The updated version of the Wii Internet Channel web browser that was released in April has a feature that will allow you to “auto-hide” the navigation bar. It’s not enabled by default, but with a quick change to the settings you’ll get back some of that precious TV real-estate. Here’s how: go to the start […]
If you use Windows Terminal Services for remote desktop access, it’s common to run into this nasty error message from time to time: The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections. The error refers to the maximum 2 remote connections that are allowed to a Windows 2000 server (or up… XP only […]
An image I saw in Phil Dangler’s photostream clued me into this awesome application: This Atari 2600 Label Maker produces authentic looking Atari 2600 “Picture Labels” using your own image and title. The “Picture Label” is the most common Atari 2600 label and features a large image on a black background. The game title is […]
Philipp Lenssen of Google Blogoscoped is working on an upcoming book on Google Office: I’m happy to tell you I’ve started writing a book with O’Reilly’s Maker Media group, currently titled Google Office Hacks! The book will not focus on search, but on the existing & growing applications suite Google provides. It will provide tricks […]
With a little quick soldering, you can convert your Linksys router to receive it’s DC power through the ethernet uplink instead of through a separate power cable. This is incredibly useful if you want to place your router above the ceiling or in a location that is inconvenient to get power to. After the conversion, […]
Here’s an hack that takes on the challenge of burning a visible image into a CD-R. Data on a CD, or any optical media, is stored as a sequence of pits of varying lengths. To be precise, a 1 is represented by the change from pit to no-pit or the change from no-pit to pit, […]
