February 3, 2011

Are You The Tech Guy In The Family?

So this question probably comes up a lot during summer, spring and winter break… You’re tired from a quarter of classes and just want to relax, but when you get home dad and mom’s computer seem to have every type of virus or spyware installed.

What have they been downloading or watching?!

Eitherway, if you’re the “tech” guy for your family or relatives, check out this funny post on lifehacker.  I’m sure you can relate.

Looking for additional help? Google launched their teachparentstech.org web site late last year that covers teh basics from taking screenshots to changing screensavers, emailing, bookmarking web sites, and more.

And a shameless plug, if you’re a senior this year, start thinking about ordering your graduation sash!

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November 25, 2008

The Coolest Decorated Graduation Gown Ever

Have you ever seen a graduation gown light up?  We haven’t either until now!  Thank you goes out to Diane who forwarded this over to us.  It seems a while back a graduate decided he wanted to stand out a little more during commencement ceremonies.  No, not by decorating his graduation cap, or ordering a custom graduation stole from us, but by decorating his gown.  Really, he pimped out his graduation gown with LEDs and a full out circuit board to power it.  Here’s the video proof:

If you’re interested in doing something similar, the graduate had posted the schematics and everything for the hacked graduation gown.