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Category Archives: D.I.Y.
iPhone Ringtones
If you’re not up to making your own ringtones for the iPhone with Garageband you should try out Audiko. Audiko, has pre-made ringtones as mp3s, m4r (for the iPhone), and AMR-nb formatted are all available. N.B. The file SentMessage.caf is used for the sent SMS tone.
Backup data using Amazon’s S3 on the Mac
There are other solutions to backups not involving Amazon’s S3. If you insist on using S3, this seems like the easiest solution, the comments hold particular value; suggested usage includes rdiffs and swapping out launchd for Automator and ical. Read the article here.
Build Your Own UPS
This article doesn’t need much explanation and I’m eager to attempt it. Mike Howes at Icrontic has written an awesome how-to. Read more here.
Portable Cygwin
Cygwin; the Linux like environment for Windows, is another terribly useful application that can be a bit difficult to get installed properly (at least for us Cygwin novices). You can find some pretty good advice here. If you’re looking to get Cygwin installed on a USB drive look no further; download cygwin for USB, and …
Make Skype Portable
Through the magic of the Internet, this post, other people’s hard work, and l33t ninja haxor skills I bring you a portable skype install (for Windows). You could do this yourself pretty easily by following these directions. Download Skype Install Skype to a folder any folder, I prefer a folder called “skype” on the Desktop. …
Rebuild Laptop Batteries
Jay’s Technical Talk has a step by step tutorial on how to rebuild your laptop battery. Since it happens to every good laptop, it’s worth knowing how to do this. While a replacement battery costs over $100.00 Li-Ion cells cost under $6. Replacing internal cells is not for the faint of heart; soldering and is …
DIY Handcranked Cell Phone Charger
It’s official, I’ve added a D.I.Y. category. As I’ve said before, nothing is better than D.I.Y. well maybe free is better. All you need is one of those hand-cranked flashlights, a screw driver, an old cell phone charger (car) and some soldering skills. The Hole – video powered by Metacafe Link via Gizmodo
Turn the iPod Mini Into A Flash-based Player
Boy, I like me some DIY. With CF cards still growing in size, and shrinking in cost this makes pretty good sense. CF cards use less juice than a harddrive, take more of a beating, and come in sizes of up to 16 GB. If you’ve got an old iPod-mini lying around why not convert …