Tinkernut Labs

  • Cheap Ways To Stream Youtube To Your TV

    November 2, 2013 // davisde // Multimedia Tips Tags: android, box, browser, center, chrome, chromecast, ios, media, pi, raspberry, set, smart, smartphone, tablet, television, tv, xbmc 1 Response

    Here are some cheap alternatives to stream to your TV from your computer, Android devices, or iOS devices.

    Chromecast Basics:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7mUOPggOG4

    Use your Android or iOS device as a Chromecast:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arx-xi84XnQ

    Turn a Raspberry Pi into a Media center:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFI5BntUi6g

  • How To Get A Super Cheap Windows 8 Tablet

    November 30, 2012 // davisde // Software Tips Tags: 8, android, apple, cheap, eight, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod, nook, rt, screen, super, swipe, tablet, touch, windows 5 Responses

    Want to try out the Windows 8 tablet functionality, but don’t want to dish out hundreds of bucks for the Microsoft Surface Tablet? Use this simple hack to turn any Android or iOS touchscreen device into a functional Windows 8 tablet.

     

    Links used in the video:

    http://goo.gl/PxPY0

    http://goo.gl/BIpZl

  • Make A Media Center For Less Than $40

    October 6, 2012 // davisde // Computer Hardware Tags: android, apple, center, cheap, computer, device, games, ios, ipad, iphone, media, movies, music, pi, portable, raspberry, server, smartphone, stream, television, tv, xbmc 6 Responses

    Learn how to make a Media Server using a $35 raspberry pi device and XBMC.

     

    http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Raspberry_Pi

     

  • 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.

  • Make Your Own Flash Game For Free

    October 18, 2011 // davisde // Gaming Tags: actionscript, android, arcade, create, flash, free, fun, game, Gaming, ios, make, shooter, stencyl, tinkernut, tips, tricks, tutorial 9 Responses

    Learn how to make a custom flash game from scratch without any coding knowledge using the free software from Stencyl.

    Important links:
    http://www.glitch.com
    http://www.stencyl.com

    Give my game a try:
    http://www.stencyl.com/game/play/8351