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January 16, 2008

DIY HACK - HOWTO Make Windows XP Look Like Fedora Linux!

I’ve been always a big fan of Linux, (although I am stuck with Windows XP most of the time because all my apps are on there…but I did use Linux before with 3 VMs running Windows to solve that problem.) here’s a cool way to make your Windows XP “look” like Fedora. Another simple way? Delete Windows and install Fedora. ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Hack, Linux by max on the January 16th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
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DIY HACK - HOWTO disable Lexus and Prius navigation lockout!

Cool, here’s my friend Jason from Hackszine posting about how to disable Lexus and Prius navigation systems. I don’t own a Lexus or a Prius, just a gas-guzzlin’ Chevy, but this might come in handy when I do get one. Here’s a short video showing you how to do it: Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here t ... More

Posted in Auto, Circuits, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, Hack by max on the January 16th, 2008 at 10:17 am
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January 15, 2008

SiteHoppin’ Entrecard Tech Blogs - DIY HACK - How to resolve low disk space error in iPod Touch!

I’ve summed up all the tech blog on Entrecard on SiteHoppin so you can use the following link to “site hop” tech blogs: http://SiteHoppin.com/Special:Random?tags=entrecard-tech&mode=2 We will be doing a special, “Site Hoppin’” through all Entrecard tech blogs and (hopefully) get an interesting post per each one. Here’s a co ... More

Posted in Audio, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, Hack, iPod, iPod Touch, mp3 by max on the January 15th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
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SiteHoppin’ Entrecard Tech Blogs - Microcontroller AVR Oscilloscope

I’ve summed up all the tech blog on Entrecard on SiteHoppin so you can use the following link to “site hop” tech blogs: http://SiteHoppin.com/Special:Random?tags=entrecard-tech&mode=2 We will be doing a special, “Site Hoppin’” through all Entrecard tech blogs and (hopefully) get an interesting post per each ... More

Posted in Circuits, Computer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Gadgets, Hack, Projects by max on the January 15th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
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January 14, 2008

DIY HACK - HOWTO build a “Fire Alarm” Alarm Clock

Wow, this has to be the loudest and best solution for you doozers. Ever sleep-in because your alarm clock wasn’t loud enough? With this design that is guaranteed not to happen! This hack takes a standard cheap alarm clock, some interface components and a fire alarm bell to get the job done right. Normally these small alarm clocks use a piezo buz ... More

Posted in Circuits, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Hack, Projects by max on the January 14th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
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January 6, 2008

DIY iPod HACK - Add Bluetooth to your iPod!!!

Tight, here’s some cool hacks on adding bluetooth to your iPod! 1st Ever Bluetooth-Enabled iPod! If you’re like me, you’ve often asked yourself why Apple has not added native Bluetooth capability to their iPod line up. Even the iPhone only supports mono Bluetooth! Sure, there are numerous adapters that plug into the iPod’s ... More

Posted in Audio, Circuits, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, Hack, iPod, mp3 by max on the January 6th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
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DIY HACK - HOWTO Use your iPod Touch as VOIP Phone!!!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Well, this isn’t actually a howto but it’s such a great hack, we had to the title. Watch the videos as the authors hack it into a VOIP phone. via Makezine Cons ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, Hack, Projects, VOIP, iPod Touch by max on the January 6th, 2008 at 10:19 am
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December 17, 2007

How To Make A “Secret Container” Out Of A LIGHTER

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s how to make a secret container out of your regular BIC lighter. Cool stuff. via instructables bic, Cool, Cool, cool_stuff, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Entertainment, Hack, Hack, lighter, Projects, Projects, secret, Video, Video ... More

Posted in Cool, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Hack, Projects, Video by max on the December 17th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
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Zedomax Christmas Wreath now on… Lifehacker!

TIgHT! We are on Lifehacker!!! Although it’s been almost a year since we last made that Christmas Wreath! Happy Holidays everybody! Special Thanks shotout to Tamar Weinberg for featuring it as a Weekend Project. You made my weekend! AOL, AOL, Blog, Blog, christmas, christmas_wreath, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DIY Zedomax, DIY Z ... More

Posted in AOL, Blog, Consumer, Cool, DIY Zedomax, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, Google, Hack, Projects, Social Networking, Web, Wordpress, Yahoo by max on the December 17th, 2007 at 2:31 am
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December 7, 2007

DIY HACK - PRANK on your boss’s Microsoft Excel if you don’t like him

Joe from HackNMod sent this hack where you can automatically close Microsoft Word when you victim type ‘E’. Just don’t blame me if you get fired. If you do get fired, you can start making whole bunch of paid wikis like me. Check out the directions here: What is the most common letter in the English language? E right? Well, wha ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Funny, Hack, Prank, Web by max on the December 7th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
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December 3, 2007

DIY Linux DoS HACK - HOWTO Limit your the max number of TCP connections to your Web Server!

I have been reading the following book called, Linux Server Hacks, which shows you many ways you can hack your Linux server so your server doesn’t die. This actually works since we just had a DoS attack about 5 minutes ago. (It seems like we are getting more and more DoS attacks these days. You can refer to the DDOS Deflate script also) He ... More

Posted in Blog, Computer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Hack, Linux, Ubuntu, Web by max on the December 3rd, 2007 at 12:25 pm
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November 24, 2007

DIY HACK - HOWTO make some sounds with Arduino! Sound Part 3 - Playing a Melody

Check out the Part 3 of “HOWTO make sounds with Ardunio” and learn to play melody. Bit-Banging Sound To bit-bang sound we toggle an output pin at the desired frequency. To play a musical note, we need to use specific frequencies and play the sound for a specific amount of time. Generating the desired frequency big-bang style means figu ... More

Posted in Arduino, Audio, Circuits, Cool, DoItYourself!, Hack, Microcontroller, Music by max on the November 24th, 2007 at 3:30 am
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November 23, 2007

DIY HACK - HOW TO Control an Arduino remotely with your browser!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This is kinda cool way to control an LCD hooked up to Ardunino with browsers including your mobile phone. In conclusion, this code may be pretty ragged, but the concept is what is important and it should be enough to get you started. You obviously can’t do any ... More

Posted in Circuits, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Hack, LCD, LED, Microcontroller by max on the November 23rd, 2007 at 3:21 am
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November 14, 2007

DIY HACK - HOWTO make some sounds with Arduino!

  So, you want to make some sounds with the Arduino you just bought last Friday? Check out uCHobby as they show you how to do some basic stuff with sound and Arduino including how to make “Hello World” sound using a PC speaker. This is the second in a series of articles about generating sound with an Arduino. The first article co ... More

Posted in Audio, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Hack, Microcontroller, Projects by max on the November 14th, 2007 at 1:39 am
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November 13, 2007

DIY HACK - HOWTO make your own Youtube site using PHPMotion!

So, you want to make your own YouTube site? Well, you can using some free software such as PHPMotion. We are working on a new video site (classified) but in the meanwhile you can make your own YouTube using this software. BE AWARE: PHPMotion is probably the hardest software to install ever and you probably would fail your first time around. Yo ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Hack, Video, Web by max on the November 13th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
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DIY HACK - HOWTO make a Solar-powered bike helmet with night lights!

Wow, it looks like there a lot of solar powered stuff that’s coming out lately. Check out this instructable that shows you how to make a solar powered bike helmet with night lights! This project could be done in many different ways and I spent a lot of time trying different parts and ideas. The key breakthroughs for me were to use 3 AAA bat ... More

Posted in Consumer, Design, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, Hack, Projects, Travel by max on the November 13th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
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iPhone HACK - Get the latest Jailbreak v.1.1.2 and hack your iPhone!

Check out this cool new Jailbreak v.1.1.2 for your iPhone. I am not sure what kind of features you get for installing this Jailbreak OS but does seem like a fun thing to do if you have couple iPhones laying around. Conceited Software has just released an updated version of “TouchFree” GUI based to Jailbreak the latest iPhone firmware ... More

Posted in Audio, Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Hack by max on the November 13th, 2007 at 12:16 am
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PS3 SIXAXIS HACK - HOWTO use your SixAxis Controller with Linux!

Well, this seems like it’s been floating around the net for awhile but it’d be cool to know how to use your PS3 SixAxis Controller with Linux. Check it out here: via Ps3Mods Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Games, Games, Hack, Hack, Linux, Linux, ps3, ps3, sixaxis_controller ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Gadgets, Games, Hack, Linux, ps3 by max on the November 13th, 2007 at 12:04 am
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Zune HACK - Install Zune on Windows XP Pro 64 bit

Check out this cool Zune HACK that let’s you install Zune on Windows XP Pro 64bit. It might be helpful for some of your Zune readers. We have managed to install Zune software on Windows XP Professional 64 Bit. The software looks to work without problems. See a screenshot and Learn howto install it on your machine using our tutorial… v ... More

Posted in Audio, Consumer, Cool, Gadgets, Hack by max on the November 13th, 2007 at 12:00 am
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November 12, 2007

DIY HACK - HOWTO make a Christmas Tree Projector!

If you ever need to prepare for Christmas this year and you DON’T want to bring a real Christmas tree into your house, you can prepare yourself right by making one of theses Christmas Tree Projectors! (Warning, your cat or dog might think it’s real…) This device, projects an image of a Christmas tree onto the wall. The size of ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Graphics, Hack, Household, LED, Projects by max on the November 12th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
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November 9, 2007

DIY HACK - HOWTO hack an industrial sewing machine!

Looks like Lady Ladyada hacked an industrial sewing machine. Definitely check it out. Unlike little portables which turn on the DC motor when the foot-lever is pressed, industrials use a clutch motor. The motor is running the moment you turn it on, and when the foot-lever is pressed, it moves the clutch towards the motor, engaging it. This means ...