This video shows you three different free ways to create an online store. For help, please visit the forum link: http://www.tinkernut.com/forum/video-tutorial-help/how-to-make-an-online-store
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This video reviews the two most popular search engines, Google and Yahoo as well as the two newest search engines, Bing and Wolfram Alpha. Which one is your favorite? For all the links and tips used in this video, please visit the URL below:
http://www.tinkernut.com/forum/video-tutorial-help/best-search-engine
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***THIS TUTORIAL IS NOT FOR BEGINNERS*** Learn how to make a Windows installation that automatically enters your CD-Key, enters your information and automatically installs updates, drivers and your favorite programs.
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This is a tutorial I made for Howcast.com. It shows how to dust for fingerprints using household items.
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This video shows you how to connect a Wii remote to a PC and some different tips and tricks you can do with it. For all links and websites used in the video, please visit the URL below:
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This video shows you methods for emulating some of the major console games on your PC, such as Atari, NES, PS2, Xbox, N64 and Wii. For questions, comments and all of the links used in this video, please visit the forum link below.
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This video shows some free web based alternatives to common, expensive, software such as Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Camtasia, Illustrator, Acrobat, etc. These web based applications do not require you to pay anything or download anything. You can upload, edit, and save documents from directly within your browser.
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The web is an almost unlimited resource for finding and listening to new music. This video details some of the best free music websites and what they can offer.  For the links used in the video and questions about the video, please visit the forum link:
http://www.tinkernut.com/forum/video-tutorial-help/internet-music-overload-1
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This video introduces TweetMyPc, which allows you to shutdown,logoff, or reboot your computer remotely using Twitter.
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This video covers some tips and tricks involving YouTube that help enhance user experience. For a list of all of the links used in this video, and to ask questions regarding this video, please visit the link below:
Do you make your own video tutorials? Get publicity for them by posting them in my forum and [...]

This video will show you some free programs to use for converting DVD’s to play on iPod’s or other portable media devices.
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This video shows how to use facial recognition software to lock/unlock your computer using your computers webcam and your face. While the current version of the software is 20 USD, you can download a previous freeware version from here.
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This video will not only show you how to generate custom barcodes, but it will also show you how to log and keep track of your stuff by scanning the barcodes into your computer with your webcam.
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This video will show you some great computer pranks to pull on your friends for April Fools day.
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This video will show you how to customize Windows XP, Vista and Ubuntu Linux with personalized themes.

This video will show you methods of creating High Definition (HD) videos that show up as HD on Youtube. The video can come from any source. It is then encoded into the HD compatible format.
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This video will show you how to use Mozilla Thunderbird to download your e-mail so that you can back it up and organize it from your desktop.
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This video will go through the steps of creating a webpage from scratch using the basic HTML language and some free web resources.
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This video shows you how you can add your own pictures and text to different magazines, billboards, are galleries, etc. This fun and free service is offered by:
http://www.writeonit.org
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This will be a basic tutorial on how to use the different features of WAX 2.0 for advanced video editing and special effects. For project links and files, please visit the Video Effects forum on Tinkernut.com

Using the free website http://www.flipmytext.com, you can type any text upside down and use it to send as text messages or to post in forums and comments.

With all that we do on computers now-a-days, it is important to make sure we take care of them so that our data remains safe. This video covers the measures that you can take to increase the life of your computer’s hard drive. You can find all the links and notes used in this video [...]

Believe it or not, shaving cream is an excellent way to prevent mirrors or windows from becoming fogged over. Just smear shaving cream over the window/mirror and wipe it off using a damp cloth. It should now prevent the window/mirror from becoming fogged over from steam. If it wears off, just repeat the process.
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This video shows one of the vulnerabilities of some bluetooth headsets. To prevent this vulnerability, it’s best to invest a little more money into a more secure headset and making sure your headset is turned off when not in use. You can find all of the links and scripts used in this video, as [...]

This video will guide you through the steps of setting your computer up to boot two different operating systems. The links used in this video are:
Gparted - http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
Wubi - http://www.wubi-installer.org
Boot Manager - http://gag.sourceforge.net
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This video shows you how to make portable applications from (some) regular applications using free software. The software used in this video is listed below:
http://inshame.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-make-portable-applications.html
http://portableapps.com/node/9909
http://portableapps.com/node/2022
http://geek-menu.sourceforge.net
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***UPDATE: The software has now been updated to 8.0. Please disregard the method I suggest in this video and follow the updated method that is listed here:
http://developers.camspace.com/tutorials/gamecontroller
****
This is a follow up tutorial to the video posted about using a webcam to control games:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH_cWF8DoXk
This follow up shows how to use the same software to use any [...]

Congratulations to the winners of the Special Effects video contest. The winners, as well as links to their entries are listed below:
1st Place:
Fegrad0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_VIK5Pm7GQ
2nd Place:
NWCCGC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orU-7ctDGPY

The winners of the SpecialFX contest will be announced on Thursday. Thanks to all who participated.
This video shows you how to control your computer (mainly games and miscellaneous programs such as Google Earth) using your webcam. You will need the software found here:
http://www.camspace.com
(free game to use with Camspace)
http://www.caiman.us/pageC2.php?nr=3411&f=3411-LudoRace.zip

This video will show you a few techniques for removing stuck pixels from an LCD screen.
***DISCLAIMER***
Please only use these as a last resort, as some of them can cause more damage to the LCD. Only attempt these if you are experienced and know what you are doing.
Software website:
http://www.flexcode.org/lcd.html
Script Code:
:A
@color 53
@color 35
@color 23
@color 32
@goto A
pixels, stuck, [...]

This video shows several different options for creating your own avatars online.
General Avatars:
http://www.faceyourmanga.com
http://avatars.yahoo.com
http://www.doppelme.com
http://www.planetcreation.co.uk/createpic
Specialty Avatars:
http://www.sp-studio.de
http://www.rabbids.com/YouAsARabbid
http://www.simpsonizeme.com
http://www.makewee.com

This video covers the steps needed to convert a VHS video tape to DVD. You will need to purchase a video capture card in order to do this project.

Step 1: Items Needed
A VCR, a video capture card, a computer, free software from DVD Flick

Step 2: Where to get a video capture card
You can find video [...]

To enter the special effects video contest, please visit this link: http://www.youtube.com/group/tinkernutcontest. Contest is open to all gigafide youtube subscribers.

Special Thanks to babyhughey14 for this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soZHofIoQn4
And to Uniblue Systems for donating the software for the contest:
http://www.liutilities.com/

Vote for Tinkernut.com as best video blog:
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Windows 7 Download
Windows 7 Product Keys
Windows 7 MP3 Fix
Microsoft Virtual PC

***UPDATE*** Microsoft has just realeased Windows 7 beta publicly. You can download it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/
I’m trying out a new video format. Let me know if you like it. If you do, I’ll keep it, if you don’t I’ll switch back in later videos. This video covers the steps on how to download Windows 7 beta for [...]

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This video reviews Crayon Physics, a free game for Windows.
Download Link
Game Solution

Links:
Magic Crystal Tree:
Crystal Tree
ScrapBlog:
www.scrapblog.com
Papercraft:
Paper Star ornament
Holiday Train
Mechanized Papercraft Toys
E-Cards:
www.leanintree.com
www.bluemountain.com
www.youtube.com/greetings
www.emoticarolers.com

This video shows you how to determine what processes are running on your computer and which one’s are harmful.
Startup Programs List
SysInfo
ProcessLibrary

This video shows you a program that allows you to surf the web stealthily.

http://www.vanishd.com

This video shows the steps for creating an executable installation file that you so that whenever someone double clicks on it, it will automatically install your files to the location of your choice on their computer.
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download

This video covers the steps for creating USB Christmas lights.
Related: Music Controlled Lights

This video shows the steps of creating your own desktop weather radar using free software.Google Earth
North American KMZ files

European KMZ file

This video shows you how to add closed captioning and translation to your Youtube videos using DotSub, a free online captioning service.

This video shows you how to archive and preserve webpages using the free Iterasi service.http://www.iterasi.com

This video shows how to use and install portable appications on a portable storage device, including SD cards, USB sticks and iPods.http://www.portableapps.com

This website covers “One Sale A Day” websites that have one cheap deal each day to help you out with your holiday shopping.http://www.woot.com
http://www.1saleaday.com
http://www.steepandcheap.com
http://www.dodtracker.com
http://www.dealnews.com

This video covers 5 different things that you can do with Youtube videos, such as mixing, cropping, downloading, etc.http://www.vixy.nethttp://www.idesktop.tv http://www.mixtube.org http://www.tubechop.com

This video shows you a possible method of getting free inbound calls using Google’s GOOG411 service and iNumbr.http://www.google.com/local/add/businessCenter http://www.inumbr.com

This video will show you how to make a screensaver using your own photos or videos. It requires two free programs: Format Factory and WG Screensaver Creator

This video will show you a cheap way to recreate the “Bullet Time” effect seen in the Matrix movies. It requires two free applications: Paint.net and Wax 2.0.

This video will show you how to add 3D objects to your videos and how to motion track them to the motion of your video camera.Project Files

This video will show you the very basics of how to use Blender 3D to make 3D objects and how to animate them.

This video covers the basics of setting up a home server using WAMP Server and DynDNS.

This video features Dyndns, a free online service that allows you to assign a domain name to your home IP address.

This video points out some great online resources for taking free college courses from accredited universities.http://www.ocwconsortium.org/
http://www.ocwfinder.com/
http://itunes.stanford.edu/
http://www.cmu.edu/oli/
http://oyc.yale.edu/

This video introduces RocketDock, a free application that allows you to add a customizable mac-like taskbar to Windows.

Create virtual terrain for use in games, animations, videos or photography using the free Terragen software.

This video introduces Sploder.com, a free online utility that allows you to make your own flash games. Below is an example:

Make Your Own Game for Free!

This video will show you the basics of using Photosynth, a free online tool, to make 3D panaoramic environments from your pictures. Here’s my example.

This video shows you how to recover lost or forgotten Windows passwords using the free programs Ophcrack and IsoRecorder to record ISO images to CD.

This video shows you how to make free flash animations using free software. Here’s an example.

This video will review the concepts of identifying stars and navigating by them.

This video shows you the tools you need to clone a hard drive using DriveImage XML.

This video outlines free programs that allows you to create, edit, burn, and mount ISO image files. The programs used are ISO Recorder, Imgburn, Folder2ISO, and Daemon Tools

This video will show you how to resurface a scratched CD so that it reads in your CD player.

***UPDATE: WEBSITE IS NO LONGER FREE***
Mygazines is a website that allows you to view popular magazines online. It also allows you to upload your own digital magazines.

This video introduces a free Firefox add-on that allows you to navigate through Firefox using mouse gestures.

If you use IM programs such as Yahoo Messenger or AOL Instant Messenger, this is a way that you can see if anyone has blocked you from seeing their status.

This video will show you how to add realistic explosions to your videos using freeware. It also covers the basics of chroma keying and video overlays.

This video shows you Invision.tv, a website that allows you to create a start page for online videos.

This video will show you how to make a hidden Windows XP User account. Please note that this video requires editing the Windows Registry, so follow the steps in the video exactly.

This videos is a submission for the HouseHold Hacker video contest and it’s purpose is to show you how to run a USB cable through existing phone cords.

This video will show you how to create and edit Photoshop files without having to buy Photoshop.

This video will show you how to embed subtitles into video files. All the programs used in this video are freeware. The programs are virtualdub and mediasubtitler.

Those that live outside of the United States may find that several Hulu.com videos will not play due to being in a different country. This tutorial lays out the steps of how to get around that using a free proxy called Hotspot Shield.

This video will show you how to put XBMC on a 1 gig or larger flash drive and then boot to it on any PC that can boot to USB drives.

Emerse yourself in the internet with the Navigaya start page.

This tutorial will show you how you can create your own Guitar Hero Clone using free software and a controller that you can make using parts that total around $22. These are the links used in this video: http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net

This video will show you how to convert scanned documents to text files using the free software found at:http://www.ocrtools.com

This video will show you how you can rip MP3’s from music videos or any other type of video. The sites used in this video are:http://www.vid2mp3.com
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net

This video lays out the steps for sharing a printer over a network. This tutorial assumes that the printer is installed on another computer and not connected directly to the network.

Step 1
On the computer that you have the printer installed on, go to Start >
Control Panel > Printers and Faxes (or if you have [...]

This video will show you how to set up an FTP server from behind a router using CrossFTP server (www.crossftp.com). If you need to find your main IP address, visit www.whatsmyip.org.

Step 1
Go to  www.crossftp.com and
click on the green “Start Server Now” button. If it prompts you either
to Open or Save it, choose Open.

Step 2
Once [...]

This video will show you how to hide/change your IP address so that you can bypass websites that have blocked your IP address or so that you can surf anonymously. The websites used in this video are CmyIP and Tor Project.

Step 1
So that you can see if it changes or not, the first step we [...]

This video will show you how to restore and rebuild your music library from what’s on you iPod using free software called iDump.

This video covers the steps on how to create a life size cardboard cut out using a high resolution photograph and your printer.

This video will show you the basics of mind mapping using “Free MindMap” found at http://freemind.sourceforge.net

This tutorial will show you how to track a laptop if it gets stolen using free tracking software Adeona.

This tutorial walks you through the basics of setting up a wireless tutorial.

This video will show you how to make your own radio station and stream it over the internet.-www.winamp.com -http://www.shoutcast.com/download/broadcast.phtml
-http://www.shoutcast.com/download/serve.phtml

This video will show you how to make Windows XP look like Windows Vista using free software:
http://lee-soft.com/
http://go.microsoft.com/fwl…
http://desktop.google.com

This tutorial will show you how to access and download anyone’s iTunes library over the internet.

This video will show you how to convert small video clips into printable flipbooks using free software.

For Google’s new Second Life alternative, “Lively”, this video will show you how to create Avatars and Rooms for this online game.

This video will show you how you can share files between Windows Vista and Windows XP.

This video will show you how to bypass a router when trying to connect to your computer. This is also known as “port forwarding” and is useful when trying to set up a server from behind a router.

This video shows you a website where you can create Myspace pages and websites using the tools found at www.wix.com.

This video will show you how to autorun a program from a CD or USB drive so that it starts up every time the drive is inserted.

This video introduces the website www.blockposters.com that allows you to turn a regular sized photo into a printable poster.

This video will show you a quick little script that you can write that allows you to make your own backup program. 

This video shows you how you can create your own customized font. To do this, we will be using the website http://fontstruct.fontshop.com.

Sorry for the delay in video posting.  I’ve been away for a couple of days, but I’m back now. There will be a new post on Friday! Stay Tuned!

This video shows you how you can make cool looking video introductions using backgrounds from HitTheBongo and the free video editor Wax 2.0 featured here.

This video shows you how to remove the Digital Rights Management(DRM) protection from iTunes music.

This video will show you how you can trace IP address or websites to a specific location. 

This video covers some of the newer features in Firefox 3. If you know of any extra ones, please share by adding comments.

Today is the official release date of Firefox 3. If you are interested in a safer, more enjoyable web experience, go ahead and download it. Tomorrow’s video will show you some of the cool things you can do with it!

This video takes it’s base from a Lifehacker project that shows you how to check your Gmail over the phone. For this project, you will need a Gmail account and a Jott account.

This video goes through how to enable “Labs” in Gmail so that you can enjoy extra features.

This video will show you how you a Firefox extension that allows you to play thousands of Nintendo games while you surf the internet.

This video will show you how you can add captions, annotations and links to your Youtube videos.

This is a video demonstration on how to recycle your own paper from old newspapers using household items.

With an account from Dipity.com, you can create your own digital timeline. Incorporate videos, images, articles and entire blogs.

Using the free text to Mp3 converter, Vozme, you can have any online text read back to you and you can also download it and save it to your computer.

This tutorial will show you how you can convert a regular sized picture into a printable, multi-page poster using free software.

This tutorial shows you how you can backup your files online.

The free program Idlebackup allows you to backup your files while your computer is idle.

By request, here is a list of 5 Firefox extensions that should make for a better browsing experience. If you have any that you would like to share, please feel free to post them in the comments below.

The third part in this video series covers how to perfect your ID3 tags for MP3’s and also suggests an excellent program for playing and organizing your MP3’s.

This is the second video in a short series of how to create an ultimate MP3 collection. This video covers how to add album art to your MP3’s.

This is part 1 in a series of videos on how to make an ultimate MP3 collection. This first video covers how to make all of your MP3’s the same volume so that you don’t have to keep adjusting the volume knob for different songs.

This video covers how to stitch consecutive photos together to make one large panoramic shot using a free program called Autostitch

Due to travel arrangements, there will be no posts this week.

This video shows you how to create your own customized subtitles for videos and movies.

This video shows you how to add subtitles to AVI or other video files using the subtitles provided by www.moviesubtitles.org.

This video shows you a couple of different websites that allow you to download free fitness videos to your iPod. Here are the websites mentioned:
http://somatotype.net/iPod_Gym/index.html
http://www.menshealth.com/download/
If you know of anymore links to free iPod workouts, please leave them in the comments.

The purpose of this video is to show an e-mail security flaw using telnet that allows hackers to send e-mails using anyone’s e-mail address. Thankfully, many major e-mail providers have software that blocks this. My intention is to make people aware of this flaw so that other e-mail providers can protect themselves as well. [...]

Stream music torrents without having to download any torrent software using Bitlet.org.

This video shows you how to create fighting stick figure animations. Here are some links to get you started:
-Software page
-Examples
-Convert to AVI

This tutorial covers the steps on how to turn a Windows enabled mobile phone into a Webcam that you can stream over the internet.

This video will show you how to make a security cam by making a webcam remotely accessible from the internet.

Encrypt your files and folders using TrueCrypt. It creates a volume that you can store stuff in (like a hard drive), but when you unmount it you are left with a fully encrypted file that you can store or transport.

Send text messages to most phones through your e-mail account. Below is a compiled list of text addresses for major carriers. For European users, click here to find your company

Verizon Wireless
10-digit cell phone number @ vtext.com
(ex.3332221111@vtext.com)
T-Mobile
10-digit cell phone number @ tmomail.net
(ex.3332221111@tmomail.net)

Sprint PCS
10-digit cell phone number @ messaging.sprintpcs.com
(ex.3332221111@messaging.sprintpcs.com)
Cingular Wireless
1 + 10-digit cell phone number @ cingularme.com
(ex.13332221111@cingularme.com)

AT&T [...]

At Moonk.com you can create customized video, mp3, and photo players that you can embed on your website or myspace account.

Synchronize and backup your Microsoft Office Documents using Google Docs and Docsyncer.

This video shows the basics of creating stop-motion animations. You will need a digital camera, a computer, and a video editing program. I used Windows Movie Maker.

Wax 2.0 is a free non-linear video editor that can be used to add advanced effects to your videos. There are many different things you can do with Wax 2.0, but for this tutorial, I will show you how to zoom in on screencasts that we made in the last tutorial.

Create screen recordings using the free software CamStudio

Cartoonize and warp your pictures using the tools at Befunky.com

This walks you through how to create an animated GIF image file that can be used in websites, as avatar’s, as icons, etc. This example walks you through how to make an animated signature.

In Windows XP and Vista, you can use a free program to play video and movie clips as your desktop background. If you have Vista Ultimate, this can already be done using the DreamScene add on pack.

The free version of DVD Fab allows you not only to rip DVD’s to your computer, but it also removes any regional or right protection from the DVD as it’s ripping. Then you can use VLC to play back the DVD’s.

Infrarecorder is a program that lets you record music/data/mixed CD’s, DVD’s and dual layer DVD’s.

Control anyone’s computer remotely using this free program. This is great for performing remote technical support.

This tip shows you how you can create unlimited e-mail addresses with your Gmail address for the purposes of organizing your incoming e-mail.

Turn an old computer into a DVR that you can use to watch TV and record shows from over the internet using a TV card and free software.

Don’t pay for virus protection. You can get basic non-intrusive virus protection from Avira.

This website is full of interesting e-cards that say what you really think instead of sugar coating it. Have fun with this one

This website allows you to take videos from YouTube and crop them and splice them together to make a single video out of multiple ones.

With the help of the free program MusicZilla, you can download pretty much any streaming music and videos that you come across on the internet.

Here are some quick little computer pranks to pull on your friends for April Fools day.

Watch free Prime Time television shows and movies at media website Hulu.com. Currently Hulu is only available to the United States. However, if you live outside the US and cannot access the videos, try this:

Download and isntall hotspot shield and create a VPN (http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/)
If your get bandwidth exceeded error , try downloading SMAC2.0 at [...]

Greasemonkey is a scripting tool that allows for cool add-ons to enhance your web experience. Once such Greasemonkey script is the  Modified Gmail Macro that allows you to add cool shortcuts to your Gmail.

StockVault.net is a website that allows you to download their stock photography and use them in projects and websites without any royalty charges.

This tip involves the beta website Animoto.com. This website allows you to upload your own pictures and music and it will automatically create a professionally designed video with them. A 30 second video is free to create. If you would like full length videos, they ask you to pay for them.

This video will show you how to create a podcast and distribute it. We will use Audacity to edit the podcast and then use either Podango, Podpress or MyPodcast to upload it and create a feed. Then we will distribute the podcast by submitting to Podcast search engines found at Podcast411.

This video will show you how to disable Windows Vista’s User Account Control, or UAC. The UAC is that box that constantly pops up saying “Windows Needs Your Permission To Run, Do You want to Continue?”. Be advised that Microsoft does not advise this, because it may allow some programs to run without your permission. [...]

Speed up Windows Vista by disabling the Visual Styles (eye candy) and the sidebar to free up memory.

Organize your E-mail inbox by labeling e-mail by filtering out e-mail with common subjects, e-mail address or content and them categorize them with color-coded labels.

This tip will show you how to organize your Gmail contacts into groups so that you can send an e-mail to several people at once just by typing a few letters.

This vista tip will show you how you can disable those annoying pop-up notification balloons that appear at the bottom right of your screen. As a bonus, we will also disable the start menu notifications as well.

I want to thank everyone for their support of this site and for all of your requests. I have had so many requests, in fact, that I have decided to change the video presentations. Instead of posting a 7 minute long video about once every two weeks, I am going to do shorter videos that [...]

This program covers how to create computer animations using Anim8or. Please keep in mind that this is not a tutorial on how to use Anim8or, but just on how to create computer animations. For tutorials on how to use Anim8or, please visit these sites: wheel tutorial, user’s manual.

This tutorial will show you how to make a non-destructive prank that will make someone think they have a virus on their computer every time they click on it. Please do not use this for destructive purposes.

This video will show you how you can run almost any Linux only program as if it were a Windows program. You will need a program called andLinux (freeware) to do this. Once installed, I will show you how to set up a linux music program called Amarok.

***UPDATE*** This project can also be done with Tunderbird. Here’s a link to the article:
http://lifehacker.com/386811/shutdown-windows-with-a-text-message-thunderbird-edition
This video will show you how to shutdown your computer from anywhere using a texting capable cell phone, Microsoft Outlook and a free account from www.kwiry.com.

This video will show you three easy ways to stream your MP3 (or in some cases your video) collection over the internet so that it is accessible from anyplace that has an internet connection. The websites reference in this video are www.jukefly.com, www.orb.com, and www.anywhere.fm.

This video covers seven different ways to speed up Windows XP:  Running “Disk Cleanup”, Removing cached web pages, defragmenting the hard drive, disabling indexing, disabling visual styles, editing Windows startup items, and defragmenting the registry.

This weeks freeware pick is called WinDirStat. It allows you to view everything that is taking up space on your hard drive and how much space it is taking. It presents it in a visual format that is easy to read.

This video will show you how you can remove the warning bubble that pops up telling you that you have unused desktop icons.

This is a collection of website to help aid you if you want to try taking on a different language. Here are the websites covered:
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/index.html
http://www.oculture.com/
http://fsi-language-courses.com/
http://babbel.com/
http://www.mangolanguages.com/
http://jvlt.sourceforge.net/
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
http://www.transl8it.com/

This weeks free application is called GDrive. It is accepted by Google and it allows you to access your extra Gmail space as if it were a hard drive on your computer.

This video will show you how to create Facebook Widgets using Microsoft’s Popfly application. This will require a Facebook account and a Windows Live account.

This weeks freeware application is called “Syncback” by 2BrightSparks.com. It’s a Windows utility that you can use to back up your files or to synchronize them from one location to another. It’s very intuitive and has a lot of great customizable features. Download it here.

This tutorial will show you ways to read, edit, and create PDF files without spending any money. It requires 3 different pieces of software:- http://www.foxitsoftware.com
- http://www.acrosoftware.com
- http://www.hellopdf.com

This will be the first of a new series. This series will just be short videos exploring cool freeware that can be very useful. So the first freeware program to make the list is called “Unlocker“. If you’ve ever gotten a “Cannot move or delete folder: Access is Denied” error when trying to move or [...]

This video tutorial shows you ways of restoring files four different ways. I do not claim this video to be the ultimate way to restore files. These are just suggestions. If you know of better methods, please leave a comment with the suggested method. Listed below are the programs needed.

Restoration, CD Toolbox, PhotoRec, [...]

Dear Readers,
I apologize for the delay in posting. The reason is because I do not have adequate time to create and film the projects I like. So instead I have decided to just create general computer and software tutorials that show how to do things like back up data, data recovery, and Windows tweaks. This [...]

This post will show you how to create Christmas lights that are controlled by music. This project uses a small Solid State Relay and an old set of speakers.

Make your own blog that is 100% customizable and that is completely ad free using free resources. We will be using a free account from www.awardspace.com, free blogging software called Wordpress, and a free FTP client called Filezilla.

Receive free calls from anyone using GrandCentral and Gizmo. Gizmo is a free VOIP (Voice Over IP) computer phone program. GrandCentral allows you to create a phone number in any area code and you can set it so that when people call that number, it will forward the call to any number of phones, [...]

I wanted to let you all know that the next post has been delayed. I have been unable to dedicate the resources into creating a new tutorial recently. However, things have started to clear up, so I should have a new one posted shortly. Thanks for visiting!

This tutorial shows you how you can make a bootable flash drive using the Ubuntu linux ISO. All you need is a flash drive that is 1 gigabyte in size or larger.-www.pendrivelinux.com

This shows you cool things you can do with VLC Player, a multi-platform video player. You can do things like rip and encode DVD’s, play videos as ASCII art, and even stream music and video over the internet.-www.videolan.org/vlc

This will show you how you can load and run Ubuntu Linux on Windows without even having to restart your computer. The links used in this tutorial are listed here:
http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ - (172.9 MB)
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download - (697.9MB)
http://linux.wolphination.com/data/OS.zip - (23.2KB)

This video will show you how you can make your own digital picture frame using a Mattel Juicebox (and MP3 kit) and a shadowbox that you can get at any craft store. All of the materials cost less than $30.

Create menu driven DVD’s for your digital videos using free programs. This video uses three programs: DVD Flick, DVD Styler and UnderCoverXP.

This tutorial shows you security issues with Google that can allow you to hack other people’s sites. Use this video to make sure your site is secure.-View PDF

Create your own customized arcade game using your own characters, music, backgrounds, etc. This requires a free basic version of GameMaker 7.0. For written instructions, as well as the sample game that I made, click the links below:-Sample Tinkernut Game (Zipped file)
- Written Tutorial (PDF)
 

This video tutorial will show you how you can make a working air conditioner for less than $40.

This video explains different methods of attaining music that you find on the web and saving it as MP3 format. We’ll cover Google searches, YouTube, Streaming radio and MySpace.

This video shows you how to download and play TV and movie files on your computer using two programs: Joost and Miro. Joost streams TV and Movies directly from the internet. It requires 528MB of ram and at least a 1.5 GHz processer. Miro can download online podcasts and torrents. A great website to [...]

In honor of the recently released Transformers movie, this tutorial will show you how to make your own transforming Optimus Prime out of paper. This is thanks to the paper craft print out created by www.paperrobots1999.com.-Download PDF (via PaperRobots1999.com)
 

This video tutorial will show you how you can backup your DVD’s to your computer and then compress them so that they can fit onto a CD. This project requires two free programs: DVD Decrypter and AutoGK. This software is Windows only. If you are using a Mac, please use the Handbrake software. Also, if [...]

In this tutorial, you will learn how to download your favorite YouTube videos and burn them to DVD so that you can play them on your TV. This project requires iPod Video Converter and DVD Flick. This software is Windows only. If you are using a different OS, please download and read the PDF file [...]

This is a compilation of different Google search shortcuts that you can use so that you can make the make the most out of your Google searches. For a list of all the hacks used, feel free to download the associated PDF file below.-Download PDF file.

This tutorial will show you how to hide files inside pictures for the purpose of hiding them or for security. This project requires WinRAR.-Download PDF file.

This tutorial will show you how to remove programs that automatically start up with Windows. This will make startup times faster and will improve system performance.-Download PDF file.