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How to Make Your Own Tilt-Shift Lens

Tilt-shift photography is cool, if painfully hip. While there are plenty of ways to give it a go, if you’re particularly cheap or like a challenge, you can always hack your DSLR to achieve the tilt-shift effect. https://gizmodo.com/screw-digital-filters-make-awesome-tilt-shift-photos-t-5827097 Over at Do-It-Yourself Photography, Maciej Pietuszynski explains how to create your own tilt-shift set-up using a shower…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

How to Make a Bunch of Roses Using Duct Tape

In this hatefully commercial world we live in, nothing says “I love you” on Valentine’s Day like a bunch of red roses. But if you can’t locate a florist, or your partner has a sense of humor, why not try making a bunch using duct tape instead? Over at Instructables, there’s a great step-by-step guide…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Let’s Make Mead: The Ancient Berserker Crunk-Juice of Kings

Mead is almost certainly the first beverage that got humans drunk (sorry, beer). It predates wine by ten to thirty thousand years. Hell, it predates the cultivation of soil. Best of all, you only need three common ingredients to whip up a batch. So let’s do that. It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve made it through the…

Tech News Brent Rose

3 Ways to Chill Your Super Bowl Beer FAST (2 UPDATES)

It’s game time. You’re hosting, which makes you the quarterback of the party. Your friend blitzes you with a six-pack of warm beer. Don’t let this blitz get in the way of getting blitzed. Here are two tried and true fast beer-cooling techniques… and one harebrained scheme. It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve made it through the…

Tech News Brent Rose

How To: Escape From Google’s Clutches, Once and For All

So you’re fed up with Google, and you’ve got a litany of reasons. More now than ever. You don’t even have to explain—we’re just here to help you crawl out from under the shadow of the big G, step by step. The decision to close your Google account has to be carefully considered—after all, this…

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Manage the Onslaught of Open Graph Facebook Apps

Facebook has unleashed their latest version of Open Graph. With 60 apps ready at launch, get ready for your News Feed to become a non-stop barrage of food photos, song recommendations, and movie reviews. Oh dear God, how do I make it stop? If you, or some of your friends uses a music streaming service…

Social Media Roberto Baldwin

How To Access Wikipedia During Tomorrow’s Blackout Protest

Wikipedia may be going dark within the hour in protest of SOPA/PIPA but that doesn’t mean it’s going offline completely. With very little work, you’ll be able to access the online encyclopedia tomorrow—even if that does mean going against the entire spirit of the protest. According to the Wall Street Journal, a Wikimedia spokesman confirmed…

Social Media Andrew Tarantola

Ignore Your Annoying Facebook Buddies Without Unfriending Them

We all have the friend or family member that’s awesome in the real world, but on Facebook will. Not. Shut. Up. We get it, you love Ron Paul. Here’s a simple way to extract them from your feed without having to unfriend them. This is particularly handy for those friends that link their Facebook page…

Social Media Roberto Baldwin

Google’s Android Design Guide Will Make Your Apps Sooooo Fierce

Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) has made great strides in bringing the look of Android into a more consistent, cohesive form. Google’s apps all look and behave very similarly, but now third-party app developers need to adapt. Luckily, Google is providing a map. As of today, app developers can click on over to Android Design…

Tech News Brent Rose

How to Get Your Free Cool Facebook Timeline Personal Cards Now

Good news for Facebook fans: now you can get a free set of cool color personal cards based on your timeline. They’re giving 200,000 sets of 50 cards for free, so you’ve to hurry up. Here’s how to get yours: 1. Go to your Facebook Timeline. 2. Click on About (it’s just below your profile…

Social Media Jesus Diaz

How to Best Watch the First Meteor Shower of the Year

This spectacular fireball is an early shot of the first meteor shower of the year, captured on January 2 by Brian Emfinger. If you want to catch your own, get ready! The peak activity will be tomorrow. Here’s how to enjoy them: Where to look at? The Quadrantids radiate from the constellation Bootes (The Herdsman),…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

How to Get Unlimited Data on Verizon Right Now

Verizon notoriously killed its unlimited data plans this past summer, leaving users with only tiered options with ugly data caps. Not cool. But such is life in the era of bandwidth slurping smartphone ubiquity. Or is it? Apparently there’s a secret hack that lets Verizon users add unlimited data to their plans. Free yourself from…

Tech News Casey Chan

How to Find the Perfect Portrait Lighting Using a Marble

This is a really great portrait photography trick that requires no special equipment: use a black marble to see how the light hits on the eyes of the person you want to photograph: Just hold a fist in front of you (like holding a telescope), tuck the marble just under your forefinger, and there you…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How To Keep Track of All Your Friends Tonight

“Hey, let’s all meet at Bill’s party around 8pm.” And that conversation was the last time you saw half of your friends. Tonight is going to be insanity. You’ll be lucky you even make it to midnight, let alone keep your group together. But you know what, let’s try it anyways. Before you head out…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

How To Set Up Your Brand New iPad 2

Well look at that. Someone truly loves you. Or they’re trying to buy your love. Either way, a shiny new iPad 2 is currently siting in your lap. I think you just won [insert holiday of choice here]. Getting In Sync If you haven’t installed iTunes on your computer, now’s the time download it. Don’t…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Set Up Your Kindle Fire for Tiny Tablet Awesomeness

Huzzah, your bookworm reputation precedes you, and some kind soul gifted you a shiny Kindle Fire. Here’s how to set it up properly—so you don’t get burned. Cover: Start It Up First off, let’s turn it on. Should be simple enough considering there’s only one physical button on the darn thing. Just hold it down…

Commerce Roberto Baldwin

How to Get Facebook Timeline Right Now

Facebook Timeline is finally here for the masses. Wait, you don’t know how to activate it? Fret not, friend, we’ll show you how to get up and running on the new Facebook so you can join in on the fun. So this is your old boring Facebook wall/profile/whatever. Your life feels meaningless. Facebook wasn’t making…

Social Media Adrian Covert

How to Install and Configure Windows 8 Right Now

With Windows 8, Microsoft is reimagining the most basic premises of personal computers. CEO Steve Ballmer recognizes the drastic changes coming in Windows 8, even calling the platform one of the biggest risks taken by the industry giant. The UI changes and fundamental paradigm shifts that Windows 8 brings to the table are making a…

Tech News Tim Ferrill - MaximumPC

How to Shoot Photos With Your iPhone Using Your Headphones or Bluetooth Headset

This is a really great trick. It seems obvious, but I never thought about it: You can use the volume up button on your headphones cable or Bluetooth headset to snap a picture with your iPhone. It’s pretty simple: just connect your headphone cable with volume control or pair your Bluetooth set, open the camera…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How to Make Perfect Holiday Photos With a DIY $1 Lightsphere

I hate using regular flash for photography. It makes everyone look horrible and everything look cheesy. Fortunately, there’s a very easy fix that would only cost you one dollar. This is what you need to perfectly illuminate your photos: 1. Grab one small piece of Vinyl drawer liner. 2. Get some velcro. 3. Follow the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How to Make Your Own Tilt-Shift Lens

How to Make a Bunch of Roses Using Duct Tape

Let’s Make Mead: The Ancient Berserker Crunk-Juice of Kings

3 Ways to Chill Your Super Bowl Beer FAST (2 UPDATES)

How To: Escape From Google’s Clutches, Once and For All

Manage the Onslaught of Open Graph Facebook Apps

How To Access Wikipedia During Tomorrow’s Blackout Protest

Ignore Your Annoying Facebook Buddies Without Unfriending Them

Google’s Android Design Guide Will Make Your Apps Sooooo Fierce

How to Get Your Free Cool Facebook Timeline Personal Cards Now

How to Best Watch the First Meteor Shower of the Year

How to Get Unlimited Data on Verizon Right Now

How to Find the Perfect Portrait Lighting Using a Marble

How To Keep Track of All Your Friends Tonight

How To Set Up Your Brand New iPad 2

Set Up Your Kindle Fire for Tiny Tablet Awesomeness

How to Get Facebook Timeline Right Now

How to Install and Configure Windows 8 Right Now

How to Shoot Photos With Your iPhone Using Your Headphones or Bluetooth Headset

How to Make Perfect Holiday Photos With a DIY $1 Lightsphere

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