Posts Tagged ‘hardware’

Shiny New Toy? 7-Step Checklist for New Gadget Nirvana

Got a new gadget? Maybe it's a beautiful new iPod, Blackberry, or camera. We've seen a lot of debris from these gadgets in our organizing work... empty boxes, drawers and bins full of old cords and cables, and files full of obsolete manuals. Here's my 7-step checklist for making sure your gadget has the best possible life!1. Look at the return policy. Right when you get home with your new… Continue reading

August 18 2008 | By Lorie | Tagged: gadget, hardware, organization, Technology, theft | 6 comments»

Increase Productivity and Relieve Pain with the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard

If you have been looking for a way to increase your productivity without having to train your mind to think or behave in a completely new way, then many will point you to the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard. Well, they're wrong, as I discovered; the time and effort to re-train your mind is quite extensive, but the time spent is worthwhile!If you're prepared to make some sacrifices - or rather… Continue reading

February 12 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: dvorak, hardware, health, keyboard, Productivity, Technology | 38 comments»

How to Make Invisible Ink for Ink-jet Printers

I think many of us tried invisible ink pen before. It's fun and sometimes useful to send secret messages - but wouldn't be better to have this capability on your inkjet printer? Sounds like something out of a James Bond movie? No, you can do it as well. Here is a video to show you how to make a invisible ink print cartridge. You will need an empty inkjet print… Continue reading

July 6 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: hardware, ink, printer, printing | 7 comments»

10 Ways To Recycle That Old Computer

The way new computer prices are dropping, it's becoming less useful to hold on to those computers that have passed their prime. The problem is, however, that these things aren't the easiest things to get rid of responsibly.This Top 10 from Free Geekery runs through what may be the best ways to do so. They were kind enough to provide a lot of links in their descriptions so check… Continue reading

May 11 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: hardware, recycle | 2 comments»

AA and AAA “Free” Battery Hacks

Two hacks on batteries surfaced recently. One on AA battery and the other one on AAA battery.

Personal Finance Advice discovers all disposable cameras have a battery (usually AA battery) in them which are there for powering the flash. Most of the time, when you take your disposable camera to develop your firm, the store will open the camera, get the film and throw it away. So it is possible… Continue reading

December 27 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: battery, hardware, Lifehack | 2 comments»

Hipster POD: Adding An iPod To Your Hipster PDA

Over at Podophile loves their iPod and figured a way to carry their Hipster PDA (index cards) along with their iPod. The integration itself is a big hack and involves using two index cards and some scotch tape to make a pocket for the iPod. Positively the size of both index card and iPod are accommodated with each other and it could fit into pocket comfortably:Before we get started… Continue reading

December 13 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: hardware, ipod, pda | no comments»

10 Ways to Extend Laptop Battery Life

When you travel with your laptop, you would want long battery life. It's extremely important when you travel on the plane, where you have all the time to be productive, but the battery couldn't last as long as your concentration - ouch. Looks no further though, Sam Phillips at On The Beach suggests 10 ways to extend your laptop battery life:

Only run what you need
Kill extraneous process
Be gentle
Adjust your screen

December 5 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: battery, hardware, travel | 6 comments»

An Analog Clock that links to Google Calendar

I want one. Ambient Clock has the cool factor - It is a new clock design (not yet manufactured) that syncs with Google Calendar.Eager to try it out? No problem. It has an online version now for your Google Personalized Homepage where you can try it out now online. Now that's an innovation - develop a web application to test for a real product market.If you like… Continue reading

October 27 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: clock, hardware | 7 comments»

Remove Logos from your PDA with Sugar

This is an easy hack where you can remove any logo from your PDA or cellphone - like the branding logo from your service provider. The key is to use sugar cube to firmly rub on the logo. The sugar crystals are strong enough to remove the logo, but it is not strong enough to scratch the metal case.Disclaimer: Use this hack at your own risk, and… Continue reading

September 12 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: hack, hardware, pda | no comments»

Top 10 Greatest Tools Round Up

Best manual for your toolbox ever. If you have one of the tools, save this list, and read them when you want to get most usage out of it. To round up what Reg Adkins' series on top 10 greatest tools:

September 4 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: hardware, tool | 4 comments»

Revive a submerged cell phone

Anne has an experience where she dropped her phone in the toilet - the worse thing you could do on your phone. The phone didn't work but she tried to revive it using the oven and blow dryer and the phone life has been extended for a period of time. Try this at your own risk of course but if your phone is not working already then i don't think… Continue reading

July 7 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: hardware, mobile | 110 comments»

Wiring VoIP to your phone jacks

An elegant hack to use VoIP is to hook it up to the house's phone jacks. This is very useful because you could have VoIP connection around your house, without the need of wireless phone. Engadget has a quick how-to on wiring your VoIP around your house without any soldering irons - quick and easy if you know what you are doing:... The idea for this one is pretty easy… Continue reading

June 21 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: hardware, phone | 1 comment»

How-To: Add USB power to your alarm clock

A hardware hack featured by engadget catches my eye today. It is pretty cool and useful because you could run a little accessories with your alarm clock power (like USB fans, light etc). You could also charge up your mobile while you sleep without putting your mobile far away from your bed:

Your machine is modded out. It's got plexi hard drive windows, silent fans ,and it's half… Continue reading

June 14 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: hack, hardware | no comments»

How-to: Wall mounting a LCD or Plasma

The greatest advantage of LCD and Plasma TV is that it is thin in size, and they are just perfect to mount it on the wall to save spaces. Normally it should be mounted by a professional installer, but if you are bold enough, Home Theater Blog has a quick how-to on it:

Over the weekend I helped a friend wall mount a Panasonic LCD and thought to… Continue reading

May 31 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: hardware, home | 9 comments»

Homemade Air Conditioning

Are you tight on budget, meaning you couldn't buy a air conditioning for this summer? Well, if you have $25 dollar and time, hack together a homemade air conditioning! Probably this is not the best design in the world - but hey, this is better than sweating!

Here's the basic setup. The garbage can is filled with ice water, which is then fed by gravity (a siphon) through… Continue reading

May 29 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: hardware, Lifehack | 4 comments»

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