Tinkernut Labs

  • Multimedia Tip: Stitch Photos Together

    May 21, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: edit, panoramic, photo, photography, pictures, tip 1 Response

    This video covers how to stitch consecutive photos together to make one large panoramic shot using a free program called Autostitch

  • Create Fighting Stickfigure Animations

    April 30, 2008 // davisde // DIY Projects, Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: animated, animation, computer, tip, tricks, tutorial, Video 9 Responses

    This video shows you how to create fighting stick figure animations. Here are some links to get you started:
    –Software page
    –Examples
    –Convert to AVI

  • Windows Tip: Set A Video As Your Background

    April 15, 2008 // davisde // Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: desktop, movie, tip, tutorial, Video, vista, windows, xp 2 Responses

    In Windows XP and Vista, you can use a free program to play video and movie clips as your desktop background. If you have Vista Ultimate, this can already be done using the DreamScene add on pack.

  • Gmail Tip: Unlimited E-mail Addresses

    April 10, 2008 // davisde // Video, Web Tips Tags: diy, email, fake, gmail, google, how, tip, to, tricks, tutorial 3 Responses

    This tip shows you how you can create unlimited e-mail addresses with your Gmail address for the purposes of organizing your incoming e-mail.

  • Gmail Tip: Greasemonkey

    March 27, 2008 // davisde // Video, Web Tips Tags: email, gmail, google, script, tip 21 Responses

    Greasemonkey is a scripting tool that allows for cool add-ons to enhance your web experience. Once such Greasemonkey script is the  Modified Gmail Macro that allows you to add cool shortcuts to your Gmail.

  • 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.

← Older posts