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Monday, November 15, 2010

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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Give an old laptop new life

Give an Old Laptop New Life with Cheap (or Free) Projects

Source: Lifehacker.com


Like a famed race horse or a classic book, you don't just throw away a laptop because it's banged up a little. Even if it seems outdated and underpowered, most any laptop is still small, quiet, and relatively low on power consumption, making it a seriously valuable spare to keep handy—even without a working screen. With some free software, a little know-how, and some creative thinking about your home network, nearly any old laptop can find its second wind, and today I'll run through some of the best ways to get it there.Photo by daveynin.

Create a no-monitor, low-power spare system

So everything on your laptop runs just fine—except the screen, the most important (and expensive) part. That's not a death knell, just a chance for re-purposing. Set your laptop up somewhere near your router, connect it with network cable, then read up on how to set up your system to run "headless" with any OS and only when you wake it up. That way, you've got a computer that uses a bare minimum of power and doesn't neeed no fancy screen to convert a file, download a big file, or serve as a temporary backup box. But if your system lacks Wake on LAN abilities, or you're just looking for more use out of that laptop, you could always ...

Convert it to a home server

torrentbox_cropped.jpgThe idea of a "server" usually conjures images of rack-mounted, temperature-controlled boxes, or at least a desktop system, but a laptop's power-scaling abilities, small size, and built-in screen can actually make for a quietly-great unit. You could put it next to your printer to allow printing from anywhere, use a browser to get it grabbing BitTorrents in Windows or Mac systems, or set up your own web server for grabbing files or hosting things like your personal Wiki. Oh, and don't forget your multi-purpose media server, if you've got the hard drive space. Once you're set up and have enabled outside access, the world—or at least your files at home—is at your fingertips.

Make a better digital photo frame

lapframe_scaled.jpgUnless you avoided the big stores entirely last holiday season, you've probably noticed the boom in digital picture frames—those small $100-and-up devices with not-so-amazing screens and a canned slideshow ability. If you know your laptop isn't much for getting anything done these days, consider bending it over backwards to make for a sizable, attention-grabbing frame that can show whatever you want and possibly even grab photos as they're dropped on a main computer. Instructables has a highly detailed guide to taking apart a MacBook to get started, while Popular Science shows an alternate scheme using an old ThinkPad. To keep your spare laptop from becoming a power draw (or running long and hot), consider setting up timers to run your "frame" only during your waking hours.

Make it fly again with lightweight Linux

If you're shelfing your trusty road warrior mostly because it just runs ... so ... slow, consider that it's not always the laptop's fault. Most modern operating systems aren't designed to give you only the web, email, document handling, and a little multimedia, but there is an entire OS realm that is that can make your old system seem new again. Here are a few free, open-source recommendations and what an old laptop might get out of them:
  •  Puppy Linux: Very slim (97 MB) distribution, but retains a basically smooth and polished interface, with apps to cover common computer uses.
  • Damn Small Linux: For really, really fast and light performance with a straight-up interface. A system smaller than 50 MB that can run on a machine with a minimum of 16 MB memory (assuming you can boot/load it on there).
  • Xubuntu: Puts the Ubuntu methodology and software support into a lighter, XFCE-based desktop (check out its look and newest features here). For an even lighter kind of "Damn Small Ubuntu," try Fluxbuntu.
  • gOS: gos_cropped.jpgFor those who live inside their browser, gOS isn't so much a gimmicky "Wal-Mart OS" as a webapp-focused version of Ubuntu, with a lightweight window manager (Enlightenment) and an OS X-like bottom dock containing most of what you need.

Convert its LCD into a Stand-Alone Monitor

second_monitor_scaled.jpgNot for the faint of heart or unsteady of hand, this Instructables guide runs you through the basics of turning a perfectly good LCD laptop screen into a vertical-mounted monitor. Havingl pulled apart a laptop myself to replace a monitor cable, I can just tell you that you should go real slow, and make sure you have a place to put all the spare screws and parts during disassembly.

Salvage an external backup drive from it

enclosure_scaled.jpgAssuming your laptop didn't die from hard drive failure, those little magnetic platters inside it can make for a really handy pocket-sized external drive. Follow Lifehacker alum Rick Broida's instructions on properly enclosing a 2.5" drive, and you'll have avoided paying a premium for a seriously useful addition to your computer inventory. Photo by Justin Ruckman.

Extend your wireless coverage

If wireless coverage throughout your house is hit or miss, your best bet is to do a little DIY router upgrading. If, however, your router can't handle Tomato or DD-WRT boost, your trusty laptop can serve as a temporary booster. laptop_wireless_cropped.jpgIf your trusty laptop is running OS X, Vista, or XP, you can turn on its hot spot abilities with only minor tweaking. Linux users should check out this Linux.com tutorial for general guidance, while Ubuntu fans can get more specific instructions here. Finally, those who also keep an Xbox on their network but think Microsoft's $100 wireless adapter is a bit much can jerry-rig that shelved laptop to serve as a stand-in. I tried to cover the basics and a few quirky ideas for an old-but-trusted laptop, but many of you have years of experience on me in this area. What's the coolest, or most useful, thing you've done with an old laptop? What do you wish you could do with it? Share your tales and wishes in the comments.
Kevin Purdy, associate editor at Lifehacker, hopes he never has to part ways with his ThinkPad. His weekly feature, Open Sourcery, appears every Friday on Lifehacker.

Send an email to Kevin Purdy, the author of this post, at kevin@lifehacker.com.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The new Shii from Nintendo

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College Humor




By: Streeter Seidell


Computer:Monitor, display this document, ok?

Monitor: No prob, boss.

Computer
: OK, now it looks like Mouse is moving around so, Monitor, will you move the pointer icon accordingly?

Monitor
: Anything you ask, boss.

Computer
: Great, great. OK, Mouse, where are you going now?

Mouse
: Over to the icon panel, sir.

Computer
: Hmm, Let me know if he clicks anything, OK?

Mouse
: Of course.

Keyboard
: Sir, he's pressed control and P simultaneously.

Monitor
: Oh God, here we go.

Computer
: *sighs* Printer, are you there?

Printer
: No.

Computer
: Please, Printer. I know you're there.

Printer
: NO! I'm not here! Leave me alone!

Computer
: Jesus. OK look, you really ne...

Mouse
: Sir, he's clicked on the printer icon.

Computer
: Printer, now you have to print it twice.

Printer
: NO! NO! NO! I don't want to! I hate you! I hate printing! I'm turning off!

Computer
: Printer, you know you can't turn yourself off. Just print the document twice and we'll leave you alone.

Printer
: NO! That's what you always say! I hate you! I'm out of ink!

Computer
: You're not out of in...

Printer
: I'M OUT OF INK!

Computer
: *Sighs* Monitor, please show a low ink level alert.

Monitor
: But sir, he has plen...

Computer
: Just do it, damn it!

Monitor
: Yes sir.

Keyboard
: AHHH! He's hitting me!

Computer
: Stay calm, he'll stop soon. Stay calm, old friend.

Keyboard
: He's pressing everything. Oh god, I don't know, he's just pressing everything!

Computer
: PRINTER! Are you happy now?! Do you see what you've done?!

Printer
: HA! that's what you get for trying to get me to do work. Next time he...hey...HEY! He's trying to open me! HELP! HELP! Oh my god! He's torn out my cartridge! HELP! Please! ERROR!

Monitor
: Sir, maybe we should help him?

Computer
: No. He did this to himself.

The Domestic Transformer, 24 rooms packed into 300 sq. ft. Pure awesomeness!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

We Have Come A Long Way!

Real Transformers

The Tiny Robot that Can Crawl Through Your Veins—And Treat Your Tumors

The Tiny Robot that Can Crawl Through Your Veins—And Treat Your Tumors

The Tenth Dimension - Science - Science Funny Pictures, Funny Videos, Cool Videos, Humor for geeks in all of us!

The Tenth Dimension - Science -

Light Touch projector makes any surface a touchscreen

The 101 Coolest Easter Eggs Hidden in Your Software, DVDs and Video Games

Infinite USB


The Infinite USB, a new kind of USB Plug, provides a USB port when it occupies one. There is no limitation of the USB port of labtop anymore. By Gonglue Jiang.

Pok-E-Bowser

Enter to Win A NEW XBOX SLIM & a copy of HALO REACH

Exciting offer from Avault and Play N Trade.

Open-source cell phone network could cut costs to $2 per month

With Motion Control right around the corner for the other 2 consoles lets look at past failures

 

Gears 3 Screenshots

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Is this a 4G negative Dive Top Gun Style?

Fun with Vortex rings

Ostendo CRVD Gaming Monitor: It's The Stone Cold Nuts

Comes with  a huge 43-inch curved screen with a resolution of 2880 x 900 pixels. Ostendo CRVD also adopts the latest LED technology to deliver bright and accurate colors, and a super fast response time of less than .02 milliseconds, so Ostendo CRVD has no ghosting in videos and animations.Additionally, the CRVD’s ultra-wide 32:10 aspect ratio is 180% wider than 16:9 displays and 240% wider than 4:3 displays. The Ostendo CRVD retails for a hefty $6499.

The Ctrl Alt Del Tool

If only Billy Mays was alive to hock it.

QlockTwo – time in words

Another cool clock.  Bonus...this one doesn't erase itself.

QlockTwo – time in words

Trace of Time Clock Erases Itself

Trace of Time Clock Erases Itself

The one alarm clock with potential to ruin your life!

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PicoCool - Tyrant Alarm Clock Will Ruin Your Life

The clock syncs up with your cell phone, randomly goes through your contact list, and then calls someone different every three minutes after your intended wake up time. It displays in a large size the name of the person who’s about to get their own wake up call from you. The potential for it to call someone and in some way completely ruin your life is huge. A disaster waiting to happen, which would make it the ideal alarm clock.

11 yr. old girls writes to Nintendo & Nintendo answers.

Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves