Hi, Welcome to Ben's Basement. The 21st Century Basement containing everything from a CD to the new Xbox Kinect.

Monday, 5 March 2012

No Adobe CS5 serial key?

I have recently found that by downloading adobe CS5 mastercollection and installing it automatically gives you a 30 free trial of all the products. But what after that. I really wanted to keep flash, photoshop and after effects. It turns out to be really simple.

All you have to do is turn back time. Literally just change your system time. I use 01/01/2006 because it is best.

I made it easier for myself be making a batch file (.bat/.cmd) and making it change time then running adobe products. E.G.

@echo off
Date
01/01/2006
CD C:\Program files\adobe\flashCS5

Have fun. Feel free to let me know about all your projects on abobe.

Friday, 3 February 2012

Prezi

Recently learnt about a online program called Prezi. It currently uses flash to give you a wide range of options. You can make online presentations and spaces and share them with the world!!! I really think you should check this out!!!

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Want a Well paid job at GCHQ?

I was recently searching the web when I found a competition. All you have to do is crack a code. A very advanced code. Although the competition is over I still decided to have a go.

I took one look at it and went WOAH!!! I decided that there has to be another way so I checked the directories of the website. FUN!!! I found one and to my suprise it was called " soyoudidit.asp " I couldn't believe it. I thought it was a trick until I opened it up and there it was. Well done Me! You don't need to be a supreem code cracker for this, You just need to have some knowledge of HTML. To all those people who spent hours cracking codes and decoding Javascript, COMMON SENCE!!!

     Goto www.canyoucrackit.co.uk
Or Goto www.canyoucrackit.co.uk/SOYOUDIDIT.asp

Sunday, 18 December 2011

New google easter eggs (December)

I accedently found something on google when I started to sype in "Do contract phones expire if you leave them?" I only got to the do when it changed my text to "do a barrel roll". Before I hit enter my screen was spinning like mad. I thought that something had gone wrong. I started to experiment with commands. The only one I have found so far is "Let it snow". I will let you find out what it does. Also try typing "tilt" and hitting enter.

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Fignition

The FIGnition is a tiny little microcomputer that harkens back to the 8-bit days of yore. Designed to be an educational computer like the Altair or Heathkit (sans blinkenlights), the FIGnition gives its students ‘bare metal’ access to everything in the system. It’s powered by an ATMega168, a 4 Kb SRAM and an 8Mb Flash chip for storage. Unfortunately, the FIGnition only has 8 buttons to program with.

At only £20 it's a educational awesome mini computer. This is just like the new raspberry pi as reviewed by Greg at The Geeks Classroom. I would highly like this. If any one gets hold of this then let me know in the comments section and tell me what its like.

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Portable Apps

My constant Problem at school is Installing Programs. With the new RM Community Connect 4 it is almost impossible to install programs with out hacking the system. Hacking the school network is not my style so I have been scouring the internet for a program that allows me to run a program with out having to install anything.

I eventually found Portable Apps. This is amazing. All you have to do is simply install it on your memorystick
using the Portable Apps platform and download some apps. The apps automatically run all the programs and features when you click on the icon. Unfortinatly the only programs you can use is the apps from the company. But it is sttill usefull.

I hope this helps you as much as it helped me.

Monday, 5 December 2011

Starwars On CMD

If you are board and you have nothing to do then try this out. You need to have Telnet enabled for this.
Open CMD and type telnet towel.blinklights.nl and hit enter. Now just enjoy.

Sunday, 4 December 2011

New Pages and chats.

Hi everyone. I have added four new pages.

The Big Debate - This is where I will add a debate topic every Monday and anyone can join!

Projects - A list of all our projects.

Contact us - On this page you can contact us. Obviously.

The Social corner - A chatroom for anyone to join for free.

Saturday, 3 December 2011

Is too much computing bad for you?

I always find that if I am on the computer too late at night and thinking hard then when I go to bed, my mind is still extreemly active and thoughts wizz through my head superfast. Ocasionly I play Unreal ( a shoot em up game) before bed. I get to sleep and I wake up in the middle of the night. I can not get back to sleep. The thoughts wiz through my head so fast that I actually am willing to run outside and scream at the top of my voice. The other thing that effects me is cravings. I went mad for an iPod touch a while ago and I had about 17 reacuring dreams about iPods ruling the world. I currently am desperate for a sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k and the other night I had a dream about a ZX Spectrum on Steroids. Scary. I would love to know what happens when you are on the computer for too long.

Please Comment, Ben.

Friday, 2 December 2011

Jquery UI

Greg( From The Geeks Classroom ) recently explained a new, simple concept to make your website a million times more interactive. jquery UI. This is a simple way to add draggable, droppable and even resizable windows. It is all very simple with the new on line builder and the awesome theme maker, There are loads of possibilities. I Suggest trying it. I am currently not an expert in it but I hope to add this fab feature to my new robotics website Xydapt