Sunday, August 12, 2007

Week In Review Stories from Geek Tonic

In case you missed any of these, below is a summary of the past weeks posts on this blog.
Repair A Bad Headphone Connection
There are two ways to correct a bad headphone connection. The first thing to try is to clean the connector. To do this, take a que-tip with a small amount of rubbing alcohol on the tip, and swab the connector. Do this and on the jack and the connector being careful to dry it afterwords. Check the…
SchedulesDirect Announces Pricing and Details of Zap2it Replacement TVGuide Service
Pay a one-time fee for a commercial HTPC software or pay periodically for a "freeware" or open source HTPC software. It's a concept that will be difficult to swallow for many MythTV, GBPVR and Media Portal enthusiasts. Fresh Details from the Zap2it Labs free tv guide replacement…
Phone Hack: Weather On Mobile Phone with Text Message
Want to know the weather forecast while you're on the run, but don't have mobile internet? As long as you have a mobile phone with text messaging, you can get weather forecasts with a simple text message. To get the weather, follow these steps on your mobile phone: 1: Text your zip code or…
Find The Right Font - 10,000 Free Fonts
Looking for just the perfect font for that document, but don't know exactly what you want? Want to avoid the spam and over-done ad sites that happen to have fonts as well? Well Better Fonts is your place. They have over 10,000 different fonts with a quick, usable preview for each one. Unlike…
Zap2It Replacment Schedules Direct to be a fee-based TV Guide for US and Canada
There is a new update today about the Zap2It webguide replacement. Schedules Direct hopes to be the replacement for Zap2It for MythTV, GBPVR or MediaPortal Users who have been using Zap2It for TV Guide service on their HTPC. As mentioned in the past few months, Zap2It will stop providing free tv…
Connect your GPS to Google Earth without Google Earth Plus
Here's a money saver for you. Over at Instructables, they have an how-to that shows you how to connect a GPS device to the popular Google Earth program, without using Google Earth Plus. Read the full Instructable HERE
Hackers discover how to download streaming movies from Netflix
The story that broke on this blog was dugg on digg.com and made the front page! Unfortunately for me it was dugg for TVSquad who did credit me for the original story thankfully----- You're welcome Brad :) I did get a bunch of hits still though so I'm still happy. TV Squad's Story digg…
RUMOR: Apple to offer iTunes for ONLY $.79?
This is just a Rumor and/or a hunch, but Digg Member Brett says"When entering my Avis redemption coupon for the week I noticed it mention three price levels: $1.29, $.99, or $.79. Has Avis made a minor typo or a major leak? Not really sure, but this could be the sign of more changes at…
Socialize: Join me at Digg, Facebook and StumbleUpon
Do you like what you see on this blog? Want to keep in touch with the author using social media sites? I'm here to tell you about the places I frequent on the internet for keeping up with what is going on in the Web 2.0 world. These places are great for getting in contact with other bloggers as…
Picture Hack: Convert Photo to a Sketch
Here's another photo trick for you. At dumpr.net they have several free photo & flickr tools available. One of the neat ones is the sketchr. With this web application you take a digital photo and convert it into a pencil sketch. You can upload the photo from your hard drive Or select a photo…
Netflix Watch Now Hacked - Rip Movies from Watch Now
The rorta forums is reporting that there is a hack that allows you to rip the streaming watch-now movies from Netflix and save them on your PC. A forum member at rorta who goes by the name of "Dizzie" uses FairUse4WM, Windows Media Player and Notepad.exe to rip streaming movies for…


Does This PC Smell Like Fish? Aquarium PC Mod
What do you get when you cross a fish aquarium with a computer? The Tikki Aquarium was the result of the Mod of the Month over at bit-tech.net . Martin Blass, the creator of this unusual mod says: "We started this project with the idea of a cool looking aquarium, but then we couldn't stop.…


PhotoShop Elements Free Filter Plugin
Do you own PhotoShop Elements, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, or Photo-Paint? Want a free but powerful plugin that lets you convert your digital photos look by applying high quality, professional photographic styles to your images with a single click? VirtualPhotographer has over 50 presets that will…
Download Time Calculator
AJAX Download Time Calculator that calculates how long a download will take. The tool is modeled after the Google calculator. Just type in a phrase like "60 megabytes at 200 KB/s" and it estimates how long it will take. "5 internets on a modem" even works. read more via…