Cool geek stuff for the week of May 16th, 2012
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Tutorial of the week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY6byKbAgGQ
Install the Android OS on a PC using VirtualBox
Game of the week:
http://www.realmofthemadgod.com/
Realm of the Mad God is a massively co-op 16-bit action RPG that drops you into the thick of the fight in a world overwhelmed by monsters
Cool Site of the week:
http://www.youtubedisco.de/
Mix and Remix Youtube videos and become your own internet VJ!
To kick off new episodes of Tinkernut, I’m holding a Flash Game contest to see who can come up with the coolest Flash game. The winner will get a $50 itunes gift card as well as promotion in my video on October 24th. You can find the full set of rules here:
http://www.tinkernut.com/forums/topic/tinkernut-flash-game-contest
Description:
Minecraft is a super popular games among the geek community. So in this episode, I’ll show you how to set up your own Minecraft game server.
You can download the server software here:
http://www.minecraft.net/download.jsp
If you have a mac, use the command line to launch the server software:
java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui
Here’s the contents of the server.properties file:
level-name=world
hellworld=false
spawn-monsters=true
online-mode=true
spawn-animals=true
max-players=10
server-ip=
pvp=true
level-seed=
server-port=25565
white-list=false
This video was an entry into the ArsTechnica.com Science video contest. It explains the basics of thermoelectricity.
Congratulations to all the participants
Winner:
marijoeres –
Contest Page:
http://www.youtube.com/group/remixtinkernut
Congratulations to the winners of the Special Effects video contest. The winners, as well as links to their entries are listed below:
1st Place:
Fegrad0
To enter the special effects video contest, please visit this link: http://www.youtube.com/group/tinkernutcontest. Contest is open to all gigafide youtube subscribers.