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• How to Create a Cinemagraph; Still Photos with Moving Elements

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  Cinemagraphs, still photos with moving elements, are quite a trend in photography circles. Unlike jerky animated GIFs, they’re much more fluid and subtle. Learn how to make them with this tutorial. At Photojojo! they have a detailed tutorial outlining how to create a cinemagraph that covers the planning and execution of your image. If you’ve…

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• Block access to specific applications

  - by Jason Aren

  I would like to give several users rights to a computer running Ubuntu to do most administrative functions such as add/remove programs, save files, make settings changes, etc. However, I would like to block them from using several specific applications. Is this possible, and how would I do so? To provide a bit more detail: I am trying to…

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• How Many LEGO Bricks Would It Take to Build Your House?

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  Curious how many bricks and how many bucks it would take to recreate your house out of LEGO bricks? LEGO My House is more than happy to do the calculations for you. Courtesy of Movoto, a real-estate search engine, the calculator takes the square footage and story count of your home and generates an estimate of how many LEGO bricks it would…

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• Coronal Mass Ejection Video Captures Stunning Views of the Sun’s Surface

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  This beautiful HD video, courtesy of NASA, captures the Sun’s August 31st Coronal Mass Ejection with multiple angles and techniques–the surface of the Sun can be quite a turbulent place. [via Boing Boing] HTG Explains: What The Windows Event Viewer Is and How You Can Use It HTG Explains: How Windows Uses The Task Scheduler for…

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• Ask the Readers: What’s Your Favorite Windows Customization Trick?

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  Windows doesn’t really feel like your own until you’ve tweaked and prodded it a little. This week we’re interested in hearing about your favorite must-have customization trick that takes precedence over all others. Whether it’s a stock tweak that uses built-in Windows tools or requires a third-party app (like those that enable…

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• How Can I Test My Computer’s Power Supply?

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  You’re concerned your computer troubles stem from a failing (or outright fried) power supply unit. How can you test the unit to be sure that it’s the source of your hardware headaches? Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A…

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• The Battle of Helm’s Deep in LEGO [Video]

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  Not only is this an impressive rendering of the Lord of the Ring’s series Battle of Helm’s Deep, but the animator threw in some great cameos and jokes along the way. LEGO The Battle of Helm’s Deep [via Geeks Are Sexy] Our Geek Trivia App for Windows 8 is Now Available Everywhere How To Boot Your Android Phone or…

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• Black Friday Fun: Sci-Fi Movie Advertisements and Sales Pitches

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  Why limit yourself to a deluge of real-world advertisements this holiday season when you can be enjoying bizarre ads from Sci-Fi movies? This roundup captures a dozen fake products and serves from Sci-Fi universes. I’d Buy That for a Dollar: Craziest Fake Ads from Sci-Fi and Other Genre Flicks [Wired] Why Does…

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• DIY Arcade Build Packed into an IKEA Console Table

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  If you checked out the Raspberry Pi-powered arcade table we shared earlier this week but want an all-in-one solution that doesn’t require as much configuration, this table uses a pre-programmed board that comes loaded with arcade classics. Courtesy of tinker Casper36, we’re treated to a compact build hidden inside…

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• cocos2d-x and handling touch events

  - by Jason

  I have my sprites on screen and I have a vector that stores each sprite. Can a CCSprite* handle a touch event? Or just the CCLayer*? What is the best way to decide what sprite was touched? Should I store the coordinates of where the sprite is (in the sprite class) and when I get the event, see if where the user…

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• Tiny DSLR Intervalometer Snaps Pics On User-Defined Schedule

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  If you’re interested in time-lapse photography but underwhelmed by the in-camera options (or lack there of) or don’t want to shell out money for an expensive commercial intervalometer, this DIY option is pretty slick solution. Achim Sack, a fan of hardware hacking and time lapse photography, created a super tiny…

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• Electric Dreams: Picking Out a Vintage 1980s Computer [Video]

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  What if you had to pick out a 1980s era computer for use in your home today? BBC show Electric Dreams walks us through the history with a “time traveling” family. Electric Dreams is a show based on the novel premise that an average British family is starting, technologically speaking, in the 1970s and…

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• What You Said: What’s on Your Geeky Christmas List

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  Earlier this week we asked you to share what’s on your geeky Christmas list; you responded and we’re back to share your longed for tech goodies. The most requested item was this year’s hot introduction to the project board market: the Raspberry Pi. Dave writes: A Rapsberry Pi to tinker with,…

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• Inside Sweden’s Nuclear Bunker Turned Data Center

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  A data center inside a decommissioned nuclear bunker is interesting enough, but one that looks as futuristic and awesome as the center under Stockholm begs to be seen. A hundred feet under the city of Stockholm is a decommissioned nuclear bunker that the government had previously leased…

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• How to Backup Your Web-Based Email Account Using Thunderbird

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  If the Gmail scare earlier this week has you thinking about backing up your Gmail or other web-based email account, we’re here to help. Read on to learn how to backup your web-based email using open source email application Thunderbird. In case you missed it, earlier this week Gmail…

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• Tolkien’s Rivendell Rendered in LEGO

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  If you’re a fan of all things geeky rendered in LEGO–and we certainly are–you’ll want to take a moment to appreciate this incredible model of the mythical Rivendell from the Lord of the Rings universe. Courtesy of builders Blake Baer and Jake Bittner, the behemoth model measures…

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• Bar Table Modded Into Standing Desk

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  This polished looking standing desk combines a stand alone bar-height counter with extra storage, cable management, and monitor riser. The end result looks like a $$$$ standing desk at a fraction of the price. Courtesy of IKEA hacker Marc Marton, the build combines the Billsta…

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• The How-To Geek Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  Valentine’s Day is less than week away; if you want to prove yourself the geekiest cupid around you’ll definitely want to check out our guide to geeky Valentine’s big and small. The following gift guide includes gifts for the geeks in your life and gifts for geeks to give those…

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• What You Said: What’s Powering Your Media Center

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  Earlier this week we asked you to share your media center setups, tips, and tricks. Now we’re back to share of the great comments you left. The range of techniques you all use for getting access to your media is impressive. Some readers had setups as simple as tamasksz’s…

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• How to Use an Xbox 360 Controller On Your Windows PC

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  The keyboard and mouse might be a good fit for many native computer games, but it feels downright weird to play emulated games that way. Whether you want to play Super Mario with a proper gamepad or try out a new PC title like Diablo III in comfort, we’ve got you covered.…

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• From the Tips Box: Pin Any File to the Windows 7 Taskbar

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  Every week we dip into the tip box and share the tips you send in. This week we’re highlighting a great tip and the accompanying tutorial video that shows you how to pin any file to the Windows 7 taskbar. Robert Jasinski writes in with a clever way to pin any file you…

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• From the Tips Box: Pre-installation Prep Work Makes Service Pack Upgrades Smoother

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  Last month Microsoft rolled out Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and, like many SP releases, quite a few people are hanging back to see what happens. If you want to update but still error on the side of caution, reader Ron Troy  offers a step-by-step guide. Ron’s cautious…

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• XKCD’s Take On Password Difficult

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  The more difficult to crack password doesn’t have to be the most difficult to remember; XKCD humorously illustrates the power of entropy. On a more serious note, if you’re looking to increase your password strength and variety, make sure to check out our roundup of…

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• Homebrew LEGO CD Duplicator Copies CDs On The Cheap

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  If you’d like to bulk copy CDs/DVDs without the sticker shock of a $500+ commercial duplicator, this DIY LEGO duplicator is a homebrew solution. Paul Rea wanted to rip and copy CDs and DVDs without shelling out for a commercial duplicator and without the hassle of…

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• Inside The Kindle Paperwhite’s Display [Video]

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  By far the most praised feature of the new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite ebook reader is the new display; this video takes you behind the scenes with the design team and highlights what exactly makes the evenly lit display work so well. Accounting for the promotional…

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