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i-Tab Offers Rock Stardom By Way of Huge Geekdom

27 Feb 2010

Music and technology aren’t unfamiliar bedfellows, but the i-Tab offers a unique method for enhancing your guitar with gadgetry: clamp it on. Like a TomTom for tunes, the electronic songbook prompts players with chords and lyrics for thousands of songs.
For hundreds of years guitarists have mastered their instrument with patience and practice. But this is [...]

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Tags: Guitars, i-Tab, Songbook

How to clean your Mighty Mouse

In: Apple| Hardware| Mac| Projects| Technology

27 Feb 2010

Apple’s Mighty Mouse (now also called an Apple Mouse) has a dirty little secret. While the scroll ball performs its duties as intended when the mouse is new, it can become clogged with dirt and grime over time.
Its performance then deteriorates dramatically, with the ball sticking and failing to scroll. There are a number of [...]

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Use Zip Ties to Repair a Broken Ethernet Plug

In: Hardware| Projects| Reference| Stuff| Technology

8 Dec 2009

We’ve all been there at some point, you’ve got a perfectly functional Ethernet cord that somewhere along the line had its tab broken off. Don’t buy a new one or re-terminate the cord. Fix it with zip ties.
While were no stranger making our own Ethernet cables—you can probably find a few RJ-45 connectors hanging out [...]

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Just a Cheap iPhone/iPod Adapter USB Hub

In: Apple| Gadgets| Hardware| iPhone| iTouch

2 Dec 2009

If the Griffin Simplifi is too expensive for you, this $15 generic iPhone/iPod 3-port USB hub will allow you to sync an Apple product while accommodating up to three other devices that resent your favoritism. [USBFever]
(Via Gizmodo.)