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AwkwardTV hacks the AppleTV
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The folks over at AwkwardTV project have found a way to boot the Apple TV from an external USB drive attached to it, without opening the Apple TV case or removing the internal hard disk.As his video shows, Apple TV is booting a modified system off the external drive.
The AwkwardTV project is now looking to build a bootable image for USB drives based on the Open Source Darwin kernel which will allow mounting and editing the internal hard disk, so that the various hacks, such as enabling SSH, can be made without opening the case.
Font Xplorer helps you pick the perfect font.
Need to find a perfect font for best friend’s birthday card? Want to get a detailed overview of all the fonts installed on your system? Or find that font installation in Windows is too difficult for you? Want to print professionally designed sample sheets listing all your fonts? Font Xplorer comes to the rescue. Designed for both beginners and professionals, this new FREEWARE font tool should find a place in every computer.
Klipfolio takes on Microsoft and Google with a solid sidebar
Gadget utilities and Sidebar utilities are a dime a dozen now a days. Everyone from Google to Microsoft have one so why would you be interested in seeing this Sidebar / Gadget utility? The problem with most of the sidebar utilities is that you are limited to screen space for widgets as well as customization. This one was built from the ground up to be highly customizable application that can dish out whatever you can throw at it no matter the level of customization, expanding for each widget (or klips). This one beats the current crop of sidebar applications to the point that Google Sidebar was disabled on my PC. The interesting part of this application is it doesn’t necessarily replace your other sidebar apps but can compliment it, something that Google and Microsoft are unlikely to ever do.
Opensource blogging, provides bloggers a way to pool resources
BlogContentDepot.com is a way to help bloggers find new content for their websites. We noticed that many popular sites would have the same news rewritten for each site and thought what a waste to rewrite the same content. BlogContentDepot.com allows bloggers to pool their resources and keep their sites up to date with all of the latest content. Think of it as opensource blogging. The benefits are two fold, your site receives a link back to your site and in the future advertisement revenue, bloggers get to keep their pages current when the occasional writers block or dis-interest crops up. Quite simply this site allows bloggers to edit, proof, and post their content as well as give them a way to collectively vet ideas and content.
Let Google’s Creative Commons Search Find You
I found this article at Google Blogscoped and realized that most people with a blog or webpage who want to use your content on their webpage may have a hard time finding your “free to use” content.
Google allows you to search specifically for free-to-share content. Just select e.g. “free to use or share or modify†from the usage rights box in the advanced search options. Yahoo has a similar option.
Top 3 plugins to integrate Digg into your Wordpress Blog or Webpage
You’ve seen them on other sites but had no idea on how to get a digg icon bar/plaque into your Wordpress blog. NoHeat reviews the best plugins and dissects each plugins unique features.
Diggit 1.1.3
This little plugin is one of the easiest plugins to integrate a Digg plaque on your Wordpress generated webpage or blog. Just…
- Download the Digg IT plugin from our website
- Upload the file named “diggthis.php” to the wp-content/plugins directory
StumbleUpon moves one more step towards Google
Get the whole Firefox extension and addon picture -Ultimate List
Every web site has them it seems, its a list of the best Firefox extension or add on. There seems to be a top ten list on Firefox extensions or addons somewhere on the main page of Digg every time you visit. So how do you get the ultimate list? Bill’s Big List of Firefox extensions should be your final destination.
Mozilla’s keyboard and mouse shortcuts save you time no matter the browser
Mozilla is so great not only do they post keyboard and mouse shortcuts for Firefox but they go the extra mile by documenting Opera and Internet Explorer. I found a couple of mouse shortcuts that should save me some time everyday and hopefully you too. I recommend printing these out and taping to the side of the screen if you have problems remembering these shortcuts, these may not save you time at first but once these shortcust are ingrained into your memory you will be surfing like pro.
Convert XLSX to XLS or Convert DOCX to DOC easily
It was bound to happen sooner or later, I knew I would get a document created by Office 2007. So what do you do if you get one of these gems of compatibility? Do you upgrade to graphical nonsense or keep working with tried and true Office pre 2007, well of course you do not upgrade. However the world being full of idiots you will find someone plunking down cash needlessly for Office 2007. So what do you do when you get that goofy file extension xlsx or docx file and need to convert it? Look to Microsoft and download their File Format Converters. This download can easily convert the file extension xlsx to a regular old xls. It also allows you to convert docx to doc and save back down if necessary.
