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  • How To Make Stop Motion Animations

    April 21, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Video 3 Responses


    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.

  • Make a DVR from an old computer

    April 10, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Video Tags: computer, diy, media, orb, record, tutorial, tv, Video 4 Responses


    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.

  • Great Computer Pranks

    April 2, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Video Tags: april, diy, fools, funny, how, network, scripts, tinkernut, to, tricks, tutorial, virus 3 Responses


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

  • How To Create A Podcast

    March 23, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Video Tags: audacity, create, diy, how, ipod, itunes, podcast, tinkernut, to, tutorial 4 Responses


    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.

  • How To Make Computer Animations

    March 14, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Video Tags: animate, animations, computer, diy, how, tinkernut, to, tutorial 2 Responses


    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.

  • Shutdown your Computer with a Cell Phone

    February 25, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Hacks, Video Tags: cell, computer, hack, instructional, phone, text 26 Responses


    ***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.

  • Stream Your Music Anywhere

    February 18, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Multimedia Tips, Software Tips, Web Tips Tags: anywhere, diy, how, mp3, music, orb, server, stream, to, tutorial 1 Response


    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.

  • Learn A Foreign Language For Free

    January 27, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Video Tags: diy, foreign, how, language, to, tutorial, websites 2 Responses


    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/

  • Make your own music controlled lights

    December 9, 2007 // davisde // DIY Projects, Video Tags: christmas, lights, make, mp3, music, yourself 6 Responses



    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 A Bootable Flash Drive

    October 11, 2007 // davisde // DIY Projects, Linux Tips, Video Tags: computer, diy, flash, instructional, linux, tech, ubuntu 7 Responses


    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

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