How-To Guides from Gadget Hacks: Page 207

Synchronize and backup your Microsoft Office Documents using Google Docs and Docsyncer. This is a great tutorial from Tinkernut on how to backup your files and Word docs using the free Google software.

This is an Apple iPhone and iPod Touch video tutorial that will show you how to use the Google Talk app on the iPhone or iPod Touch. Google Talk is a free web application for the iTouch and iPhone 3G, and it's easy to use. Get the complete rundown here.

Learn how to connect your Apple iPhone to the Verizon MI424WR FiOS Router using wireless. This video tutorial will show you the easy steps to connecting wirelessly from the iPhone to the Verizon FiOS Router by Actiontec.

Fed up with irritating applications, moronic group requests and unwitty Facebook status comments? Why don't you do the good thing and throw in the Facebook towel? Just admit it and say it out loud, 'I hate Facebook!' You don't have to suffer anymore, just follow this advice to quit and commit Facebook suicide!

See how to make a USB motion detector with KipKay and MAKE Magazine! Find out how to turn your PC into an ambush multimedia presenter! Kipkay loves his gadgets! This is combination of a motion detector, a USB interface cable, and a laptop computer.

See how to make a cosmic nightlight with LEDs and resin with KipKay and MAKE Magazine! Find out how to make a glittering LED constellation jammed in resin!! Kipkay loves his gadgets! This is perfect for moody, cosmic, night light for the nightstand. This is a two-part video tutorial.

See how to make a portable spy scope cell phone camera with KipKay and MAKE Magazine! Find out how to use a cellphone camera for espionage that captures long-distance secret activities! Kipkay loves his spy gadgets! This portable cell phone camera spy scope is the perfect way to spy on your neighbors!

See how to make a simple laser communicator with KipKay and MAKE Magazine! Find out how to secretly shoot your voice across the room in stealth mode on the beam of a laser! Kipkay loves his lasers! A simple laser communication device is the perfect way to talk across the room.

Get a bird's-eye-view of the world with this Pole Mounted Aerial Rig for photography and video. This is a Make Magazine Weekend Project with Kipkay. This rig lets you see the world from above, and take beautiful photos and videos for any project. See how to build a pole-mounted aerial photography and video rig with Kip Kay!

Learn how to make a DTV antenna & a steadicam.

This is flawless iPhone 3G ringtone creation for dummies. You can use iTunes or any music track to make the custom track your newest hip ringtone! This is a simple version of PC iPhone 3G ringtone creation. This will probably work with the old iPhone.

How to take off the iPhone earbuds and replace them with whichever ones fit your ears and sound best. This can help because you keep the button and the 1/8" jack that slips into your iPhone. You need a soldering iron to remove the earbuds.

Do some niche research for your eBay affiliate site in these video tutorials, and see how to build an eBay affiliate partner site from scratch. Learn how to drill down into eBay Pulse and search for untapped niches. Finding a niche for your eBay affiliate site might seem daunting, but it's not. Also, learn about the Google Keyword tool and Wordtracker keyword tool along with a basic Google search to determine traffic levels and how easy it is to rank for a given keyword.

How to circuit bend a 80's Radio Shack toy synthesizer. Open up any device and play around with the internal audio devices. Circuit bending is done on mostly old cheap toys. This is a circuit bend demonstration on a toy piano. Get out your soldering iron and rip open toys. This takes some circuit board fiddling.

iPod and iPhone home automation remote control using Girder is only an install away. Run the lights, heat, security system among other things in your space age home for the 21st century. Make your home a modern marvel with this app for iPhone.

Hack a PlayStation monitor into a digital television! Get that old PS1 out of the closet and dust it off, because the switch to digital television is coming soon, and you need a DTV, so why not put that PlayStation One to use? You can build a digital television from a new set top digital converter box and that PSone video monitor, plain and simple. It's easy! Don't forget that forty dollar coupon though from the government for the purchase of the digital converter box.

This is my homemade led light system. The main unit has a total of 228 LED's, the corners are using super wide angle LED's to maximize visibility. There are also 48 LED mini lightbar, 5x 16 LED mini modules.The main controller is controlling the light bar as well as the individual lights. All 6 sets of the individual are selectable via a synchronized controller and can be set to either "flicker" or "flash". The video is made with the camera on my phone, so please forgive the quality. The lights...

Here's a quick and simple way to repair small cooling fans and extend their life. It's a video made with a how-to article from http://beecherbowers.com This is a delicate mr. fixit tutorial. Clean the fan so that it runs smooth and quiet. You need oil to do this repair.

From the people who brought you the Dummies instructional book series, brings you the same non-intimidating guides in video form. Just watch this video tutorial with loads of easy to understand information about how to use and understand Apple's iPhone, For Dummies.

Patrick Norton Shows you how to make a simple WiFi antenna booster. This booster is a parabolic reflector made to focus a signal so it is stronger and can project farther. This is perfect if your wireless router is awkward and cannot broadcast a wifi signal to the far reaches of your home. This is called the windsurfer.

The CubeCheater iPhone app takes pictures of Rubik's cubes and shows you how to solve them. This is a brand new iPhone application that takes a picture of your Rubik's cube and then solves it for you, step by step. Solve your cube in 0.01 seconds, easy.

Nintendo 64. It's the classic video game console and probably houses a bunch of your fond childhood memories. Well, now you can relive those tender moments AND play Super Mario Brothers on the go by hacking your Nintendo 64 just a wee bit.

In this video, we explain some techniques for getting electronic circuits to do things they weren't designed for. As an example, use a speaker phone as a speaker. Hacking items into better or different devices is way cool DIY circuitry. These are ideas of electronics that are cool to splice, rip apart and use recycled electronics for new projects.

First of all, please DO NOT attempt to open any power supply and tweak what's inside unless you know what you're doing and/or are a professional. With that said, this circuitry video will teach you how to crack open a wall transformer power supply without destroying the transformer.

This shows you how to modify an old camera so it flashes at the push of a button. Annoy your friends. It's a perfect practical joke by modifying an old camera flash to create a strobe effect. This will make it so you don't have to wind it, just push the button

This is a cheap little hack from a $5 discount store headlamp. Check it out. Quick and easy. You need a bolt to secure to your camera. This is great if you are shooting long shots and need different brightnesses. Otherwise kind of ghetto.

Here is the Weekend Project: The Bytelight, a mood light from Kipkay and Make Magazine. Build a cool mood light out of obsolete sim memory chips from recycled old computers.Make a high-tech mood light from a flourescent lamp, household goop, lexan, and a bunch of old RAM chips. Glue the chips, chips side down. This is a super cool looking light that changes over time.

Make it harder for spammers to clog your inbox with ads and scams. Learn how to avoid spam email with this Howcast video. You will need a secondary email address, a keen eye, and an anti-spam program. Tip: Never click on links in spam email - including "unsubscribe" links, and never, ever reply!

Use erasers to make a crafty casing that'll hide and protect your thumb drive. You will need two beveled pink erasers, a cutting board, a large chef's knife, a 1 gig USB flash drive, a pencil, a rotary tool, and a utility knife. This pink eraser USB drive is cute & useful.

Using the instructions on the MAKE blog (04/2008) We made this portable fume extractor for soldering.  Works great at close proximity (2 inches).  Note: We didn't screw down the voltage regulator, just stuffed it in the side. This will keep the fumes from seeping into your lungs by trapping them with an Altoids tin.

If you're record player doesn't work anymore, but it still turns, then this is the perfect solution for you. The video show you how to make a cone record player. It's also a neat trick for playing your records with out a record player, instead of a regular phonograph needle.

This is a tutorial on coding an iPhone App in XCode.

Secretly shoot your voice across the room in stealth mode on a laser beam in this fun and easy project! Make Magazine and Kipkay present this cool spy trick. Build a simple laser communicator that transmits your voice across a room. You need an amplifier, radio, laser pointer, battery pack and a solar cell.

Don't you just hate it when you try to go on a website while you're at work—and find out your boss has blocked it? Here's how to thwart The Man. With these tips, you'll be able to check your facebook or myspace at work (or whatever sites your employer may be blocked). All you need is access to google. Did you know? According to one survey, 78% of employers block employee access to pornography, 47% block gambling sites, 20% block shopping and auction sites, and 4% block news sites.

The Five Minute Project crew is back, and bringing you six fresh projects sponsored by Craftsman. Break out the tools and protective eyewear and brace yourself for the best how-to videos a DIY-er could ask for. Learn to make Geek-Chic Cuff Links, a Cereal Box Spectrometer and more, all in Five Minutes Time!

Project 5 from Popular Science's 5 minute Projects with Craftsmen Tool is 'Integrated Circuit Cufflinks'.

At least with a stomach virus you may drop a few pounds; a virtual virus just screws up your computer. Take these precautions to avoid problems. You will need anti-virus software, spyware, a firewall, and a healthy dose of skepticism. You can find free safety software on the internet.

There's probably a reason that laser pointers are banned from most schools: They're just to fun to put down! Whether you're using them as a pointer, to distract your classmates, or to very wickedly point them in people's eyes, they are toys that are quite addicting.

Want a cartoon avatar of yourself to load onto all of those websites you belong to? Well, in this video, see how to obtain a cartoon avatar of yourself to display on Twitter, FriendFeed, your blog, and your corporate logo (if you want to go that far). The process is fairly simple. The first step is to take a good picture of yourself with decent lighting (try to do this alone as it will help). The next step is to visit cartoonme.com and submit the photo to the site. Pay them via PayPal...

You know YouTube is able to host high-defintion video content online now, right? Well, how do you watch it, or make it, or embed it? Well, this video tutorial will show you how to upload, embed and watch 720p HD video on YouTube. This YouTube hack will let you watch and embed videos in true 1280x720 high definition.