Publisher's Synopsis
UNIQUE YOUR PC WITH SUPER TWEAKS!
If you yearn for the coolest, most crazed 'puter around, PC Mods for the Evil Genius is the key to the kingdom! This book shows you how to supercharge your PC-and create a jaw-dropping system that cannot be purchased off any shelf, anywhere!
You get complete, easy-to-follow plans, clear diagrams and schematics, and lists of parts and tools, so you know what's needed before you begin. PC Mods for the Evil Genius gives you:
- Illustrated instructions and plans for amazing projects presented in sufficient detail to be built even by newcomers
- Loads of projects simple enough for beginners-but intense enough to impress even your most savvy friends
- Tips to add high-end features easily and economically
- Frustration-factor removal-needed parts and tools are listed, along with sources-and how to get everything you need at the cheapest prices possible
TRANSFORM YOUR COMPUTER FROM AN ORDINARY CRUISER INTO A PC MUSCLE CAR!
PC Mods for the Evil Genius equips you with complete plans, instructions, parts lists, and sources for projects that let you:
- Jazz up your PC with a right-now case, custom lights, and other cool options
- Transform your PC into a TV
- Add TiVo capabilities and create your own PVR (personal video recorder)
- Archive your private videos
- Create mobile entertainment and navigation systems
- Let your friends and family track your travels with Google Earth
- Check and share your local weather conditions
- Make your 'puter help detect alien lifeforms in space
- Link you PC to a supercomputer chain unraveling the mysteries of DNA
- Phone almost anyone, anywhere in the world and talk to them live with your PC (and no phone charges)
- Put a live video feed of yourself (or anything else) onto the Web 24 hours a day
- Secure your PC biometrically
- Keep intruders out of your I/O ports
- And much, much more!
