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Create a web-based retro-gaming system you can play from anywhere on just about anything

Wouldn’t it be great if you could play your old dos games from just about anywhere on just about any device. Accessible only by you, available anywhere you have Internet access, and all on glorious port:80. With JPC, a Java x86 emulator, this can be a simple task. We can easily create a disk image that will contain your greatest hits of abandonware, and then run them from your browser through the power of the JPC applet. Read the full tutorial…

Matching “Real-Life” Interior Paint Colors for use in Google Sketchup

As a first time home buyer, one of the first things my wife and I needed to do was decide on paint colors. I was having trouble getting “real-life” colors to match up so I came up with a simple solution that is detailed step-by-step below. Of course there is no perfect way to achieve this as everyones monitor is set to different color, brightness and contrast levels, however we can get real close. Read the full tutorial…

Renegade BBS in Ubuntu LINUX (Telnet|Multi-Node) – Tutorial

A while ago I began thinking back about the the good old days when a dial-up BBS was the only thing even remotely resembling a basic website. Back when kids would unplug their parents phones over night and run their underground boards participating in a brilliant scene of hackers and phreakers that was decades ahead of its time. Since most young hackers typically had little to no money, the free and legendary Renegade BBS always seemed to be at the heart of this scene. Dispensing tens, perhaps even hundreds of megabytes of underground information and warez to all who would dial-in and participate in her communities. Now days I pretty much only use Windows for games and recording so I wanted to find a way to run a multi-node Renegade BBS under my Ubuntu system that you could telnet to. Read on to find out how I achieved this. Read the full tutorial….

Carry your keys in your multitool – DIY

The minute I finished reading about the “Swiss Army Keys” project I found earlier, I immediately had to start fashioning my own. I documented my experience and have posted an Instructable on making something similar. Read on for a brief tutorial on how I made it.

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Who is the guy on the Incubus album covers?

Today I came across one of my long lost and most prized albums of all time. Incubus’s S.C.I.E.N.C.E LP. And inevitably there is one question that pops in my mind every time I see the cover. Who the hell is the dude with the mustache? The picture, for some reason, has always struck me as somewhat intriguing and mysterious which only ads to the conundrum of this remarkable album. After years of wonderment, I finally took the time to do a little research on just who is Chuck, and found this page which still, unfortunately, leaves question however, it does shed some light on the subject.

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