Keep your [Linux] Desktop Clean

Level of Difficulty: Linux Only
November 9th, 2008

If you are an Ubuntu* user, you might not use your home folder like you should.  For example, all my downloads go straight to my Desktop, instead of my home(~) folder where they belong.  Clutter on your Desktop is quite unsightly, and as one must look at their Desktop constantly, I decided to fix this.

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Ubuntu 8.10

Level of Difficulty:
November 1st, 2008

Ubuntu 8.10 is out!

Several new updates are in this version, including:

* Improved Wireless Networking

* Guest Logins

Urban Terror - A Free Fps

Level of Difficulty: Easy/Gamers
October 10th, 2008

Urban Terror LogoUrban Terror is a free first person shooter.  Based on the game Quake, it is a full featured online game.

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The Facebook Virus: What It Is, and How to Avoid It.

Level of Difficulty: Everyone
August 25th, 2008

There is a virus loose on facebook, and no one seems to know what it is, and how to avoid it.

Click Read More to find out how to survive this outbreak.

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Careful with your keys… Part 2

Level of Difficulty: idiot
June 22nd, 2008

Ok, part 1 mentioned how i got the “H” key off.

I got it back on. Party. Ya-uh.

I had to pop off the plastic X spring that suported it from the actual top. I then slightly bent one of the hooks on the keyboard base, and snaped the X spring back on. Then I reattached the top of the key, snaping it back.

I have “H” !

8a-ch

Side view:

Pics might come from my friends keyboard before I fix their’s.

Free Tv on your Computer and iPod Touch/iPhone

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate
June 20th, 2008

The TVUPlayer logo Ok, here is another one I discovered, and am giving to you.  I wanted to watch Live TV on my iPod Touch, but everything I found requires a TV tuner and I don’t have one.

The magical part of this is the TVUPlayer (choir singing “ahhhhhhh”) it lets you watch Live TV Shows Channels on your Computer.  The first part of this how-to demonstrates how to install TVUPlayer.

Note: must have a Jailbroken iP(od Touch)one. (It is getting annoying to type in iPhone/iPod Touch, so iPhone includes both now.

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Careful with your keys…

Level of Difficulty: idiot
June 19th, 2008

Just a quick note…

Someone I know who has the same laptop model as me had there “H” key ripped off….

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Firefox 3 is out!

Level of Difficulty: 10 years+
June 17th, 2008

Firefox 3Building on my previous post, Firefox - Why?, there is a new verison of Firefox out.  This is a major release of Firefox.  It has many more features.  It is even more compelling to switch now.  You should try it out.


GetFirefox.com - Download

War Games

Level of Difficulty: Everyone
June 17th, 2008

War Games LogoWar Games is an Application on Facebook. I created it for the Webchallenge 2008 Awards. I was a finalist and came home with ~550 dollars in scholarship money.

Now, what is War Games exactly? War Games is a game on Facebook. You are in charge of a country.  Your goal is to build up the amount of Territory your country owns (measured in Sqmiles). You have two ways to do this.  You can buy Producers, which give you a certain amount of coin every day you use War Games, and then use that coin to buy land.  You can also buy Soldiers, and use them to fight your friends, and gain Sqmiles and coin that way.  You buy stuff with Coin.

Go there. Now: War Games on Facebook

Firefox - Why?

Level of Difficulty: 10 years+
June 16th, 2008

The offical Firefox logoIf you are like 53.8% of computer users (source) you probably use Internet Explorer for your Internet use.

(By the way, if you don’t have a clue what Internet Explorer is, you are probably using it right now.  It is what you use to see the Internet)

You might have heard of Firefox, maybe on a news website or from a friend, but you don’t see any reason why you should use it.  You may think “Why switch to a new thing when Internet Explorer works fine?” You may just be to lazy to try it out, or have no idea how.

If you install Firefox, you can still use Internet Explorer, in fact, you can install it, try it, and if you don’t like it uninstall it, and nothing will have changed on your computer.  You can also transfer all of your Bookmarks/Favorites and Cookies and your Homepage.

So, let me tell you why you should use Firefox, and shouldn’t use Internet Explorer

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