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Looks like if you’re a member of the ARRL you can order this kit, I’ll see what I can dig up… – “The ARRL Amateur Radio Education and Technology Program has cooked up a packaged project that detects and decodes the infrared messages from a TV remote. You probably have a number of them around […]
Use iTunes to sync your MP3s with non-iPods – “BadApple is a free plug-in for iTunes which allows you to sync your music library to any MP3 player (not just an iPod). After downloading and installing the software, you will have a “Sync to MP3 player” link you can click on from within iTunes. This […]
Ned writes – “A novel idea for making a standard optical mouse operate in mid-air. Make sure you check out the video for a demonstration and instructions for making your own.” – Link.
Kurced @ Oldskoolphreak has a how-to I’m going to if I can get working with Asterisk – “As most of you know SkypeOut is free until the end of 2006, and using headsets is all nice and fun, but I know I’d rather use a real phone. Cordless or otherwise, here’s a way to use […]
The new Macbook’s aren’t the only laptops you can knock, slap and bump to perform commands – “For the first time, you can hit your computer and get a meaningful response! Using Linux and the Hard Drive Active Protection System (HDAPS) kernel drivers, you can access the embedded accelerometers on Lenovo (formerly IBM) ThinkPads, then […]
Clever use for all that email spam… – “The ASCII values found in the text of spam messages determine the attributes and qualities of the Spam Plants” [via] – Link.
Interesting, if you have a DELL Optiplex GX520 and put a cell phone near the CDROM drive as you receive a SMS/TXT (or perhaps a call) – it will shut down the computer – “The bug appears when you put your mobile phone close to the cd-rom unit of the dell and then recieve a […]
