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Got My New Droid Today

So far I’m liking it. Just have to get used to typing

Droid Desktop

If you want the background I use you can download it here.

Life

I Am Now Uncle Justin

My sister had her baby last night. Here is William Gray O’Rourke.

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Trying the New Wordpress BlackBerry App

Looks like the Wordpress app for BlackBerry keeps getting better. Looks like its supporting the latest build of Wordpress also. To download point your bb browser to BlackBerry Wordpress App OTA

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New BlackBerry Storm Download Site

Just letting everyone know I’ve launched a free apps, themes, and wallpaper site for the BlackBerry Storm. It’s made specifically for the Storms browser so visit the link on your phone to check it out.

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Top 10 Words My BlackBerry Doesn’t Consider A Word

Having a smart phone or any phone really that has predictive text; you sometimes come across words that make you wonder why it’s not already listed as a word. Here are my top 10 words I’ve had to add to my custom dictionary. 

  • 10. MMS
    Come on it’s a smart phone and it’s not an iPhone so it should know what MMS is.
  • 9. crapper
    It’s not an uncommon word
  • 8. beta
    For a company who leaks beta’s non-stop, you would think this would be a part of their vocab.
  • 7. fosho
    I can’t think of a better way to say definitely…other than definitely of course.
  • 6. Coors
    I mean come on. It’s a taste of the Rockies.
  • 5. fart
    This isn’t even slang. It’s a part of life.
  • 4. badass
    How else am I going to describe an awesome meal?
  • 3. natty
    The sweet nectar of life…how could you over look this word.
  • 2. aight
    I want to be able to say “ok” in more than 2 characters.
  • 1. whateverthefuckever
    From the classic, Pulp Fiction, it should be a part of every dictionary.

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NTotD: April Fool’s Day Trick

Nerd Tip of the Day:

Want to trick one of your co-workers or friends?

Gain access to their computer while they’re away.

*Press the “Print Screen” button located in the top right of your/their keyboard

Open “Paint” located in Start>All Programs>Accessories

In paint click “Edit” then “Paste“.

Now click “File” then “Set as Background (Centered)

Close Paint and you’ll see that an exact copy of the screen is the background

Right click anywhere on the desktop and under “Arrange Icons By” untick “Show Desktop Icons

Right click on taskbar at the bottom and untick “Lock the Taskbar

Finally, drop the taskbar down out of view

Now your friends computer appears to be frozen.

*hint – before you print the screen, open a few windows so it looks like there are programs actually running.

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NTotD: Linux 4 n00bs

Nerd Tip of the Day:

Wubi

Ever wanted to try linux but not sure if you’re l33t enough to install it?

Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows application, in a simple and safe way.

Wubi Screen Shot

After you install Ubuntu you’ll have the ability to uninstall it just like any other application installed in Windows.

Ubuntu is great for linux n00bs because it’s one of the most user-friendly distros out right now. For more information and screenshots check out ubuntu.com.

To download the Wubi installer click here.

Side note:
Sorry for the l33tspeak.

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NTotD: Know Your Bytes

Nerd Tip of the Day:

Hard Drive

A byte is a basic unit of measurement of information storage in computer science.

The Breakdown

  • kilobyte (kB) = 1024 bytes
  • Megabyte (MB) = 10242 bytes (1024 kB)
  • Gigabyte (GB) = 10243 bytes (1024 MB)
  • Terabyte (TB) = 10244 bytes (1024 GB)
  • Petabyte (PB) = 10245 bytes (1024 TB)

Other measurements include: Exabyte, Zettabyte, and Yottobyte.

The worlds fastest data transfer was sent over a fiber strand at 25.6 TB/s.

AT&T has about 16 PB of data transfered through their networks each day.

Google processes about 20 PB of data per day.

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NTotD: Stay Alive in Zombie Outbreaks

Nerd Tip of the Day:

Dawn of the Dead

In a class 5 outbreak of a Zombie infestation, try to stay away from crowded places such as:

  1. Hospitals
  2. Police Stations
  3. Churches

When panic sets in most people think the safest place normally is where they need to go. Hospitals tend to be a great starting point for breakouts. Infected people go in for treatment then end up spreading the virus to others.

Safe places to find would include:

  • 1. Military bases
  • 2. Schools (because the ability to lock doors)
  • 3. Any upstairs floor if you can take out the stairwell

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NTotD: Copying Active Windows

Nerd Tip of the Day:
We all know (most people anyways) that you can print your screen by pressing the “PrtScn” key but you can also print active windows.

  1. Click inside the window you want to copy
  2. Alt+PrtScn
  3. Open up whatever photo editor you use
  4. Press Ctrl+V (Paste)