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Techtv's Mod Mania with Yoshi: A Guide to Customizing Your Computer and Other Digital Devices (Book)
Understand the trends that will shape your immediate future.

"The Screen Savers'" technical specialist, Yoshi DeHerrera, takes you from the basics of setting up your own modding workshop to creating custom machines out of trash cans, mailboxes, and anything else that can be cut and shaped to a desired style.

In this book you'll learn how to set up your own modding workshop, which tools to use, and how to use them safely. Yoshi will teach you how to customize anything from cellphones to gaming systems to computers, making them faster, better machines. The book also includes information about the modding community, with references to their websites and projects.

Joshua "Yoshi" DeHerrera is segment producer/technical specialist for "The Screen Savers" on G4. He also runs one of the most popular hardware modding destinations on the Web at www.yoshi.us. He attended the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and loves anything to do with computers, cars, motorcycles, and of course modding them all.