Did you know that your microwave is more than just a simple leftover reheater? A couple weeks ago I heard about a study which showed that nuking a grungy sponge for 2 minutes was effective at sterilizing it. This was quickly followed by reports of a number of small fires involving dry sponges. Lesson learned: […]
As a longtime Flickr user (i.e., one of the “old-skool” users who just now needs to start signing in with my Yahoo! account), I’ve never had more fun editing a book than I did with
Thanks to everyone for reading, suggesting sites, and requesting hacks. We’re thrilled and inspired to see the support, enthusiasm, and curiosity we’ve received in the short period of time we’ve been running Hackszine. Though most readers get what we’re up to, we’ve also seen a vocal minority who seem to think (or hope) we’re offering […]
It looks like a lot of work has been done in the last month toward building a C-like programming environment for the Mindstorms NXT brick. While ditching the graphical programming environment isn’t the best thing for everyone, if you’ve used NQC for the original Mindstorms, you know how many hacking opportunities it exposed, even with […]
Apropos of my previous post today, in which I mentioned that Stikkit would “likely be the source of great productivity hacks in the future,” I’m happy to report that the future begins in earnest now. Just in from Stikkit HQ, Rael tips us off to the brand-new Stikkit API: As much as we believe in […]
CWF wrote: “My students are all very innocent and naive users of Windows XP. What I have in mind is to leave them each with a Linux LiveCD or two that they’ll be able to use as a rescue disc in case they get malware installing itself. So, the best way to teach this, I […]
If you use Google Notifier on your Mac to keep tabs on your Gmail messages and Google Calendar events but are disappointed by the limit of messages/events the Notifier shows before banishing the rest to a “View more…” submenu, this hack’s for you. MacInformant points to this useful Easter egg divulged by David Phillip Oster, […]
