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Support for Win XP, Win 7, 3D acceleration
SoftXpand (Requires service pack 1)
ASTER
Support for Win XP only, 3D acceleration
Friendly Seats (Win 7 software in development)"Anyone who has dug their old computer or console out of the cupboard or loft for some retro gaming will probably have noticed that it maybe hasn’t worn too well with the test of time. The plastics these machines were made of is called ABS and to make it flame retardant the plastics manufacturers added chemicals that caused the plastic turn yellow or, even worse, brown over a long period of time" <- AND HOW TO CLEAN IT !
build a cheap Multitouch Table
from 95 to 60 dollars
"This is a site for large data sets and the people who love them: the scrapers and crawlers who collect them, the academics and geeks who process them, the designers and artists who visualize them."
usb
"offline update 3.0 script collection downloads the entire body of updates for Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003 from Microsoft's servers in one fell swoop and then uses them to create patch packages on CD, DVD or USB stick."
"I love the idea of hacking antiques, using electronics to update their functionality or change it completly. I came up with this concept for an antique weather clock, instead of telling the time it tells you the weather."
The How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit
"For those of us who are non-stop workaholics, doing nothing can actually be pretty difficult! If you're like the Energizer bunny in that you keep going, and going, and going, here's how to stop once in a while and just do nothing."
- Get a blank piece of paper. /
- Draw some sort of monster on it, but don't fill up the page. Use a pencil so you can erase when he gets hurt. / ...
an iBook bag made with a t-shirt
DIY laptop bag with an handle
technique for adding simple bar charts or sparkline-like diagrams within the cells of an Excel spreadsheet. the already built-in Excel REPT function repeats any text entry a certain number of times. for instance, REPT(”X”,5) results in “XXXXX”.
why not having fun with your neighbours stealing your wifi internet access instead of encrypting it ? - DHCP server codes
captures models & textures from any DX9 application, exports it to the 3DR format (importable in 3DSMax)
you'll need silicone & liquid plastic
how to simulate visual glitches with Max/MSP + Jitter
Del.icio.us is great for sharing bookmarks. It can even make a daily post to your blog. Unfortunately, the built-in feature has two shortcomings:
- It only supports the MetaWeblog API
- You can't change the appearence easily
Instructions For Making The Red-Heel Sock Monkey Toy