Tech
Woot! Woot!
Written by Tony   
Thursday, 23 October 2008

Woot is having a Woot-Off for the last day or so. I just missed a killer deal... I wasn't fast enough. It would have been nice to have a new, faster computer for at home:

 

-T

 
Lojack Your Laptop for Free
Written by Tony   
Monday, 22 September 2008

This seems like a good idea: Adeona. It's free. You install it on your computer and it sends out your computer's location information every half hour or so. If your computer gets stolen, then you can use this to track it and find it... you, of course, would want to contact local law enforcement with the information and not do it yourself.

I wish a friend of mine knew about this a few days ago. :-(

Remember to get Carbonite or some kind of backup for your hard drive. I've got all my computers either using Carbonite, local backup or other online backup. You have to prepare for the worst and hope it never happens.

And don't forget about protecting your identity as well... which might be useful if your laptop is stolen: LifeLock is the only Identity Theft Prevention Solution backed by a one-million dollar guarantee! Click here to get a 10% discount.

-T

 
Download iPhone Wallpapers
Written by Tony   
Saturday, 30 August 2008

I was getting tired of the standard Apple wallpapers on my iPhone and I haven't taken any great photos recently to use for my iPhone wallpaper, so I found out that to get iPhone wallpaper, you can:

  • Download iPhone wallpapers
  • Create wallpapers yourself
  • Take pictures to use as wallpapers

Download iPhone wallpapers

If you want to download iPhone wallpapers, here are some sites that I found are good:

I've also included a gallery of a few that I made below.

 
Playstation 3 Stuff
Written by Tony   
Wednesday, 06 August 2008

I've found a little time to play with my new Playstation 3. I'm thinking about having a party in a few weeks and maybe get either Guitar Hero or Rock Band. In researching this, I found some good deals:

PlayStation 3 DualShock 3 Wireless Controller: $48.99

Rock Band: Special Edition (Includes Drums, Guitar, Microphone, and Game): $159.95

Logitech Driving Force GT Wheel with Force Feedback (PS2 or PS3): $107.99

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Bundle (includes Game, Wireless Guitar, Aerosmith Faceplate, and more!)

-T


Update: RockBand 2 is on the way. It should be available in September for the XBox but not available for the PS3 until later in the year (maybe not until Christmas, we'll see). It features wireless guitar, drums and bass. Pretty sweet.

-T

 
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Written by Tony   
Thursday, 24 July 2008

Gran Turismo 5Well, I finally got the PS3, got it set up, downloaded ALL the updates (sheesh!) and then put in my game, downloaded those updates and got to playing. Oh, and I had to go get another HDMI cable - well, I didn't HAVE to get it but come on, it's HD and you get both audio and video in one cable. Circuit City had a HD started kit clearance item which included a little surge suppressor, cleaning spray with cloth, 8 foot HDMI cable and coax for just $1 more than just buying a lower grade 4 foot HDMI cable - so, good deal.

The game is great. Graphics are fenominal - as expected. They did have my RSX in the line up of cars to drive (which is a very limited selection) but it's listed as a 2004 Honda Integra Type R. Maybe that's the international version of it or something since they've listed it that way before. It's cool having the car you drive in a video game like this and it's nice when it's a good car that beats other cars.

The disappointing thing was that I didn't know this game wasn't complete. I looked everywhere I could for the aftermarket upgrades and they were nowhere to be found. I then did more reading online and this version of the game is supposedly not done yet and the final version will be out next year or something. I guess Sony needed the game to help sell the PS3 or something... well, it worked. We'll have to wait for Polyphony to get it done. It's not clear to me if I'll get the rest of it when it comes out as an online upgrade or if I'll have to purchase it again (which would suck).

Well, it's still fun to play. With my complaining here, I kind of feel like Piere Bernard on Conan - ok, that was a random sidenote, sorry.

Yeah, still fun to play. I'm learning how to drift, which is fun. I wish I had the tire budget required to do it in real life. Maybe when these tires about about gone, I'll try it somewhere. There must be a track nearby where you can go. This is one of my life to-do items actually - some running around on a race track with a nice car.

I'll report more later when the full version of GT 5 comes out.

-T

 
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