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WS-1025 Digital Window Thermometer Review

I recently snagged the WS-1025 Digital Window Thermometer from ThinkGeek. After using it for a few days, I wanted to give everybody an honest review of this geeky thermometer. Tons of screenies included…

Tinyurl.com : Preview links / disable autoredirect to full URL

Tinyurl.com is a great tool/site to use when you need to send links to mobile devices or even just shortening those horribly long URLs. However, sometimes its nice to be able to preview the full URL prior to actually going to the link (spammers/phishing/etc reasons).

Ubuntu : Installing, Removing, and Searching for Packages & Apps from Terminal

This is a quickie on how install, uninstall, and search for applications/packages in Ubuntu Linux from the Terminal window.

Wii: How to Locate the Console’s MAC Address

If your wireless router uses MAC filtering, you will need to know the MAC address of your device so that it may connect to the internet for updates and gaming.

Wii: How to Disable the Rumble Effect on Your Wii Remote

The Wii remote control (Wiimote) allows you to feel vibrations (rumbles) during gameplay on certain titles. While this is intended to add a sense of realism to the game, some users find this to be a distraction. To disable the rumble effect, follow these steps:

Aperture: Create landscape or portrait only orientation smart albums

Smart albums in Aperture allow gathering photos based on specific metadata keywords, camera type, date and so on, basically anything you can see in the Metadata view. One useful smart album trick is filtering based on orientation, portrait or landscape. This recipe will walk you through setting up this type of smart album.

Zune: Add Radio Stations to Presets for Easy Access

Like any other FM radio, Zune’s radio allows you to add radio stations to presets for easy access so that you don’t have to waste valuable time seeking your favorite station. To add a station to your Zune’s presets, follow these steps:

Nintendo DS: How to Locate the Device’s MAC Address

If your wireless router uses MAC filtering, you will need to know the MAC address of your device so that it may connect to the internet. In order to get the MAC address of the Nintendo DS, you will nedd a WFC (Wi-Fi Connection) compatible game or the Nintendo DS Browser.

Flickr: Use Guest Pass to Share with Non-Flickr Friends

Sharing your private Flickr photos with friends and family is an easy task if they are (or are willing to become) Flickr members. But what do you do if you want to share your pics with friends and you don’t want to require them to join? By using the Flickr Guest Pass, you can share your private pics with others without them having to sign up.

OS X Mail: POP Suddenly Quits Working

A bug exists in OS X Mail where receiving email from the server through the POP protocol stops without warning. The problem is often easy to identify and fix. Here are the steps…

Ubuntu : Dual booting w/XP using Grub bootloader | editing bootloader in Ubuntu

This recipe will explain how to edit the Grub bootloader while in Ubuntu. This will explain how to remove the recovery and memtest and also set XP/Windows as a default OS.

OS X Leopard: Close Printer Icon After Printing

One of the annoying changes in OS X 10.5 is the printer icon remaining in the dock after printing. Here is how to automatically remove the printer icon from the dock after printing.

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