Archive for the How to and Hacks Category
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Control The IKEA Spoka Night Lamp With Your Smartphone

IKEA hacks are always fun especially when they end up being on the geeky side.

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Tabstrummer: A Guitar You Play By Pressing Buttons

People who are really into music have often been inspired to pick up a guitar or to. Unfortunately, playing one is a lot harder than looking cool holding one. The Tabstrummer is a digital guitar that works by mapping buttons to chords, which you then play by strumming.

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How to Choose the Best Tablet

With so many options out there, it is not unusual for people to get confused when looking for a tablet to buy. However, the following tips should make the decision easier.

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Monitor Privacy Hack With 3D Glasses

If you want complete privacy while using your computer, and you have an old monitor and 3D glasses gathering dust in your closet, here’s a hack from Instructables to help you.

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How to Install Ubuntu Without Wiping Out Windows

WUBI (Windows Ubuntu Installer) represents the safest way of installing any flavor of Ubuntu on your PC without getting rid of Microsoft’s operating system in the process.

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How to Make a President Your (Virtual) Puppet & Say What You Want to Hear

If one gets down to talking about the possibilities of technological advancements there could be no end to the discussion. During the discussion itself, there would be numerous developments taking place the world over. Brains keep working everywhere giving birth to something new, enhancing an existing piece of work, or …

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How To Enable New System Voices In Lion

High quality voices for Apple’s text-to-speech feature have been improving in OS X and Lion takes a huge leap forward with additional voices for better speech functionality. However, they’re not enabled by default – here’s how to turn them on.

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How To Make Your Own iPhone / iPad App

If you were wondering why there are so many iPhone and iPad apps around, it is mostly because the developers are motivated by the amount of money they can make, if they can make an app that becomes a
hit at the app store. Now, if you were tired of your …

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Compile Open Source Software from Source

Open source applications are free to download, but if you’re a real geek you might want to try compiling from source.

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What You Need To Know Before You Upgrade To OS X Lion

Apple showed off the newest version of OS X Lion slated to arrive later this Summer but there are a few things you should know before before upgrading.