Archive for September, 2009
Getting tired waiting for that Rapidshare timer to start your download? Well, this very handy Firefox plugin called SkipScreen will automatically take care of it. Just install the plugin (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11243), restart Firefox, and done. No more waiting for your download to be ready as now your timer will be bypass automatically. In a matter of [...]
September 28th, 2009 | Posted in Open Play | No Comments
Think of this one-wheeled motorcycle, sent in by reader Mark, as a giant wheel with a motorcycle engine and seat attached to it. While no technical specifications were provided, this vehicle does look fun to ride to say the least.
September 26th, 2009 | Posted in Fun | 3 Comments
Here’s a first: a nifty alarm clock hack that "gets its power from a couple of 140-decibel electric horns." In addition to the horns, you’ll need soldering supplies to build your own.
A relay, a 12-volt laptop power supply and a whiff of solder later, and this cheap alarm clock was transformed into the [...]
September 25th, 2009 | Posted in Fun | No Comments
Adobe announced the latest version of Photoshop Elements, their slightly-lighterweight consumer-oriented photo editing application. New features in the Windows release include Photomerge Exposure which combines differently-exposed shots of the same scene to create uniformly-exposed shots, improved Online Sharing, and people recognition.
For Photoshop Elements 8 on the Mac (which ships in October), there’s Bridge CS4 for [...]
September 24th, 2009 | Posted in Software | 1 Comment
WinZip® is the most trusted way to work with compressed files. No other compression utility is as easy-to-use or offers the comprehensive and productivity-enhancing approach that has made WinZip the gold standard for file-compression tools. With the new WinZip, you can quickly and securely zip and unzip files to conserve storage space, speed up e-mail [...]
September 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Software | No Comments
Rabbitrampage has designed a PlayStation Console iPhone case ($20) with matching controller key chain ($7)! Details include Sony and Playstation logos, and even a flap in the shape of the disc door.
September 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Hardware | No Comments
This Digital Wallpaper installation at the Hirzberger Events in Vienna uses multiple projectors to create the LED-like efffect on the striped walls. Continue reading to see it in-action.
The project was created by Strukt Studio, who wrote the software to adapt the graphics to the geometry of the office, so the images were precisely [...]
September 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Fun | No Comments
Seagate just announced the world’s first 2TB disk with full support for the third generation SATA interface pushing data at 6Gbps — double the rate of previous controllers. The 3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps Barracuda XT drive spins 4x 500GB platters at 7200RPM with a big 64MB cache to prevent bottlenecks. It promises a sustained transfer [...]
September 21st, 2009 | Posted in Hardware | No Comments
In this clip, sand artist Kseniya Simonova draws "a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II."
The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about 75,000-pounds.
[via Telegraph]
September 20th, 2009 | Posted in Fun | No Comments
Tweak-7 – all the Vitamins your Windows 7 needs! Comparing Tweak-7 with other tweaking tools is simply impossible since no competitive product covers such a huge functionality: from simple registry tweaking to complex and fast registry cleaning and registry defragmentation to comprehensive system cleanup. Tweak-7 is the premier companion to Windows 7: [...]
September 19th, 2009 | Posted in Software | No Comments