http://geekhobbies.com Get a hobby with geek cred Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:08:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Notsogood. Vonage Visual Voicemail is a service where they'll type up your voicemails for you and send them to you in an e-mail. They charge 25 cents per message. Sounds great, right? You can scan an e-mail quickly, whereas a voicemail can take a few minutes to listen to. With voicemail, ... http://geekhobbies.com/vonage-visual-voicemail-how-good-is-it/ If you're into RC flight, you have ot be into crashing. Even if it means you'll have to spend hours repairing, a crash is always awesome to see. Here's a collection of my favorite helicopter crashes. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLAeFmnosSs&mode=related&search=] To the guy on the forum who said you should just follow Radd's school of ... http://geekhobbies.com/rc-helicopter-crash-videos/ You bought this heli because it's RTF--Ready To Fly. That means you probably don't know a swashplate from a flybar. Well, no matter how careful you are, you're going to crash it at some point. Then, you're going to need to repair it. I went through this recently, and here are ... http://geekhobbies.com/falcon-3d-repair-tips/ My first crash in my new Falcon 3D remote-controlled helicopter was caused by pilot error. I was comfortable hovering indoors, so I took it outside for the first time. The wind was calm and things were going well. Then, a gentle breeze blew. Now, when a wind hits a helicopter, ... http://geekhobbies.com/falcon-3d-repair-pictures/ I like RC planes, but it's a frustrating hobby because you need A LOT of space. So, I decided to look at RC helis, because I can fly them in a much smaller space (even indoors). Here are some of the popular helis with information to help you pick one: $30:Air ... http://geekhobbies.com/buying-a-remote-control-helicopter/ Here's a crazy variation on Asteroids: SlingStar. You play a floating space eye with two comet satellites. Move your eye with the mouse to sling your comets into the bad guys (everything else). I got to level 14 before I got bored. Crazy. http://geekhobbies.com/game-slingstar/ Here's a rediculously fun game: Desktop Tower Defense. It's along the same lines as Flash Circle TD, but the monsters don't have a pre-defined maze to follow. Instead, they move from the left-to-right and the top-to-bottom (in normal mode). My high score is 4643 in Normal mode, 7022 on the ... http://geekhobbies.com/game-desktop-tower-defense/ I love a game that entertains me for five or ten minutes without sucking up my entire day. Bloons is one such game (assuming you can overlook the, uh, overly festive color scheme). A monkey pops balloons. Pac-man makes a cameo. What more do you need to know? Use this tip ... http://geekhobbies.com/game-bloons/ I just answered a reader question on my other blog that might interest this audience. Mark wanted some guidance on hooking up a TV to his computer. Basically, unless you're playing games or watching video, I'm against it. I have a Media Center computer hooked up to a very nice ... http://geekhobbies.com/connecting-a-tv-to-your-computer/ I had a friend ask me what to buy for an inexpensive macro setup so he could close-up pictures of the products they make for work. He wanted to be able to get within 1-6 inches of the product, which doesn't really tell me the magnification he needs, but it ... http://geekhobbies.com/inexpensive-macro-setup/ Here's a simple version of SimCity that you can play in 20 minutes: DotVille. Build farms to create food and markets to make money. If you feed your dots enough, they'll be happy with you and promote you. The goal is to reach Emporer status, and then to defeat the ... http://geekhobbies.com/game-dotville/ I sell digital photos on my home page, and the most common question I get is, "Are these pictures 300 DPI?" Unfortunately, I usually can't answer definitively, because they don't tell me the size they're going to print at. DPI (dots-per-inch) depends on two factors: the resolution of the picture (“dots”) ... http://geekhobbies.com/understanding-dpi-dots-per-inch/ Question: Can I add extra pixels in a picture saved im my computer by Photoshop or something else for enlarge or resize it?? Lauro Brasil Answer: Yes, but there's hardly ever any reason to. When you print the picture, your printer or the printing service you use will automatically scale the picture as ... http://geekhobbies.com/reader-question-adding-extra-pixels/ Question: Hi Tony! I'm going to try to make this simple. Retired,love my back yard birds of which some species I had to work on attracting them after reading (Back Yard Birds), Woodpeckers,Finches etc. I got good at this and was flabbergasted when I finally got to see my first woodpecker. ... http://geekhobbies.com/reader-question-digital-cameras-and-software/ Question: Hello Tony Sorry I am technologically very ignorant. Finally I have managed to set up my blog space. I just cannot figure out how to publish this into RSS. Hope you could help me. BTW your notes were very helpful and they help me setup my Windows live space. Cheers Satha Answer: Here's the answer from Windows ... http://geekhobbies.com/reader-question-configuring-rss-in-a-windows-live-space-blog/ Here's a great way to kill ten minutes on your Sunday morning: NaaC. This simple, two-dimensional, one-room shooter reminds me of asteroids. Move around the room with your cursor keys, and hold down the left mouse button to fire. If you pick up a weapon, click the right mouse button ... http://geekhobbies.com/game-naac/ RC airplanes are made up of many different parts. Even if you buy an airplane that's already assembled, you're going to need to learn every part if you make more than one flight--because you're going to break something, and then you're going to have to fix it. Don't worry, airplanes only ... http://geekhobbies.com/the-parts-of-a-remote-control-aircraft/ I'm a fickle gamer. I love games, but I don't have much time to play games, so when I do sit down with a controller I want the game to be great. For years, I just bought games new from the local Circuit City. Often, though, I'd get a game home ... http://geekhobbies.com/gamefly-review/ I've used Vonage for voice since August, 2004. Voice was okay; it was never great. There was always some delay/latency. Sometimes it wasn't really noticeable, and other times it was very distracting--it seemed like a whole second between the time you spoke and the time the other person heard you ... http://geekhobbies.com/my-vonage-experience/ FrostBite is a platform game that combines Super Mario Brothers and DigDug. Use the cursor keys to move and jump, and use your mouse to aim your grapple. My hi-score is 20850, at which point I got bored. It's a good game, though, I just have to get back to ... http://geekhobbies.com/game-frostbite/