Tinkernut Labs

  • Why is YouTube so slow?

    August 17, 2013 // davisde // Web Tips Tags: internet, network, speed, time, vpn, youtube 54 Responses

    This video diagnoses the reasons that Youtube videos take so long to load, and offers tips and suggestions to make them load faster.

  • Make Your Own Private Interwebz!

    August 18, 2012 // davisde // All Projects, Safety & Security Tags: business, desktop, guide, hackers, Hacks, home, how, laptop, network, networking, private, protection, safe, secure, server, tinkernut, tips, to, tricks, tutorial, virtual, vpn, wifi, wireless, work 11 Responses

    Stay secure on public wireless networks by making your own FREE virtual private network (VPN). This tutorial shows you how to set up an OpenVPN server and connect to it from your laptop.

    Links used in this video:
    http://www.openvpn.net
    http://tinkernut.com/wiki/page/Episode_328

  • DIY Projects: Share A Printer Over A Network

    August 13, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Video Tags: install, network, print, printer, share, vista, xp 3 Responses

    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.
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  • How To Set Up A Wireless Network

    July 28, 2008 // davisde // Computer Hardware, Video Tags: diy, how, internet, network, router, set, to, up, wifi, wireless 4 Responses

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

  • Windows Tip: Share Files Between Vista & XP

    July 10, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Software Tips, Web Tips Tags: diy, network, share, vista, xp 1 Response

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

  • 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.

  • VLC Tutorial

    October 4, 2007 // davisde // Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: instructional, mp3, music, network, player, share, stream, tutorial, Video, vlc 1 Response

    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