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Custom Segways – Segways Hacked! – Heavy Duty Segway and Segway Centaur!

Posted on March 28, 2008 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny6UFRvRXss

This heavy duty segway features like 6 car rims, which probably slows it down but innovative.

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l486tKKIifY

And check out this Segway Centaur, it’s the shi*!

via HackedGadgets

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DIY HACK How To Hack An RFID Credit Card For $8!

Posted on March 28, 2008 by max

This video shows how vulnerable an RFID credit card is because it’s not very well encrypted signals. I am sure the makers of RFID credit cards will change this soon but until then, make sure to keep your RFID credit cards in your metal business case or an Altoids can. Great thing, I am still old-school and haven’t used an RFID credit card.[

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Funny Googledoc or is it GoogleDocs?

Posted on March 26, 2008 by max

Today, I was going to goto my GoogleDocs to edit a new Press Release for our new Beer Stock Market system on SiteHoppin. (Btw, I am on break today, so don’t shoot me for not having any gadget or DIY posts)

Here’s a fun experiment you can do for today. Go to Google and type “Googledoc̶

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Beer Stock Market – Internet User Venture Capital!

Posted on March 25, 2008 by max

Hi all,I’ve been busy building this “online stock” market over at SiteHoppin.com.

Go check it out as we just launched it…and I need some rest from 5 straight days of ridiculous coding…

SiteHoppin Beer Stocks are “internet stocks”, we call IUVC (Internet User Venture Capital), that allow you to buy into our new company without having to invest millions, unlike

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Microsoft Vista – one of the biggest blunders in technology!

Posted on March 24, 2008 by max

I was site hoppin’ over at Gizmodo today and for some reason their posts were down but I had the pleasure of watching their flash ad.

Hope you enjoy and why are all computer dealers/manufacturers still shipping their PCs and laptops with Vista installed? At least let the people have an option to have XP pre-installed. (Yes, that means you Dell, HP, Compaq, Sony, etc…etc… why are you guys so dumb and promote a “dumb” Vista? Yes, you g

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DIY HACK – How to make a cheap Lie Detector!

Posted on March 24, 2008 by max

video://www.metacafe.com/watch/947948/fun_with_a_lie_detector/

Here’s a funny cheap lie detector you can make. I don’t know if it really works since there’s no circuit diagrams but you can find lots of lie detector circuit diagrams on the internet like this one I found in about 5 seconds:

Yes, these lie detectors probably won’t work on cats, maybe try dogs. 🙂

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DIY HACK – How to make your own UPS for your computer and other peripherals during power outage!

Posted on March 22, 2008 by max

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 desktop PC, it’d p

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DIY HACK – How to make your own Laptop Stands and let your Laptop last longer!

Posted on March 22, 2008 by max

Check out some of these really cool ways you can make your own Laptop stands. My favorite is as seen above, the wine corks and PVC pipe stand.

Btw, these are really great ways to make your laptop live longer. Without any space between the desk and the laptop, you are practically killing and overheating your laptop. Most people don’t r

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