The Teen Geek

For the average user, what’s the difference between Mac and PC?

I just finished with a very interesting conversation about the difference between Mac and PC. Now, this is a person who uses Windows normally, but has used Macs at school for Music and Design Technology. The conversation started with me saying “Hey” to a third person, who happens to be a big Apple fan. Just in case [...]

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Godmode: ACTIVE

So, it turns out Windows 7 has a neat hidden feature called “Godmode”. Unfortunately, it can’t be activated by pressing “↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A“. However what it does do is unlock a super powered control panel, with links to EVERY setting Windows has to offer. Everyhing from the colors of [...]

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Hotspot Hacking

Ever been to a restaurant and gotten terrible food or service? Or your neighbors dog is keeping you up all night?  Well now you can get back at them with some really basic “Hotspot Hacking”.  What we will be covering is how to change an unsecured networks SSID (Name), or set a password on it.  [...]

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Getting Your School’s WiFi Password

A lot of schools now have wireless networks, some are actually quite extensive and may provide more than just internet access.  Another thing schools usually have are school laptops.  Wheeled around on a little cart for teachers to take advantage of.  Different school’s have different systems for their networks, but almost all of them set [...]

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Dangerously Fun – Cool DIY Toys For Geeks

As I was stumbling along today, I found this cool website.  Dangerously Fun.  It provides detailed how-tos on how to make some science related toys.  They aren’t the kind of toys your familiar with however.  They focus on things that fire projectiles, burn, and explode.  Everything a geek loves to play with.  Try some [...]

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Adding Third Party Widgets To “Geeks!” Using HTML Loophole

So I was trying to edit my profile in Geeks! today. I wanted to add a third party widget from WidgetBox. It was just a little Super Mario flash game, so I copy and pasted the embed code for Ning into the widget box in my profile.  It wouldn’t save. I thought “That’s weird”.  I [...]

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