Archive for the ‘Hacks n Tweaks’ Category

Hacks n Tweaks, Just geeky | 1 Comment | July 8th, 2008

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories are at it again. This time enticing us with the step by step instructions for you to make your girl her own d12 handbag, that really looks like a d12!

DIY d12 Handbag (of Holding)

Here’s some of my other favorites from the Evil Mad Scientists I’ve blogged about before:

- How to Make a BristleBot

- Teardown process of a nixie tube

- Lego Abominations

Hacks n Tweaks | No Comments | June 29th, 2008

I just love this one. Why isn’t every geek building it?

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Hacks n Tweaks | No Comments | June 28th, 2008

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Hacks n Tweaks | No Comments | June 20th, 2008

Not cheap, just frugal.

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Hacks n Tweaks | 3 Comments | April 23rd, 2008

For years I’ve been using the Windows+L key combination to lock my workstation. Recently I stumbled across this neat trick. Create a shortcut on your quick launch toolbar that will lock the workstation for you.

Steps:

1. Right click on your deksotp and select New, Shortcut
2. Paste this text in – rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
3. Click next and type a name for the shortcut, like maybe Lock
4. Click Finish
5. You can right click on your new shortcut and change the icon (there is a lock icon as part of the collection in %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll)
6. Drag the icon to your taskbar

Voila!