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  • Author: Cheryl
  • Published: Sep 27th, 2008
  • Comments: 8

Have You Ever Built a Laptop Sleeve

Almost everyone owns a laptop these days. And every owner will tell you what a challenge it is to keep the laptop from the bumps and scratches that result when your laptop gets jostled around in the bag.

A laptop sleeve is a protective cover for a laptop. It is usually constructed of a thin durable [...]

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Categories: Cool, ask the readers

  • Author: Cheryl
  • Published: Sep 26th, 2008
  • Comments: 1

Use Worldcat to Search Libraries Worldwide

I never quite understood why most people shy away from going to a library. After all, 9 times out of 10, the information you are looking for is available at your local library. In fact, libraries have an excellent collection, not only of books but also CDs, DVDs, scientific journals, etc.
One common reason people [...]

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Categories: Cool, Knowledge, Online Services

  • Author: Cheryl
  • Published: Sep 10th, 2008
  • Comments: 12

Watch Anime for Free Using Crawlanime

Anime is a form of Japanese animation that is primarily directed to an older audience. It has a large fan following and some of the shows actually have a pretty well developed storyline. The only downside is that anime is available only a few select television channels.
For anime fans who cannot get a fix [...]

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Categories: Cool, Entertainment, Music and Video

  • Author: Cheryl
  • Published: Sep 7th, 2008
  • Comments: 1

Extract Audio Directly from YouTube with Mediacoder

YouTube isn’t just for watching videos. A lot of times you can find great music in the form of old songs that aren’t available anywhere else online. Or you come across a fascinating audio track and get tempted to use it elsewhere.
Extracting audio from a YouTube video usually requires you to download the video [...]

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Categories: Cool, Music and Video, Tutorials Basic

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 6th, 2008
  • Comments: 2

TV Series Papercraft

TV Series Papercraft can be seen as an addition to the Cubeecraft Papercraft series. Papercrafts are little toys that come on paper. They have to be printed, cut out and assembled which is where most of the fun lies. Cubeecraft had some wonderful designs like Iron Man, Stromtroopers, Indiana Jones and as their latest edition [...]

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Categories: Cool, Entertainment

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 5th, 2008
  • Comments: 3

Create Your Own USB Stick

Something interesting for the weekend. If you feel that the usual retail usb sticks are to boring you might want to give designing your own a try. You can do that at the Fabidoo website which not only offers the creation of unique usb sticks but all kinds of like animals or hearts which would [...]

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Categories: Cool, Entertainment

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Aug 27th, 2008
  • Comments: 4

Meet Emily

I’m loosely following the technological advances in a few sectors that are not directly related to the topics I write about at Ghacks. This includes advancement in new input technologies like Microsoft’s Surface but also character animation and robotics.
Maybe once or twice in a year I come upon something that is so fascinating that I [...]

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Categories: Cool, Entertainment

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