Windows
Cell Phone Charger Powered By Hamster & Wheel
A cellular phone charger has been rigged up to be powered by a hamster wheel. “Powered by hamsters” has been a joke line used by people, especially technophiles and geeks, since, well, since there were hamsters and wheels. However Peter Ash, a teenager from Somerset, England, has taken it quite seriously.
You're Fired? Not If You Follow These E-mail Tips.
If someone sees you reading a message from Scoble, merely claim that “Scoble” is a new finger fungus that you’re doing research on. They’ll never come near you again. Send every message in red 96pt bold italic Arial Black. Nobody will read them – ever. Then, you can say as many bad things about your [...]
English2metric v1.0
English2metric is an easy-to-use unit converter to convert between imperial and metric units, including miles/km, gallons/liters, Celsius/Fahrenheit, feet/meters and more. The program supports fractions, allowing you, for example, to convert values like 1 3/4 or 2.5. You can customize the available conversion units, and also copy a list of all recent conversions. [3741k] [Win98/ME/2k/XP] [FREE] [...]
RSS 2 PDF
Whether you want to read your favorite content online or offline, RSS is a fantastic tool to help you stay current with what’s going on. However, by offering an RSS feed, you’re assuming that your readers will be able to subscribe to the content in some way or another. What happens if someone wants to [...]
Legal Wireless Access
Ken Colburn of Data Doctors helps out Bobby, who writes: If I am out and about and connect to an open wireless network, how can I tell a public hotspot from an unsecured private wireless network? Since I am being sent an invitation to connect to a wireless access point isn’t that implied permission and [...]
The Podcast Hotel Lives!
Alex Williams just sent me this note: “You know, there has been a lot of confusion about the Podcast Hotel… We changed the dates. And now, people are asking what is happening. Is the event on or off? It is mostly definitely on. We’ve finally found a way to hold the event in a way [...]
Google Talk, Chris Pirillo, And Gurgeling Goo
When Google Talk first came out I told Chris Pirillo that I could sum up the service in five words: “Really dumb, um, really dumb.” However, I had only used the voice feature with one person, and he sounded as if he was in the middle of a freeway. I had dismissed the service as [...]
Score One For The Good Guys
Many of you will be familiar with the show ‘Call for Help’ on what used to be TechTV (and ZDTV before that). Then G4 game network got hold of the property and things technological went downhill fast. Staff got fired and shows were falling faster than the leaves will in a few weeks.
VoIP Tips From A VoIP Newbie
I don’t claim to be an expert in VoIP (that’s Voice Over IP, or Internet telephony in layman’s terms). However, I have to retract my recent remarks on Google’s entry into the VoIP market with Google Talk. I still think they should’ve named it Gtalk, but that’s beside the point. Tonight, on our live radio [...]
SharpKeys v1.1
SharpKeys enables you to disable certain keys on a keyboard, or make them act like other keys. For example, you can turn off your Caps Lock key, or remap any other key, including F keys and special keys. [1074k] [Win98/ME/2k/XP] [FREE] [SnapFiles]
