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Google Chrome Open Source Operating System!

Google has shed some new light on their Google Chrome operating system, which we have been hearing about for months now. Currently the Chrome OS supports netbooks, especifically an EEE PC. (you can download the source here)

According to TechCrunch:

We’re not going to go into too much detail about going to market today. We’re working on the software right now, but we are also working with manufacturers on the hardware level. For example, we only support solid-state drives and certain types of WiFi cards.

Well, there should be someone hacking it real soon and hopefully we can get hands on a how-to install article soon.

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DSLR DIY – How to Make an Intervalometer for Canon or Nikon!

max — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:30:54 +0000

Intervalometer can be used in DSLR photography to take time-lapse shots. You can buy one of these Intervalometers off the shelf for anywhere between $60 to $200+ but if you got some programming and soldering skills, you might be interested in learning to make one yourself.

Circuit schematics, code, and whole bunch of images are included in this DIY to help you make the intervalometer for your Canon or Nikon DSLR camera.

This instructable is teaches you how to make an intervalometer that can be used with virtually any camera. It has been tested with Canon and Nikon cameras, but making adapter cables for other cameras is just a matter of figuring out the camera pinout.
It’s also available as a kit so you might want to go that route if you are not familiar with programming an AVR.

This intervalometer has the following features:

Intervalometer mode with options to change delay time and exposure time

Sensor mode with built in light sensor and connector for external sensor input

Manual mode allows intervalometer to act like a simple remote cable

Integrated 2×12 LCD display

Fully optically isolated interface to camera

Total package is roughly 1″ x 2.5″ x 3″ finished

Electronics small enough to fit in a mint box

Source code is available for download so that you can change programming as desired

Available as a kit from www.ottercreekdesign.com

DSLR DIY – How to Make an Intervalometer for Canon or Nikon!

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Recycle DIY – How to Recycle Tin Cans as Pencil Holders using Grout and Creativity!

max — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:53:57 +0000

I really love it when people make things like this out of stuff that would go into your recycling bin, a pencil holder made using old tin cans and grout! Brilliant! Keep up the great work and reduce our carbon footprint!

We all use some canned foods from time to time. And we all probably use empty cans for one purpose or another. This instructable shows how to decorate cans to be used as organizers for pencils, pens, paint brushes, etc. It’s a simple thing to do, and children would especially have fun making their creations.

Recycle DIY – How to Recycle Tin Cans as Pencil Holders using Grout and Creativity!

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The power skateboard

David Allen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:17:05 +0000

Check out this skateboard, they say that it is powered by electric by this is capable of touching speeds of 19 mph, now that is going to be so cool around the mall!

This skateboard will even take the hard work out of going up hill, the 600 watt motor will see to that.

The rechargeable battery has enough juice for ten miles, just make sure that you take the charger with you!

Features – At a hefty 40 lbs, it is built as a classic long board with a kick tail with 4″ diameter solid urethane wheels and flexible trucks allow you to carve 8′ turns. A patented handheld wireless trigger remote provides digital proportional control over your speed; pulling the trigger accelerates and moving it forward brakes. The 10 1/2″ wide, resin and maple veneer deck is textured with a non-skid surface that provides reliable footing. The rechargeable battery can be removed and provides a range of 10 miles from a four-hour charge using the included adapter. 41 1/2″ L x 10 1/2″ W x 6 1/2″ H. (40 lbs.) Priced at $599.95

Source [Hammacher Schlemmer]

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The power skateboard

iMac G4 Hack – DIY iMac G4 Touch Screen!

max — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:21:47 +0000

iMac G4 Hack – DIY iMac G4 Touch Screen!

Looking for a cool way to hack your iMac G4 into a touchscreen computer? Look no more, here’s a DIY iMac G4 touchscreen! The author even hacked a Windows 7 into a PowerPC machine, I don’t know how he did that. (I guess you can install Win 7 on PowerPC CPUs??? Will have a post on that soon too then!)

Way cool!

I added the original speakers connected to a Griffin Power Wave Adapter and now I finally have an updated iMac G4 on my desk. It’s connected to a dual booting Windows 7 / Mac OSX Dual Core machine.

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DSLR Hack – How to Make a Macro Tilt Lens for your DSLR using Lens from a Slide Projector!

max — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:35:12 +0000

Need a cheap macro lens for your DSLR? You might want to consider hacking one up yourself from an old slide projector and make this cool, cheap macro tilt lens. It won’t make you look more professional but heck, if you can take better photos, who cares right? See more DSLR hacks here.

I just came back from the Christchurch SuperShed (our city council recycling centre) where I bought a discarded slide projector for $6. In less than an hour, I turned the projector lens into a tilt macro lens for my dSLR. I know there have been lots of these sorts of projects but I tried to do this one without hot glue or gaffer tape so hopefully my process will help you to turn your odd lenses into useable ones.

DSLR Hack – How to Make a Macro Tilt Lens for your DSLR using Lens from a Slide Projector!

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RFID Hack – How to Make an RFID Music Selector!

max — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:59 +0000

For RFID modders, here’s a great DIY to refer to, an RFID application that involves selecting your favorite music using RFID modules! I know some of you are working on RFID projects, this one should be very helpful indeed.

The RFiDJ project is my first attempt at an application in Imperceptible Computing. After work I like to listen to music/radio for a bit to unwind. This usually involves logging into my HTPC and selecting a playlist. For this project I attempted to change how I interact with my music and HTPC. Using RFID tags and photo frame coasters I am attempting to simplify the interface to my music.

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RFID Hack – How to Make an RFID Music Selector!

Re-use DIY – How to Make Recycled Wallpaper!

max — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:56:52 +0000

I remember when I lived in South Korea for a year couple years back, there used to be a bunch of bars where the walls were pasted with DIY newspaper wallpapers. Of course, they looks sorta nicer, it wasn’t just pasted randomly but looks “clean”.

I think this is a great way to make any room in your home “vintage”. Even better, you might be able to make a wallpaper out of all your old photos somehow, that would be more awesome than your digital frame that’s pushing out only 1 image per second.

you can make wallpaper out of anything from newspapers and magazines to color copies by applying them to the wall with polyurethane (one coat underneath and one on top to seal the paper).

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Re-use DIY – How to Make Recycled Wallpaper!

Sonar DIY – How to Make Sonar-Like Radar Visualizer for an Ultrasonic Scanner!

max — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:52:13 +0000

Good morning! Here’s a rather interesting DIY that shows you how to make a sonar-like radar visualizer for an ultrasonic scanner. Now, I think this could easily be applied to other types of scanners including infrared, radio, etc…etc… Great!

First things first, we need to build our circuit. This is the easy bit! We’ll be using the Arduino to control a servo that will rotate our sensor around 180 degrees. The Arduino will then send the value from the sensor along with the current angle of the servo to the serial port.

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Sonar DIY – How to Make Sonar-Like Radar Visualizer for an Ultrasonic Scanner!

Book Review – How to Become an Accidental Millionaire!

max — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:00:13 +0000

Recently I’ve read Accidental Millionaire by Gary Fong, a renowned wedding photographer who has made millions through photography. A great book filled with insights for life and business, highly recommended over all those marketing books by marketers. Really, it inspires me more if someone who’s successful writes a book than someone who writes about how to be successful and is successful by telling others how to be successful. (do you get it what I am saying here?)

And oh yeah, Gary has a blog here, check that out too.

Anyways, this is one of the best books I have read on business and life. The renowned photographer/inventor/entrepreur Gary Fong, the author of the book, goes into details of his life and how he came to be a millionaire through “accidents” in his life.

I can really relate to him in that sense that most of things I’ve achieve in life are by “accident” also.

In the book, Gary goes into depth of how he grew up with his Korean mother and Chinese father in Southern California. (and also goes into depth about his mother’s wig business in the ghetto of Compton where they witness killings of their neighbors by thugs)

Read my full book review I posted on my Zedomax.Biz blog here.

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Book Review – How to Become an Accidental Millionaire!

Track all of your stuff

David Allen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:00:59 +0000

Check out this from Zoombak device and its app, these can be placed in almost anything and see what is happening to your stuff.

It is pretty cool really, as you are able to track it on-line and see where your car, kids or wife are at any time.

Technical Details – Its portability allows you to use it in your car as well as in other vehicles such as motorcycles, ATVs, boats and bicycles. Pinpoint your car’s real-time location on-demand anywhere within nationwide coverage area online or through a live, toll-free customer care. Create up to 10 customized zones and get notified by text message and/or email when your car leaves or enters the zone. Gives you your car’s current position and location history. Locator device, AC Wall Charger, Portable Car Charger, Installation Bracket, User Guide. 30-Day Risk -Free Guarantee, 1-year Manufacturer’s Warranty. Priced at around $100.

Source [Techna Bob]

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Track all of your stuff

Circuit DIY – How to Make PCB with an EAGLE schematic!

max — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:57:59 +0000

Here’s a great tutorial showing you how to make a PCB with an eagle schematic. I am sure most of your PCB experts know how to do this but for those of you dummies who can’t, this is invaluable free lessons.

In this instructable, we’ll make a printed circuit board from that schematic

I guess I should say that we’ll make a PCB DESIGN ; making the physical board is a different task, and there are a lot of tutorials on the net (and even some instructables) on making the board after you have the design.

Circuit DIY – How to Make PCB with an EAGLE schematic!

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Video Tour of Exploratorium in San Francisco!

max — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:59:02 +0000

The other day, I did a shoot with my new Canon 7D DSLR at Exploratorium in San Francisco, there’s a ton of interesting science and technology stuff you can play with.

For those of you who live outside California, you can enjoy my short clip here. There’s some really cool stuff like the man-made hurricane, I like the most…

My video skills are improving slowly. Until I get a faster computer to render these HD videos, these will be the best I can do… well, improving.

(Shot with Canon 7D and 28-135mm in 1080P 24p mode)

Video Tour of Exploratorium in San Francisco!

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California Academy of Sciences HD Video and Photos using my new Canon 7D!

max — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:54:32 +0000

(My favorite – the rattlesnake was sleeping I think but I had just enough angle to get this shot.)

Well, the other day, I gave myself a new title on top of my current title blogger/CEO, film director!

The best thing about running your own business is that you can become whatever you want to me.

Anyways, here’s some shots I took from California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco the other day and this HD Video:

See more images over at my personal SF Blog.

P.S. Really, I am not a film director but someday I will be one, I like trying new things. Not too shabby though for the 2nd day using a my new Canon 7d DSLR.

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California Academy of Sciences HD Video and Photos using my new Canon 7D!

GoogleMaps Hack – DIY Exercise Bike uses GoogleMaps as Virtual Map!

max — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:08:28 +0000

GoogleMaps Hack – DIY Exercise Bike uses GoogleMaps as Virtual Map!

Here’s a rather cool hack where the hacker uses his bike as a GoogleMaps Virtual Map. Using Vuzix iWear as display device while he’s cycling (around the world) on GoogleMaps, this simple hack shows how far GoogleMaps Street View can be applied for adding a little fun to your next workouts.

It’s still in the works but kudos for what he has done so far! Brilliant hack!

Pragmatically explained, it means that I don’t have to sit in the darkness or stare at my garage door while I’m huffing away. Hopefully once this is done, I’ll be able to spend a few nights a week pedalling away downstairs and work my way across the US or Australia over the course of the year. The irony of this project is, well, while it’s supposed to help me entain myself while using the exercise bike, the project itself has been keeping me from exercising. Oh well.

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Another Short Clip using Canon 7D!

max — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:13:03 +0000

Another Short Clip using Canon 7D!

Here’s another short clip I made using Canon 7D the other night while eating at my local Thai restaurant.

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HD Hack – How to Render Full 1080P or 720P in Sony Vegas Pro 9 Without Freezing or Large Filesize!

max — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:09:44 +0000

While trying to render some of my new videos for upload on YouTube with Sony Vegas Pro 9, I encountered a problem where the rendering process would crawl to a stop after 1% or simply freeze. Well, I found a quick solution around it, that is to render it in MP4 instead of AVI.

This works really well btw, now I can do a 20 minute 1080P video rendering in about 5 minutes.

Use the above screenshot settings and change the frame size to 1920×1024 pixels for 1080P. You can also try the above settings for 720P, which should be pretty good also.

Btw, my first short film with Canon 7D is almost done uploading!

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HD Hack – How to Render Full 1080P or 720P in Sony Vegas Pro 9 Without Freezing or Large Filesize!

Network DIY – How to Make an RJ-45 Ethernet Cable Tester!

max — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:14:36 +0000

As a self-claimed network technician, I did a whole 5,000 square foot building with Ethernet Cat-6 cables almost 8 years ago. Well, since then I am glad I never had to use an ethernet cable tester but for those of you looking to save some money on this RJ-45 cable tester, you can make your own.

We are going to make DIY RJ45 Cable tester for incredible cheap.As you know cable testers are really expensive insturments and for people who always works with network it is an essential part.
I will try to help you to build one of them with basic electronic ways.

Network DIY – How to Make an RJ-45 Ethernet Cable Tester!

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DIY Digital Camera Kit for Kids!

max — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:26:43 +0000

DIY Digital Camera Kit for Kids!

Here’s a great DIY digital camera kit for kids, designed to help kids learn about how digital cameras work while building the kits. Awesome!

The camera gives us a powerful means to express ourselves and communicate with each other. Today, the camera is almost exclusively designed for, and marketed to, adults. A typical consumer digital camera comes with a sleek silver or black exterior and is densely packed with components and features. If one tries to open up one of these devices to study its innards, it is unlikely to function when put back together. We believe that camera manufacturers have largely overlooked an important demographic in kids and a compelling application in education.

It should be available on the market pretty soon.

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Canon 7D Sample/Test Video of my Desk!

max — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:51:11 +0000

Here’s a quick sample/test video I took of my desk. I uploaded the raw1080P HD .MOV file to YouTube and I have to say it looks rather good other than times when my Canon 7D is out of focus, which something I am still learning.

Canon 7D Sample/Test Video of my Desk!

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Eco Friendly and Green Laptop Bags!

max — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:08:14 +0000

Cool eco-friendly and green laptops bags!

For those of you looking for eco-friendly/green alternatives to laptop sleeves, you might be interested in these eco laptop sleeves from Badget Bag. Of course, don’t forget, you can probably make one yourself too with duct tape or even newspaper.

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Eco Friendly and Green Laptop Bags!

Multi-Touch DIY – How to Make your Own Multi-Touch Table!

max — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:59:00 +0000

Here’s a rather cool DIY interactive Multi-touch display project that you can learn to make also. I like this multi-touch project as the display is actually not LCD but a projected screen on a whiteboard.

This rules as I think projected LCDs are slightly more safer for child use, spills, and whatnot.

Also, don’t forget about Ideum’s 100-inch multi-touch table, how to turn an HD TV into multi-touch table, and more on how to build a multi-touch table using regular LCDs too.

Between the Apple iPhone and Microsoft’s interactive table, multi-touch displays are all the rage. This instructable will show you how to turn your lcd projector into an interactive multi-touch display table using a few cheap components readily available from the hardware store.

Multi-Touch DIY – How to Make your Own Multi-Touch Table!

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Snow Leopard Updates will Kill Hackintosh Netbooks with Atom Processors!

max — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:41:24 +0000

I have no idea why Apple wants to have such a tight grip on their products, even controlling down to the processors you can use on their operating systems. A lot of people have been using Apple operating systems on x86 and non-Apple CPUs, which I see a big market for Apple. Well, I hope they realize their lesson someday, one of the main reasons Apple went sour in the 90s is because Apple had a tight grip on the software industry. I remember I bought a PC simply because there were so many more options such as different hardware/software, you name it.

Well, I still haven’t bought an Apple in my whole lifetime, guess that “adds” to their growing empire. :p

There are more than a few folk out there who believe that by releasing the new non Atom compatible updates, Apple is attempting to kill off the Hackintosh Netbook community.

This could well be something they might be keen to do, especially if the rumoured soon to make an appearance Apple Tablet is on its way.

Of course this is all speculation but the advice from StellaRolla, according to a report in Wired, is that if you have a Hackintosh don’t try and download the updates or your Hackintosh will break, at the moment anyway.

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Snow Leopard Updates will Kill Hackintosh Netbooks with Atom Processors!

Photo Gadgets – 20-inch Lightbox Mini Photo Studio!

max — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:39:06 +0000

For photo shoots of products and small consumer items, you might want to consider learning how to make a lightbox or get one of these 20-inch lightbox mini photo studios from Hammacher and Schlemmer. (Also check out this one from Thinkgeek, which is just as nice for half the price.)

Lightboxes are essential for great photos and if you don’t have one, I highly suggest to make one or get one soon.

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Photo Gadgets – 20-inch Lightbox Mini Photo Studio!

USB MicroSD Reader + Universal Phone Charger

tdomf_85257 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:51:24 +0000

Check out this cool USB card reader that will also charge your cellphone. This will charge most cellphone batteries simply by sticking your battery on the device.

If you have a tendency to forget to charge your phone or accidentally leave your charger at home when you’re headed out for a weekend, then this mini USB phone charger is perfect for you. Since it is a keychain it’d be with you when you need it most. The charger is powered by USB and works with most cellphone batteries. It even doubles as a Micro SD / TF card reader. Available for only $4.69 at Uxsight.com.

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USB MicroSD Reader + Universal Phone Charger

My Canon 7D DSLR Camera Order at Amazon Today!

max — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:37:37 +0000

(Me, playing with my brother-in-law’s DSLR.)

Yes, today, I finally got the guts to charge some money on my credit cards to buy a whole bunch of DSLR gadgets, mainly for use at CES 2010, I really need it as I can’t compete against other tech bloggers unless I have the right tools at the show. (And yes, you can expect some high, quality HD Youtube videos and pics from Zedomax.com when January hits. I’ve also invested a bunch of money on a week of airfare, hotel, and whatnot. Btw, I am going on Virgin airlines, get WiFi and live blogging on the airplane! Yey!)

So, here’s the sum of what I’ve bought today for my Canon 7D DSLR Camera:
(And btw, I did about a month of researching online and talking to my photographer friends beforewards)

Canon 7D DSLR Camera Body w/ 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM standard zoom lens – $1899.99 on Amazon
SanDisk 16GB Compact Flash 60MB/s – $146.80 on Amazon – Yes, you will definitely need some compact flash, this is the best and fastest Compact Flash you can buy right now. (Alternative Kingston 32GB might be a good option although rated less at 40MB/s. Read this thread for advice on CF cards.)
Extra Battery – I will need an extra battery pack just in case I do some long HD footages, which I will at CES 2010.
The Tamrac Aero Speed Pack 85 Camera/Laptop Backpack – This I will use so I can store both my Canon 7d and my future-wife-to-be 13.3″ ASUS UL30A laptop (which I haven’t got, waiting for the price to drop on/after Black Friday).
Manfrotto Tripod – I will need a tripod definitely for taking some videos or doing interviews. This one seemed ideal as it’s portable yet Manfrotto-quality for durability.
Camera Flash? – I was looking at this cheapo flash that swivels 360 degrees but figured CES will be full of lights anyways, I might just stick with the on-board flash on the Canon.

I spent a total of about $2300 in the new camera equipment. Well, I think it’s definitely going to be worth the investment as I am planning to go to a LOT of shows next year including home shows, web 2.0 shows, and others especially a lot of shows are held in downtown SF where I live 10 minutes away from.

This will be a lot of fun because this is the first DSLR camera I will ever own plus I have been playing a lot with my brother-in-law’s Canon 5d, expect some higher quality vids/photos soon!

Btw, if anyone is going to be at CES 2010 and you are exhibiting, don’t forget to let me know via zedomax [at] gmail.com so I can put you on my priority list for new tech companies to interview using my Canon 7d!

Did I forget anything? Let me know all you photo DSLR experts out there in the comments line.

Okay, excited, let me go cool down by hitting some golf balls…

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My Canon 7D DSLR Camera Order at Amazon Today!

DIY Servo Robot!

max — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:40:28 +0000

Here’s a really cool DIY Servo robot built with *very* expensive servos, at $200-300 each! Of course, you can buy a similar consumer product like G-Robot from Japan here too.

First post here but figured I would share my most recent work; an RX-64 servo based custom humanoid robot named Giger. This bot was designed in Autodesk Inventor, and machined from 5052 alloy aircraft aluminum using a Sherline 2000 CNC and some work from Big Blue Saw. He stands 62cm tall, weighs about 5kg and uses a total of 16x RX-64s and 8x RX-28s. Video shown is rough initial progress, walking gait still needs a lot of work and the IMU data needs to be integrated for dynamic balancing.

via engadget

Watch the video of this DIY Servo Robot:

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DIY Servo Robot!

Photography 101 – What is Shutter and Aperture?

max — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:56:29 +0000

Photography 101 – What is Shutter and Aperture?

Here’s a great video explaining the shutter and aperture of the camera, great info for photography beginners. (like me)

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Photography Hack – How to Make a Flash Diffuser with Old Film Canister!

max — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:57:42 +0000

For those of you who want to need a flash diffuser without spending a lot of money plus ability to add unlimited number of color filters to your DSLR camera, there is a simple photography hack, simply cut out an old film canister and fill it with your favorite colors for filtering!

Want to diffuse the flash and add some color to your photos at the same time? This quick and dirt-cheap trick will get you there. Take pictures in hundreds of different colors using free filters Flash diffuser that holds colored filters, and showing you how to get HUNDREDS of free gel inserts!!!! to take color altered photos All these pics have NO out of camera modifications, just a colored flash

Photography Hack – How to Make a Flash Diffuser with Old Film Canister!

Also, note that you can use your cigarette box in case of emergency as a flash diffuser too!

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Photography 101 – How to Take Better Shots in the Dark!

max — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:54:01 +0000

Photography 101 – How to Take Better Shots in the Dark!

Here’s a good Photography 101 video for those of you newbies to Photography, you will learn the basics of taking better shots in dimmed light or darkness by adjusting your ISO, using better lenses, and lots more.

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JH 13 Pro Review!

max — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:44:38 +0000

CNet’s Steve Guttenburg has just posted a hands-on review of the custom-fitted JH 13 Pro. As an earbud addict who reviews (cheaper) earbuds consistently, this is good to know that the JH 13 Pro comes with 6 drivers consisting of 2 woofers, 2 midranges, and 2 tweeters. That’s awful a lot of sound in an earbud if you ask me.

I probably won’t get one as I don’t think it’s worth the $1000+ price tag but perhaps some of you out there might be willing to cash out for some of the most expensive earbuds in the world.

The JH 13 Pro’s resolution of fine detail is extraordinary, drums sound more realistic than I’ve heard from any other type of headphone. The JH 13 Pro is “fast,” cymbals’ shimmer and sparkle the way they do in real life, and when a drummer whacks his sticks against the drums’ metal rims, the sound is more realistic. Dynamic oomph and slam are the best I’ve heard from an in-ear headphone.

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JH 13 Pro Review!

Where buses go to die

David Allen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:00:08 +0000

Making the most of the materials that we have is an important thing these days, so when designer Christopher Fennell came up with his design for a bus shelter nobody should have been surprised to see what it was made from.

This is a cool idea, but you have to think that this sort of work would not go down well in all neighbourhoods.

Source [The Design Blog]

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Where buses go to die

Firefox DIY – How to Auto Hide the Status Bar!

max — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:45:37 +0000

Did you know you can download the autoHideStatusbar Firefox experimental extension to auto hide the annoying status bar once its done loading a website?

Well, now you do!

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Firefox DIY – How to Auto Hide the Status Bar!

TwitterPeak Mobile Tweeting Device Allows Unlimited Tweeting Anywhere!

max — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:48:02 +0000

For the one-time price of $199.95, you can get one of these TwitterPeak devices, which will let you “tweet” anywhere anytime without additional monthly fees. The TwitterPeak devices run on a cellular data network (either EDVO or GSM we are not sure).

I think this is a smart idea, I might get one soon, although I don’t want to carry both my Palm Pre and this….

Because TwitterPeek is designed for Twitter, it provides a tweeting experience superior to any website or smartphone application. No more waiting for tweets to download or clicking the “more” button to see old tweets. TwitterPeek’s “always on” tweet delivery makes it a snap to follow 100’s of people throughout the course of your day. Best of all, you don’t have to spend $50/month on an expensive smartphone data plan to get Twitter.

TwitterPeak at Amazon

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TwitterPeak Mobile Tweeting Device Allows Unlimited Tweeting Anywhere!

Photography DIY – How to Take a Photograph of Car in Motion!

max — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:46:12 +0000

Photography DIY – How to Take a Photograph of Car in Motion!

Here’s a simple way of taking great photographs of cars in motion without actually having the car go faster than 2MPH. I think this might be helpful for those of trying to take photos with “effects of driving fast“.

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Internet Broadband Speeds and Costs around the World!

max — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:44:17 +0000

Check out this chart that shows average internet broadband speeds and costs around the world where the US falling a lot behind. Like I said in previous posts, we really need something happening, this is just way too slow, nevermind the cost. via gizmodo

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Internet Broadband Speeds and Costs around the World!

Photography DIY – How to Make a Medium Format Camera!

max — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:35:54 +0000

Here’s a great DIY showing you how to make a medium format camera from scratch. I guess these cameras are usually super expensive but this DIY shows you how to make it yourself so you save some money on it too. Well, I am not a photography experts (yet) but seems like also a great way to learn more about photography in general.

The first thing to do was research of course. To start with: what do i know about cameras? Well I know I own a Nikon D200 with several accessories and lenses and are interested in photography. That was pretty much it. Next thing was then to find out exactly how a good old view camera works and what parts are involved in the process. There are pretty much three things in sush a camera, a lens, a ground glass (whatever the hell that is) and bellow between the lens and ground glass that allows focusing. After some further research on the internet and consultation of a friend that knows enough mathematics and physics to be considered at least slightly mad I felt I had a rough idea of how to pull this whole thing off.

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Photography DIY – How to Make a Medium Format Camera!

Photography DIY – How to Make a Large Camera Flash Diffuser!

max — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:33:42 +0000

For travel, you might want to make one of these camera flash diffusers out of an old cigarette box. For other big projects, you might want to learn how to make a large camera flash diffuser as outlined in SteamPunkWorkShop.com here.

Btw, my Canon 7d DSLR should be here next week, can’t wait to get my hands on it!

I am very happy with the results, total cost of the project was about $10 and the quality of the photographs I can take for this site should improve immensely.

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Recycle DIY – How to Convert a Broken Gate into Outdoor Table!

max — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:50:20 +0000

Perhaps recycling has not been done often enough in our world, especially those who have to constantly fix their house and throw away broken things.

Well, if your house gate ever breaks and you can use it anymore, you might want to consider converting it into an outdoor table. As seen in the above pics, the steps don’t seem too complicated, simply get 4 legs on it.

The gates at the side of our house succumbed to a big wind storm recently. The cause was ground rot on the posts, but that meant that most of the wood was still in pretty good condition despite being over thirty years old. Instead of throwing it out my wife suggested recycling it to make an outdoor table.

Recycle DIY – How to Convert a Broken Gate into Outdoor Table!

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Rock on Baby!

David Allen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:13 +0000

Any guitar heroes out there? If so then you are not going to want to miss out on this fantastic t shirt, it cool, stylish and did I mention that it comes with a built guitar?

Not only that it also comes with its own amp too, it is just too cool not to wear.
Product Features – Belt out your favourite rock tunes on this t-shirt based real playable electric guitar, Great real rock sound, Play all major chords, Strum by waving the included magnetic pick over the strings, Mini guitar amp speaker clips to your belt, Volume goes to 11, Adjustable tone knob, Electronic components are easily removed from the shirt for washing, Includes two magnetic picks, Picks stick to speaker grill for easy storage, Requires 4 x AAA Batteries. Not included and priced at $29.99
Source [Think Geek]

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Rock on Baby!

Big Ben signs up to Twitter

David Allen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:00:25 +0000

The most famous clock in the world is now tweeting, guess what it has to say?

Did you actually expect anything else, then?

Source [Techna Bob]

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Big Ben signs up to Twitter

Apple Bookmarks instead of Candy Given Out at Apple Store on Halloween!

max — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:48:30 +0000

Well, I am one of those people who will literally take all the candy from the mall stores on Halloween. This year, Apple Store (ran out of candy I though) gave me an Apple bookmark. I actually confirmed that it wasn’t just me, I guess they were doing this all over the States. I think it’s a good bookmark, perhaps they were also (*evil*) trying to promote their Nano iPods. Well, I am not complaining, I didn’t have to treat them this year.

P.S. Yes, they try every opportunity to turn it into opportunity for themselves, well, greed will eventually kill ya though.

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Study Shows that Illegal Music Downloaders are the Ones Who Buy Most Legal Music Too!

max — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:36:27 +0000

Here’s an interesting study done in the UK showing that illegal music downloaders are the ones who buy the most legal music. I think this is probably true as people who are that good on computers to download illegal music would be more likely to use computers to buy music too. For me, I NEVER buy music online simply because I am not a bass head and rather listen to free internet radio. For others who don’t buy music, it might be mostly because they don’t know “how” and I know about a hundred people already who don’t know how to buy music online at least, they will still head to TowerRecords for that.

What’s your take on this? (Leave in the comments line)

A new British independent poll conducted by Ipsos Mori concluded that the people who do the most illegal downloading also buy the most music. This is in line with many other studies elsewhere and is easy to understand: people who are music superfans do more of everything to do with music: they see more live shows, listen to more radio, buy more CDs, buy more botlegs of live shows, buy more t-shirts, talk about music more, do more downloading — all of it.

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Another Cool DIY Segway!

max — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:21:12 +0000

Here’s another really cool DIY Segway. Of course, if you want to build one yourself, don’t forget to check out this blog post on how to make your own segway here. (and custom segway mods here)

The frame was modeled in CAD and then welded together. For propulsion [Mark] has installed two 750 Watt motors which will use sprockets and chains to turn the wheels. The machine balances based on data from both a gyroscope and an accelerometer, with the entire packaged tied together using an Arduino.

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Another Cool DIY Segway!

Ideum’s 100-Inch Multi-Touch Table!

max — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:43:48 +0000

Thought Microsoft’s Multi-Touch table was cool? Well think again, here’s Ideum’s 100-inch multi-table that also supports 50 simultaneous touch points, meaning 50 people can be doing things on it simultaneously. Brilliant!

Video:

Ideum’s 100-Inch Multi-Touch Table!

The currently unnamed device–which is being called an “ultra-wide screen multitouch table exhibit exploring the electromagnetic spectrum”–is based around the company’s MT-50 multi-touch, multi-user table. Clearly this one is designed to be used by businesses more so than actual consumers (unless you’ve got a 20,000 square foot home just dying for a few new accessories), with a 16×5 aspect ratio and a display resolution of 2304×800. All told, it’s a 100″ surface with an 86″ viewable area, making it one of the largest contiguous multi-touch tables ever made.

via engadget

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Cassette Tape Hack – Recycled Tape Sonic Fabric Neckties that can be Read!

max — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:21:17 +0000

These recycled Sonic Fabric Neckties are made from 50% cassette tape and 50% thread. Well, here’s a hack that shows you how to listen to the “sounds” embedded in these neckties. Not the best quality but might be fun for mixing some custom sound.

See the video see the demo: