Messenger: add face emotions instead of smyles in chat

 
Adding smyle is easy and smyle can be any image on your computer or facebook.

Add your own smyles for more interesting chats. Tested with Pidgin on Msn chat protocol.

Prolonger your sleep by setting Two alarms on mobile phone

When it comes to getting up in the morning there is very useful possibility to use another alarm on your mobile phone that reminds your of exact time when you need to leave your appartment. Calculate time it takes to get to office and set exact time of departure. Being sharp without checking clock is the best and saves attention.

*eat until 2nd alarm rings. This technique is also useful for losing weight.

Watch a movie on backseats with laptop

Watching movie in parked automobile is actually good idea!

Requrements:
-car with front seats that fold down
-laptop with strong battery (or car electificity)
-connection to car audio system
-silent and remote place

1. fold down backseat
2. fold down backseat
3. make laptop stand with your jackets
4. connect laptop with audio and Power supply (low battery can ruin everything as movies use a lot of power)

Enjoy "a forest movie" with your mate !

Training strange skills will fill head with more Neurons

Some skills are strange but come handy manytimes.

Using non dominant hand, reading rotated text, performing operations around your head.

















Let's start:
Throw darts with non dominant hand (will not come handy)
Use both hands when working and switch hands when one hand is tired.

Use monitor even if rotated. Read text on rotated paper.. Next time you will neet to type on rotatated keyboard it will be much faster.

There was some projection table behind my back. Screen was not visible but i need to click correct button. Someone who saw that table helped me to correctly click (by saying left, right, up, down)

There are many possibilitys to play with your nerves and train them. If you rotate vertical shooter it will become hoizontal shooter.
If you play FPS game upside down, eventualy your flat will be seen upside down. And that is a hard drug.

Internet superhighway rules but.. there are rules anyway

=)

Think better by selecting right Environment

Environments with high oxygen level produce results in better thinking.

Braincells need oxygen to operate. Cooking on electricity produce smarter brains and smarter brains cook better.

Breath air - think smart. Breath smart.

Cooking apple logo succeded (almost)

Cooking things with good look is cool
This apple we coocked is actualy bread with cooco..

However it could be better, it even got rotten a bit

This logo appears on some laptops. It's illuminated by monitor backlight. I like it becouse there is no text on it. Toshiba or IBM seems to be just to much reading.


before oven


after oven with some glitch


on stage, well seen in dark but spammy

Take pics of taken-apart/opened devices BEFORE rebuilding/closing 'em

Taking pic means remembering, taking pic means sharing, uploading pic of my old hi-fi amp means disk clean-up.

Latter you can always check what is inside your devices without opening em, if only you have taken a foto!

If you are taking things apart this will help you rebuild them.

Extend your view with transparent backgrounds

3D monitors are in shops today, but monitor transparency could be also very useful feature.

Transparency is not new idea. You can use software transparency to see what is below some window. There is no need for big screen when there is transparency available.

transparent linux command line interface

Pic:Small window titles allow to switch windows in depth without need for transparency. There is also no need for transparency if you use small arranged windows.

But when windows are on top of each other then use transparency to see what is going on our computer. To stay more focused on current window use light transparency level.

"empty" shampoo bottle reveals its non-empty secret

Process freedom fries one-per-one and learn some server theory

Everyone can cook and this is how to process freedom fries one-by-one.
On first plate is queue of uncooked fries. This can be big as we have plenty of space there.
Smaller cooking pan (FIFO - first in first out cooking server) would reduce need for oil (resource) but less fries would be processed at the same time (parallel processing). Removing the one that is most cooked, and cooling them gradually helps controling cook level and temperature. The chilling queue is straight, wait uncooked fries are taken randomly.

Nintendo Wii Fit is good for barefooted personal use

Nintendo wii is great exercise tool even for woman. Wii fit should be played barefooted! Socks are bad choice because they are slippy. This can be pretty uncomfortable fact if you wanted to play wii fit with your friends. However most nintendo wii games support only up to 4 players.


one playing and three barefooted waiting

Consoles comparison:Wii, Xbox, Playstation3

Expand your Explanations with Environmentally available objects

Diagrams on blackboard, pointing laser and other devices can really add to power presentations.


video: explaining chip forgery process in Bulgaria with chalk (ability to wear in pockets) on the road (present in most environments)

6 techniques for taking notes with mobile phone

There are three main note taking techniques with mobile phone.

1.Typed Note
Typed note can be saved in sms drafts or mobile phone notes. Usually they are short. To type faster on mobile phone don't look as you type and use right arrow to use same key for two different characters.
Typed note can be taken anywhere. Nobody will be disturbed if you type on mobile phone.

2.Voice clips
When you record voice clip tell everything that is in your head. It will ease recognising what was note about when taking note in noisy environment and notes will be more comprehensive.
Additionaly record environment sounds that will allow you to recognise what was position of note.
To improve voice clip use also camera that will record environment in which clip was recorded.

3.Fotos&video
Pictures will help you remember things and share interesting things with friends. You can take pic of your monitor or some flyer. Pic can be taken in second. If you have an error message on computer screen that dissapears in second you can take a pic and read it latter.
If you have an long url address you want to remember (like when uploading a foto on web or file)
it's time to take a pic!

4.Callendar&alarms
useful for events that will come and continious events (like time to get out of bed, time to leave for school, etc.)

5.Contacts
Sometimes you want to ask someone about something. You can write some notes to your contacts and when you meet this person you can (elegantly) check what was that you wanted to ask?

6.Written notes
Writing phone's system codes on battery sticker is not half as fun as sticking 5€ under battery.
Not to even mention writing notes on sim card.. :)


When you latter process notes also time and order of notes can help to understand better the circumstances of these notes and their meanings.

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Exchange informations by lending personalized devices

Lend, rent, buy and borrow devices even if they are personalised

There exist a community of people exchange their houses for holidays. This enable them to travel and explore for cheap. But this is not all. Seems like that it's important rule to keep personal stuff in house. Exchanging house can be even more interesting if personal stuff stays.

Consoles, mobile phones and laptops could be easily lended as disk (dvd,cd) media was. Problem could be personalisation. If you buy phone from your friend you can get a whole bunch of new numbers (and checking faces online makes this even more) or just update old ones from your contact list.

Wait for some time and battery will be magicaly recharged

Charge battery by only waiting

Battery seem to recover some of it's power after some time. Your flash-light will give some more light if you wait for some time rather than leaving it open when battery seems wasted.

How long to wait? something like 5 hours should help to send sms.

Utilize low-res videos better with mobile players

Increase overall experience when playing low quality data (audio or video) by using proper hardware. Cam/Scr/Ts video can look very good on mobile phone. Dvd video look very good on dvd-quality (cheap) projector or from automobile backseats. Internet tv streams/feeds look nice on old tv/netbooks..

If video (or audio) is not enough sharp for HD screen monitor make it more mobile/portable/wearable/big-screen...

If your source data is bad in some quality you can switch to hardware that will give a new dimension to overall experiance.

3gp and youtube video (mobile phone video) offers low bandwith usage as these files are really small and will even dowload almost instantly.

Low quality video offers possiblity for moving into different dimensions that offer new adventures.

Represent vividly for low Brainprocessing requrements

Some representations requre more brainprocessing power to understand than others.



Types of media in order of brainprocessing difficulty (from most hard to most easy)

-Plain Text (reading text)
Transforming typografy into words
-Formulas&symbols
Formuals may be hard to understand completly but easier to recognise like
"1+1=2" is easier to process that "one plus one is two".
-Audiobooks (listening to spoken text) transforming words into meanings
-Facerecognition
Faces are "very" similar objects not so easy to distingush.
-Fotos (recognising shapes from real objects)
-Illustration (recognising shapes)
Shapes are already visible
-Video (recognising shapes in movement)
Shape in movement offer more possiblity to recognise as seen from different angles
-Virtual space (exploring shapes in space)
Viewing angles are contrlled automaticaly. 3D space offer great learning possibilities.


This list is informative only.

Soft floor and low furniture keep falling gadgets together

Increase chance of survival of your falling gadgets by using soft mat and avoiding hard floors.

electronics frendly living room: low table, soft mat and soft seats

Electronics are designed to survive when falling from normal high human to asphalt. But you can increase their chance of survival and reduce scratches by avoiding hard floors.

Apply to: external hard drives, laptop monitors, cellphones, remote controls, etc.

How to change msn adress less painfuy

Don't you like your mail address connected with msn messenger?

Solutions:
-make alternative mail accout with microsoft ID and use pidgin to use 2 msn accounts simulataniously
software like pidgin allows user to use multiple account simultaniously

Many contacts needs to be added again, some can be informed with note in old account title..


-switch to skype, google talk (any gmail user have this) or use facebook chat
-wait
if you don't like you msn mail account now, maybe you will like it in few years.

Increase hard disk utilization by sharing more of its content

Hard disk space or speed can be highly utilized.

To increase hard disk content&speed use, share it so others can access it. Torrents are great way to host things. You can share disk content when you are not using internet bandwith (tutorial) or host at low speed. This will make more use of hard disk space.

Increase % of your hard drive in use by sharing hard drive content in networks like Miro show/news feeds or file-sharing networks.

Miro is great and legal way to use torrent protocol to watch episodes and shows.

Most P2P protocols allows to share incomplete files. Some files that take longer to download may be more rare. You can fill all hard drive with incomplete transfers and then just empty space when some transfer (with contend) gets completly downloaded and sorted out.

Related:disk space recycling.

Smaller tech gets its way into washing machine easier

Be careful with those electronics that are nano sized and fit well into clothes smallest pockets.

SD card was washed. It was pretty small so there was no worry, however audio won't play well until it was complety dry.

Removed wet and bad sticker. To remove stickers from gadgets use oil and straight razor.

Next time show and explain small gadgets to your mom..

Record voice clips in wind or noisy environment

When wind blows into microphone the result is poor sound. If you are riding a bike or walking you can still speak on mobile phone or record voice clips by covering microphone with hand.
If you know wind direction then turn in opposite direction.


Efficient (low noise - no wind) exchange of informations on mobile phone is better :)

Lighting with hands protection creates small environment

Be sharp on time by requlating travelling speed and path

Requlate walk/bike/car speed based on how early you are (i.e. for catching bus)

Riding bike slowly gives chance to speed up when late. Accelerating should give you "time reserve."

It's easier to move faster than leaving some place at very exact time (even with alarms!)

Select your speed after exiting appartment or at some checkpoint(checkpoint alarms).

This technique allows to be very sharp on time anywhere you go. Especialy if your paths are a bit longer.
If you don't use the shortest path then you can use these shortcuts to improve your timing.

Access computer quickly by kneeling on chair

Many times you get in situation when you need to sit in froint of computer for short time (for some quick task)


Kneeling on chair!

This trick is very useful if you have chair that rotates.
It's more comfortable, quick and effortless.

Play horror scenes with greater speed for less horrifying movie experience

Which movie segments are appropriate to fast-forward with vlc player speed controls?


Video segments that are good for fast forwarding:

-Beginning credits
-Commercials (if you have them on video)
-Horror/violent scenes loose effect if played on higher speed!
-Boring interviews in documentaries (can be also skipped)
-Something else you don't like
-End credits



Keyboard shortcuts:
[+] : Play faster
[-] : Play slower

Saving time by using elevator instead of stairs?

Skipping elevator and still saving time?


Is it possible? Yes, but only if you're lucky.. in general no. Why whould then one use stairs when elevator is avalable?

Last time i decided to descend on stairs, it was only one floor below i stop a lady entering the elevator and i "joined" This way we both saved time that would took elevator to pick me up one floor above (if it would even go to pick me up)



If you descend on stair you keep elevator empty for others (like you). It's easer to descend because gravitation helps you!
If you spot elevator on your path you can enter with zero (stressful?) waiting.
Efficiency of Combined Stair&Elevator descending can be mathematicaly analized, but why not just stick to senses..

Warning:don't ride stairs with downhill bike

Solved: Get focused window id on linux

Get ID of currently focused window (window on top) in bash:

b=$(printf '%x\n' $(xdotool getactivewindow))
a=0x0
ab=$a$b
echo $ab

This can be used to check if webbrowser is active to lower p2p bandwith usage automaticaly:

while true
do
sleep 9
b=$(printf '%x\n' $(xdotool getactivewindow))
a=0x0
ab=$a$b
#echo $ab
browserID=$(wmctrl -l | grep "Firefox" | awk '{ print $1 }')
#echo $browserID
if [ "$ab" = "$browserID" ]
then
#echo browser active, shutting down transmisssion
(ps ax | grep -v grep | grep transmission) #check if transmission
if [ "$?" -eq 0 ];
then
b=$(xwininfo -name Transmission | grep Window\ id:\ | awk '{print $4}') #get programs window id
xvkbd -xsendevent -window $b -text "\Cq" #send keystroke to quit program
echo off send to transmission
sleep 60
fi
else
#echo browser not active
(ps ax | grep -v grep | grep transmission) #check if transmission
if [ "$?" -ne 0 ];
then
transmission -m&
fi
fi
echo
done

Stephen Hawking - do wheelchairs push people to think more?

Does less moving make you think more. Stephen Hawking is brilliant physicist who is barely able to move. Does such condition make "want-to-live" person think more?

It's for sure that people who are blind know how to use their ears better, but can they use their brians better as well? In a world full of various informations blindnes can be also filter information.

Many people on wheelchair are sucessfull bloggers (example).




S. Hawking Facts:

1.
Hawking was riding horses when he was young.

2.

Hawking gradually lost the use of his arms, legs, and voice, and as of 2009 has been almost completely paralysed
from:wikipeida article

3. (before paralisis)

Through his schooling, Hawking was a good, but not exceptionally brilliant, student. However, he always displayed an interest in science.
via

It's hard
-to say that paralisis lead Hawkings to "understanding&enlightment"
or
-to say that same Hawaking paralisis is leading world to "non understanding" of Cosmical mysteries inside Hawking brains? (that may be not open source)

Join small cables together with adhesive tape and Lego blocks

We wanted to join two small cables together for project titled:

Transform any charger into Usb charger

To join small cables together was used
-adhesive tape
2 lego blocks (in second step).

1.rotate two cables around each other so that the stripped ends touch
2.stick with tape
3.add two small lego blocks to hold things together even harder

There are better solutions out there but that two things (legos+tape) shoud be at any home.

DIY Lego cellphone Stand

Lego blocks are very useful. This cellphone stand was build with just few blocks of legos and is designed to perfectly fit cellphone.




Right side of phone has less blocks for easier phone picking with right hand.





What is next? Laptop stand?

C++ Programmer's daily Bread

What is programmers food?

bread, of course.

What we did was to cook a C++ shape bread in oven for some fun.


before oven:



after oven:

Yummy. Recipe? ask.

DIY Shadow for camera lens

Camera lens require shadow for best picture quality (especially when lights are bright).


If you don't have shade as this camera have:





You can use hand to make some shadow:



Also useful for mobile phone cameras.

Restart computer without drawing attention with Shut down

When software is installed on someone's computer, user may be prompted to restart computer.
This may generate -additional questions:
"What are you doing to that Computer? Why did you restart"
or "Why did that computer froze?"

To restart computer invisibly simply "power off" Than you can say: "I'm finished with working on this computer." Later simply change your mind and turn it on again.

Now you can play more games on your mom's computer with no fear of "blue screen of death" and mom around when installing.

Extend PSX3 controller battery lifespan

To extend controller battery lifespan buy Usb extender cable so you can play without using battery. This will enable you to play Playstation 3 while charging. Wirelless is not always neccesary so use cheap 5m long usb cable extender to increase battery lifetime of your controllers.