeks, while Perl and C should only be learned after grasping the basic "geeky" computer and Internet concepts. If you chose to learn HTML learn XHTML.
- Start learning basic repair procedures. This can help you out a lot if your or someone else's computer breaks down, which will also increase your reputation as a computer geek. You may lProxy-Connection: keep-alive
- Cache-Control: max-age=0
- rn the advanced methods, but that may require lessons from an actual computer geek.
- Work with others with their computer problems. By interacting with other PC users, you may find that they know things that you don't and vice versa. However as a computer geek wannabe, you'll want to know more about computer than your friends, at any given time.
- Help others out with their computer problems. Not only will you build a name for yourself, but it is good practice and can help you learn about situations and problems you have not encountered before.
- Learn to recognize malware(computer viruses, spyware and the other nasty stuff) before running the daily antivirus/antispyware scans.
- Use a restrictive firewall, that would cause normal people to cry because they don't understand how to use it. Of course, you should know how to use it!
- Use an Open Source Operating System
- Most computer geeks will use an open OS such as BSD or Linux, because it is (usually) free and allows them to do geeky stuff such as programming, running servers and using a command line interface (CLI).
- Most computer geeks will use an open OS such as BSD or Linux, because it is (usually) free and allows them to do geeky stuff such as programming, running servers and using a command line interface (CLI).
- Know the expression "Free as in beer or free as in speech" and what it means.
- Use Shortcuts.
- Know the inner workings of the Internet.
- Remember to keep things simple. Skip overwhelming or overly-complicated ideas. Instead, focus on learning the knowledge and skills you may need to accomplish a big idea in the future.
- Learn to speak Geek!
- Binary is very important to geeks. Learn It
- One of the best ways is to look up the meaning of any word in wikipedia. On any wikipedia page, just click on all the words you don't know. You will be led into a massive spider web and you will amass a wealth of knowledge. For example, look up the word Code (as in computers) in wikipedia.
- Now, do you know the meaning of "stored procedures"? if not, open the link in a new tab. Here, you find another unknown term, "Relational database system". Open that in a new tab. Keep doing that until you've thought you've had enough. Now come back all the way and check out all the other meanings. By the end of half an hour, you know at least 20-30 new terms.
- An interesting fact about wikipedia (for those newcomers) is that every article in wikipedia starts with the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
- Now you can type whatever you want after the link and you will get the article you want 90% of the time except when it doesn't exist, you've typed the wrong spelling, or a disambiguation. But beware, if you're searching for a two word or more article, then you must put underscores instead of spaces and the first letter of the first word must be capitalized.
- That said, those of you who don't know what "tabs" are, check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabs
- Now, do you know the meaning of "stored procedures"? if not, open the link in a new tab. Here, you find another unknown term, "Relational database system". Open that in a new tab. Keep doing that until you've thought you've had enough. Now come back all the way and check out all the other meanings. By the end of half an hour, you know at least 20-30 new terms.
- Subscribe to something This does not only mean subscribing to a technologically oriented magazine such as Wired, but also regularly reading tech news sites such as Cnet. With the internet option, try using RSS or Atom.
- Customize your User Interface Dont just stick to that chearful green Start button, create your own User Interface using cool shades of black or red.
- Get a job in the computer industry/business.
Tips
- If you use Windows, obtain an anti-virus and spyware software, as this can keep your computer infection-free. Be sure you are wary of what anti-virus and spyware programs you download, however, as many turn out to be more malicious than the problems they are supposed to prevent.
- When fixing computers, it may be good to keep a flash drive or IPod to carry utilities, diagnostics, or just the drive for space to move files from/to computers for diagnostic purposes. Get PortableApps (http://portableapps.com) installed on it so you can run programs straight off your hard drive.
- When fixing software, keep a CD with you, containing at least 5 different antivirus and antispyware products and an open OS.
- Always have a better sort of cooling system(preferably liquid nitrogen) when overclocking computers.
- Try to refer to the internet as "the tubes, the interbutts, the interwebz, the intertubes", etc., and find out what makes them funny.
Warnings
- Trying to fix computer problems(specifically hardware problems) may void the said hardware's warranty. But of course, computer geeks do that every day.
- Make sure you don't become obsessed with computers; being a geek and having an interest in computers and how they work is one thing, letting that interest take over your life is another. If you find yourself thinking of computers all the time, take a break (a few days) from using the computer.
Related wikiHows
- How to Learn a Programming Language
- How to Be a Techno Geek
- How to Be a Geek and Be Popular
- How to Become a Geek
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Geeky Computer Quizzes
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-quiz.htm
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Saving Images On The iPhone/iPod Touch
Save Image
To veiw your photo you can goto the Photos app on the botton of the main screen with all of your other apps. When in Photos you photo will be saved in the Saved Photos folder.Saved Photos album
Now if you would like to copy these images to your computer you will need to plug in your iPhone/iPod Touch. Then goto My Computer in Windows XP or Computer in Windows Vista (on a Mac it should just be mounted on the desktop) and then look for the name of your device (mine is called Nate's iPod). You should see the pictures when you open it. Now you can just copy and paste these images to where ever you would like onto your harddrive.Picture that was saved
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Send Text Messages For Free From An iPhone Or iPod Touch
To send a message is really easy you will just need to click on this icon in the top right corner. This will then bring you to a screen where you have the option to either select a number from your contacts or just manually enter a number.
Choose to enter manually or from contacts
After you have selected your contacts that you would like you will then be brought to a screen where you are able to write your text message.
Write your message
After you have sent your message you will then be at a screen where you can see all of the messages you have sent and received from that group.
Conversation screen
You can also get notification for when you get new messages so that you will not have to just keep checking the app.
Notification
If you go into the settings of the app by pushing this icon. You will then be sent to a screen where you can enter a name that will be used for when you send messages to other people. You can also enter your phone number so that when other people send you a message from textPlus it won't be sent to your phone but to your textPlus.
Settings
I hope that you can have fun sending messages for free from your iPhone or iPod Touch using textPlus.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Fix Computers Remotely With CrossLoop
To use CrossLoop is very simple all you will need to do is download and install the program from here: http://www.crossloop.com/ipage.htm?id=predownload. Also you will need to sign up for an account which is also free so no worries there.
When you open CrossLoop you will see a screen that looks similar to the image below. On this screen you will just need to login so that you will be at the main CrossLoop window.
CrossLoop logon screen
Once you have logged in you will now need to make sure that whoever has the computer that you would like to connect to has CrossLoop setup. Now to connect to them you will need them to click on the Share tab and then give you the code. Once you have the code they can they click Connect and so can you after you have entered their code into your CrossLoop. When you get connected to them they will get a notification asking if they would like to accept the connection.
Accepting connection
Once they have accepted your connection you will then be able to control their screen from within a window on your computer. It will look something like the image below.
Connected in CrossLoop
Now that you have been successfully connected you can now fix their problem or just help them with something. CrossLoop can be very useful in many different ways so have fun with it. Now you can help others without even leaving your house.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Convert A Movie To Animated Gif File
Main screen
Now to convert your movie file to a .gif file you will need to goto File > Open Movie then just browse to the video file that you would like to use and click Open. Once you have you video file opened you will see a preview of it in the program as shown below.
Video preview
Now you can edit to video clip to how you would like the final product to look like by just moving the middle slider and then clicking on the buttons on the sides. So if you want to set where you would like the clip to start you just set the slider at that point then click on the { button. Then to set the ending point you just need to do the opposite so just set the slider to where you want the end to be then click the } button.
Editing slider
Now when you have everything set to how you would like it to be you can just goto Export > Export To Animated Gif then you can select where you would like to save the file. Now you will be presented with a window that has a few options.
Choosing quality
From this window you will be able to select if you want the video file size to be the same size or 50% of the original size. Also you can choose to have the program close when it is done converting or not. Once all of your options are set you just click OK then wait just a little bit for it to convert.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Replacing The Jack On Your Headphones
http://www.instructables.com/id/Replacing-the-jack-on-a-pair-of-headphones/
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Friday Funny - Geeky Zombie Comic
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Friday Funny - Tech Support Happenings
http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_os.shtml
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Essential Downloads For Windows
http://lifehacker.com/5271828/lifehacker-pack-2009-our-list-of-essential-free-windows-downloads
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Fully Erase Hard Drive With Darik's Boot And Nuke
Now to get started. You will first need to download the image from: http://www.dban.org/ and you will need to burn the image to a disc. Then you need to set your bios settings so that you can boot from a CD. If you don't know how to do this go Here. Once you have booted onto the disc your screen should look similar to the image below.
Main Screen
Now you have a couple options to choose from and this will most likely depend on how secure you want the drive to be afterward. You can choose Autonuke which is just a standard wipe but may not be as secure as you need so the other option to choose is pressing Enter (this is the method I am going to be showing). When you press Enter you should be then brought to a screen like the image below.
Now from here you can change how the drive will be erased. If you push P it will then bring up a screen with two options you can select which ever you like but I just kept the top one selected. Once you have the one you would like to use just push the Spacebar.
PRNG (Pseudo Random Number Generator) screen
To change the Method used you will need to push M. This is where you can select a method that fits how secure you would like the drive to be afterward. When you scroll through the options it gives you a short description and also how secure the option is. If you want to have a high level of security I would sugest you use either the Gutmann Wipe or the PRNG Stream. I am going to choose to use DoD Short because I am just testing for this tutorial but normally I would use one of the more secure options. To select your option press the Spacebar.
Method screen
The next thing you are going to want to do is press V. This options lets you set whether you would like to verify that the drive is wiped on each pass or if you would just like to verify the last one (you can also turn it off but not recomended). You can choose whichever you would like but if you set it to verify each one it is going to take just a bit longer. I am going to set it to verify after each pass. To select your option press the Spacebar.
Verify options
The last option to change is the Rounds option. To select this you need to press R. Now once you are on that screen you then have the option to set how many rounds you would like to do. A medium security level is around 4 rounds and high is around 8 rounds. I am going to do 4 rounds. To get back to the main screen press the Enter.
Rounds screen
Now if you have everything set the way that you want it to be you can then just push Enter to select your drives then push F10 to start to wiping process. This may take awhile to complete usually a couple hours depending on how many passes you have chosen so just be patient.
I hope that this can help you feel more secure about getting rid of your old hard drives.
Wiping drive
I hope that this can help you feel more secure about getting rid of your old hard drives.
Labels:
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Quick Reference guide For Commands
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Hulu App For iPhone/iPod Touch
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Access Your Files From Anywhere Using Dropbox
Dropbox is very simple to use all you need to do is download the program from the main page. Install it and follow the on screen instructions. You will then be asked to create an account so that you will be able to access your files securely via the web. Once all of this is completed you will have a folder that is designated for your Dropbox files. The default is My Documents/My Dropbox. Any files that you put into this folder will be uploaded to the Dropbox site. You may want to be careful with how many files you put in it because if you are using the free version you will only get 2 GB's of space which isn't that much if you have a ton of photos like I do.
Monday, May 25, 2009
DIY Indoor Lighting Using 2-Liter Bottles
This seems like it would be a great idea to use in a garage or a shed. Also a very good solution to save money on lighting during the day.
Labels:
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Free,
Green,
Lighting,
No Electricity,
Sun
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Free Independent Lord Of The Rings Film
You can watch the film for free here: http://thehuntforgollum.com/
Labels:
Books,
Free,
Independent Film,
Lord Of The Rings,
Movies,
The Hunt For Gollum
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Download Coldplay's LeftRightLeftRightLeft Live CD For Free
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Adding Digg Button To Your Blogger Website
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Using OS X In VMare
Full instructions on how to do this can be found here: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Vmware_how_to.
That wiki page has all of the information that you will need to get OS X up and running in VMware. Also I think that there may be a prebuilt OS X VMware image somewhere out in the torrent world but that was just a rumor that I have heard. I also suggest that if you really do like OS X then go out and buy a Mac.
OS X running in VMware
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Make Ice Cream In just 5 Minutes
Labels:
DIY,
Do It Your Self,
Ice Cream,
Instructables,
Lifehacker
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Spice Up Firefox With Personas
To setup Personas it is really easy you just go to there homepage Here and then click on the Get Personas For Firefox - Free button to download it.
Personas download button
Once you have Personas downloaded and installed you can now go and take a look at there Gallery of skins Here. To preview a skin all that you have to do is scroll over the image of the skin on the Personas Gallery page. Now to set the skin so it stays all you need to do is click on the image. You can also click on View Details and then click on the Wear This button on the next page.
Firefox with skin applied (click on image to view a larger version)
If you can't find what you are looking for in the Gallery you can also make your own skins very easily by just going Here. Once you have signed up you can then see all of the information that you need to upload your own skins. What you will need to create your own is two images (one for the header and one for the footer). The header image needs to be 3000 wide x 200 tall and the footer needs to be 3000 wide x 100 tall. If you need more details on how to create your own you can visit this page Here. Also if you need a free image editing program to create your own skins a very good one is Gimp.
Now you can make Firefox look personalized to who you are in just a few minutes. Have fun and if you have any that you have created don't be afraid to post them up in the comments.
Now you can make Firefox look personalized to who you are in just a few minutes. Have fun and if you have any that you have created don't be afraid to post them up in the comments.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Recover Forgotten User Passwords In Windows With Ophcrack
First to recover your passwords you will need to download Ophcrack it can be found here: http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/download.php?type=livecd. When it is finished downloading it will have a .iso file extension. What this means is that it is a file that is used to be written to a disc or mounted to a virtual CD/DVD drive. You will want to burn the file to a disc.
To burn the file you can use a program called ImgBurn and can be downloaded from here: http://www.filehippo.com/download_imgburn/.
Once you have Ophcrack burned to a disc you will then need to restart your computer and set your Bios settings to boot from a CD/DVD first. If you don't know how to do this you can read more on the subject Here.
After you have set it to boot from a disc you will need to have your Ophcrack disc in the CD/DVD drive. When it is booting from the disc you should see a screen similar to the one shown below.
Ophcrack Live CD Boot Screen
When you see this screen you will want to select Ophcrack Graphic Mode. It will then load and boot into the disc. Once Ophcrack has booted completely it will start to find your passwords. This may take a couple minutes to do depending on how long and complex your passwords are.
Ophcrack finding passwords
You can click stop once you have found the password for the account that you can't remember. Now all that you will have to do is just restart your computer by clicking Exit. You will then be asked in the teminal to Press any key to exit. Then push any key and you will then be asked if you would like to Shutdown (Y/N). You will want to hit Y then push enter.
Shutdown (y/n)?
Now just boot back into Windows and enter in your lost password. Now if you ever forget your password again you can just use this little tool to help you out.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Backup Your Hard Drive Using DriveImage XML
First you will need to go to http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm to download and install DriveImage XML. Now you will need to run DriveImage XML and you should get a window that looks similar to the one below.
DriveImage XML main window
Now you will want to click on the Backup button that is located in the left bottom corner. This will then bring you to a screen where you can choose which drive you would like to backup (not the drive that you will be saving the files to).
Choose which drive to backup
Once you have chosen the drive all you should need to do then is just click Next. This will then bring you to the Drive Backup Wizard. If everything is correct on the first screen then you can proceed by clicking Next.
Drive Backup Wizard
Now you should be at a screen where you choose where to save your backup to (preferably not the same drive as the OS). You can change some of the settings on this screen to fit your preferences. The settings that I have chosen are shown in the image below.
Options I have chosen to use
Once every thing is set to how you like it you can now click Next. This will now start the backup process. This may take awhile to complete depending of how much stuff you have saved on your hard drive.
Backup in progress
When the backup is completed you will see a small notification window pop up saying that the backup was completed then closes after a few seconds. Now all you have left to do is just click on Finnish.
Backup completed successfully
Now you can start making backups of your hard drive with just a few clicks. You may be wondering how you can restore your machine using these backups and that is just as easy as making them.
You will just need to go to the Restore button in the main window in the bottom left corner. Then you will want to select the drive you would like to restore and click Next. Now the Drive Restore Wizard should pop up. You will then need to browse to where you have the backup .xml file located. Once you have located the file click Next. Now your Drive should be restored back to what it was before.
You will just need to go to the Restore button in the main window in the bottom left corner. Then you will want to select the drive you would like to restore and click Next. Now the Drive Restore Wizard should pop up. You will then need to browse to where you have the backup .xml file located. Once you have located the file click Next. Now your Drive should be restored back to what it was before.
Drive Restore Wizard
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Change Your Boot Screen Using BootSkin
First you will need to install and run BootSkin. Once you have this completed you should see a window that looks similar to the image below.
BootSkin main window
Now you can go and search for some good BootSkins that you can use with BootSkin. You can find them Here for Windows XP skins and Here for Windows Vista skins. There are tons to choose from so I am sure that you will be able to find one that will suit what you are looking for.
After you have found the one you would like to use you will need to go back to BootSkin and go to File > Import From File then you will need to navigate to where the BootSkin file is saved and then click Open. You then need to select the skin that you want to use and then click Apply.
After you have found the one you would like to use you will need to go back to BootSkin and go to File > Import From File then you will need to navigate to where the BootSkin file is saved and then click Open. You then need to select the skin that you want to use and then click Apply.
Skin selected
Now you have your boot screen changed to what you have chosen. If you ever want to change back to the normal Windows boot screen you will just need to select Default System Boot Screen then click Apply. The boot screen that I have chosen to use can be found Here.
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