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Prepare for the apocalypse with bacon! Survive the zombie hoards of 2020 while holed up in your bunker feasting on bacon fresh from the can. This tasty and apocalyptically nutritious treat will be good to go once computers gain sentience.  Combat ready bacon Available at ThinkGeek.com and (most likely) other fine establishments.  Repair tips for your scratched iPad display screen. Of course, the very first thing you need to do upon purchasing an iPad is to also purchase some screen protection. Let’s assume that you failed to do so. Here are some of the most useful techniques for repairing iPhone and iPod touch displays, which are essentially identical to that of the iPad. Well, Apple revealed the iPad today. Looks like a giant, grotesque iPhone.  iPad - photo from Engadget.com Don’t get me wrong… I love Apple stuff in general, but I hate their insistence on making the most fragile pieces of equipment. They absolutely FORCE a third party market in protective sleeves, pouches, skins, and other gear.  iPhonen Ginormen! - photo from Engadget.com Why can’t they simply encase their products in a built-in rubberized case? Or at least demonstrate some foresight with real world applications of their products? Those iPad are going to be all scratched up in no time. Is Apple’s solution really going to be screen repair? Send back your iPad, pay $300 for a new screen that will get scratched up in another month? I’d love to see Apple make rugged gear. Are you wondering about the title of this post? I chose this title today because I predict that it will become one of the most Googled Apple iPad phrases in the coming years. Was I right? I love using QuickSilver on my Mac, and finally I ran across the PC equivalent. It’s called Launchy and it works great!  This is what Launchy looks like I have it configured to launch when I press ctrl-space. Just like QuickSilver, all you have to do is start typing and it finds the app you want to run. This is so much easier and faster than browsing folders or even placing icons on the Quick Launch Bar. Check it out. So far I’m loving it. The Ooine tag-line claims that we enjoy clever automata. We are sure that many of you have wondered about that. Well wonder no longer! Here, for your pleasure, is a fine example of a clever automaton. You’re welcome. Don’t get me completely wrong, I admire people in uniform and maintain a state of perpetual jealousy towards them with regards to the things they get to do. However, today’s “wars” are not like the wars of the past. They are not wars of honor and sacrifice. In WWI and WWI you had average people thrust into conflict with little training or preparation. You had carpenters fighting next to plumbers next to lawyers. They didn’t want to be there, but they knew they had to be there. In these circumstances, it seems perfectly reasonable and honorable to “do our bit at home” to support the people reluctantly fighting overseas. It’s just not like that today. I’m actually embarrassed when people and organizations ask me to “support the troops”. Huh? They want to be there! We maintain an all volunteer army that is made up of, from what I have been able to tell, young guys who want to play with expensive equipment and blow stuff up. These guys are not the best and the brightest, and they are not all inherently heroes for diving into conflict. Certainly, specific instances of heroism and bravery will arise and should be recognized. But calling a volunteer soldier a hero simply because they sign up to be paid to fight? That’s too ridiculous for me. And why should I feel obligated to send them socks and other supplies? They CHOSE to be there, and I’m already supplying them with socks through taxes. Witness the heroes at work, empowered to play by an unchecked freedom provided to them away from the homeland.
Why is it that the most primal, basic, macho-speak results in full on Ebonics no matter what the skin color? Blowing stuff up is fun, dude. I wonder how much 9 sticks of C4 costs? I’m bored, let’s waste some money and do things I wouldn’t be allowed to do back home. Perhaps if video from the battlefield was available from WWII, I’d see the same sort of behavior, but somehow I doubt it. And for the sake of balance, here’s snippet of the tough side of the job… and also the very thing that pumps up all the Army/Marine fan boys. Here is how to fix this PunkBuster error: Unknown Windows API Function [131125] I was constantly getting kicked from multiplayer Battlefield 2 with this error. It took a bit of research, but I finally realized that this was the solution: Uninstall ThreatFire software Now you will be able to play without getting kicked! Have fun! UPDATE For those who don’t know, Threatfire is a stand-alone piece of software that detects malware and/or virus activity on your system. If you didn’t install this software, then it is most likely not on your system. If so, then I suppose the error above will be referring to something else on your computer. Hercules Hook wire hangers are a great idea. The concept works extremely well. But I can’t believe that people actually buy them! Isn’t it obvious that you can simply make your own? When I first saw wire hangers advertised I looked for them at the hardware store. They wanted $8.00 for a package of 5 hooks. Eight bucks for 5 short pieces of wire! The shape of the wire is what is important, not the wire itself. So I searched the aisles for picture hanging wire and was able to purchase a 25-foot roll of OOK 16-gauge wire for about $5. 16-gauge was the thickest wire I could find. It works, but 14 or 12 gauge might be even better.  16-gauge wire to make hooks I can form a length of wire into a hangar hook with a pair of needle-nosed pliers in about 5 seconds. So essentially, I’ve purchased 75 hooks for $5. The shape of your hooks should look something like this:  Approximate this shape The shape I use is actually a little better than this one. See the long blue arrow above? Follow it backwards and continue through the wall. Upon exiting the wall, I curve the wire straight down along the wall for about .5 cm and then straight back up… which results in a deeper hook. I use them all over my house, except when I encounter a stud… then it’s a good old brad nail. The best-selling HD Player (as known as Netflix Player by Roku) plays High Definition video and connects to surround sound audio. Would be perfect if it featured Hulu.com By Skadar from Stamford, CT on 12/23/2009
Pros: Easy to set up, Great value, Compact, Easy to use, High quality picture Cons: Want more video choices Best Uses: Secondary TV, Primary TV Describe Yourself: Netflix fan, Hulu fan, Casual User The Roku HD Player is a great alternative to premium cable television. We are not die-hard cable consumers like the rest of America apparently is, so we do not subscribe to premium cable. We are, however, Netflix fans! Now that Netflix offers thousands of streaming movies, the Roku HD Player suddenly makes sense. We use it mostly to watch television programs offered by Netflix that are now on DVD. Netflix is continually adding to its library of streaming media. If we wanted something even more current, there’s always Amazon Video on Demand, if you want to pay for the newest offerings. The player is dead simple to set up, and I actually appreciate that it DOES have a network jack. Built-in wifi is great, but I’ll choose hard wired if I have the option… and here I do. Roku REALLY needs to get Hulu.com on board! Imagine if we could watch Hulu offerings via Roku! That would be amazing. I really don’t understand what the problem is. I can watch Roku programming and Hulu programming for free. Yet I’m only allowed to watch one of them on my television. Doesn’t make sense.  Treasure Island The memory databanks of my iPod Touch are usually stuffed with music, apps, and Harry Potter books. Yep, Harry Potter. I can state without reservation that my all time favorite audiobooks are the first four Harry Potter books as read by Jim Dale. Those readings will (hopefully) forever transport my mind into a wonderful place and time. They just make me “feel” a certain way that feels good… a “signature feeling” as I like to call it. But back to the point of this post. I had listened to each of the first 4 Harry Potter books at least 3 or 4 times each, when I started looking for something new. Turns out something new is really something old. I loaded up Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, and I was blown away. After the world of Harry Potter, the real-life Victorian era brings me a similarly good feeling. I love it. The writing within Treasure Island is the best, and most compatible with my mind, that I have ever heard.
“They did not fall alone”. That blows me away. After listening to Treasure Island twice, I downloaded the public domain version on Kindle and now carry it with me everywhere. I’ve read the Kindle edition through at least once, and now skip around to favorite places where the language is especially evocative.  Marley's Ghost My iPod Touch is currently “in the shop” in California, where it was UPS’d at Apple’s request after I mentioned to them that the battery wasn’t properly holding a charge. I haven’t yet received it back. In the mean time I had tried listening to the radio during my commute and was quickly reintroduced to the sludge and poison that it produces. Radio is absolutely horrid. In desperation, I dug through my electronics drawer and pulled out the White Behemoth, my 4th generation iPod. The battery was virtually dead so I plugged it in and came back the next day. Clicking and scrolling through the woeful display brought me to a long-loaded collection of audiobooks. Hmmm… “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. Victorian! Didn’t realize I even had that recording. So I started listening. It is read by… Jim Dale! Fantastic. I’m sorry to admit that this is the first time I’ve been exposed to Christmas Carol outside of movies and live productions. As you might expect, the book is fantastic and full of additional detail. I have discovered gems that simply blew me away. This was the first:
Is it possible to be more efficient with the English language? There is so much detail packed into this single sentence. Your mind fills in all the visual details begged by this simple snippet. And things exist within the book that could not be recreated in movies and plays without a disembodied narrator. Such as this brilliant chill-inducing segment that injects Dickens directly into the story with you:
I looked around when I heard this. Cheers to you Mr. Dickens. I had been played perfectly by a 166 year-old joke. Anyone who doesn’t actually read the book (or listen to the audiobook) will forever miss the pleasure of this jest. The entertainment industry’s push for 3D in 2009 leaves me bewildered. It has always been a gimmick, but Hollywood wants to make us believe that it is the future. What do you think? A lot of animated movies were released in 3D this year, and of those my family saw, we opted for the 2D version. My kids simply do not like the 3D experience. They don’t like things jumping out at you as a cheap effect. And they don’t like the glasses… nobody does. Check out the reaction from this failed 3D experiment at a recent Cowboys NFL game. The promoters, for some idiotic reason, thought that fans AT the game, ALREADY viewing it in natural 3D, wants to watch the game on the jumbotron in 3D! This had some retarded Cowboys fans saying things like, “It’s like I’m really there.” Um… you ARE really there! Just look down at the field. Here’s the video: [video removed because it was messing up the site] Now this, on the other hand, is very cool! Johnny Lee hacked his Wii to create 3D optics on his television without the use of filters or glasses! Check this out: Two years old, I know… but well done! |
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