my tech

Well, my third post today, told you I'd be back, and well now I am. With much better tools for the job.
I currently have:
*Galaxy s3 Tmobile unlocked
*Acer a100 tablet
*Huawei Ideos, the original one on tmobile no sim.
*Hp Pavilion dm4 variant.
*asus EEEpc 2009 variant
*Broken Motorala fire (Lol softbricked)

What this means is that I will be posting more reviews, more stories and more everything.

Lg optimus one hacking

Many people reading this blog may never have heard of the lg optimus one series. Heck,  many of you don't even care about it, but i do, as it has been my phone for approx. 2 years now, and it has served me well. I own the t-mobile variant of the optimus, known as the optimus t, and it comes with the old baseband version of .25 and a stock rom of android 2.2 with customizations by both t-mobile and lg. I used this stock rom for a while until proceeding to cyanogenmod 7 with baseband fix, then Cm 9, then a bunch of cm7 based roms until finally settling down onto cm10. I will be posting rom reviews and other things for this phone but sadly will not be able to review new ones as I have purchased a galaxy s3 and have passed down my optimus t. I will however be posting reviews of the Huawei Ideos roms as I have recieved one as a gift, anyway back on topic. The Lg o1 is a great phone and I was sad to see it go, but with its weak processor and touch lag issues I thought it really was time for an upgrade, and well the s3 is a perfect upgrade.

Windows 8

So yesterday I jumped the gun and went out and bought Windows 8. After 30 minutes of online research I began to install it on my Pc the  Hp pavillion dm4 which has 8gb of ram an intel i5 and beats audio.
I went for the keep all data install option, as I had many files that I could not replace, and that I didn't want to waste my time backing up. Anyway As I have noticed, from other reviews and my own experiences, a clean install of windows 8 should take you around 10 minutes from the beginning of the install to the end, keeping files only should take around 20 minutes and keeping everything took me 30 minutes. As my settings and files transferred I wondered how the new os would play with Hp's add-ons, and it was good news and bad news. I had to uninstall my intel wifi and bluetooth drivers, so if your computer boasts intel wifi, uninstall it before installing windows 8. The good news was that I still have my beats audio software, hp's help center and all other improvements, which are good especially if you aren't a power user.  If you are considering upgrading. I must warn you though, if you want to upgrade, do it now because the price will rise from 66.99$ to around 200$. Anyway, time to jump into the review. Windows 8 runs great on both touchscreen and non-touchscreen devices. The Metro apps available from the store run great, as well as the classic windows 7 apps. I saw minimal lag on windows 7 apps though, by which I mean they ran slower than on windows 7. Unnoticable though. Also indie hit "Mineraft" A game that the creator refuses to certify for win8 works perfectly, so if that is your reason to not update, go ahead and update. The Metro and classic interfaces work together but the multitasking features available do not work with classic apps. The Metro ui is obviously made for a touchscreen, but functions fairly well with a mouse. I miss the Start Screen but will probably get used to the new one also, gestures have been bumped up to give Osx a run for its money but  Overall I give Windows 8 an 8 because it isn't really as good as it could have been but It's a welcome update over windows 7.

THE TECHIE HAS RETURNED

Wow, i literally just realized what a long time its been since This blog has been touched. Its starting to actually gather dust! Well, this may seem like a bad thing, but the reason behind this is that I have been following the newest, awesomest, most cutting edge tech news and am ready to return. So get ready, 'cause here I come

Minecraft: What is it, and why is it popular

Minecraft is an indie game developed by Mojang, a company founded by Markus Persson in which you literally survive in a world full of blocks, it began as a clone off of another game, but soon became something else, inspiring dozens of clones of itself. It is one of the most succesful indie games of all times and has inspired blogs, videos and has expanded all over the internet. Almost everyone has at least some idea what it is, and part of that is its availability: You can have it on your android or ios device, your xbox 360 or even your Pocket pc/Windows mobile device, and almost everyone has one of the listed devices. Its popularity is also fueled by its hack-ability (A word i just made up.) and how easily it can be modded and manipulated to your content.
Actually, thats what brught me to it, the modding. Its files are easily manipulated and changed, like I mentioned earlier so even a java and hacking novice such as myself can hack it to some extent. Even though this is true, thats not what this post is about, this post is about why Minecraft is popular and I have a list of 3 of those reasons from my point of view, right here:

1. It's like lego for grown ups: You can build anything, and you can destroy anything. In the world of minecraft, you are god.

2. It has monsters: Well if you aren't into the whole building thing, you have the option of making your own weapons and fighting zombies, spiders skeletons and exploding green things called creepers. Wave after wave of them.

3. You can play socially: Minecraft wasn't originally a social game, but now it is. You can play on servers with your friends, or make new friends on those servers, all without ever signing up for any new social website.

Rock Paper Scissors wait.... SHOOT

Rock Paper Scissors:How-to guide to winning

   Rock Paper Scissors seems like a simple game doesn't it? In fact, to play, all you really need is a hand, brain and an opponent with a hand and  a brain. In fact though, there is a whole slew of strategic things involved in Rock paper Scissors,no joke, and with this guide, chances are you'll be much better at his simple game.

Step 1:Statistically beating anyone

     Statistically speaking, rock paper scissors comes from being a mindless game  and becomes whole drawers full of data recorded and other complicated recordings. However, all you really need to know (statistically speaking) is that Men usually throw Rock (80% of the time), Women usually throw  Paper (75% of the time) and Overall, Rock is usually the most successful throw. With just this information you are much more powerful at rock paper scissors, but that isn't all the information there is. To beat anyone at rock paper scissors, here is some more information to know: Always throw Rock first, it can test your opponents an is successful 60% of the time (as a first shot) If your opponent throws anything but paper, which beats rock throw scissors and then rock. Confusing, isn't it?

Step 2:Body language behind choices

               If your opponent smiles chances are he's/she's going to try to use scissors, if he/she hits his/her hand with a lot of force, he/she will probably use Rock and if he/she is very gentle with his/her hand it means he/she is probably going to use paper. This body language is evident in people mostly under 30 and who have not played Rock, Paper Scissors that much. However, when someone is losing, they will try to always throw Rock, even though their body language will change.

Step 3: Extra Tips

   Some tips to remember when Playing Rock, Paper Scissors are: always throw rock when losing, it's your best way out usually, analyze who you are playing against and use the statistics in your favor and lastly Don't throw scizzor in the beginning or end of your match. Some good combos are:

Paper, scissors, rock

Rock, scissors, paper

Rock, paper, paper

Rock, rock, rock

Paper, scissors, paper

Paper, scissors, scissors

    Using this guide you shall become a master at Rock, Paper, Scissors, You will be able to beat anyone and you will always win. It is hard to believe that such a simple game, has so much behind it!

A review of the Acer Iconia a100

  I recently purchased a new tablet. My old Arnova 10 had began to be, how do I put this nicely (not to hurt its feelings) Completely and utterly obsolete. The tablet of my choice was the 329.99$  Acer Iconia a100 7 inch tablet. A very great choice on my half, if I dare say so myself. For the price of around 300$ it offers a Tegra 1 gigahertz processor, 1 gigabyte of ram as well as a fully functioning google apps suite (gmail, play, etc.) My old arnova did not even have a google branded market, much less the all new google play market. It comes with Honeycomb 3.2.1 but can be updated out of the box, to android 4.0 a.k.a. the all new ice cream sandwich
From just reading about it and playing around with it in the store, it seems great, but then again most things look good in the store. This Tablet, though is an exception to the rule and is great of store. a more detailed review after the break:

  After about  1 week of using this tablet it just seems to be getting better and better. It has a gps, runs all apps reasonably smoothly, is great for watching videos and is amazing at web browsing. It has everything you would want in a tablet, and even after the ics update runs smoothly, even though it might suffer compatibility issues after ics with some older apps. In total though this is a great tablet with a great Os.

I found music in a mp3-less place

 Well, I found it... What, you may ask? Well the answer is, I found my old mp3 player, the ematic E4 series green mp3 player:

Guess were I found it? the back seat of my car, under the seat cushions. Ever since I found it a week ago, I've playing around with it. The importance of this mp3 player is that it brings me back to when I didn't have an android phone or an ipad or anything overly like that, just my eee pc and this mp3 player. The camera quality is downright amazing and it plays a variety of files that even my phone doesn't play.
It cost me 40.00$ at Walmart and boy, 40$ well spent. It comes from Ematic, as the name may tell you, a company not many people have heard about. Ematic makes pretty good entry class products,such as this mp3 player.


A week of testing:
I decided to leave my phone for just calling, rip myself away from my new hp computer and give this mp3 player a week of testing as my camera,music player and video player. It fulfills all of the requirements fabulously, and this is coming from an ipad owner. Boring car rides were filled with the joyous sounds of music, and walking through the city became a very enjoyable experience. I'm going to end this post with 3 words: Go.Buy.It.

A romp across the interwebs part 1

The internet is a key part to most of our lives. Sometimes it even is our life. In this short series of posts I will discuss a variety of topics, including memes, various websites,google plus, and much much more.
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PART 1 GOOGLE
 Remember the days when google was just a search engine? Yeah, me neither. Google has grown to be one of the world's biggest companies, and with its development of android os, it has practically taken over huge amounts of the mobile market. My favorite aspects of google are, however
1. Android Os, Best.Mobile.Os.Ever. I have my life on my phone, and android keeps it together.
2. Google plus, which is the best social network in the world, better than facebook and twitter by far.
3.Google apps, the greatest collection of online productivity apps ever. Did I mention it's free?

By saying these things I know I sound like some paid google advertiser but i'm not. These facts are true, and google is not perfect. It's just very very very close to being perfect. Google plus is going to be this article's main focus. Google Plus is google's attempt at the social networking world, and it's starting to gain some steam. Google plus has a great interface and a great amount of features, but since it's still just starting to gain steam it is missing some of the competition's features.

Windows 8 cp review

 Well, I just had to do something to my old asus eee pc, so I decided to install windows 8. What surprises me is that it runs apps from older windows editions well enough, and also it is pretty fast on an old pc with 2 gb of ram. it is currently only available on x86 architecture, so no support for my tablets, but still, its very good for free. I still worry about installing on my new pc as there are some noticable bugs. It is obviously made for slate pc's but the desktop interface, with some mild tweaking resembles windows 7.
     It has few apps tailor made for it, but like I mentioned earlier apps for older distros work well enough on it. If microsoft makes more apps for it, I will honestly install it on every computer in my house, even the ones that dont support windows 8, it will give me an excuse to break out my hacking skills. I will keep you guys up to date with windows 8 news. Until next time, Techie's Out!

Techie's got a new computer

  Hello world,  It's been a while since my last post, but let me tell you, I've got a story that will make laugh out loud. So this weekend I finally decided that my old asus eee pc had become to old, and that I needed a new computer. I walked into costco and ran straight into the tech section, ignoring the tantalizing tablets, and the majestic computer accessories and looked at the computer models on sale. I had already had a bad experience the day before with trying to buy a Toshiba laptop that was missing 7 keys, a definite no-no.  I looked at the Hp's and immediately settled on the amazing Hp D4, a notebook pc. Quick spec time
i5 processor
8 gb of ddr3 ram
750 hard drive
Cd and dvd drive with bluery
wifi and bluetooth connectivity

        This comes after days of searching for the perfect computer, and years of using a cruddy pc, the speed blows me away, and webpages load in a matter of seconds, it is good for music production, as well as graphics production and the beats audio make a huge difference. Its good for games and social activities as well, and the webcam I think is 3 mp with flash. it comes with windows 7 home premium and it comes with a load of hp bloatware, but it is still managable, until next time, Good Bye!

Smartbook talk

Hello and welcome to this weeks post. Today I will be covering a very useful topic, putting another os on a smartbook, or virtually any other device using the wm8505 processor, for those of you who are *Lucky* enough to own a smartbook using the wm8505 processsor you probably recieved it running windows c.e. 6, which you then probably tried to scrounge up apps for , but eventually gave up. Well dust off your netbooks because with just a 2gb sd card and the links I provide, you can go straight from windows c.ee 6 to android or vice versa. More after the Break:

In this folder, you will find the two Operating systems I have previously mentioned, Don't worry they are safe to download and they both have been tested to work on a sylvania smartbook using the wm8505 processor. Here are the steps to put a new operating system on your netbook. (Note: I will update the folder with new O.S. es as I find them.


1.Unzip the Operating system zip files until you find a Script folder.
2. Plug in your 2gb Sd card and format it to fat 32
3. Copy the script file to the root of your Sd card.
4.Turn on your smartbook and back up all your files to a U.S.B. Disk or other removable media
5. turn it off and insert the Sd card. turn it back on after waiting 30 seconds. The Uboot bootloader installed on your smartbook will WIPE your storage and install your new operating system.
6.Turn on smartbook and plug out sd card.
7. You now have a new O.S. on your smartbook, Enjoy!




 I will be happy to help with any issues that might occur.
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for anything that may occur to your smartbook.

well.........This is embarasing

 Kindly Disregard my last post. You may wonder why, It's because I moved from Ubuntu 11.04 to Linux mint 12, a distro based off of Ubuntu 11.10, This is embarrassing because right after moving to Ubuntu, I found myself buying the Linux mint 12 Cd, after purchasing the latest Version of the Linux mint Magazine. One try of the cd, and I was instantly hooked. Its flashy graphics wowed me, and its compatability with Ubuntu and Debian packages amazed me, also I will never move to Ubuntu 11.10, as I strongly dislike Unity.

     Linux mint 12 is simply put, What Debian will  never be, It supports Ubuntu, Debian, and with some mild tweaking Fedora apps, Also, You can access windows applications through a new, more secure wine appliucation, wine being a windows runtime enviroment for Linux. More simply, Mint 12=Amazing, which is why won't be hearing anymore from me on the Subject of operating systems, for a while at least.

The big move

 When you move, you remember the house you lived in before with fond memories, but usually agree, (If the move was not forced on you.) that the house/appartment/misc. you moved to is better. Well that's exactly how I feel after moving from windows to Ubuntu 11.04, officialy.

 Now, this may look like mac, but it's Ubuntu. Heavily modified, but Ubuntu nonetheless. I decided to move because for some while I had been running Ubuntu using Wubi, which I had installed in windows Xp (For more info see my first post.) So far, its been wonderful, but not without its turbulence, For one thing, the look is completely different than windows xp on unity, and still different on Ubuntu classic.
But this hasn't bothered me as much as the lack of cd or dvd software compatible with Ubuntu. This isn't as bad as you may think because the amount of software and other things the community has contributed to Ubuntu is amazing, I don't even think of  using microsoft word anymore, because there are literally hundreds of replacements. Now I can't really say that Ubuntu is neglected because it is one of the most popular linux flavor out there, but I can say this: Ubuntu is a great platform that needs more big companies to back it up.

  Anyway, back to the subject of moving, if you are having problems with your mac or windows computer, or just want to move to linux, try booting that linux off of a U.S.B or In a virtual machine
Because for a day to day use of word editting,listening to audio or browsing the internet, mac and windows are great too!




             -Techie

Techie's phone-o-rama: Past,present,future

  Ah phones, one of our greatest achievements yet, allowing us to comminacate with people over 10'000 miles away, and now, play angry birds, and do many other things that you would have needed a computer, game station or other paraphernalia to use. All fitting in the palm of our pocket.

   Our focus today, will be on three phones today, Techie's past, present and future phones.

Right now This techie is stuck on contract with tmobile, what that means for me is, no new phones for 1 1/2 years, while on contract though, I still have the use of my old nokia 1100, and my lg optimus t. Speaking of my nokia 1100 it is a great segway into our first discussion:

My past phone: The nokia 1100

   The Nokia 1100 was, for as long as I can remember my phone, and may I say a very good phone at that. Making calls perfectly and staying uncharged for days after days, but it was basic, too basic, as the tide of technology kept on turning, I realized, slowly but surely, My phone had become obsolote. It was a hard decision, considering I had a perfectly Phone-ish phone, but the thought of a cheap android update enticed me, so I rushed to my nearest tmobile store and bought the lg optimus t unlocked for around 200 dollars. Not opting out for a samsung galaxy or htc phone, instead humbly choosing the lg optimus t.

My present phone: The lg optimus t

  I probably would have chosen the optimus t, even if I would have had the option to get a galxy s, simply because with super powered phones there isn't anything you can do to them to make them run faster, while with slower phones you have the fun of making them run faster, actually finding ways to improve your phone. This may not be for everyone, but that's the way I like it.

My future Phone:

  Even though making your phone run faster is fun, I suppose that at some point I will get tired of it, and hopefully when I do, the 1 1/2 years of my contract I have left will have passed, and I can upgrade to the monster that is the galaxy s 2. Which is probably tmobile's best android powered smartphone out there as of now. Of course the reason I chose a samsung phone is that it will allow me to mess around with their touchwiz user interface and put all kinds of custom android roms on it, not tweaking for perfomance anymore, but just tweaking for fun.

-Techie.

Technology: our addiction

 Technology. You can't avoid it, your life is already centered on it. Anything you use now-a-days is technology, your car, your phone,your fridge, your ipod, even your stapler is technology, and my prediction, is that in the future our lives will be even more centered on it. I mean, that just in this century we have created computers, mastered cars, created airplanes, created the very internet you are reading this on, pretty big achievements, but now you can probably manage all that from the palm of your hand with your Phone because of celular data, two more new technologies, and now, you can even get an mp3 clock that plays music. Your grandparents might ask you if all this is necessary, 2,000 miles away, and all of us when asked will probably say yes, it is necessary.

     We have become dependent on technology, the good news is that IT ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE!, What I mean is, for the durations of our lifes, technology will keep evolving, and might even improve our life spans one day, so we don't need to worry about our dependence on technology, at least in my opinion, but we should tone down our usage, not posting those satus updates every five minutes, not always having our nose stuck in those angry bird's buisness, and that way we will all be happy.

*Special post* New years resolutions.

     It's that time of the year again, actually its the beggining of another year. 2012, And I don't see any signs of the apocalipse, but what I do see is people saying: "My new years resolution is......" almost everyone except for Chuck Norris has a new years resolution, actually he is some people's resolution. But I know I'm no 'Norris, so I know that I need to set some regular and achievable goals such as:




 1. Blog more
   OK. I admit it, I haven't really been active on this blog as much as I should, but starting now, you can expect at least one post a week from this here techie, with all the new gadgets of 2012, here's will be your best place for news on the web, sorry I went into advertising mode, moving on. I might implement a massive graphics change, so check back on this blog to see the new interface, as well as some awesome new posts, including my upcoming, first part of: the complete guide to android, sorry, it happened again commercial mode.

 2. Walk my dog more often.
   I have a wheaten terrier, his name is terry and even though he is mine, and I love him, I find a different family member walking him, not me, so that when he comes home from his walk, he looks at me like: "Oh man, you missed a great walk, I almost caught that dang squirrel again, this time for real" Well I'm exaggerating, but those of you with dogs now what I mean

3. Be more Organized.
I realy ned to become more organized in general, I am always missing asignments, and misplacing things, So I am realy going to become more organized this year. With all my schedules and work.

A sad but true story: My ipod

 Well, I find myself almost sobbing uncontrollably as I sit in my chair and look at this, my latest feat.
I have long been battling with my ipod, to keep it alive, as it started crashing randomly one day, long ago.
Never would I have known, that it would reach this point: My ipod is fine on the outside, only a few scratches on the back, and never have I dropped it, Always charged it and now it will not even go into DFU mode, at all, much less start up, so I am stuck with my slow Optimus T for mobile entertainment, as I cannot stand the idea of lugging around an ipad 1 with me everywhere I go. If you are laughing while reading this post, I don't blame you at all the forums I have searched, I have found no one that has bricked their ipod as badly as mine, and if they have, it was fixable, after messing with it Sunday after Sunday after Sunday, I think I am ready, to put it in its semifinal resting place, my electronics drawer, where it shall lay, dead next to my old camera,mp3 player, and some other odd gadgets. Maybe one day it will come back to life, but until then it shall lay there peacefully. *sob* *sob*