Yes, you can make a banana piano with a piece of hardware, some crocodile clips, and a Mac. No software is required. You can even turn the same thing into a joypad for playing Mario, with some additional play-doh and a paper note pad.
An invention by MaKey MaKey, a new startup, you can actually order this board now from them.
A pcb, with some connectors and Arduino chips, this thing really works.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Facebook Timeline Remover
Facebook Timeline, like it or hate it, it is here no matter what you think. While most of the Facebook users has been forced to change to Timeline, some still at older Facebook interface. I am lucky that my personal Facebook page still using old Facebook interface, while this blog's Facebook Page has been forced to change to Timeline not too soon after it was being setup.
TimeLineRemove is something you can try if you want to get rid of the TimeLine for now. What actually happen in background is timeline still being loaded, but TimeLineRemove change the look of the TimeLine to become old and good Facebook interface. So you can look at your friend's Facebook profile on old Facebook interface.
TimeLineRemove is available for FireFox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer. All you need to do is go to it's website and install the add-on or extension (allow permission if needed), reload the Facebook and then you are on old and good Facebook interface.
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To disable Facebook TimeLine, visit this link and download the add-on/extension:
http://www.timelineremove.com/
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TimeLineRemove is something you can try if you want to get rid of the TimeLine for now. What actually happen in background is timeline still being loaded, but TimeLineRemove change the look of the TimeLine to become old and good Facebook interface. So you can look at your friend's Facebook profile on old Facebook interface.
TimeLineRemove is available for FireFox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer. All you need to do is go to it's website and install the add-on or extension (allow permission if needed), reload the Facebook and then you are on old and good Facebook interface.
To disable Facebook TimeLine, visit this link and download the add-on/extension:
http://www.timelineremove.com/
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Waste Time Wednesday, again
It was only few weeks ago that I posted waste time post:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/05/waste-time-wednesday.html
Recently I found too many waste time video that wasted my time, since it already wasted my time, why not you always waste some of your time to watch this. Personally I think this trailer video is much better than Rihanna on the real Battleship movie. :P Don't believe me? Watch this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDMXkPfxjOc
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http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/05/waste-time-wednesday.html
Recently I found too many waste time video that wasted my time, since it already wasted my time, why not you always waste some of your time to watch this. Personally I think this trailer video is much better than Rihanna on the real Battleship movie. :P Don't believe me? Watch this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDMXkPfxjOc
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Monday, May 28, 2012
The Best Cloud Storage
This is not based on review reports that compiled from internet. This is my actual experience and I have all these accounts. I hilited winner for each item.
Clearly, I don't care about the paid services. There are so many free cloud service, why do we need to pay for it? Unless you really like a cloud service so much that you willing to pay for it. ADrive is the winner in this case, once you sign up, you get 50GB, no hassle, no need to like Facebook fanpage, no need to refer to your friends. Skydrive supposedly get the silver medal, but it reduced to 7GB after Google Drive debut, stingy Microsoft, boo! Congrats to those manage to get 25GB before it expired.
For second item, the total storage have I have on these cloud services, ADrive and Box.com are the winners. Box.com will offer free upgrade from time to time. iOS users was offered on 2011, and Android users was offered on beginning of 2012. What you need to do is install the mobile apps and sign up or login using the apps and you will get 50GB. There is no offer at the moment, except for certain brand of smartphone. Sugarsync can be a winner here as well, if you can refer Sugarsync to many people, and every free account being sign up, you will get additional 500MB. There is a famous blogger in Taiwan has over 100GB of storage on Sugarsync.
For upload file size limit, Pogoplug and Sugarsync are the winner, if the users are not limited by the browser and memory/RAM on the system users that using. This might be a catch here, if you are using lower end system, the upload limit might be less than 1G. I don't have the answer here, because I am using sandybridge with 4GB RAM. 115.com and ADrive clearly have stated 2GB is the file size limit, so they can be the winner as well.
Of all these cloud services, only ADrive does not have desktop client for free account. All the rest can sync using the desktop apps. 115.com and DBank only offer desktop client for Windows only, while mostly provide desktop client for both Windows and Mac. The winner in this category is Pogoplug because it also provide desktop client for Linux.
The winner on mobile apps category is Sugarsync, which includes Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Symbian and amazingly Windows Mobile (WinMo). WinMo is already an obsolete OS, but you still can upload files to Sugarsync from WinMo. Most of the cloud services have at least Android and iOS mobiles apps. Only ADrive does not have any mobile apps.
All cloud service allow syncing using desktop client or mobile apps, except ADrive.
All could service allow sharing. I remember there is one of them allow users to share within a limited time, however I can't remember which, I will update this when I find it.
Here is a table for the comparison, either you find one that is suitable for your usage, or like me just register with all of them. :P I have total of 170GB of cloud storage
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Clearly, I don't care about the paid services. There are so many free cloud service, why do we need to pay for it? Unless you really like a cloud service so much that you willing to pay for it. ADrive is the winner in this case, once you sign up, you get 50GB, no hassle, no need to like Facebook fanpage, no need to refer to your friends. Skydrive supposedly get the silver medal, but it reduced to 7GB after Google Drive debut, stingy Microsoft, boo! Congrats to those manage to get 25GB before it expired.
For second item, the total storage have I have on these cloud services, ADrive and Box.com are the winners. Box.com will offer free upgrade from time to time. iOS users was offered on 2011, and Android users was offered on beginning of 2012. What you need to do is install the mobile apps and sign up or login using the apps and you will get 50GB. There is no offer at the moment, except for certain brand of smartphone. Sugarsync can be a winner here as well, if you can refer Sugarsync to many people, and every free account being sign up, you will get additional 500MB. There is a famous blogger in Taiwan has over 100GB of storage on Sugarsync.
For upload file size limit, Pogoplug and Sugarsync are the winner, if the users are not limited by the browser and memory/RAM on the system users that using. This might be a catch here, if you are using lower end system, the upload limit might be less than 1G. I don't have the answer here, because I am using sandybridge with 4GB RAM. 115.com and ADrive clearly have stated 2GB is the file size limit, so they can be the winner as well.
Of all these cloud services, only ADrive does not have desktop client for free account. All the rest can sync using the desktop apps. 115.com and DBank only offer desktop client for Windows only, while mostly provide desktop client for both Windows and Mac. The winner in this category is Pogoplug because it also provide desktop client for Linux.
The winner on mobile apps category is Sugarsync, which includes Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Symbian and amazingly Windows Mobile (WinMo). WinMo is already an obsolete OS, but you still can upload files to Sugarsync from WinMo. Most of the cloud services have at least Android and iOS mobiles apps. Only ADrive does not have any mobile apps.
All cloud service allow syncing using desktop client or mobile apps, except ADrive.
All could service allow sharing. I remember there is one of them allow users to share within a limited time, however I can't remember which, I will update this when I find it.
Here is a table for the comparison, either you find one that is suitable for your usage, or like me just register with all of them. :P I have total of 170GB of cloud storage
| Which Cloud | SkyDrive | Google Drive | Box.com | CX.com | 115.com | ADrive | Pogoplug | SugarSync | DBank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storage, free acc | 7GB (25GB if signed up before Apr 22, 2012) | 5GB | 5GB | 10GB | 15GB | 50GB | 5GB | 5GB | 5GB |
| Storage that I own | 25GB | 5GB | 50GB (snatched during Android offers) | 10GB | 15GB | 50GB | 5GB | 5GB | 5GB |
| Upload file size limit | 300MB | 1GB | 100MB | 200MB | 2GB | 2GB | No limit (limit by browser/local PC) | No limit (limited by browser/local PC) | 200MB |
| Desktop client? | Win + Mac | Win + Mac | Win + Mac | Win + Mac | Win | No (Only for paid service) | Win + Mac + Linux | Win + Mac | Win |
| Mobile apps? | WP + iOS [no official for Android] | Android + iOS | Android + iOS + BlackBerry | Android + iOS | Android + iOS + WP | No | Android + iOS | Android + iOS + BlackBerry + Symbian + Windows Mobile! | Android + iOS |
| Syncing? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sharing? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Note | - | - | - | - | In Chinese Only | - | - | 1. Referral bonus [500MB/free, 10GB/paid] 2. Upload via email | In Chinese Only |
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Waste Time Monday
Monday blue? Here are some waste time video to cheer you up!
Turn on the volume and listen to the honest narrator:
Don't you love YouTube?
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Turn on the volume and listen to the honest narrator:
Don't you love YouTube?
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
How Accelerometer Works?
Probably accelerometer is one of the amazing invention that help smartphone to become a device that not just for communicator only, it also for gaming. With accelerometer, you can shake and tilt in any direction to play your favourite games.
Here is a video explain how accelerometer works:
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Here is a video explain how accelerometer works:
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Non-touch screen technology
Wait a minute, isn't touch screen is the most hip thing nowadays? If you don't have a touch screen device, you seems like out of touch from technology. Well, in this case it is you don't need to touch the screen, what you need is finger gesture. Similar to X-Box kinect, but you don't need to be jumping up and down, squat and wave like a mad man or woman to control the game. Watch the video from Leap Motion:
The second video seems like same as first video, jump to 0:52 to see the fingers being detect and play Angry Birds with a pair of chopstick!
Btw, touch screen can hurt fingers or skin if you use it too much and too often, especially playing games. :)
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The second video seems like same as first video, jump to 0:52 to see the fingers being detect and play Angry Birds with a pair of chopstick!
Btw, touch screen can hurt fingers or skin if you use it too much and too often, especially playing games. :)
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