The Best How-To’s of the Year
From ludicrously affordable globe-trotting to finding the perfect spot to park your pr0n, 2010 was a good year to do it yourself. Check out the the best of 2010’s How-To guides. 1. How To: Jailbreak Any iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad So, you’ve heard about jailbreaking, and it sounds intriguing. And dangerous. (But mostly just…
How to Travel Around the World for $418
Steve Kamb decided he wanted to travel the world for as little money as possible. This map is his travel plan: 35,000 miles, visiting four continents, nine countries and 15 cities for just $418. Here’s how he got it: “I have to tell you sir, this is easily the most ridiculous itinerary I’ve ever put…
How To Be a Froyo Power User
Even though Google’s Froyo 2.2 update for Android was released in the middle of 2010, phones have only just recently started shipping with it installed straight out of the box. Here’s how to get the most from your Froyo experience. A handful of smartphones and tablets are will be updated to Froyo by the end…
Gizmodo University: Volts, Amps, and Ohms
In this week’s Gizmodo University: Discover Electronics, we’re diving headfirst into the principle theories of electronics. The second of four classes in this series, “Volts, Amps, and Ohms” is presented in conjunction with Sparkle Labs. Good morning class, today we will be building off of last week’s introduction to electronics theory. If you missed last…
Gizmodo University: The Bright Ideas Behind LED’s
In this week’s Gizmodo University: Discover Electronics, we will investigate the practical and theoretical fundamentals of electronics. This lesson, the first of four in the series, is presented in conjunction with Sparkle Labs. Update: Due to unforeseen technical difficulties, this post briefly went live before the featured videos were available. Sorry for any inconvenience or…
The 10 Best Ways to &*$% Up Your Computer
We often detail how to recover from disaster, but equally important is how to avoid potentially catastrophic scenarios in the first place. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, or in the PC world, hours of frustration. On the flip side, maybe you have a masochistic desire to destroy your system. What…
Master the Essentials: 29 Crucial PC Skills
Do you consider yourself a power user? It’s a tough question. After all, where do you draw the line? Hardware hacking? Command-line skills? Unix? These 29 essential PC skills define the core competency of any power user. As we sat down to answer this question, the possibilities seemed endless, making our task feel more daunting.…
How To: Automatically Upload Pictures To the Internet as You Take Them
Although technological advances have made uploading photos easier over the years, it’s still impossible to have pictures you take with your DSLR transmitted immediately and automatically to the internet. Or is it? In this article, we’ll share out top secret industry secret method, which lets you use two cool gadgets together to automatically upload your…