submitted by Sang on 12.22.2006

Here’s a cool Minesweeper trick you can do that will result in your winning everytime.

1) Launch Minesweeper

2) Press ‘xyzzy’ (without quotes)

3) Press SHIFT as you mouseover each cell.

4) Look in the top-left corner of your monitor. If you see a white pixel light up as your cursor is over a cell, then it does NOT have a mine; click it! If there are no white pixels, then that cell has a mine; don’t click it!

For a visual on this ‘white pixel,’ click the screenshot on the left.

For a video on this hack, click the link below.

continue reading/watch video…

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submitted by RisingDead47 on 09.13.2006

This post was made by the user RisingDead47. Register and make your own posts.

1. Frank West (DEAD RISING)
2. CJ (SAN ANDREAS)
3. Matt Baker (BROTHERS IN ARMS)
4. Masterchief (HALO SERIES)
5. Gordon Freeman (HALF LIFE 2)
6. Johnny Gatt (SAINTS ROW)
7. Leon Kennedy (RE4)
8. Alyx (HALF LIFE 2)
9. Night Elves (World of Warcraft)
10. Bill Taylor (CALL OF DUTY 2)

If you disagree or think there are more just leave a post and I will add aaccordingly

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submitted by Sang on 07.25.2006

Wanna surf the internet without opening up internet explorer, firefox, or opera? This trick might save you from detention when you go back to school and go on my site.

1. Open up Notepad. Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Notepad

2. Press F1 to bring up the Help.

3. Click the top left corner (the icon) of the help window.

4. Select Jump to URL…

5. Type in http://nerdnirvana.org.

Now when your teachers come around to check out the windows you’ve opened, you won’t get caught!

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submitted by Sang on 06.25.2006

Pirates, take note.

Today, I will show you how to hide mp3s inside your .gif images.

.gif images allows “application extension block” which is a section of the image that isn’t checked by an image parser. Winamp (which will play .gif files) ignores everything that isn’t an mp3 block. As a result, you get an image that looks like an image to the untrained eye, but if you drag the image to Winamp, you’ll hear sounds. Here’s how to do this:

1. If you don’t know what the command cd does in command prompt, put your .gif image and the mp3 file you want to embed in your c:\ drive (double click c: in My Computer and put everything there). If you know what cd does, feel free to put the image and mp3 anywhere on your computer.

2. Bring up the command prompt (Start -> Run… -> type cmd)

3. Change the default directory to the directory that your gif image and mp3 are in. Type cd c:\. If you chose to put the image and mp3 file elsewhere, change the directory to that directory.

4. Type copy picture.gif /b + music.mp3 /b mp3inside.gif

picture.gif is the name of your picture. music.mp3 if the file name of your mp3 file. If the file name contains spaces, put double quotes (”) around music.mp3. mp3inside.gif is the output name.

Example image:

Save this file on your computer and drag it to Winamp. Windows Media Player won’t work.

I don’t have Visual Basic installed on this computer. Otherwise I’d write a quick program that will combine everything for you….

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submitted by Sang on 06.7.2006

I promised that I would talk about RSS.

RSS stands for a lot of things, but the most common is Really Simple Syndication.

Say you really like rabbits. There is a website that posts whenever a bunny is born. You want to know when a new one is born, but you don’t have the time to check back every 5 minutes. With RSS, you’ll know exactly when the world has one more bunny.

RSS in its raw form is really ugly. Just take a look at mine. View the source. An RSS aggregator will take your RSS in its raw form and spit it out in a pretty format.

RSS aggregators are all over the place. Modern browsers such as Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 come with a built-in RSS aggregators.

Here is a screenshot of RSS in Opera. Click to enlarge:

In Firefox and Opera, you can subscribe to an RSS feed (technical terms) by clicking the icon in the address bar. Screenshot of Firefox demonstrating this below:

Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 is a little different, but not hard to figure out. Screenshot of RSS in Internet Explorer 7 below.

I know there are a few stubborn internet users who refuse to switch to the three browsers mentioned above, so here is an alternative for you. Google offers an interactive homepage that will read your RSS feeds and more. Check it out here. To make Google read your feeds, click on “Add content” in the top left. Screenshot of this below:

Now click on “Add by URL” and paste the RSS feed’s URL into the box.

What if a site does not have the RSS icon in the address bar but has a link to their RSS feed? Just copy the feed link. On my site on the right, under Authors, you’ll see a list of people who have posted stuff to Sangent and their RSS feeds. If you like what a user is posting, get their RSS feed and be informed when they post something new. I’ll use Sangent’s most active poster, Mitsubishi. Right click on the feed icon, and click Copy link address (Opera) or Copy Link Location (Firefox). Below is a screenshot taken in Opera.

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submitted by Sang on 05.3.2006

I posted a tutorial yesterday on how to embed all kinds of media files, but I forgot Flash. Today, Mitsubishi (another author here) posted a Flash file that didn’t work out so well. It’s not his fault.

First, go to Start -> Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View tab -> make sure “Hide extensions for known file types” is unchecked. This is to make sure that Windows displays the file extensions.

In order to embed Flash files, you’ll need to view the source first in order to get the flash URL. Go to View in your browser -> Source. Press ctrl+f or Edit -> Find and type in .swf.

The next step is to copy the URL of the Flash file. Look for a string (series of letters) that begins with http:// and ends in .swf (what you just searched). Copy everything from http:// to .swf. Paste what to just copied into your browser and hit Enter.

Also note the width and height. If it does not specifically list the width and height, get the first and second number after the flash URL file name. First number is width and second number is height.

Next, save the flash file. Go to File -> Save (or Save As…).

Now, follow the instructions below.

1. Upload your file to my server.
   
2. Copy the following HTML code:
   
   <object classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000' codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0' width='550' height='400'> <param name='movie' value='REPLACEWITHFILENAMEHERE'> <param name='quality' value='high'> <embed src='REPLACEWITHFILENAMEHERE' quality='high' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='550' height='400'></embed> </object>
3. Paste what you copied into the post box
   
4. Go to the Browse tab and copy and paste the file name. Right click -> select Copy link address, Copy link location, or something to that effect.
   
5. Replace REPLACEWITHFILENAMEHERE from the HTML code above with the file’s actual name. You should have pasted twice.
6. OPTIONAL: If you know the dimensions of the movie, change those as well in the HTML code.

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submitted by Sang on 05.2.2006

I felt like I didn’t do a thorough enough job on my last post on how to show videos, so I’ll do it again.

First, go to Start -> Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View tab -> make sure “Hide extensions for known file types” is unchecked

How to Embed .wmv, .avi, .mpeg (basically anything that doesn’t end in .swf or .flv):

1. Upload your file to my server.
   
2. Copy the following HTML code:
   
   <object id="MediaPlayer1" CLASSID="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95" codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701" standby="Loading Microsoft Windows® Media Player components..." type="application/x-oleobject" width="280" height="256"> <param name="fileName" value="REPLACEWITHFILENAMEHERE"> <param name="animationatStart" value="true"> <param name="transparentatStart" value="true"> <param name="autoStart" value="true"> <param name="showControls" value="true"> <param name="Volume" value="-450"> <embed type="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/" src="REPLACEWITHFILENAMEHERE" name="MediaPlayer1" width=280 height=256 autostart=1 showcontrols=1 volume=-450></embed></object>
3. Paste what you copied into the post box
   
4. Go to the Browse tab and copy and paste the file name. Right click -> select Copy link address, Copy link location, or something to that effect.
   
5. Replace REPLACEWITHFILENAMEHERE from the HTML code above with the file’s actual name. In other words, paste what you just copied from number 4.
6. OPTIONAL: If you know the dimensions of the movie, change those as well in the HTML code. Usually, you can find what they are by right-clicking on them from your hard drive and going to Properties -> Summary tab. The first number is the width and the second number is the height. If Windows doesn’t list them for whatever reason, here are some default dimensions (click to view size):
   • 160 x 120 (Similar to the thumbnails with the black bar found on the left of my posts)
   • 240 x 180
   • 320 x 240 (the size of the majority of the video clips on this site)
   • 400 x 300
   • 480 x 360
   • 720 x 576
   • 768 x 576
   • 800 x 600

If the file you uploaded is a .flv file, here are your instructions:

1. Upload your file to my server.
   
2. Copy the following HTML code:
   
   <div id="flashcontent"> <strong>You need to upgrade your Flash Player</strong><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">Download the latest version of Flash Player</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ var so = new SWFObject("/vid/flvplayer.swf?file=REPLACEWITHFILENAMEHERE", "sotester", "320", "260", "8", "#000000"); so.write("flashcontent"); // ]]> </script>
3. Paste what you copied into the post box
   
4. Go to the Browse tab and copy and paste the file name. Right click -> select Copy link address, Copy link location, or something to that effect.
   
5. Replace REPLACEWITHFILENAMEHERE from the HTML code above with the file’s actual name. In other words, paste what you just copied from number 4.
6. OPTIONAL: If you know the dimensions of the movie, change those as well in the HTML code. Usually, you can find what they are by right-clicking on them from your hard drive and going to Properties -> Summary tab. The first number is the width and the second number is the height. If Windows doesn’t list them for whatever reason, here are some default dimensions (click to view size):
   • 160 x 120 (Similar to the thumbnails with the black bar found on the left of my posts)
   • 240 x 180
   • 320 x 240 (the size of the majority of the video clips on this site)
   • 400 x 300
   • 480 x 360
   • 720 x 576
   • 768 x 576
   • 800 x 600
   • If you changed the movie’s dimensions, add 20 to the height for the control bar.

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submitted by Sang on 04.26.2006

Here’s a tutorial for those who want to post videos to Sangent.

1. Convert your video to .flv format. Luckily, you don’t have to download any programs. Visit keepvid.com and copy/paste the address of the video into the green box:
   

2. In the wordpress control panel, browse for your file and upload:
   

3. Copy the file link:
   
   
   For IE, right click and select “Copy Shortcut”

4. Use the following code: <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="260" wmode="transparent" data="flvplayer.swf?file=PASTEHERE&autoStart=false"> <param name="movie" value="flvplayer.swf?file=PASTEHERE&autoStart=false"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> </object>

Paste where ever you see PASTEHERE. You should have pasted twice.

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submitted by Sang on 03.25.2006

Goldburger To Go is one of the new games that I added to my site this week. The object of the game is to serve lunch (hamburger, drink, and fries) on a skateboard by tweaking your Rube Goldberg machine.

There are thirteen things that you have to tweak in the game. Without doing anything, you have 3 freebies, so technically, you only have to fix 10 things. Here’s a screenshot of the game when you start:

Here is the solution to this puzzle:

1. Change the position of the second tube by clicking it twice.
   
   
   
2. Make the tamborine face up like so:
   
   
   
3. Move the tube that connects to the funnel.
   
   
   
4. Flip the flag so that it points upward instead of downward.
   
   
   
5. Flip the toilet seat down.
   
   
   
6. Open the refrigerator.
   
   
   
7. Position the bottom mirror so that it points up.
   
   
   
8. Point the magnifiying glass down so that sunlight will melt the icicle.
   
   
   
9. Empty the water inside the dispenser so that all of it is in the bowl.
   
   
   
10. Make the fulcrum steeper.
    

Here’s what happens after you do all of the above. When you release the gumball from its dispenser, it will travel down tube and fall onto tube #2, which you have to fix so that the gumball will hit the tamborine and bounce onto tube #3 which will cause the duck to drop off the tube and start swinging. The ball will then go into the funnel, fall onto the blue platform that does not have the bowling ball, roll down the ramp and onto the toy alligator. Let’s track back a bit. When the ball hits the blue platform, it will cause it to rotate clockwise where it will hit the bowling ball causing it to roll down and pump air into the green air tube. The green air tube will blow onto the domino causing a chain reaction. When the domino chain reaction ends, the last piece will fall onto the mouse trap causing the mallet to hit the fishing rod which will release the burger onto the skateboard. While all of this is happening, light will be shining in the refrigerator which will eventually cause an icicle to fall into the 2nd cup hanging on the yellow hanger.

Final:

Play Goldburger To Go

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