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January 23, 2012 Off

1Weather Is a Detailed and Free Weather App for Android

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Android: If you’ve been underwhelmed with the weather apps in the Android Market, 1Weather is feature packed, free, and definitely worth checking out. 1Weather stuffs an enormous amount of data into a single application. Using it you can check t…

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January 20, 2012 Off

Geek Trivia: What Was The First Sci-Fi Film Shot In Space?

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What Was The First Sci-Fi Film Shot In Space?1) Stellarium2) Apogee of Fear3) Planet Z4) Station CrisisThink you know the answer?

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January 20, 2012 Off

Link Finds Ganon’s Weakness [Video]

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Who knew that it annoyed Ganon as much as it annoyed the rest of us? Dorkly Bits: Link Finds Ganon’s Weakness How To Customize Photoshop’s Panels, Shortcuts and Menus Stupid Photoshop Tricks: Create An Optical Illusion Double Port…

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January 20, 2012 Off

What You Said: How And Why You Jailbreak Your Devices

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Earlier this week we asked you to share the reasons you jailbroke your devices and the tools you used. Now we’re back with a roundup of great reader comments. Overwhelmingly the reasoning readers gave was simple: you own the device and you want to …

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January 20, 2012 Off

Play Skyrim On Your Graphing Calculator [Video]

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It’s not exactly a 3D port with stunning views of a virtual world but, for some Friday fun at the back of the class, it does bring the world of Skyrim to you. Courtesy of programmer N09sniper you can now play a text-based port of Skyrim on your …

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January 20, 2012 Off

Notification Control Streamlines Changing Your Email Notifications

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You get all sorts of notices from various services–Facebook, Twitter, YouTube–and you never get around to modifying them. Notification Control is a web dashboard with direct links to 14 popular services so you can toggle in a single swoop. …

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January 19, 2012 Off

From the Tips Box: DIY iPad Styluses, Easy Cable Organizing, and Dirt Cheap Wi-Fi Antennas

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Once a week we dump out the tips box to share great reader tips with everyone; this week we’re looking at DIY iPad styluses, easy cable organizing, and how to hack your own dirt-cheap signal extending Wi-Fi antennas. Stupid Photoshop Tricks: Cr…

January 19, 2012 Off

Geek Trivia: What Is The Fastest Selling Consumer Electronic Device Of All Time?

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What Is The Fastest Selling Consumer Electronic Device Of All Time?1) Nintendo DS2) Wii3) Kinect4) iPadThink you know the answer?

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January 19, 2012 Off

Roll Your Own Radar Gun With This Low-Cost Coffee Can Build

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This informative guide both explains the principles of radar-based speed measurement and shows you how to build a radar gun/radar imager using coffee cans and electronics parts. This multi-purpose build will help you do everything from measure the spe…

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January 19, 2012 Off

Portals Enhance Any Roommate Relationship [Video]

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Is there anything access to a portal gun can’t improve? Watch as two roommates duke it out, Portal style. [via Neatorama] Stupid Photoshop Tricks: Create An Optical Illusion Double Portrait How To Fix Shockwave Flash Crashes in Google C…

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January 19, 2012 Off

Every Presentation Ever: Communication Fail [Video]

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We cannot be responsible for any horrible flashbacks you may have while watching this all-to-realistic parody of the horrors of awkward PowerPoint-drive presentations. The above video from Growing Leaders is a bit like watching The Office: entertainin…

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January 19, 2012 Off

The Science Behind Bursting Water Balloons [Video]

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Come for the water balloons bursting in ultra-slow motion on a glass plate, but stay for the absolutely mesmerizing videos of balloons bursting underwater. Around 3 minutes into the video the close up shots of the underwater burst looks like some sort…

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January 18, 2012 Off

Ask The Readers: How And Why Do You Jailbreak/Root Your Devices?

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Jailbreaking or rooting a device is a method used to gain deeper access to and more control over the device. This week we’re interested in hearing about all the way you jailbreak/root and why you do it. Whether you’ve jailbroken your iPhon…

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January 18, 2012 Off

Geek Trivia: What Video Game Had The Longest Gap Between Its First Release And Sequel?

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What Video Game Had The Longest Gap Between Its First Release And Sequel?1) Rampage2) Gauntlet3) The Legend of Kage4) OutrunThink you know the answer?

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January 18, 2012 Off

Manual Photography Cheat Sheet Is a Crash Course in Manual Camera Settings

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Don’t be daunted by switching your camera to manual, this easy to read cheat sheet will highlight the main settings and how they relate to a properly exposed photo. Courtesy of Miguel Yatco, the cheat sheet details exposure, aperture, shutter sp…

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