Archive for August, 2009

Man-Powered Ferris Wheel

Man powered ferris wheel

You got to give credit to this hardworking India worker. This ferris wheel is manually operated in India without using any electricity. A group of about five men use their body weight to spin the wheel. But it seen to be like too dangerous for the workers. Getting caught in the bars as the wheel spins wouldn’t feel too good.

via webecoist

Lightsaber Chopsticks

Never get enough from star war? How about a pair of lightsaber chopstick to accompany you in your lunch or dinner. Kotobukiya, a famous figure chain shop found across Japan, just announced a new set of lightsaber chopsticks for Japanese Star war fans. It will be release at November the Second but by then it should be available at most of the major online shop.

Lightsaber chopstick

Red Lightsaber chopstick

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Blue Screen View – BSOD

BLue Screen View

This is a very useful tool for PC troubleshooters which allow them to see the BSOD while at the same time use google to figure out the problem. Even if you are not a PC troubleshooters you still can use this tool to help them by just double clicking on the file it will show you your very last blue screen of death. You can either screen shot it or tell your PC technician over the phone about the clash information. BlueScreenView also mark the drivers that their addresses found in the crash stack, so you can easily locate the suspected drivers that possibly caused the crash. With the help of this viewer you no longer need to copy down the error message onto a piece of paper. Moreover it is a freeware which can be found at Nirsoft.

Tip of the week: Auslogics Duplicate File Finder

By scanning your computer system for duplicate files regularly can be beneficial in several ways. It can help you to save disk space and avoid confusion when working with the similar file that resides in multiple locations. Auslogics Duplicate File Finder scan and compiling the MD5 hash of each file it scans, it can dig through your disks and find duplicates even with mismatched names. It has a very user friendly interface, you begins selecting folders or hard drives that should be checked for duplicates. It is possible to select multiple folders and drives or just one. After which you select the type of criteria you want when performing the scan.

Auslogics Duplicate File Finder screen shot

Above is a screen shot of the auslogics duplicate file finder setting. You can download the software here.

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Diy your own laser lighter

This video show you how to use some parts of a normal lighter and convert it into a laser lighter. It may not light up a cigarette as fast as a normal lighter but it does have the advantage to lit a cigarette even though there is strong wind blowing.

via Kipkay