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DIY AVR USB RGB LED notifier

Giving us a chance to break out the TLAs, [Blair] sent in his latest hack where he embedded an RGB LED into his EeePC to display twitter, pidgin, and email notifications. It is based around the ATtiny45, and requires very few additional parts. He based the project on a foundation of work laid by [Dennis Unter] on notifications and the work of [Dave Hillier] that used V-USB, a library for implementing USB on AVRs. The entire circuit was done freehand and crammed inside the netbook. He says that it is a lot easier to see notifications, even when the…


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Invisible Scanner : A handy tool

Welcome to your favorite yahoo detector!
It can now check invisible IDs on Yahoo! Webmessenger, Meebo, Pidgin, eBuddy and other.
Invisible Scanner is a free tool to check if any one of your friends is online and put his or her stealth setting as invisible. The tool also provides his or her avatar or image. It is always reliable and accurate.
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sTART YOUR MOST USED PROGRAMMES IN ONE CLICK

Everyone has some standard list of programs, which he starts when logs on to his computer. It’s a waste of time to start each program individually; today we are going to learn how to start all your favorite programs with a single click using batch files. Those of you who don’t know what batch files are may check this post to find out what they are.I usually use Dreamweaver, Mozilla Firefox, and pidgin immediately after I login to my comp. So let us see how to create a batch file to start the above three programs with a single click.First…


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