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By Frank on Jan 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
It can be a chore to keep up with your twitter feeds, countless hours of following people’s daily minutia can quickly chew up your day. This is where the Charatter bear comes in – it synchs with your Twitter account and reads back to you all of your incoming tweets and not on a small [...]
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By Frank on Sep 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Looking for a cheap way to stream your tunes all around the house? Then look no further than this cheap DIY WiFi radio. Video blogger Tinkernet shows us how to build one by using an Asus WL-520GU and a USB sound adapter, and best of all it will cost you less than $50. The video [...]
Filed under Hacking And Security · Tagged with 2010, asus, blog, cheap, control, diy, ds, ea, house, id, iphone, ir, laptop, led, loa, music, nes, os, phone, radio, sound, stream, tech.nocr.at, ui, usb, video, wifi, wind, windows
By Frank on Nov 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I’m always up for a good practical joke, especially the kind that involves electronics and can drive people mad. Get your soldering guns out kids, this is a good one. The Annoying Beeping Thing is a simple circuit board that is powered by a single 9-volt battery and outputs a high-pitched whining sound through a [...]
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By Frank on Oct 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Nintendo DSi just got a whole lot bigger. The DSi XL was officially unveiled yesterday by Nintendo. The new handheld is a lot bigger, which is one of the things that fans have been asking for. Instead of dual 3.25-inch displays the bigger brother will now come with 4.2-inch displays. It might not sound [...]
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By Frank on Oct 29, 2009 · 1 Comment
When only wear a shirt with a picture of your favorite instrument when you can actually play it? The Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt from the clothing masters at ThinkGeek isn’t just a picture of a guitar, it’s actually a real instrument that allows you to play your favorite tunes right on the shirt. The shirt [...]
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By Frank on Oct 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A crafty Instructables user has written up a how-to on creating Tesla’s Spirit Radio, it even creeped out Tesla himself. The Spirit Radio uses a simple crystal radio circuit that us connected to a line-in jack of a computer to generate spooky sounds from all kinds of electromagnetic sources. “My first observations positively terrified me [...]
Filed under Hacking And Security · Tagged with ac, circuit, computer, diy, ds, ea, id, instructable, ir, irc, jack, loa, magnet, make, os, radio, rc, ring, sound, spirit radio, tech.nocr.at, tesla, tor, ui, video
By Frank on Oct 25, 2009 · 1 Comment
Wow, there really is a sucker born every minute, but is there anyone out there stupid enough to spend $147 on a so called “Audio Grade” electrical socket? The Wattgate 381 and claims to bring you crystal clean sound. I’m no electrician but doesn’t the quality of your sound actually come from the components inside [...]
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By Frank on Oct 25, 2009 · 5 Comments
Earlier this month we talked about how easy it was to hack a Master Lock (you know, one of those locks we all got in high school) by using some basic math. Well, someone has decided to write an iPhone app that will help you in your endeavor to remember the combination to your old [...]
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By Frank on Oct 20, 2009 · 2 Comments
Barnes and Noble today officially revealed today their e-book reader, the Nook. So what does it have to offer? It measures 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches and it weighs only 11.2 ounces. It comes with two screens, a 6-inch grayscale e-in display and a 3.5-inch colour touchscreen that sits just under the main screen. [...]
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By Frank on Oct 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Now this is only for the Trekkie hardcore. The IMM Vulcan 2GB USB Flash Drive comes in the shape of a hand throwing down the traditional Vulcan gang sign (i’m trying really hard here to make this sound cool). If your not a trekkie you might not want to be caught dead with one of [...]
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By Frank on Oct 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Car alarm company Viper (which is owned by Directed Electronics) is unveiling a new app for iPhone users that will let customers control certain aspects of their Viper SmartStart-enabled vehicle from their iPhone or iPod Touch. The app, which is called Viper SmartStart, acts as a virtual keychain which can do things like lock/unlock your [...]
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By Frank on Oct 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
At first glance you might think that this is a small set of steel drums or maybe just two tin cans stuck together but in reality these metal cylinders will impress you with with the sound they put out. Each cylinder has midrange drivers mounted at each end with a ribbon tweeter mounted between the [...]
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By Frank on May 18, 2009 · 2 Comments
I’m a hardcore Trekie. I’d almost go as far as saying i’m one serious ass trek head, but i’m not sure if walking out in public with this $49.99 Tricorder replica, especially if i don’t want to be laughed at or beaten in public. On the other hand if you plan on attending Comic-Con or [...]
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By Frank on May 15, 2009 · 23 Comments
I, much like every other hardcore geek on the face of the earth, have multiple linux based distro iso’s laying around. Some of them are for testing and some of them contain tools that I use on a daily basis. I have had many people email me about the best distro out there. The only [...]
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By Frank on Nov 6, 2008 · 2 Comments
You must show your true colours when it comes to this gadget sitting on your desk. People from far and wide must know that you have a serious addiction to the Dr. Who series or else you will be ridiculed to no end. If you are will to suffer the harassment then you will appreciate [...]
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Linux Distros That Don’t Suck
By Frank on May 15, 2009 · 23 Comments
I, much like every other hardcore geek on the face of the earth, have multiple linux based distro iso’s laying around. Some of them are for testing and some of them contain tools that I use on a daily basis. I have had many people email me about the best distro out there. The only [...]
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