March 22, 2008
DIY HACK - How to make your own UPS for your computer and other peripherals during power outage!
The other day, my home had power-outage for like 6 hours. I could go buy a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), or I can make my own UPS using a car battery. Well, I am just hoping this DIY UPS lasts 6 hours so I can keep using my spare laptop, which shouldn’t need that much power anyways to run off the UPS. But if I tried to run my deskto ... More
June 9, 2007
Bluetooth Stereo Audio Transmitter
Fed up with wired headphones, but your device does not have Bluetooth? You can get Bluetooth headphones that have an adapter but normally that are not normally very good as they are normally made with low capacity components but this transmitter by iBluon offers a good quality audio, plus great battery life from the internal battery. The device ... More
April 7, 2007
DIY HACK - Double the battery life
Check out this howto on doubling your battery life by replacing a linear voltage regulator (the thing that converts DC voltage, e.g. from 12V to 5V) to a switching regulator. Switching regulators are way more efficient than your typical off-the-shelve crappy regulators such as 7805 which get too hot too fast. Get the Dimension Engineering regul ... More
March 9, 2007
Samsung Blackjack Unpacking
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, this is some great stuff…i am jealous…hehe… I need 3G…noW!!! I’ve received my (Cingular) Samsung Blackjack and here’s a video that shows what’s in the box. After a full charge and a few problems with the service activation (A ... More
