Tinkernut Labs

  • Great Computer Pranks

    April 2, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Video Tags: april, diy, fools, funny, how, network, scripts, tinkernut, to, tricks, tutorial, virus 3 Responses

    Here are some quick little computer pranks to pull on your friends for April Fools day.

  • How To Create A Podcast

    March 23, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Video Tags: audacity, create, diy, how, ipod, itunes, podcast, tinkernut, to, tutorial 4 Responses

    This video will show you how to create a podcast and distribute it. We will use Audacity to edit the podcast and then use either Podango, Podpress or MyPodcast to upload it and create a feed. Then we will distribute the podcast by submitting to Podcast search engines found at Podcast411.

  • Vista Tip #3 – Disable the Vista UAC

    March 21, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: computers, diy, how, os, tinkernut, tip, to, tweak, vista, windows 1 Response

    This video will show you how to disable Windows Vista’s User Account Control, or UAC. The UAC is that box that constantly pops up saying “Windows Needs Your Permission To Run, Do You want to Continue?”. Be advised that Microsoft does not advise this, because it may allow some programs to run without your permission. If you are OK with this, then feel free to follow these steps to get rid of the annoyance.

  • Vista Tip – Increase Speed By Disabling Visual Styles

    March 20, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: computers, diy, how, os, tinkernut, tip, to, tweak, vista, windows 3 Responses

    Speed up Windows Vista by disabling the Visual Styles (eye candy) and the sidebar to free up memory.

  • Gmail Tip: Labels and Filters

    March 19, 2008 // davisde // Video, Web Tips Tags: computer, diy, email, gmail, google, how, internet, tip, to 1 Response

    Organize your E-mail inbox by labeling e-mail by filtering out e-mail with common subjects, e-mail address or content and them categorize them with color-coded labels.

  • Gmail Tip – Group Your Contacts

    March 18, 2008 // davisde // Video, Web Tips Tags: diy, email, gmail, google, how, tip, to 1 Response

    This tip will show you how to organize your Gmail contacts into groups so that you can send an e-mail to several people at once just by typing a few letters.

  • Vista Tip: Remove Warning Balloons

    March 17, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: computers, diy, how, os, tip, to, tweak, vista, windows 1 Response

    This vista tip will show you how you can disable those annoying pop-up notification balloons that appear at the bottom right of your screen. As a bonus, we will also disable the start menu notifications as well.

  • How To Make Computer Animations

    March 14, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Video Tags: animate, animations, computer, diy, how, tinkernut, to, tutorial 2 Responses

    This program covers how to create computer animations using Anim8or. Please keep in mind that this is not a tutorial on how to use Anim8or, but just on how to create computer animations. For tutorials on how to use Anim8or, please visit these sites: wheel tutorial, user’s manual.

  • Stream Your Music Anywhere

    February 18, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Multimedia Tips, Software Tips, Web Tips Tags: anywhere, diy, how, mp3, music, orb, server, stream, to, tutorial 1 Response

    This video will show you three easy ways to stream your MP3 (or in some cases your video) collection over the internet so that it is accessible from anyplace that has an internet connection. The websites reference in this video are www.jukefly.com, www.orb.com, and www.anywhere.fm.

  • How To Speed Up XP

    February 10, 2008 // davisde // Software Tips, Video Tags: diy, speed, tutorial, tweak, up, windows, xp 3 Responses

    This video covers seven different ways to speed up Windows XP:  Running “Disk Cleanup”, Removing cached web pages, defragmenting the hard drive, disabling indexing, disabling visual styles, editing Windows startup items, and defragmenting the registry.

← Older posts
Newer posts →