Shortly after the official release of iOS 8, news outlets like BGR, Gizmodo, and Huffington Post were instructing iPhone 4S users to refrain from updating (which were practically regurgitations of an Ars Technica piece).
Do you take your notes on a word processor while browsing the web? Well, stop. There's an easier, less RAM hungry way to take notes by turning the tab of your web browser into a notepad. Whether it's an email address, a line of code, a new how-to, or an idea you don't want to lose, you can easily jot it down without slowing down.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. You have a Google Nexus 7 tablet, but you really wanted an iPad. What do you do? Skin it to make it look like an iPad, of course! Today, I’ll show you how to transform your Nexus 7 into an iPad and trick your friends into thinking it runs iOS! Let’s begin.
Since Angry Birds is apparently an "indie game", here's an interesting tidbit. Changsa, China's Window of the World theme park recently added an especially zeitgeisty activity to their collection of diverse attractions: a real-life Angry Birds game, which allows participants to catapult Angry Bird "balls" at targets using an actual slingshot.
In a gesture to bring the social qualities of Google+ into the real world, photographer +Trey Ratcliff invited his Google+ followers to join him on a photowalk this past Thursday, held on the Stanford University campus. Over 150 people showed up to take pictures with fellow Googlers and Google+ users, and to socialize in "real life". This group photo was taken by professional photographer +Peter Adams.
Alex Lewis imagines what the world would look like infiltrated by video game characters in his digital montage series “Video Games vs. Real Life”. (P.S. If you like what you see, check out Lewis' t-shirt designs at Threadless).
Here is the brand new teaser trailer for REAL STEAL coming out in 2011. I believe this was a twilight zone episode at least there was one with a similar premise. Basically in the future boxing is outlawed so we create robots to battle it out in the boxing arena. Looks like Rocky meets Transformers if you ask me. cast:
In my Country, education plays a major role in our life, it's the base to have an easier life and also to expand the knowledge further and further, however, the majority of people who are involved in the education system don't understand the real benefits behind real education.
have u ever thought how angels will look like or how they behave ..?its not a hard thing ...the lil ones fly around the home like bees are the real angels...
Nothing says Cuban like guava, and how do you get the most enjoyment out your guava? By massive amounts of it. That's where this name "Masa Real de Guayaba" comes from… a real mass of guava… in a small food bar. John Verlinden creates this delicious Cuban treat. A layer of thick sweet guava paste sandwiched between two layers of rich, dense cake makes a wonderful baked treat to bring to a party.
Albeit a "staged" performance, the skills appear to be real. This dude pulls off some impressive figure skating tricks, except upside down - on his head, breakdance style. I recommend watching the entire video (it builds), but to get to the real climax, skip ahead to around 1:06 or so.
When your child is well-behaved, it says as much about you as it does about her! Here, tips for teaching your child the importance of manners. Give your child a real life lesson in manners.
Make announcement to people there’s a Donkey Kong Competition! People arrive and see a real life set looking like the classic arcade game. (see photo)
Hold a free demo of the 3d technology in jackass 3d on the street. However the TV will not be a real TV. It will simply be stunt glass with the jackass logo on it. Or it would be better if you had a freeze frame on the screen of wee man with Preston behind him.
Zombies are all the rage these days, but what if you don't want to be just a normal zombie? Stand out amongst the different costumes this Halloween by following this makeup guide on dressing up as a zombie bride. You'll need to be willing to spill a little blood on a wedding dress to get the real corpse bride look though.
Don't just leave your kid with a sad plastic bag this Valentine's Day to store valentines from his or her classmates! Make the giving and receiving of valentines special this year by crafting this paper Valentine's Day card mailbox.
ProjectKinectMagicMirror combines augmented reality and CT-scan imagery to create a virtual "X-ray machine." Another amazing Microsoft Kinect hack to add to the vault. The ingenuity is infectious... Get inspired. Make-your-own.
"Tron" is a very cinematography-heavy film. While the story itself is interesting - Sam being contacted by his father who's stuck in a game he built many years after he's disappeared from the real world - the big draw is definitely the dark, glowing bodysuits and tracks in the game.
This quick tutorial shows you how to mod your own scenarios for Civilization 3. You can bring up an editor screen to create your own scenarios and other extra content you can add to your own copy of the popular real time strategy game.
In this clip, you'll learn how to play Blizzard's popular real-time strategy game, Warcraft III, on Garena. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.
Capture the charisma of the clown and the charm of a marine fish into a masterpiece called the clownfish! Actually, the clownfish is as real as they come, with bold vertical stripes and bright coloration, and are sometimes referred to as anemone fish, because they live in close proximity to anemones. This video illustrates the step-by-step details to drawing a clownfish. "Pez payaso" is the Spanish translation of clownfish.
Tired of paper airplanes? Make a paper helicopter! You can download and print out a pattern off the Internet to make a toy helicopter with a real spinning paperclip propeller! Use colored paper and colored pencils on your rig, and hold contests with your friends.
Jewelry making may be too advanced for your young ones, but these wire rings are the exception. It's the perfect project for your kids, and it's easy and fun. There's hardly any materials involved in making this wire rings, and your girls will wear them forever! At least, until they get a real wedding ring. Materials needed are:
Realistic fake blood is hard to come by, unless you plan on spending tons of money ordering it from a prop company. Make it yourself! This video features step-by-step instructions for making fake blood at home out of simple ingredients, with a blender being the only tool required. This way, you won't need to resort to drawing it from a real human.
Acne is a difficult and embarrassing part of most teenagers and many adults lives. This video offers you instructions on how to remove acne from a picture using Adobe Photoshop. While the example picture may be a cartoon head, you should be able to translate the lessons here to a real face and erase all of those bad memories from your 7th-grade photos.
Resin clay gumdrops are handy for creating gumdrop wreaths that last a whole lot longer than real gumdrop wreaths (which inevitably either end up with a few bite marks in them or melting).
Looking for a place to hide your small valuables? Look no further! In this clip, learn how to hack an Axe can and turn it into a stash box for anything that will fit. The can will look so real that no one will ever assume there is something of value inside. So whether you are hiding cash, jewels, ganja or whatever else, give this hack a try.
Unless you happen to be the real life version of Hayden Christensen's character from the movie "Jumper," who has the magical gift of teleportation, traveling from one place to another simply by will is a power restrained to science fiction novels and movies.
Drawing towns full of buildings can be challenge, especially when trying to properly use perspective to make the view stretch out into the horizons as so many towns do in the real world. This video demonstrates how to start with a simple web and then build on it to create a neat pastoral scene in pen that vanishes neatly into some buildings rendered far off in the distance.
This video is some real basic stuff about boat tying and anchoring. Watch to see the right way to tie and anchor your boat.
Learn how to do the Charge Normal with this pen spinning tutorial.
Learn how to do the Middle Backaround with this pen spinning tutorial.
Learn how to do the Fingerless Thumbaround Reverse with this pen spinning tutorial.
Learn how to do the Twisted Sonic with this pen spinning tutorial.
Learn how to do the Thumbaround Normal with this pen spinning tutorial.
Learn how to do the Continous Thumbaround with this pen spinning tutorial.
Learn how to do the Ring Backaround with this pen spinning tutorial.
Learn how to do the Devils Sonic and Devils Around with this pen spinning tutorial.
Learn how to do the Charge Reverse with this pen spinning tutorial.
Learn how to do the Fingerpass Reverse with this pen spinning tutorial.
