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Modding a Nintendo Wii

Apr 01, 2008 | Tags: hacking, mods, wii | Leave a comment

Ever since the PS2, modchips have become extremely popular among technology enthusiasts. Installing a modchip on your Wii allows you to play Wii backups, play GameCube backups, play Wii games from different regions, and run homebrew games and applications. Here, we'll walk through the steps involved in modding a Nintendo Wii, from deciding which modchip to use to the actual installation.
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Automating Facebook January 27, 2009 \| Leave a comment You know those Facebook applications that require you to click a button over and over again? Ever wish you could program your browser to automatically click those buttons so you don't have to do it yourself? With a little programming knowledge you can, and here's how. Full article »	Dealing with High Laptop Temperatures October 24, 2008 \| Leave a comment My laptop had started overheating recently, so I took some steps to help cool it down and thought I'd share them here. Full article »
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Curly Braces within Double Quotes in PHP May 31, 2010 \| Leave a comment Curly braces are used to delimit variables in double quoted strings in PHP. While very useful in many situations, this can cause confusion when trying to print a combination of curly braces and variables. Full article »	Hard Drive Dead? Stick it in the Freezer! May 12, 2009 \| Leave a comment Okay, so I’ve known about this idea for a while but never had a chance to try it out until now. The basic idea is if your hard drive suddenly fails and your computer can no longer read it, putting it in a freezer for a few hours might fix it so that you can use it long enough to copy your data over to a backup drive before it fails again. Full article »
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Modding a Nintendo Wii

Curly Braces within Double Quotes in PHP

Hard Drive Dead? Stick it in the Freezer!

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Case Sensitivity in PHP

Curly Braces within Double Quotes in PHP

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