How to Build Your Own NES Classic with a Raspberry Pi and RetroPie

Did You Know? RAS Syndrome, Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome, refers to the use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym in conjunction with the abbreviated form (e.g. saying “I’m going to the ATM Machine” when the “M” in ATM already stands for “machine”); the redundancy of the word “syndrome” in the name of the effect is a tongue-in-cheek nod to the effect itself. Geek Trivia The Only Vertebrate That Can Move Its Eyes Independently Is The? Komodo Dragon → Tapir → Chameleon → Diamondback Rattlesnake → Advertisement Download Windows Malware Analysis Essentials ($30 Value) FREE For a Limited Time This book will guide you on how to use essential tools such as debuggers, disassemblers, and sandboxes to dissect malware samples. It will expose your innards and then build a report of their indicators of compromise along with detection rule sets that will enable you to help contain the outbreak when faced with such a situation. 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[ArsTechnica] This is Apple's click wheel iPhone prototype Images and video show what appear to be an early version of iOS based on the iPod's design [The Verge] How to Copy a Folder’s File List with a Right-Click Say you have a folder full of files, and you want to save or print a list of those files. With a couple of quick Registry edits, you can add a right-click command for copying a folder’s contents to the clipboard. Read This Article → How to Restart a Super Mario Run Level Without Dying Super Mario Run is a really simple game, until you try to complete all if the extra coin challenges—all of a sudden those easy levels become tough when you’re trying to get all the pink, purple, or black coins instead of just running through. Read This Article → How to Build Your Own NES Classic with a Raspberry Pi and RetroPie The NES Classic Edition is a new, official clone of the original Nintendo Entertainment System, and one of the best ways to play your favorite retro games. Unfortunately, it’s so popular that it’s nearly impossible to get your hands on one. Don’t pay $300 on eBay when you can use the modestly-priced Raspberry Pi to build your own—with even more games. Read This Article → What Can You Do When Nearby Electronic Devices Turn Off a Laptop’s Display? When we are working on our laptops, we tend to keep other devices like our mobile phones nearby for easy access and use, but what do you do when devices in close proximity start causing the laptop’s display to turn off? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a frustrated reader’s question. Read This Article → How to Replace a Light Switch with a Dimmer Switch If you want better control over how bright or dim your lights get, installing a dimmer switch is a great way to make that happen, especially if you want to adjust them regularly. Here’s how to replace a regular light switch with a dimmer switch. Read This Article → How to Create a Bootable USB Installer for macOS Sierra The Mac App Store is the default way to upgrade or install macOS, but it doesn’t work for everyone. Maybe you’ve got multiple Macs and a limited amount of bandwidth, and don’t want to download the entire operating system for every system. Or maybe you’re looking to install the operating system from scratch. Read This Article → How to Add a Persistent Number Row to Android’s Gboard Keyboard Ever get annoyed that you don’t have an entire row of numbers atop your Android keyboard? It makes typing things like passwords—which should always have at least one number in them—far more annoying. Fortunately, Google heard the cry and made this an option in the latest Gboard keyboard. Read This Article → How to Create and Use Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Linux Linux allows you to create symbolic links, or symlinks, that point to another file or folder on your machine. The best way to do this is with the ln terminal command—though there are some graphical file managers that can create symbolic links too. Read This Article → How to Tweak ClearType in Windows for Better Screen Readability ClearType is font-smoothing technology built into Windows to help make text more readable on LCD monitors. If your text is looking a little blurry, tweaking your ClearType settings can definitely help. Read This Article → How to Take Good Travel Photos Whether you want to document a family holiday or aspire to shoot for National Geographic, there are some simple things you can do to take better travel photos. Read This Article → How to Back Up and Transfer Settings for Your Windows Programs to a New PC with CloneApp How many times have you migrated to a new computer, or reinstalled Windows, and lost all the little settings in your Windows programs that you had finally tweaked perfectly? Read This Article → Advertisement Download Windows Malware Analysis Essentials ($30 Value) FREE For a Limited Time This book will guide you on how to use essential tools such as debuggers, disassemblers, and sandboxes to dissect malware samples. It will expose your innards and then build a report of their indicators of compromise along with detection rule sets that will enable you to help contain the outbreak when faced with such a situation. Click here to download