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…You can turn any song into an iPhone ringtone?

iPhone Ringtone

Apple might make you pay a dollar per song that you want to use as a ringtone on your new iPhone, but there’s a way to create custom ringtones using only Apple software that costs just a few extra minutes of your time.

    GarageBand
  1. Open GarageBand.

    2. iTunes Library

  2. Drag a song from your iTunes library into the GarageBand window to create a new track.

    3. Cycle Region

  3. Click the Cycle Region button.

    4. Yellow Bar

  4. Adjust the yellow bar to the edges of the part of the song that you would like to use. (It must be less than 40 seconds in length.)

    5. Auto Adjust

  5. If the song is short enough, iTunes can automatically select the appropriate length to convert into a ringtone.

    6. Send To iTunes

  6. Once you’ve got your region selected, simply go to Share -> Send Ringtone to iTunes, and GarageBand will convert and then add your new ringtone to iTunes’ ringtone section automatically.

    7. iTunes Ringtone

  7. Sync your iPhone, and rejoice at your newly acquired ability to add any song as a ringtone.

It’s that easy.

…Leo Laporte owns Google?

Leoogle

Leo Laporte has his own version of Google, which wouldn’t be notable except for the fact that he is using the now widely known hack (http://google.com/search?output=googleabout) to avoid adds on the results pages. I’ll bet Google plugs that hole sometime in the next 24 hours.

[Leoogle]

[Via: Digg]

…Cords get tangled easily?

I hate cord tangles as much as the next guy, so this little cord winding trick that involves nothing more than the cord itself ought to save a few headaches the next time you put that pocketable music player in your pocket.

[Via: Gizmodo]

…Robosapien is having an identity crisis?

Spidersapien Homersapien

Robosapien, the hackable humanoid robot from WowWee, is doing a little cross dressing for the upcoming Spiderman and The Simpsons movies. The Spidersapien and Homersapien will feature all of the original robot stuff that made the Robosapien so popular, but will also include Spiderman or Homer phrases and movie specific accessories. Though Spidersapien looks like a force to be reckoned with, Homersapien reminds me of some sort of out of proportion Japanese anime character. I’m sure they’ll still sell like hotcakes to fans of the movies though, so be prepared for a robot toy invasion.

[Via: Gizmodo]

…Macs do cool things?

Inverted Colors

Silver Mac’s list of five cool things you can do on Mac is a great source of information for both the starter and the skilled Mac user. Featuring hidden tricks such as dictionary descriptions, inverted colors, slow motion window minimization, text clipping and screen capturing, all of which can be triggered with a few simple keyboard strokes, you’ll be the captain of your computer in no time.

[Silver Mac - Cool Things You Can Do On Mac]

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