Peace be with you people of planet earth…and that. I’ve finally finished my Design Technology A2 project…yes, I am now very tired. So a little background. basically last year I made a ‘table’. I wasn’t very enthusiastic about that project so this year my teacher suggested doing a scratch build (making a computer case from scratch) because he knew I was into computing and so on. I liked this concept idea that I came up with about being ‘Powered by YM’ – which goes in with the computer processor theme as shown here: As you can see, it takes the...

Okay this is my last proper post before the exams (unless I write another ). Thought I’d talk about some computer thing so I warn you now! If you don’t understand something the best thing to do is just put the name at the end of a wikipedia url for example bios: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS will be the url for the explanation of a BIOS. Day 1 Dad comes home with a PC he’d bought for work a while ago and wants a general service (new Hard Disk, format and install OS and applications etc). I take a look at it and I’m like hold up, this is better then our my PC. He isn’t...

"People have tried modding their iPods using wood before, but it took the genius of ZapWizard to create the Real Wood iPod. Hand carved from a solid piece of African hardwood to a thickness of just 2mm, the end result has to be seen to be believed. Wood grain is the new Apple White! I’m not gonna lie – I was dead impressed when I saw this, I just wondered if the click wheel actually worked! To see more view the following: Bi-Tech ZapWizard

  I was really hyped up when I started using Xfire – an IM Client which shows your buddies when your playing and what your playing. It has been developed to do much more then that, but I always wondered if that would ever be possible with MSN Messenger. Well now it is, with MSN Application Monitor – a 3rd Party software which allows you to have your personalised message determined by running software. You can get this from Mess.be, and it has been compiled as a very simple application consisting of only a .exe and an XML file. Its really easy to understand and there has been a...

  Surfing through case mod sites, the most popular mod you see (besides Lexan windows) is some form of whizzy cooling device, be it fan or waterblock. People go to great lengths to keep their PCs cool. Now… putting these two things together… This guy has basically made a computer case out of fans. Very interesting…Hope he doesn’t mind me using just one image!  Find out more here! 

Egg Frying Made Easy… without a stove The first week of college my RA gave me a citation violation, "CV," for trying to cook an egg on my portable open-flame stove. I thought I’d be smarter and I got a George Foreman grill. I decided to be the ass I am… and eat the egg in front of his face. I got another CV, this time calling it "Unsupported electronic device." Interested in the new way to fry your eggs? Check this out...

Okay – I’ve posted like three posts about cooling in the last month, but this wasn’t exactly what I expected:   "Forget fancy watercooled CPUs or complicated heat pipes. Annoyed with the noise of the forced-air cooling in his computer, this guy simply dumped his entire motherboard in an aquarium filled with mineral oil. (coral cache). No modifications were necessary; he even left the fans running to keep the oil moving about. The only thing not submersed in oil is the hard disk."   Now I really didn’t think that was possible!  Hope he doesn’t...

How to Cool Your PC with Dry Ice This Madshrimps article is a complete guide to working with dry ice so you can reach sub-zero temperatures with your CPU and graphics card. he goal of this article is to provide you with an extensive howto on cooling your PC with Dry Ice, including info on where to obtain it and how to build cooling-containers to mount on your CPU and/or GPU (graphics card). First a little bit of background information on Dry Ice: is frozen carbon dioxide has a surface temperature of -109F/-78.5C has the advantage of sublimation, as it turns directly from solid state to carbon...