Paint Your DSLR!
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Let’s face it. Aren’t we all tired of seeing black DSLRs? These fine folks over at DigitalRev sure are. They decided to paint their Nikon D90 a nice pink/magenta.
Check it out.
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Wireshark and Firefox release new versions
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Two big software releases came down today starting with Wireshark 1.2. They have added a bunch of new features including a 64 bit installer as well as better Mac OS X support. They have also added a number of new protocols as well as filter auto completes. Two of the more interesting features are geoip and open street map lookups. I don’t know about you but I am looking forward to trying this new software out.
The other release today of course was Mozilla’s stable release of Firefox 3.5. Spouting many new features from every orifice and little issues with add-on functionality (none if you install nightly tester tools as I do) it seems to be a great step forward if only some of the skin developers can keep up. I plan to test weave just as soon as possible but as with my last article this is being written from my touch which is helping greatly on my quest of daily contributions. *** this just in after installing the stable version of FF I had to no addons issues whatsoever***. For a full scoop either install it yourself or head over to lifehacker and check the articles comment section that’s where I always fund the little things I have missed.
The next development in MacBooks
Sunday, June 28th, 2009In an effort to contribute today I have brought you something a little bit on the lighter side. Here we have what could be the next evolution of a MacBook. First we had the MacBook Air now the next logical move the MacBook Airship (yeah yeah I know but I prefaced that cheesy comment with this will be a post on the lighter side).
MacBook Transforms Into Mini Jet – Watch more Funny Videos
Do you find your computer boring just sitting there? You might want to check this out
Friday, June 26th, 2009This one of a kind Mac Mod utilizes all of the default electronics from a LEGO Mindstorms NXT set. Crammed into the iconic Apple Power Mac G4 Cube’s famous “8-inch” (acrylic) cube are a LEGO NXT programmable brick, 3 interactive servo motors and all 4 sensors: touch, sound, light, and ultrasonic.
Area Code Listings
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007So, what’s a good thing to have when you’re phreaking or wondering where a call came from? A list of area codes of course! Here is a good size list of area codes that I compiled. It’s not 100% complete, but I think it is pretty decent.
All rights are reserved to those that helped me compile this list.
If you would like a PDF of this list you may download it here.
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Thumb Drive mod 2.0
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
This mod here is version 2.0 of the first thumbdrive mod (this one is slightly enhanced). This time around, I used the newest 1 Gig thumb drive from PNY to do the modification. My 512 died after dropping it on the ground really hard.
Guide is below the images. Feel free to share your projects in the comments area.
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Materials Used
1. (1) 1 GB PNY Attaché Thumbdrive
2. (1) 100 ohm resistor
3. (2) 3mm UV pink led (I would have put a 5mm in, but I don’t have any at the moment)
4. (1) Small Flathead screwdriver
5. Solder, I used 0.032″ diameter solder.
6. (2) Low guage wires, I’m not sure the size, I took it out of an old usb cable.
7. Some electricians’ tape (optional)
8. Solder Iron, I used a Weller iron that has voltage adjustment. Any 15W iron will work.
How I Did It
•1) I took the thumbdrive and I slid the plastic silver sleeve off of it. Mine came off easily because I’d taken it off a while back for another mod that I did. Yours might be a little tough to get off, just pull on it, it’ll come off eventually.
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•2) Then I took the small flathead screwdriver, placed it underneath the metal connector part of the usb connector and pryed up a little bit. This popped the secondary casing off. Some models have 4 little clips around the edges, be sure you bend those back first, they will release the casing halves pretty easily.
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•3) I then decided how I wanted to do this. I wanted the led to project the light towards the front of the thumbdrive, because this would allow it to distribute the light throughout the entire casing. I figured I would run wires all the way to the back of the casing and place the led in that way. That’s what I did (see picture #9) here it is with the points all soldered down and everything.
Note: the top most solder point is the negative connection. You’ll put the resistor on there. The bottom solder point is the Positive
After that, it was time to test it out. I did and it works. 
(picture #11)
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Since its working correctly it’s time to put the drive back together. Make sure you tuck all of the wires into the casing, you don’t want to risk pinching a wire. Slide the cover back on and there you have it. That’s all there is to it. Hopefully I’ll find a nice green or blue 5mm led somewhere so I can throw it in because the 3mm looks nice in the dark but it’s not blazing, you know? haha. Enjoy and have fun modding.
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(4.75 out of 5)
