The Amazon Web Services Blog reveals a simple search syntax to turn Google into your own personal (free) Napster: -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “Nirvana” Just replace Nirvana with a song or artist of your choice to display a results page of indexes that contain downloadable MP3s. P.S. Don’t steal […]
I thought putting my camera on a tripod and using the timed shot was a good trick for gadget close-ups, but this is tons more fun. Nikon’s Camera Control Pro ($79, 30 day trial available) lets you remotely control a compatible camera from your computer. I can’t figure out how to do a preview, but […]
There’s a study in the journal Science (abstract here) that found that recent declarative memories (facts and experiences) were better recalled when subjects were cued with a scent during the memorization process and again during slow wave sleep. Procedural memories, such as learning to ride a bike, were not improved by the scent cues. I’m […]
Our resident Windows hacker, Preston Gralla, has another great article up at Computerworld, this time about maintaining your online privacy in the face of increased snooping from the government, web sites, and private businesses (an expanded update to a hack of the same name that originally appeared in Windows XP Hacks, 2E Call for Hacks: […]
In the latest installment of Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools, Alexander Rose shows how to use Google Earth to provide cost-effective GPS mapping in real time: I have been doing a lot of exploring and surveying in the desert recently, and have been trying to find the right GPS mapping solution. The solution I found incorporated […]
This robot, made by Josh Bongard, Victor Zykov, and Hod Lipson, is capable of discovering its physical properties and using this discovered body model to develop a successful walking gait. The real feat comes when engineers remove a part of its leg: The robot senses a change in its structure and begins walking in a […]
If you press F1 in an older program on Vista, you’re in for a disappointment; the old help format is not supported in Vista. However, Microsoft has made the old Windows Help program available as a free download. – [via] Link
