Tag Archives: hacks

What’s the difference between WM5 and WM6 phones? WM6 looks a hell of a lot cooler. Adopting some of the sleekness of Vista, Windows Mobile 6 is smoother designed than Windows Mobile 5. But never fear! With a few simple hacks, you can have your WM5 looking a lot like the WM6 Crossbow OS. This hack will show you how ...

Even non-smokers can have something to tote around in the Cigarette Phone. Cigarettea is cigarette-shaped tea bags for people who like to entertain in a subtle way. People will give you glances of confusion as you drop a cigarette into your boiling water. Let the Cigarettea settle, just like any other tea, and then drink down its tea goodness. It’s ...

Whilst Microsoft was bragging about the sales number of their latest OS Windows Vista, few would actually know that they have only managed to sell 244 copies in the whole of China in the first 2 weeks. You heard that right, and that’s the number quoted from the headquarters of the Windows Vista chief (90% national volume) distributor in Beijing. ...

If you’re anything like us, you hate wasting stuff knowing that there has to be another purpose for them. For example, take an empty CD spindle. Once you’ve used all of the CD’s and distributed them (or lost them) what are you to do with the empty spindle? It seems useful enough. How about as a cool little Tupperware-like container ...

Jealous of the way other people’s wrists glow and yours is just plain and pasty? You too can have shiny wrists. Perhaps shinier than anyone else’s wrist. The Sparklab Wearable Light kit is a wrist cuff with embedded LED’s. The Velcro strap acts as a switch, so that the lights are only illuminated when the bracelet is being worn. The ...

Why Apple hasn’t gotten with the program and jumped on to the flash memory train yet is beyond us. Why give themselves the extra trouble of a drive with moving parts? This hack shows you how to install flash memory into almost any iPod. Make sure you back up all your music BEFORE you start. Sadly, there are no directions ...

We thought the idea to latch all unneeded gear to the bottom of your desk was an ultimate space saver, and this Computer Table puts the cherry on the sundae. Who needs a tower when they have a desk? The Computer Table fits all of your hardware into a desk drawer, so no cases needed. You can actually call this ...

Who needs a laptop, honestly? All you need is a MacPack strapped to your shoulders and your good to go on your merry way. If your still using an old Mac daily than you probably shouldn’t do this unless you’re a wiz with hardware, just in case you screw up and lose all of your data. But really, if your ...

Want to make a geek take a second glance? Try setting up one of these real Google Map icons somewhere in your town. Watch as the geeks fear over their sanity. “I think I was on the computer way to long last night”. The fear of being brainwashed will drive them mad. This would be an absolutley awesome idea for ...

We swear we fell for it. OK, maybe not, but it’s good to know that one of the biggest companies worldwide has such a good sense of humor. This April Fools mock-up would actually be kind of cool if it were for real. The idea is for a free mail service where Gmail would be sent through the postal service. ...