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Convert Pictures to Text Images with ASCGEN [Featured Windows Download]

Windows only: Free application ASCGEN, or Ascii Generator dotNET, takes in standard pictures and puts out images generated entirely from simple computer text. While free web apps like ASCII-O-Matic do a decent job with small face portraits, ASCGEN can handle larger files and offers the same kind of brightness, contrast and level modifications as standard image editors—it just changes letters instead of pixels. Once you’re done tweaking, you can output to picture, text or HTML files. ASCGEN is a free download for Windows systems only.

Headlight Slippers End Closet Peeing Sessions [Guides]

Accidents involving you being in a half conscious state, urine and your closet are a thing of the past, all thanks to the headlight slippers. Those chaps at Instructables have published a guide, which details the simple steps for turning your ordinary slippers into pressure activated, illuminating floor gods. Hit the video to see the light, and to stop your jackets becoming urine stained. You really cannot afford not to watch it. Seriously, jackets are pricey. [Instructables]

Still hunting for a Wii? You might want to … [Nintendo]

Still hunting for a Wii? You might want to try Costco. [Kotaku]

Find Free, Open Apps at Open Source Living [Open Source]

There are countless arguments for using open source applications, but one of the strongest is having a single interface to learn when working on Windows, Mac or Linux systems. Web site directory Open Source Living helps you find just those kind of programs. It’s not an extensive, all-in-one directory, but it seems to narrow its choices based on quality and widespread acceptance. And while not every application listed at Open Source Living is entirely cross-platform, a good deal of them are. For more free or open source applications, check out a Windows and Mac free software bonanza.

Feature: Company Develops 360-Degree Holographic Display That Can be Setup Anywhere (Video)