Tinkernut Labs

  • Make A Chrome App in 5 minutes

    June 1, 2013 // davisde // Programming Tips, Web Tips Tags: application, apps, browser, chrome, code, easy, programming, promotion, simple, Video, web, youtube 2 Responses

    Making a Chrome App and an Extension is actually a fairly simple task. All you have to know is a few required fields and the JSON syntax.

     

    Download the examples used in the video here:

     

    http://www.tinkernut.com/demos/347_chrome.zip

     

    Further Learning:

    http://www.json.org/

    http://developer.chrome.com/dev/extensions/getstarted.html

    https://developers.google.com/apps-script/publishing_chrome_web_store

    https://developers.google.com/apps-script/execution_web_apps

    http://www.labnol.org/software/create-chrome-apps-extensions/27958/

  • Beginners Guide To Windows 8

    November 3, 2012 // davisde // Software Tips Tags: 8, apps, basic, beginners, desktop, eight, guide, interface, keyboard, mouse, phone, rt, screen, start, swipe, touch, windows 10 Responses


    This is a beginners guide for Windows 8 to show basic use, tips, and tricks.

  • Install Smartphone Apps In Windows

    April 14, 2012 // davisde // Software Tips Tags: android, apps, backup, computer, droid, emulator, friends, games, google, iphone, pc, play, run, smartphone, technology, windows 17 Responses



    Play, use and backup your apps to your PC using the Bluestacks android emulator. This video shows you how to set up and use it as well as some simple hacks to get the most out of Bluestacks.

    Links used in this video:
    Bluestacks – http://bluestacks.com
    Android Market apk – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1298332
    Increase storage size – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18432723&postcount=33

  • Partner Project 13: Mobile Apps

    January 5, 2012 // davisde // Partner Project Tags: ads, android, apps, become, cell, earn, famous, follow, gigafide, guide, how, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod, learn, mobile, money, names, partner, phone, popular, project, revenue, secrets, smartphone, statistics, stats, steps, tablet, tinkernut, to, Video, youtube 5 Responses

    In part 13 of the Partner Project, we discuss different options for making your website or Youtube channel mobile by showing you paid and free options for making mobile apps for your content.

    For those interested in coding your own apps from scratch, here’s the links to the individual developer portals for each phone:

    For Apple: http://developer.apple.com/ ($99)
    For Android: https://market.android.com/publish ($25)
    For Windows Phone 7: http://create.msdn.com/en-US/ ($99)
    For Blackberry: http://us.blackberry.com/developers/ ($0)
    And forJava Phones (which is essentially all dumb phones): http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index-jsp-135888.html ($0)
    And here’s the free App creator programs available:
    AppInventor (Android): http://info.appinventor.mit.edu
    Andromo (Android): http://www.andromo.com – splits add revenue with you 50/50
    AppMakr (Android, iOS, WP7): http://www.appmakr.com
    Conduit (All Smartphone Platforms): http://mobile.conduit.com – splits add revenue with you after your app becomes popular
    If you’re using the app for a Youtube channel, here’s an extra tips to help you along:
    To embed your Youtube Channel as an RSS feed, use this format:
    feed://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/users/YOUR_CHANNEL/uploads
    Where YOUR_CHANNEL is the name of your Youtube channel.

  • How To Access Restricted Sites

    March 17, 2010 // davisde // Web Tips Tags: access, apps, custom, google, php, proxy, tinkernut, tips, tricks, tutorial, website, work 6 Responses





    This video shows how to create your own proxy server using free software.
    These are the links used in this video:
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/poxy
    http://www.000webhost.com/281814.html
    http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.4/#download
    http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads.html#Google_App_Engine_SDK_for_Python
    http://www.tinkernut.com/demos/228_proxy/tinkernut_proxy.zip
    https://appengine.google.com

  • Free WebApp Alternatives to Expensive Software

    May 23, 2009 // davisde // Cool Websites, Video Tags: adobe, alternative, apps, browser, documents, free, microsoft, office, photoshop, software, tips, tricks, tutorial, upload, web 3 Responses

    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.

     

    Microsoft Office – Google Docs

    Microsoft PowerPoint – Preezo

    Adobe Photoshop – Splashup

    Adobe Illustrator – Aviary

    Adobe Flash – Ajax Animator

    Instant Messenger Clients – Meebo

    Camtasia – ScreenToaster

    Windows Movie Maker – Jaycut

    Quicken – Mint

    Fax Software – FaxZero

    Adobe Acrobat – PDF Escape

     

    Special thanks to the suggestions by MikeTheDJ4 found here and here.