OK, no joke…seriously. The guys at Householdhacker.com come out with this D.I.Y., and it’s pretty amazing! Basically you will only need these items, which of course cost you $1 or less:

• Paper plate
• Aluminium foil
• Clear tape
• Penny
• Mini Jack audio cable

Here is the video tutorial:

This is an updated version of this DIY:

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OK, if you had trouble updating your Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 or Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 automitically, here is the work around, which are done manually with just a few extra steps.

1. Go to http://support.kaspersky.com/kis7/update?qid=208279442
2. Download av-i386&ids-daily.zip.
   *Note: av-i386&ids-daily.zip is for both Anti-Virus and Internet Security.
3. Follow the steps below the page and that’s all.

Sometimes, when you are browsing some websites (forums in particular), you see many hotlinked pictures, and many of those hosted by image hosting service such as ImageShack.us. ImageShack enable hotlink protection to popular images hosted by them.

So, to enable us to disable this hotlink protection, this is what you can do in Firefox and Opera.

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OK, this little trick will teach you how to hide Zip or Rar file inside a picture.

I done this to the picture below, simply save it and open it with WinRAR. I hide a simple text file in it! By default, you will open it as a picture.

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iPhone owner, check out this cool DIY video tutorial on how to make your own iPhone belt buckle.

This is what you need:

• 1/2 yard black marine vinyl
• 1/2 clear (16 gauge) vinyl
• 2 full size pictures of iPhone (printed out and mounted to heavy black presentation board)

and some tools to work with (check the video).

Ok, I’ll show you how you can use your Command Prompt (DOS) in Windows XP to list out all your hidden files/directories in a particular directory.

OK, first thing first, you have to start your Command Prompt of course.

Go to Start > Run… and type in “cmd” and enter.

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So, your want to use Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger but has been blocked by your office or school’s firewall?

This screencast tutorial shows us how to use SOCKS proxy server to bypass the firewall.

This is a screencast tutorial by Tony Chan, and it’s in Cantonese (plus a few words in English). But don’t worry, I’ll do the English translation for you!

He explained two methods. One is by using proxy server and another one (if proxy server not working) is by using web based messenger.

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I’ve been looking around for a KISS (keep it short and simple) guide on how to dual boot my current Windows XP with a new Windows Vista.

Lucky me, I found a well written guide that is detailed enough to help me get the job done.

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OK, here are the how to steps, easy to follow.

If using XP Pro:

Start > Run > gpedit.msc

User Configuration
\Administrative Templates
\Windows Components
\Internet Explorer

“Prevent the Internet Explorer search box from displaying”
Set to ENABLED

For other OS versions:

I should note for non-XP Pro users that the Group Policy object that is created and effected by the suggestion above could be modified by hand using Regedit. (You need to add the new key). In “.REG” file format that could also be used the setting can be found here:

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions]

Copy and paste into Notepad. Save it as .reg file and then just double-click to save it into registry.