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How to Do a Fake iPhone 2 In Five Easy Steps

It's Do your Fake iPhone 2 Leaked Photos Season, and everyone is trying to trick everyone else with crappy, noisy, allegedly-leaked images. But why read about stupid rumors when you can make your own—and even send them to our contest? "How" you ask? Easy, just follow the easy 5-step tutorial after the jump, and get some inspiration from some examples I've made just for you (warning, my dog's genitals may be NSFW in the Great State of Minnesota). More »

4:45 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Jesus Diaz
17,569 views, 18 comments

Latest by Gautch: Sheesh... "eliminate any errors caused by your lousy Photoshop skills-and you are done." could have been the only step needed. more »

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Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

For you poor, poor souls who own an Xbox 360 but still rely on dial-up for your internet, an intrepid Instructables member has written up a great "How To" on using your phone line to log onto Xbox Live. All you need is a PC running Windows with a working dial-up connection, an ethernet cable and an Xbox 360 (duh). Yes! Now even those of us still riding along the 56.6K information dirt trail will be able to download new Rock Band tracks! [Instructables]

5:30 PM on Sat Apr 19 2008
By Elaine Chow
8,230 views, 37 comments

Latest by cjlopez: Man, I'm feeling so old reading all the remembrances of the dial up, I also hit the 14.4 of the time, when I first got internet, back in 95, downloading a 4mb rom was a pain in the ass, more »

mr trick

John Mayer Gets Apple Reply after Bug Report Jibba-Jabba

It looks like writing "John Mayer here" really works to get Apple's attention when you report a problem. According to Steve Jobs' fab guitarist, they got back to him directly only four days after he sent the bug report ramblings:

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12:40 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Jesus Diaz
21,199 views, 39 comments

Latest by tinshaker: @Curves: i hate silicone freckles! My ex had them, and they're just not the same! more »

diy

How To Shoot Fireballs


It's the weekend. You should either be consuming alcohol or playing with fire. Or better yet, both! (That was not an official endorsement by Gawker Media—so if you do this project trashed and rocket a ball of fire up your nose, don't sue us.) Anyways, making a fireball shooter is a wee bit complicated and requires quite a few parts you won't find at Wal-Mart, so you're going to want get started Saturday morning if you wanna impress your buddies and burn your eyebrows off Saturday night. Not convinced? I'll repeat: Fireball. Shooter. [MAKE]

8:00 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By matt buchanan
7,751 views, 29 comments

Latest by not2techy: @Awesom-o: They sure did, and they sure are. It's called the MG01 Electronic Hand Cannon. There is also an MG02 model with two barrels. Double the fun. more »

format peace

Turn Your HD DVDs Into Blu-ray

The process of converting your HD DVDs to Blu-ray is time-consuming, potentially costly and sucks balls. Really, there's almost no reason to, since you can bet most everything on HD DVD will be released on Blu, and if you have a million HD DVDs you don't wanna rebuy, you should just buy a dual format player. But if you revel in pain, here's how to do it, thanks to the crazy video guys at Doom9. More »

3:00 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By matt buchanan
15,999 views, 33 comments

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Lightning in Block Form Adds to Desk Clutter, Looks Amazing

Lichtenberg figures are fantastic; they perfectly display branching electric charges that occur within, or on the surface of, certain insulating materials. Sure, that may sound like a whole load of boring, but check the image above to see why you are wrong—they look amazing. Popsci is hosting a video that shows you how to make your very own with some office supplies, a metal point and some shag carpeting. More »

3:30 PM on Sat Feb 16 2008
By Haroon Malik
26,511 views, 10 comments

Latest by BertHickman: @JoOngle: Yes - when charged, a piece of Plexiglas behaves exactly like a capacitor with invisible plates. And charged specimens can hold a surprisingly large amount of electrical energy. For example, a 12" x 12" x 1" piece of Plexiglas, more »

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Nothing Says "I Love You" Like LED Pasties

Just in time for Valentine's Day, we've scored a nice how-to on making your own burlesque LED pasties. Dancing around the room, she'll think that after all these years you still can't take your eyes off of her. Meanwhile, you'll get to appreciate the planet-rocking impact of power efficient LED technology.

Just think, if every woman ditched her normal incandescent pasties just one day a year, we'd save enough power to abandon solar, wind an hydroelectric power sources altogether. Am I right? [instructables via boingboing]

12:00 PM on Sun Feb 10 2008
By Mark Wilson
22,287 views, 27 comments

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Make Your Nasty MacBook Sparkling White (and Minty Fresh) With Toothpaste

Apple uses spare white for a reason: It's a pleasing, clean color. Until it isn't. Like if your mom sets a coffee cup on top of your MacBook, or you toil away on it with especially grubby mitts. Solution? Arm & Hammer toothpaste! More »

3:25 PM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By matt buchanan
18,307 views, 48 comments

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How To Discover Secret Gadgets Through the FCC

Long the well of gadget blog content, the FCC website is chock-full of unannounced gear ripe for the plucking. Finding these gadgets is a simple process, but for many, knowing where to begin is a difficult task. We've decided to throw together this how-to guide so you can find your own treasure chest of undiscovered gadgets...just like the pros! More »

2:00 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Adrian Covert
41,735 views, 17 comments

Latest by Narfmaster: Cool Article. :] Although this is why I watch tech blogs like this so I don't have to trawl... more »

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How Camera Lenses Are Made: In Honor of PMA 2008


This video has made the rounds before, but given that it is PMA season, we figured you might want to take a look at this video illustrating how camera lenses are made. There aren't any sex scenes (thank God) or explosions, but it is definitely cool and educational. Two words that are not normally used in the same sentence. [YouTube]

7:30 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Sean Fallon
6,357 views, 35 comments

Latest by alin0steglinski: Wow! now i know why all my lenses costed so much! Thanks for spending 6 weeks just for 300 bucks! more »

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Kalashnikov AK-47 Converted into Wiimote



Now you can convert your very own AK-47 and feel like a Soviet soldier while killing crazy bunnies and Zelda goblins. It may not be as cool as firing a bazooka in a 360-degree environment, but it definitely beats the Nintendo Wii Zapper. We talked with its creator about all the details: More »

9:50 AM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By Jesus Diaz
10,539 views, 9 comments

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How To Install an Internal 3G Card in the Asus Eee PC

Hardware hacking genius and electromagician JKK has published a video tutorial showing how to add an internal 3G HSDPA card to the Asus Eee PC, allowing you to connect at high speeds to the internet from anywhere in the world with 3G cellphone coverage. We talked with JKK, and according to him "it works great" and "the hack is doable by any amateur with a soldering iron." Indeed, it looks easy enough for our sausage fingers in the video:

(UPDATE 2 DEC 28 10:20 EDT: New information with all the answers about connectivity and supported networks after the jump)

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10:00 PM on Thu Dec 27 2007
By Jesus Diaz
30,525 views, 35 comments

Latest by paulinsf: I added 3G an easier way. I just broke open a Verizon USB720 dongle and took out the mini-card that it contained. It is a plug in replacement for the wifi card in the Eee. Yes, I more »

diy

DIY LED Chandelier From Xmas Lights

Xmas is almost over. Use this tutorial to make an LED lamp from Christmas lights, which is a good way to get use out of them the other 11 months of the year. I'd hang it upside down as a DIY geek chandelier. Be Warned: The tutorial has some mind-numbing steps, like stripping out the LEDs from the Xmas light strand, and some complex wiring and soldering. Much like a professionally made chandelier, making something this ornate is going to be labor intensive. And maybe electrocute you. [Instructables]

7:21 AM on Tue Dec 25 2007
By Brian Lam
2,142 views, Comment

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Make Your Own Steampunk MP3 Player, Prove You're a Cool Nerd

Last month we featured the awesome steampunk themed MP3 player, called the Ambience Enhancer, which gathered quite some interest. If you missed it, check the image above to see what all the fuss was about. Thankfully, the chaps at Instructables have procured a complete how to, but if you have the patience of an ADHD prone lab rat, perhaps it's better you give this one a miss. Sufficed to say, it is certainly going to take you longer than setting up that new speaker set Santa dropped off for Christmas. I ruined the surprise—damn, I'm always doing that. Follow the link for the extensive tutorial, and if you undertake the project, send us pictures of the final product. [Instructables] More »

3:25 PM on Sun Dec 23 2007
By Haroon Malik
5,395 views, 18 comments

Latest by NeoPoliticus: And where is the backpack-mounted tube amp and lead-acid battery? more »

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Hardcore Data Recovery: Double Boil Your Drive?

If your hard drive is seriously f*cked, and you have some big shiny balls (or you're dumb as hell), you might be interested in how a fellow from Mandible Games claims that he recovered data from his drive. According to the article, he noticed that his drive would spin, but it would not show up in BIOS and there was a distinct and repetitive clicking noise. More »

9:50 PM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By Sean Fallon
18,047 views, 45 comments

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Instructables: Copy a Key Using a Coke Can

Instructables has a neat if dangerous tutorial on how to quickly make a key copy by tracing the metal from a Coke can. It's pretty obvious, and with that seed planted in your mind, there's probably no need to read the instructions. More »

2:57 PM on Tue Nov 20 2007
By Brian Lam
21,420 views, 11 comments

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Turn Your Old, Dusty PC Into Ghetto Gas Mask

Everyone needs a gas mask to go with their tinfoil hat, but the problem is that they tend to cost too damn much. Unless you construct one from scrap parts from your last PC. With a paper bag base, CD case visor and a filter fashioned from a keyboard box, cleaning disk, CPU fan and a WC paper tube, it's probably not going to shield you from Resident Evil or Planet Terror-esque biohazardous tomfoolery, but the listed specs do promise protection from acid rain, your mother-in-law and +10 to haxx0r skills. [Sorgonet via Makezine]

5:40 PM on Wed Oct 31 2007
By Matt Buchanan
2,810 views, 6 comments

Latest by noasalira: Why not called it a trailer-park gas mask? -- seems like it would be useful in all those meth-labs... more »

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Make a "Fun" Stun Gun for Under 10 Bucks


I found the skull-poundingly monotonous drum beat combined with a complete lack of voiceover and "oh my, you're dumb, home viewer" finger-pointing a teensy bit annoying. But! It's super easy to follow and it looks simple enough to build your own ghetto stun gun, so much so that I might whip my own up to put my four-year-old cousin in place when she's bothering me by acting like a small child. [Metacafe]

3:20 PM on Fri Oct 5 2007
By Matt Buchanan
19,571 views, 27 comments