A while ago I was browsing Digg, and I came across a great blog post about sending special commands to HP LaserJet printers to change their LCD displays to say what you wanted them to say. A fun hack with huge potential: how fun is it to watch people go to the printer, then become [...]

Dell, like many hardware manufacturers, have a tendency to remove the Stereo Mix recording option from their sound drivers for their notebooks and desktops. Stereo Mix allows you to use apps like Audacity, Adobe Audition, or even Sound Recorder to record whatever sounds are coming out of your speaker. So, if you open up a [...]

Ripping the sound from a video is quite easy, with the right tools. Here’s how to do it using the open-source video player VLC.

Open up the video in VLC. VLC is able to play pretty much any video file. Do this by opening VLC, then going File -> Quick Open File, then finding your video. [...]

A while back I was commissioned to produce an animated short for the start of our school’s Year 12 end-of-year video. After about five months of on-and-off work, I now present The Final Exam, a story of one boy’s struggle with his final hours of school life.
Watch it here!
A big thanks to my friends Sam [...]