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[2 Jun 2008 | 4 Comments | 642 views]

This is certainly one of the coolest things I have EVER seen. It must have taken Simon Jansen a lot of time to make – a FULL-LENGTH movie in ASCII? I can’t believe it..
Well then, enough hype.  Let’s get to business.
Go to Start -> Run and type telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
Enjoy!
Note: The movie doesn’t have any color or sound, but the subtitles will make everything clear enough.

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[30 May 2008 | No Comment | 418 views]

After the post about killing explorer, some people asked me how to kill a process on Windows XP using the Command Prompt.
It’s really easy, all you have to do is type pskill programname.exe [For example: pskill notepad.exe]

To start a process, type start programname.exe

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[29 May 2008 | 4 Comments | 1,038 views]

You might need to kill explorer if it stops responding. You would probably open up Task Manager (Ctrl + Alt + Del) or even restart if you were really dumb. The clean way to close explorer is like this:
Go to Start > Turn Off Computer and hold Ctrl + Alt + Shift and press Cancel.
The start bar and desktop will disappear. To start explorer again and get them back, press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to bring up the Task Manager, click New task and type explorer. Press enter to …

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[28 May 2008 | 111 Comments | 1,368 views]

This clever little tutorial is from Bloody Computer!
You probably know most of XP’s useful shortcuts, but did you know that you can make your own to programs? To do this, right click the shortcut icon of a program (in the desktop or preferably in the start menu) and click Properties.
Select the Shortcut tab and click the Shortcut box. Type Ctrl + Alt + W (In this example, were making a shortcut to Word). You can only make Ctrl + Alt shortcuts, by the way. Press ok and you’re done!
It’s …

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[26 May 2008 | 3 Comments | 761 views]

This nice little tutorial is based on the one at The Tech Tray.
So, basically you compress your files into a .rar archive and copy them into an innocent-looking .jpeg image. (You’ll need WinRar to make .rar’s)
The only thing that will look suspicious, is the file size which (depending on what you’re hiding) can be quite large.
Step 1: Make a new folder, in this case, C:\Hidden. Move your files into it and compress the files with WinRAR.

Step 2: Open the Command Prompt by typing cmd into the Run box from the …

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[12 May 2008 | 3 Comments | 389 views]

Although you may not know it, Google is one of the best places to search for music and movies. You can use this technique to download pretty much anything. The way it works, is that google will look in index directories where people upload music for themselves or their sites.
?intitle:index.of? mp3 [artist] [title]
Put your artist name and song title in the brackets and replace mp3 with the format you like. Just type the code into the google search box and hit enter. Look for a result that matches your search …