Archive for the ‘Life Hacks’ Category

CameraSensor

CameraSensor is a small .NET application that does some automatic action when a certain level of motion is detected in front of your webcam.
As an example I’ve set my webcam to have a look on my telephone and twitts a picture when motion occurs (e.g. on new incoming call).
As a result, you get the caller [...]

Cum protejam SD-Cardurile de Virusi? [HowTo]

Se pare ca multi au uitat de floppy-uri.
Pe vremuri asa te protejai de virusi. Intre timp SD-card-urile sunt peste tot. Desi au aceiasi metoda simpla de protectie ca la Floppy multi uita de asta.
Fra-miu a avut azi o revelatie

Asa ca… Inainte de a baga un SD-Card intr-un computer strain nu uita-ti ca-l puteti proteja [...]

Booting XP and Mac OSX86 togheter [howto]

I’m assuming that you installed Windows XP on 1st disk and the OSX86 on a separate disk (2nd disk)
Here we go…
Getting the chain0 file from your OSX86
- Put a memory stick in the PC and boot OSX86
- In OSX86 start terminal and type:
cp /usr/standalone/i386/chain0 /Volumes/[MemoryStickName]/
chain0 is a 512 bytes file containing the Darwin boot sector
Placing [...]

The Old New Thing : Woe unto PROGMAN.INI

Ceva invataminte despre formate de fisiere documentate
The Old New Thing : Woe unto PROGMAN.INI

Change Scale Factor to get more pixels on your Mac

For you guys (me included) wanting better resolution on your 1024×600 netbook (Eeepc, MSI Wind, etc.)
Here is a cool tip from troniu.
Start Terminal and type:
defaults write -g AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.8
killall Finder
And you got 20% more pixels
For Free!
More details here.
Problems that I found on EeePC 1000h:

Safari doesn’t open anymore
PhotoBoth effects page 2,3,4 shows shifted
Context menu [...]

Sandberg Wireless Multimedia Touchpad Keyboard for HTPC

For my Acer Aspire Revo HTPC I look around to get a decent Wireless Multimedia keyboard, that includes the functionality of a Mouse or Touchpad and doesn’t cost half the price of the Revo
My requirements:
- Small
- trackball/touchpad included
- Light
- Wireless (no bluetooth)
- ergonomic for drag and drop
- a price tag bellow 50 Euro
After [...]

Homemade Steadicam Costs About $24,990 Less Than The Real Thing – Steadicam – Gizmodo

Homemade Steadicam Costs About $24,990 Less Than The Real Thing – Steadicam – Gizmodo.

Check My Colours – Analyse the color contrast of your web pages

Check My Colours – Analyse the color contrast of your web pages.

YAPIVCK: Yet Another Portable iPhone Video Conference Kit

When I’ve heard that Apple sales a hand mirror as a Video Conference Kit I thought: That’s a joke.
Imagine yourself (a man) walking around, with a mirror in your hand.
Aarggghhh! Soooo, gay!!!
Very good joke indeed.
Here is my geeky solution, that you can use w/o being ashamed

I would use a spring clamp, covered by [...]

Silverlight in Google Chrome Sucks

Since a few weeks Silverlight drives me crazy. It crashes Google’s Chrome bigtime.
I was searching for disabling it, but no success. Still searching…
Meanwhile I found some “about:” pages for Chrome.
The nicest one is “about:internets”. Yes… It made of tubes
Update: I found a solution. Add/Remove Programs -> Microsoft Silverlight -> Uninstall. Sayonara!