If you get an unusable headphones, don't throw it away.

You can cut & remove the wire, and use the TRS
jack as the FM antenna for your smartphone.
All you need is to plug-in this TRS jack into your phone's headphones plug, and open the FM radio app,
then start listening through your loudspeaker.

How it works: The headphones wire works as the FM antenna for mobile phones. Usually FM
transmission will have a very strong signal, which needs a small piece of wire to receive the signal.

Hide any file inside an image file.

This a small steganography hack that is fun and sometime really useful, when you want to send some file
over internet, but upload of only image file are allowed on that server.
First here is the definition of stenography from Wikipedia.
Steganography (Listen) is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart
from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message, a form of security through
obscurity. The word steganography is of Greek origin and means concealed writing from the Greek
words steganos () meaning covered or protected, and graphei () meaning writing.
In short, when you see the file it's just a normal image, but it has some hidden message inside it, or in
general it can contain anything, even a whole movie.
There are lots of tools available for this purpose, but we can do it using what we already have just the
command prompt in windows.
The requirement

The image file

The file to be hidden, the zip file

Command prompt

The image I will be using is this

and I want to hide a Ms word file and a Pdf behind this image, Select both the file and send to a Zip
file.
Steps..
1. Place the zip file and the image in a folder , I am placing it on the desktop.
2. Open cmd(command prompt) and then go to the directory where both the files are. Like for
example, in this case, it's "desktop". So you might need to type cd desktop
3. Now type copy /b imagefilename + zipfilename [filename with extensions], here is the image for
clarity.

4. Now the size of the image will increase, what this is doing is simple, just appending the second
file to the first file and that /b is to specify that it is a binary file.
Opening The file
After copying, the image file size will only increase, but it can be opened normally and no difference will
be seen except the size. To open the Zip file, open this image with any Zip tool like 7zip, winrar, or
winzip and you can find all the files there, just extract it wherever you want.
Note: This technique is simple and quick but as you can see anyone with a prior knowledge can easily
find out. Although the benefit is that it doesn't draw anyone's attention.

To Stop Hiccups Instantly :

Drinking water, from the wrong side of the glass.
The side of the glass , that is away from your mouth, is the wrong side.
And this happens to be the only way one can drink water from the wrong side. (Glad I found a picture.)

Works every time!

Find Direct Download Links using Google.

Tired of torrents running out of seeders? No worries. You can search for direct download links using
Google!
To download movies, perform a Google search as below:
YOUR SEARCH TERM HERE -inurl:(htm|html|php|pls|txt) intitle:index.of last modified (mkv|mp4|
avi)
Example:
Titanic -inurl:(htm|html|php|pls|txt) intitle:index.of last modified (mkv|mp4|avi)
You can use this search trick to download not just movies, but almost any file.
For instance, to download music,
YOUR SEARCH TERM HERE -inurl:(htm|html|php|pls|txt) intitle:index.of last modified (mp3|wma|
aac|flac)
Just change the file format [(mp3|wma|aac|flac) part] to your required format and you will get a search
result of sites containing direct download links to your search query. Enjoy!
Even simpler approach would be to simply google
"Parent directory file name"
Try searching this in google:
"Parent directory transformers.avi" or
"Parent directory transformers.mkv"
Click on any link from the search results.
This will load a simple page on your browser which will probably have a lot of links.
Find your filename and click on it to directly download it without using any external
download client.

When a kid, table manners always confused me. Which hand to use for what while eating.
Then, this simple hack helped.
Left (4 letters) hand for 4 lettered things - fork
Right (5 letters) hand for 5 lettered things - spoon, knife, glass

How about memorizing ongoing year calender in 10 minutes.

It is as simple as memorizing 12 digit number.
Lets do it for 2014
255 136 140 250
(Try memorizing it right away with your own little patterns in mind.)
Stating the obvious, each digit is for a month. So,
2 for Jan,
5 for Feb,
5 for Mar,
1 for Apr, and so on...
In order to find the day of the week follow these simple steps. Lets work with 15 August,
2014 as an example.
1. Take the month and recall the code you memorized. Easy? (You just crossed the most
difficult part of it.)
Ex: Code for August is 4.
2. Take the date and add it to above code.
Ex: 15(date) + 4(code) = 19
3. Divide the above result by 7(always) and find the remainder (the modulo operation)
Ex: 19 mod 7 = 5. [19/7 => Quotient=2 & Remainder=5]
4. Done. You now have the day of the week. Here is the what the remainder implies.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6

=>
=>
=>
=>
=>
=>
=>

Sunday
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thur
Friday
Saturday

So August 15, 2014 is a Friday. (Enjoy long weekend people in India).

You won't have to remember the day mapping. Practice it with all your anniversary dates
and very soon it will start coming natural. Infact with a little practice doing step 2,3 & 4 is a
matter of seconds.
PS : If you get the logic right, you can quickly form the 12 digit code for yourself each year
from the calender. It is simply one less than the day on which a month starts. So suppose in
2015, January starts from Thursday (i.e. 4th day), the code will be 4-1 = 3. Corner case: If
month starts from Sunday (i.e 0), 1 less than 0 will mean looping back to 6.

Closing Plastic bag using plastic bottle's cap

Different ways of tieing your tie knot

Create your own wifi hotspot on Windows 7 or 8 You don't need connectify or any other software for it. Also, you can save yourself from that 90 minutes
counter in connectify.
All you need to do is run the following two commands in cmd Open cmd with Run as Administrator.
1) netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=wifiname key=wifipassword
2) netsh wlan start hostednetwork
Best solution - Make a batch file of it and just run the file every time when you start the pc.
To make a batch file First write the commands on a notepad

Then save it with the extension bat. e.g. wifi.bat

Your batch file is made and now execute the file with Admin Privileges.
Important - For this to work, your sharing should be on in network properties for the network/ethernet
connection that you want to share through your wifi:
Go to Open Network and Sharing Centre ->Change Adapter Settings(On left panel)
Your wifi hotspot would be Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adaptor in the Network
Connections.
Go to the properties of the LAN/ethernet/WiFi connection and make the changes accordingly.

Your wifi hotspot would be ready. :)

Edit :
To stop the wifi hotspot Write the following in command prompt : netsh wlan stop hostednetwork

How to learn Pythagorean triplets?

1. If the number is odd, square it and then divide by 2. The resulting number will be in the
form of x.50. The other two numbers in the Pythagorean triplet will be x and x+1.
Eg. Number 3. Square of 3 = 9. 9/2 = 4.50. The other numbers are 4 and 5
Lets take another example. Number 37. Square of 37 = 1369. 1369/2 = 684.50. The other
numbers forming the Pythagorean triplet are 684 and 685.
2. If the number is even, halve it and then square it. The resulting number will be in the
form of y(say). The other two numbers in the Pythagorean triplet will be y-1 and y+1.
Eg. Number 4. Half of 4=2. Square of 2=4. The others numbers: 4-1 and 4+1, i.e 3 and 5
Another example. Number 18. Half of 18=9. Square of 9=81. The other two numbers
forming the Pythagorean triplet are 80 and 82
In this way, you can now know infinite Pythagorean triplets!!

How to find square of any number in seconds with just mental calculation?
There are many ways with which we can find out square of a number within seconds. Lets see how we
can find out square of a number faster using Vedic Mathematics (Nikhilam method)

Example 1: Find out the square of 12

Step 1
We need to take the nearest power of 10. So here 10 is the nearest power of 10 which we can take as our
base. The deviation to the base = 12-10 = 2
(To find out the deviation, just remove the left most digit "1" and you will get it quickly)

Now the Left Hand Side of the answer (LHS) will be the sum of the number and deviation. Hence the Left
Hand Side of the answer (LHS) = 12 + 2 = 14
Step 2
Our base is 10 which has a single zero. This means that our Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) will
have a single digit and that can be obtained by taking the square of the deviation.
Hence the Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) = 2 = 4
Hence the answer = 144
Example 2: Find out the square of 13
Step 1
We need to take the nearest power of 10. So here 10 is the nearest power of 10 which we can take as our
base. The deviation to the base = 13-10 = 3
(To find out the deviation, just remove the left most digit "1" and you will get it quickly)

Now the Left Hand Side of the answer (LHS) will be the sum of the number and deviation.Hence the Left
Hand Side of the answer (LHS) = 13 + 3= 16
Step 2
Our base is 10 which has a single zero. This means that our Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) will
have a single digit and that can be obtained by taking the square of the deviation.
Hence the Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) = 3 = 9
Hence the answer = 169

Example 3: Find out the square of 14

Step 1
10 is the nearest power of 10 which we can take as our base. The deviation to the base = 14-10 = 4
(To find out the deviation, just remove the left most digit "1" and you will get it quickly)

Now the Left Hand Side of the answer (LHS) will be the sum of the number and deviation. Hence the Left
Hand Side of the answer (LHS) = 14 + 4 = 18
Step 2
Our base is 10 which has a single zero. This means that our Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) will
have a single digit and that can be obtained by taking the square of the deviation.
Hence the Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) = 4 = 16. However please note that the Right Hand Side
of the answer (RHS) can have only a single digit because our base 10 has a only single zero. Hence, from
the obtained number 16, we will take R.H.S as 6 and 1 is taken as a carry which we will add to our LHS.
Hence LHS becomes 18+1 = 19
Hence the answer = 196

Example 4: Find out the square of 106

Step 1
Here 100 is the nearest power of 10 which we can take as our base. The deviation to the base = 106-100 =
6
(To find out the deviation, just remove the left most digit "1" and you will get it quickly)

Now the Left Hand Side of the answer (LHS) will be the sum of the number and deviation. Hence the Left
Hand Side of the answer (LHS) = 106 + 6 = 112
Step 2
Our base is 100 which has two zeros. This means that our Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) will have
two digits and that can be obtained by taking the square of the deviation.
Hence the Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) = 6 = 36.
Hence the answer = 11236

Example 5: Find out the square of 112

Step 1
Here 100 is the nearest power of 10 which we can take as our base. The deviation to the base = 112-100 =
12
(To find out the deviation, just remove the left most digit "1" and you will get it quickly)

Now the Left Hand Side of the answer (LHS) will be the sum of the number and deviation. Hence the Left
Hand Side of the answer (LHS) = 112 + 12 = 124
Step 2
Our base is 100 which has two zeros. This means that our Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) will have
two digits and that can be obtained by taking the square of the deviation. Hence the Right Hand Side of
the answer (RHS) = 12 = 144. However please note that the Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) can
have only two digits because our base 100 has only two zeros. Hence, from the obtained number 144, we
will take R.H.S as 44 and 1 is taken as a carry which we will add to our LHS. Hence LHS becomes 124+1
= 125
Hence the answer = 12544
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