Reality Upgrade

Maybe we haven’t quite made it to the technology of “Beam me up Scotty,” but we do carry around little computers in our pockets. Little computers with GPS pinpointing, wireless internet connectivity, and a computing capacity that would have filled a small warehouse twenty years ago.

But somehow, the software does not quite seem to keep up. I want my phone to sing and dance, dammit!

Well, I should say that the software has not kept up, until now. This great program for Android phones lets you really and truly automate your phone. It lets you customize your phone the way a phone should be freakin’ customized.

Check out a great article on the program here, from Lifehacker, or download the program here:

Keep in mind this is a pay program, but there is a 14 day trial, and it is totally worth the $6.

Rather than heading to the store to buy the $30 Wi-Fi booster antenna, this video shows you how to make your own for about $0.05, using only a big drinking straw and some wire.

The procedure is pretty simple, and totally worth not having to buy the expensive extender.

Caution: You do need a soldering iron for this!

Thanks to Viddler for this great hack!

First off, let me be clear that what you do with this is your own business. Knowlege is power, and like any power, the knowledge of how to pick locks and hack into WEP wireless networks can be used for good, or for evil.

Muhahaha!

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