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How To: How to Watch Videos on Hulu from Anywhere

plugin13 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:00:35 +0000

Hulu may be one of the five best sites to watch TV online, but if you’re sitting at a computer outside the US, you’re locked out of the fun. The quick, straightforward video above details how to access Hulu videos from anywhere using previously mentioned Hotspot Shield to create a quick proxy that makes Hulu think you’re browsing from the US. The video focuses on Hulu, but the method should work for pretty much any US-only site.

Gadget Freak Case #126: Talking to Your Gadgets Remotely – 2008-09-22 00:00:00 – Design News

plugin13 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:36:49 +0000

Gadget Freak Case #126: Talking to Your Gadgets Remotely

Design News Staff — Design News, September 22, 2008

Want to turn on your home’s heating system before you arrive? Would you like to double check your home alarm from your car — or your car alarm from your home? Alvaro Mautone created a gadget that allows you to use your cell phone to control appliances and alarms from a distance up to 500m. Mautone uses the serial port in his cell phone to create SMS (short message service) messages to electronic devices to turn them on, turn them off or simply check their status. And he’s able to create this handy device while spending less than $50 in components.

Gadget Freak Case #126: Talking to Your Gadgets Remotely – 2008-09-22 00:00:00 – Design News.

Hack Attack: Control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse

plugin13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:01:20 +0000

Hack Attack: Control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse.

Docstoc Sync: Put Your Documents Online

plugin13 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:29:16 +0000

Docstoc Sync is a simple downloadable application that automatically syncs documents from your computer to Docstoc MyDocs. Effortlessly upload your documents and keep them private for easy access anytime, anywhere. Or publish any document or folder of documents publicly on Docstoc by putting it in your “Docstoc Public Documents” folder from your desktop.

* Automatically sync your computers My Documents folder with Docstoc MyDocs

* Easiest way to publish with drag and drop desktop folder

* Fastest way to publish documents online

* Access your documents anytime, anywhere

* Mirror any folder on your hard drive to MyDocs

* Works for both PC and Mac

Docstoc Sync: Put Your Documents Online.

PC World – 20 Tech Habits to Improve Your Life

plugin13 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:58:14 +0000

Technology is supposed to make life easier, but it doesn’t seem that way when you’re struggling to wrangle 289 new e-mail messages, dealing with a hard-drive crash, or suddenly realizing that you left an important file on the office computer. Thankfully, plenty of tools can help. We’ll tell you which ones are worth trying, and we’ll also suggest some practices that you can incorporate into your workday to use tech tools more effectively and efficiently.

PC World – 20 Tech Habits to Improve Your Life.

Parabolic Templat

plugin13 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:58:05 +0000

Advantages over other antennas such as the Pringles Can Antenna

1. No Pigtail Required

2. No Modification to AP (No voiding of warranty)

3. No Matching (SWR) Problems

4. No Purchased Parts

5. Trivially Easy Construction

6. Very Low Probability of Error

7. As Good As or BETTER Performance than the Pringles Can Antenna

8. Superior Front to Back/Front to Rear Ratio

9. Improves Wireless LAN Privacy

10. Reduces Interference

Basically this antenna is so easy to make, tune, and install, and it performs so well that it is foolish not to try one before electing to purchase a commercial antenna, if for no other reason than you can check to see if you are purchasing enough commercial antenna to make the link you want to make.

Parabolic Templat.

PC World – 20 Tech Habits to Improve Your Life

plugin13 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:55:29 +0000

PC World – 20 Tech Habits to Improve Your Life.

How to Write Your Own IM Bot in Less Than 5 Minutes

plugin13 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:46:38 +0000

This quick tutorial will show you how to develop your own functional IM bot that works with Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live and all other popular instant messaging clients.

To get started, all you need to know are some very basic programming skills (any language would do) and web space to host your “bot”.

How to Write Your Own IM Bot in Less Than 5 Minutes.

Page2RSS – Create an RSS feed for any web page

plugin13 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:24:49 +0000

It is a service that helps you monitor web sites that do not publish feeds. It will check any web page for updates and deliver them to your favorite RSS aggregator.

Page2RSS – Create an RSS feed for any web page.

Nintendo Wii: Operate Your Computer with Wii Controllers

plugin13 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:09:22 +0000

Nintendo doesn’t exactly advertise it, but the remotes for the Wii gaming console—including the balance board that comes with Wii Fit—have Bluetooth capabilities. That means you can connect your Wii peripherals to your computer to operate the media center hooked up to your TV, play emulated games with a Nunchuk, Classic Controller, or even a Balance Board, and pretty much have them do anything you can do with a keyboard. Let’s walk through linking up your Wii peripherals and putting them in control of your Mac, PC, or Linux box.

Nintendo Wii: Operate Your Computer with Wii Controllers.