Although caffeinated drinks are enjoyed by all manner of folks, there is a deep affection for caffeine in the geek community. This week we want to hear about your caffeine workflow–how do you get the caffeine from the bean to your brain?
Mario needs to destroy the castle before he can continue his quest, but it is an extremely tough castle! Can he succeed once he unleashes all that awesome mega cannon power or will his quest fail in the end?
Tokyo, Night, Buildings, River, Bridge [The Paper Wall]
What if you combined an 8-bit RPG with global access in a sort of 1988 meets the modern Internet mashup? You’d end up with Realm of the Mad God, a sprite-fueled massive multiplayer adventure.
This straight forward tutorial outlines how you can turn an old book into a secret switch–what the switch controls is only limited by your imagination.
If those guys only knew who they were really playing against…
This DIY digital clock takes Persistence of Vision (POV) hacking to a new level by combining the more common POV tricks based on a spinning old hard drive with a sweet digital clock display created through POV.
Find out (or satisfy your curiosity) about the best countries for starting a business, ease of doing business, and more this year with this terrific infographic.
This is definitely going to be a very long RDP session…
Chrome: If you’re looking for a way to put your favorite bookmarklets, complete with custom icons, onto your Google Chrome toolbar, this handy web-app converts them to true extensions.
Note: The original image size is 1600*1200 pixels, but can be easily placed on a matching background to fit your monitor’s resolution.
Nixie tube counters are popular among geeks, especially those building retro projects. This clever kit combines the look of a Nixie tube but with a heart of LEDs and a PCB board.
Windows/Mac/Linux: Wildly popular open-source media player VLC has updated to version 2.0 and brought a mountain of new and upgraded features with it–including enhanced codec support, hardware decoding, and experimental Blu-ray support.
This light-hearted hack adds on a “Panic” button to a computer functioning as a community jukebox–allowing anyone to slam the button and save themselves from horrible music.
CodeHero is a first-person shooter style game (ala Quake and Half-Life) that has you collecting code as ammo and shooting it to assemble programs to defend humanity against an AI run amok.
Shortcuts can be very useful as a quick way to access Windows 7′s native programs and settings, but do take time to create individually for your desktop or app launchers. Rather than go through all that work and hassle ...
Once a year scientists around the globe submit entries to the International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge; read on to see the top 12 entries from this year’s competition.
Mac: If you’re searching for an OpenVPN GUI for your Mac, Tunnelblick is a robust OpenVPN tool that comes packed with all the binaries and drivers you need to get started with OpenVPN.
The Templar is ready to engage the Ogre in battle, but the Ogre has a surprise in store for him. Will the Templar play along with the Ogre’s true nerd love of the matching game or will he choose a different course of action?
Although this tutorial focuses on dyeing a MacBook case, you could use it on any light colored electronic device–turn your old beige keyboard electric blue.
If you’re looking for smooth, even, studio lighting of small objects–like items you want to list on eBay–this inexpensive laundry-hamper hack yields a light tent for a mere $5.
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