Archive for May, 2009

Run Ubuntu inside windows! [With out a program like vmware]

May 21st, 2009 | Category: Microsoft,Tech Talk,linux

Decription: Run Ubuntu within windows with out using vmware [or any program like it]

Best of all its portable!

Download: http://l4n.us/?dp

Win a xbox 360! : http://l4n.us/?dq

[Sorry about the video time caused me to rush it]

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Car Battery Hack!

May 20th, 2009 | Category: Joke

I thought it was funny….had to share :P

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User Submitted: Tux LED Mod [AA to USB]

May 19th, 2009 | Category: Tech Talk

Thanks for submitting this :)

Self explanatory he modded the little tux looking lamp to make it powered by USB. Maybe needs some voltage regulators and such to make it a bit safer. But still it works ;)

Gives me some ideas for other gadgets converted to usb power…

“Do something more macgyverish” epic quote :P

[Source: Contact Us form ;) ]

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What would you like to see modded?

May 18th, 2009 | Category: News

Give us some ideas guys comeon. I want to mod something just leave a comment or hit the Contact Us button to the right to submit your mod ideas. :)

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New IRC Channel! Join us!!!!

May 17th, 2009 | Category: News

Yes I am a noob and I still use IRC. Why dont you join me tho?

If you have your own IRC application just head over to irc.wyldryde.org and join #themodshop.

Or click HERE

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Can you die from not getting any sleep?

May 16th, 2009 | Category: News

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I have been known to go a day or 2 with out sleep just like a lot of the people reading this have done I am sure. However there has been a study done with some rats has shown that sleep deprivation can actually be deadly in rats atleast. However from what they are stating it is possible that the same can happen in all mammals. This is kind of creepy if you ask me.

So now I ask you…What time are you going to bed? :P

[Source: Slashdot]

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Fail Of The Day: Craigslist Poster…

May 15th, 2009 | Category: Fail Of The Day

Ok this falls under the epic fail section of my scale of fails.

A New York man posted an ad on craigslist offering to sell a computer! Hell of a deal too he paid $700 for it and is only asking $500 here is the post…

For sale – IBM PC-compatible computer.

486/33MHz custom-build computer running Phoenix BIOS, 80MB hard disk-drive, 640K of base RAM and 384K of extended RAM installed. Comes with DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.11 For Workgroups and a two-button mouse. Turbo feature still working 100% functional. Great for when you need speed boost. Upgraded graphics to a SVGA 800×600 card that is VESA-compliant and can display 16.7 million colors!!! New-ish 14″ monitor.

Windows 3.11 has MS Paint, Notepad text editing app, and Norton Desktop. Also, 14.4 modem and a trial subscription to both CompuServe and AOL (2.5 software pre-installed). 5.25″/3.5″ dual drive with an open bay in the case if you want to put in a CD-ROM disk drive too. Have plenty of diskettes of shareware including Netscape Navigator, Mosaic browser, and Castle Wolfenstein 3-D! Already has Sim City, SimEarth, Sim Ant, and Sim Tower and Front Page Sports Football.

Canon BubbleJet printer with spare cartridge. Will print all Post-Script and TrueType fonts.

Need to make room in my den for a new Pentium computer that I’m getting.

I built this computer for over $700 so it’s a great deal.

Hell of a deal right? Well one of the readers over at Gizmodo managed to get an email out to the poster before the ad was taken off of craigslist here is the response.

Sorry for delay. My Eudora setting was messed up.

No. Is real sale. I need money to buy new Pentium computer that will run the new Windows 95 program. Is supposed to be better than Windows 3 but I don’t know. Am too used to finding things in Program Manager. The modem is real fast (by US Robotics) and is much faster than 9600 baud. Even though is 14.4, I got it to run at 28.8 with a program i downloaded.

Am willing to lower ask to $300 for if you have a Apple Mackintosh Quadra (850 preferable).

I REALLLLLY hope this is just a joke and the guy is not serious…Oh well its a fail either way.

[Source: Gizmodo]

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Also, don’t worry if you don’t like Eudora. I have Netscape Communicator Gold although I just use the browser on it because it reads GIF images and JPG images.

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[Video] What to do with your old computer…

May 14th, 2009 | Category: Tech Talk

Ok so I needed to do a video so I could test my computers ability to do such a task. After 15min of recording 45min of editing and 3min of publishing and this is the result. Enjoy :)

[Hint...watch till the end for a prize]

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Fail Of The Day: AT&T

May 13th, 2009 | Category: Fail Of The Day

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Ok so I know there has not been a FOTD for a while but this is the first epic fail that I have came across.

Apparently someone thought it wise to move a fridge full of food and who the hell knows what else into a conference room at AT&T’s San Jose office. Leaving said fridge unplugged [Smart right?].

Now I don’t know if you have ever left a EMPTY fridge unplugged but after a while even an empty one gets a nice oder to it. I can only imagine what this thing smelled like.

Moving along after the smell got to bad someone decided they would try and kill it with some spray. However this spray was not febreze or anything like that it was a cleaner. This combined with the other smells and chemicals that were around at the time presented a nice [possibly] toxic aroma.

In the end there were people that were feeling very sick and made for a fun day at the office.

[Source: Yahoo]

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New Apple Ad Hates Microsofts Laptop Hunter Ads

May 12th, 2009 | Category: Joke

I find the above to be quite funny. It is no doubt in a response to the laptop hunter ads and is somewhat true in the sense of the no crashing / viruses thing.

Never seen the Microsoft ads? Here is one coming along right now!

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