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My favorite soldering tool is the Bernzomatic ST1100TS Micro Torch. It's a hefty gun-shaped butane-powered torch. The Bernzomatic torch is a versatile tool that I use for soldering, heat-shrinking, cutting and shaping plastic. It has one annoy...
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One of the many projects that have kept me busy lately has been my iMacquarium. I haven't been able to find a site with plans or tips so I buckled down and made one from scratch.
I documented the build and I put together a quick-and-easy plan for moddi...
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It's possible. Yes, it's even likely that the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" movie will be the worst movie ever made in all of time and space.
I used to see Douglas Adams at conventions all the time. There was always a Q&A session and he was alway...
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There's a hardware-grid available on Apple's web site to show which computers will be able to run Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger.
It appears from the upgrade web page that although the Pismo G3 PowerBook meets the basic requirements, Tiger will not install on a Pi...
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The French site MacTouch has posted a few speed comparisons between Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and OS X 10.4 Tiger on several different computers.
Tiger is generally faster than Panther on all Macs tested, but G5 users will see the largest speed boost. Except...
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A lot of my friends are nuts over "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Well... a lot of my friends are just plain nuts. I watched the show and appreciate it, but overall I'm not a fan.
There are, however, episodes of "Buffy" that touch upon a substantive Jungia...
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The next album from Nine Inch Nails isn't due until May, but Mac users can get a preview by downloading a track from their upcoming album for free from their website.
That sounds quite common, doesn't it? Isn't everybody making tracks available on their ...
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It happens every year or so -- usually when the newsfeeds are acting up. I'll be tweaking the site design over the next several weeks, so expect the occasional hiccup....
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This is something really cool that I have only just discovered: The VersaLaser.
It's a desktop laser in a box that connects to a computer in the same manner as a USB printer. You print images to it and it either cuts out the shapes or etches it into such...
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From the "It's in Our Constitution, Why Aren't WE Doing This?" file...
As reported on AfterDawn.com:
The Paris Court of Appeals ruled against media companies last week in support of fair use by consumers of lawfully purchased DVD discs. The ruling does ...
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Movie Review: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Beware Modest Spoilers!
The most profound feeling that I have at the end of the second "Star Wars" trilogy is simple relief that it's finally over and at least the last film wasn't so badly bo...
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The aforementioned site changes are in the works. Expect a few tweaks over the next couple of days as the site's look is modernized.
There's a frail empty shell sitting in my closet. It is the remains of my Clear G3 mod, which has now been gutted. Don't ...
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In case you don't watch late night television, the ColdHeat tool promises quick and easy soldering, heating up when the tip comes in contact with a conductive surface and cooling down almost instantly when the job is done.
I picked up a ColdHeat solderi...
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Now this is a great URL to pass on to your friends with iPods. It's The Telltale Weekly Audiobook Library, a project to create and distribute audiobooks from public domain works.
Presently, the books are not free. Prices typically range from $.25 cents t...
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For those of you who get invisible or missing files when expanding Stuffit archives under OS X: Your files aren't really invisible or missing. Drag a file or a folder into the folder that contains your "invisible" files, then close and open the folder aga...
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Are you using an alternative browser because you can't figure out how to get rid of the annoying download warnings in Safari 2.0?
In order to prevent malicious applications from automatically executing when they are downloaded and opened, Safa...
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Per ZDNet Australia, Sophos -- a company that only incidentally makes money from exploiting people's fear of viruses and malware -- has offered another in a series of selfless public service announcements, this time reporting the most dire news yet:
The...
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I've been experimenting with the right way to move old VHS videos to DVD and this is what I have come up with.
I use a stand-alone DVD recorder connected directly to a VHS deck, rather than recording onto my computer. This frees up my computer for other ...
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For a cash purchase of 1 item at Best Buy, I am now the proud owner of a 28-inch long paper-receipt. This ridiculous waste of paper is the consequence of an insidious scheme to sell my (and your) personal information under the guise of a contest and innoc...
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On Monday, the world was introduced to my latest creation, the MII G3 Integrated Component Mod -- so called because it takes a classic beige G3 and turns it into an integrated part of a stereo component system for audio and more. It's the next evolutionar...
