Archive for March, 2010

Comparison – Nintendo DSi vs DSi XL

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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> With the upcoming release of the Nintendo DSi XL, people may be wondering how it differs from its predecessor, the normal / regular Nintendo DSi. As you may have guessed, it varies only a tiny bit. This isn’t to say that it’s not worth getting, as the differences it DOES have happen to [...]

How to Fix Jammed Sansa Fuze Thumb-Wheel

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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> Have a jammed thumb-wheel / wheel on your Sansa Fuze MP3 player? Bummer! It’s easy to fix though so do not worry. I recently had this problem myself and decided to create a guide to teach people how to fix it. You can view it here: How to Fix the Sansa Fuze Thumb-Wheel. [...]

Get a Free One Month Xbox Live Gold Subscription Code

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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> I just posted this over at Geek Montage, but you can get one free month of Xbox live courtesy of NetFlix! All the details for the even can be read at the following link: Free One Month Xbox Live Gold Subscription Code! Have fun playing Xbox Live! And be sure to act on [...]

Free Tier 7 Shield in-game for Dragon Age: Origins Awakening

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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> An event sponsored by Alienware allows for you to redeem a tier seven in-game shield for Dragon Age: Origins Awakening. You must have patch 1.03 to use this shield. You must create an Alienware Arena Account, then get the key. Afterward, redeem the code and load Dragon Age: Origins. You’ll then need to [...]

Free iPod Touch / iPhone Game: Assassin’s Creed 2 Multiplayer

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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> For a limited amount of time, you can get the game Assassin’s Creed 2: Multiplayer — for free! Simply go to the iTunes Apple Store Here and download it! Get it soon though, as it’s only free for a limited period of time. Also note that there is a new patch out for [...]

How to Get Free Food From Chick-fil-A

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<div class=\"postavatar\"></div> Commonly with restaurants and fast-food places, you can get free food. This is done usually by answering questions in a survey or by signing up for their “club” or mailing list. Chick-fil-A is no different in this aspect. Become an Insider and you will be either emailed or text messaged about promotions and [...]

Daily Digest March 8, 2010

• LEDs invade coffee table crevice That’s a lot of LEDs, and a little bit of glass cleaner. [Tobias] spiced up his IKEA coffee table by adding 6144 LEDs. This is a larger realization of SparkFun’s LED coffee table which used 64 8×8 modules. [Tobias] sourced three display boards from Sure Electronics for a total [...]

Daily Digest March 8, 2010

• LEDs invade coffee table crevice That’s a lot of LEDs, and a little bit of glass cleaner. [Tobias] spiced up his IKEA coffee table by adding 6144 LEDs. This is a larger realization of SparkFun’s LED coffee table which used 64 8×8 modules. [Tobias] sourced three display boards from Sure Electronics for a total [...]

Daily Digest March 7, 2010

• 137 years of Popular Science online free 137 years of the magazine Popular Science are now being hosted online by Google. You can peruse at your leisure, though you’ll have to search by keyword. We don’t see a date or issue browsing option. The cover art alone is worth your time, even if you’re not a fan [...]

Daily Digest March 6, 2010

• Lucid dreaming When we saw [merkz] use of an Arduino to produce lucid dreaming we were quite shocked. Unlike typical setups that just flash a light through sleep, his system monitors eye movement through electrodes and is able to send the data to a computer for graphing and analyzing.  The only problem being we [...]