blog.bookmach.com » Hacks http://blog.bookmach.com life is a series of tubes Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:31:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Laser Tatoos http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/07/laser-tatoos/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/07/laser-tatoos/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:49:13 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/07/06/laser-tatoos/ Some enterprising and masochistic teens hacked a laser etching machine to brand themselves with high detail art. More info

]]> http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/07/laser-tatoos/feed/ 0 DVNO http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/05/dvno/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/05/dvno/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 00:12:04 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/?p=753 A slickly produced music video by Justice.

]]> http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/05/dvno/feed/ 0 Collection Catastrophe http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/04/collection-catastrophe/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/04/collection-catastrophe/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:53:24 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/04/06/collection-catastrophe/ So you’ve had your credit card stolen, and the company decides to hold you liable. They turn over the debt to a collection agency and wait for you to crumble under the torrent of calls. Sounds like a winning business plan, right?

Wrong.

Me: Hello
Debitas: Can I speak to Mr X
Me: (singing) He’s, In the jungle
Debitas: Eh…?
Me: The mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight
Debitas: Hello?
Me: In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight
Debitas: Is that Mr X?
Me: (silence)
Debitas: (after a couple of mins) Mr X?
Me: (loud as can be) a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
Debitas: (hangs up)

Some more favorites:

Say hello to my little friend
Christmas turkey
Kinda busy
My son
Time warp
Victory!
Time to collect

]]> http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/04/collection-catastrophe/feed/ 0 High(er) Def YouTube http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/03/higher-def-youtube/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/03/higher-def-youtube/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:31:55 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/03/20/higher-def-youtube/ Nice hack to improve the quality of your Tubes.

]]> http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/03/higher-def-youtube/feed/ 0 Slo Motion Jones http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/02/slo-motion-jones/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/02/slo-motion-jones/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:35:23 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/02/16/slo-motion-jones/ Holy mother of Siddhartha… this must hurt.

]]> http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/02/slo-motion-jones/feed/ 0 Rasterbator http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/02/rasterbator/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/02/rasterbator/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:28:30 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/02/05/rasterbator/ Create wall sized posters using nothing but your printer and this free software. Loads of fun, if you can afford the printer ink…

Rasterbator

]]> http://blog.bookmach.com/2008/02/rasterbator/feed/ 0 Ghost Jar http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/12/ghost-jar/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/12/ghost-jar/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:16:16 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/12/18/ghost-jar/ A nice trick, although more advanced magicians like David Blaine & I sneer at its crudeness.

]]> http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/12/ghost-jar/feed/ 0 Wiimote Multitouch http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/12/wiimote-multitouch/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/12/wiimote-multitouch/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:48:36 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/12/12/wiimote-multitouch/ I’ve touched on multitouch before, so this hack is too awesome to pass up… using a Nintendo Wii camera and some LEDs, one can cheaply rig up an exotic interactive white board.

Software can be obtained here.

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Motion Activated Sprinkler Vs Pigeons – Watch more free videos

]]> http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/09/have-a-drink/feed/ 0 A great new way to submit stories to Reddit and Digg http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/04/a-great-new-way-to-submit-stories-to-reddit-and-digg/ http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/04/a-great-new-way-to-submit-stories-to-reddit-and-digg/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:23:51 +0000 Brian Fox Dougherty http://blog.bookmach.com/2007/04/25/a-great-new-way-to-submit-stories-to-reddit-and-digg/ I’ve just added submission links for each story that appear on Bookmach.com, so now it’s a snap to submit massive amounts of stories about Obama (or anything else.)

In addition to Digg and Reddit I’ve included Slashdot and Delicious… I’ll take requests for any other popular sites as well.

The links are immediately above the credit line of each story. Just click on the icon resembling your favorite site and watch the karma roll in!

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