Archive for the ‘cool stuff’ Category
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Well, they didn't find another lifeform, but they did help find this guys laptop!
Annoyed - and alarmed that someone could delete the screenplays and novels that his wife, Melinda Kimberly, was writing - Melin monitored the SETI(at)home database to see if the stolen laptop would "talk" to the Berkeley ...
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Monday, February 12th, 2007
If you use Vista and Media Center to steam content to your TV, you'll want to check this out -
Yougle is a Windows Media Center plugin that lets you search, browse through , and watch videos from YouTube, Google Video, Grouper, and DivX Stage 6 from the comfort of your ...
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Monday, February 5th, 2007
TiVo's top 10 Super Bowl Commercials - Overall I think that the commericals weren't as good as previous years, but there were some good ones.
You can watch them here.
1. Bud Light: Language Course with Carlos Mencia
2. Bud Light: Rock Paper Scissors
3. FedEx: Don't Judge
4. Nationwide: Kevin Federline Rollin' VIP
5. Doritos ...
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Last year's Superbowl Commercials in standard definition. 2007 commercials to be in Full Screen DVD quality after the Superbowl airs via Gridcasting.
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Tons of Vista tips over at Windows Vista :: the How-To Geek Way too many for me to list here so check it out...
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Here's a quick guide on how to copy HDTV from your Cable Box to your PC:
According to FCC regulations, all DVRs that cable companys rent must have an active firewire port. While unfortunately you likely won’t be able to record premium channels such as HBO, INHD, DiscoveryHD. All broadcast channels ...
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
Have fun browsing through your browser’s internal features. Here are a couple:
about:config Oh look, many many info. Indeed, it’s the most complex and meaningful of them all. Careful on what you plan to change here, your browser won’t run properly after if you play with the wrong things.
about:plugins Of course, ...
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
Learn to modify your Tivo or DVR to show Caller ID on your TV when you get a phone call, store over 5 times more recordings than a standard dvr, transfer files to and from your PC and more...
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DVR's are great for zooming through commercials, but what if you ...
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Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Funny video from Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert on things from this years CES including the iPhone and NASA.
edit: well it was funny until YouTube removed it!
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Friday, January 12th, 2007
The Daily Cup of Tech computer help site put together a USB-drive based collection of software that'll help you resuscitate any ailing PC. All wrapped up into one convenient, 14.2MB zip file, the USB PC Repair System contains 37 fix-it utilities (via Lifehacker)
System Contents
There is a lot of work from ...
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