Wireless headphones can be a wonderful way to help clear up the clutter inherent in most desktop PC systems. However, after plugging a wall wart in, and the headphone jack into the computer, the number of wires used has actually doubled. After [Parker] found an old set of JVC 900 Mhz wireless headphones (and a generic 900MHz transmitter), he cracked open the case to see what he could do with them. Realizing that the transmitter used a 12V DC source, he powered it with an unused floppy connector (which provides +12V, +5V, and two ground lines). He also wired…
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Internal Wireless Headphones
Facebook
The Story Behind Facebook’s “Secret” Audio Application
Last week I wrote that Facebook may be launching an audio product given the addition of audio within the page insights area. I reached out to Facebook for comment and found out that this wasn’t actually a soon to be released product, but instead an audio product that already exists. The “Music Player” application originally launched with pages and lets you upload songs for your fans to listen to.
While I wouldn’t exactly call this a robust application, it provides enough support for you to at least get songs posted on your page. This tool would be most useful for…
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Facebook Launching New Audio Product?
There are four primary types of media: text, audio, video, and photos, however Facebook has yet to introduce a product which enables users to share audio content. One of our readers has noticed that the insights area includes an “Audio” section under media consumption. It has been there for a while and is even referenced in Facebook’s help section however it doesn’t make sense because there’s no product currently linked to this and no data is showing up.
Does this mean that Facebook will soon launch a stand alone audio product? I sure hope so! There are currently a number…
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Six monitors, one video card
With most of us utilizing at least two monitors these days in our day to day operations, six monitors, while an awesome thought, might seem a little too excessive. After all, do we really have space for multiple video cards?
AMD has a new setup in their testing lab that is running six Dell 30inch displays at 7680×3200 through a video card holding six DisplayPort connectors.
Maximum PC has the scoop on the setup, and they say that this single GPU will be coming out on AMD’s DirectX 11 capable chips. Details are slim with the amount of video…
Facebook
You Can Now Access All Your Facebook Content From Tweetdeck
Earlier this month Tweetdeck announced that they would begin integrating the full Facebook stream into their widely used desktop application. The new version of the application has now gone live and you can view your entire news feed and then implement filters which limit the content to status updates, wall posts, photos, videos, and custom groups of friends. That means your Facebook feed will now sit right next to your Twitter feed … talk about content overload!
Rather than having to log in to Facebook to find out what’s going on with your friends you can quickly filter through TweetDeck…
Health and Wellness
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Natural Herbal Colon Cleanse
Our colon stores food particles that are not digested in the stomach and in the small intestines. This organ also absorbs water, salt and other nutrients from these food remains. The remains after the needed materials are absorbed become our stool or fecal wastes. Though a person can always flush this out through regular bowel movement, there are fecal wastes that are accumulated in the colon wall that cannot be easily removed.
A healthy diet composed of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other foods that are rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber is one of the…
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Mail-E email checker
[Totoro] sent in this cool little email notification device he made. Using a paper model of Wall-E, he added some servos and connected it to his computer using a PIC. Mail-E has independent arm rotation and head rotation. He admits that the PIC processor is major overkill and plans some upgrades such as making it wireless and using a little better suited chip to control it. Not bad for a proof of concept.
Facebook
How To Monitor Your Facebook Page Insights To Improve Content
This is Day 27 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here.
Facebook provides all page administrators with a tool for tracking the growth of the page as well as the number of interactions on your page. There are a few numbers which you can look at to determine how to improve you page most effectively. Ultimately by performing the steps outlined over the 30 days to 3,000 fans program, you should have figured out the most effective methods of improving your page.
Understanding Post Quality
Facebook provides one metric which they…
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Beer brewer’s temperature controller
Steady fermentation temperatures, usually at about 65 degrees Fahrenheit, are an important part of brewing beer. Because of this, the wort (unfermented beer) is often temperature controlled during fermentation. [android] needed a temperature controller for fermenting beer in a chest freezer. Much like the energy efficient fridge hack from last month, the chest freezer is switched on and off to achieve the desired temperature. Instead of buying a controller, [android] built around an existing design. His project uses a solid state relay to switch an outlet on and off.
The temperature is controlled by a home thermostat. He removed…
Business
Copyright Chief Lines Up With Google Book-Deal Opponents
Google is throwing conciliatory gestures at the wall in an effort to preserve an agreement that would let it digitize millions of books, but so far, none seems to be sticking. The head of the U.S. Copyright Office is the latest to stand in opposition to the deal between Google and two groups representing authors and publishers. Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo and many others also object.
Facebook
5 Mini-Competitions That Will Get Your Facebook Fans Talking
This is Day 21 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here.
Rather than investing in a complete contest application, try creating mini-competitions. For example, ask your fans to go on a Facebook scavenger hunt. I’m sure there are many other ideas for mini-competitions but the point is to get your fans active around your brand. It’s also possible to generate traffic to external sites if you have more robust competitions. Ultimately I’d think back to when you were a kid to the types of games you used to play with your…
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Neo-Geo case mod
What do you get when you cross a Neo-Geo and a Sega Genesis? A pretty vintage case mod. [Brett] used a variation of the 16-bit console (known as the Mega Drive II) as the base of his project. With an original Neo-Geo motherboard and a few other components (such as a power indicating LED), the ‘Geosis’ was born. [Brett] removed a few of the unnecessary parts from the mobo, like the power-amp, and set it up to work with a regular 5V DC wall adapter. The PCB also had to be clipped so it would fit into the Mega Drive chassis.
Though it…
