SimCity 5 2013 finally getting offline mode And so they have finally released SimCity in offline mode. Well, its not out yet, but SimCity Offline is being tested at the moment. Looks like they have it right. You can play offline by yourself, you can install mods and save your games without ever touching the cloud. Here is a snip from the… Read More
Google Doodle for 2014? I saw this on Twitter from Japan. So could be legit. Not sure but what the heck. Image only. Here is my source. pic.twitter.com/Jle0YXFsjG… Read More
How to get the news on your pebble watch. My first little hack I have this website called NewsSnacker.com. Simple enough. I get various twitter feeds from various news agencies and then remove the duplicates. So now I want to read the news on my Pebble watch. Since I cannot code in C, I had to improvise. In comes Tasker. I listed Tasker in my Top 10 Pebble… Read More
Pebble Smart watch on sale at Best Buy for $119 I have no idea how long it will be on sale, or how many they have, but this is pretty good price for stepping into the smart watch world. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/pebble-smart-watch-for-select-apple-174-and-android-devices-black/9713809.p Doing pretty well on customer reviews as well given its still not fully baked. Customer Rating(4): 3.5 (143 customer reviews)… Read More
How to get Outlook to connect to GMail Google Apps with 2-step verification This drove me nuts for awhile. I have Google Apps so my GMail account is not .gmail.com. No matter what I tried, I could not get Outlook to connect to my GMail account which has 2-step verification turned on. After doing quite a bit of research I finally figured it out. You need to set… Read More
My First 3D print. A stand for my Pebble I have written about his before, but have not got around to printing it. So this weekend I’m at the AEC Hackathon hosted by Facebook. There are lots of toys here including a few 3D printers. Now is my chance to try 3D printing for the first time. I grabbed the .stl 3d digital file… Read More
Game controls built into a slim phone case. Why are we not funding this?? Actually, I expect a kickstarter any minute now. But THIS is a great solution. Just like a normal clam case but with controls. Natch! Now, as its shown here, it would not work because there is no way to support the flap, but if there was a solid hinge with a restriction, it could work. … Read More
How to fix a blurry, low resolution screen after updating to Windows 8.1 I pulled the trigger and updated to Windows 8.1 and first thing I was greeted with was a blurry, low resolution screen. What the? Do I did a bit of digging and found the fix. It has to do with DPI scaling which I would bet is related to handling tablets screens. Annoying. However,… Read More
Google watch is coming. And I think it will be a winner The Wall Street Journal reported that Google Watch is just a few months away as they reach out to Chinese manufactures. They also supported the rumor it will run Android integrated with Google Now. Makes sense of course. They have been working on Google Now for a while, have it working with Google Glass, so… Read More
Leaving iPhone for Android. The last straw, my Pebble watch I have been using the iphone 4 for a long time now. It works well. I had it jailbroken and customized to do what I want. Never did update to the iPhone 4S and also skipped out on the five because I was too invested in the old docking station. So much so, I had… Read More
Make a good product, have a great advert, but poor business decisions can kill you I have the Pebble watch and love it especially now that I have finally made the jump from iPhone to Android, but that is another story. The Pebble watch has not lived up to the hyped expectations, but it has performed the basics. And its the basics that makes the Pebble great. And then comes… Read More
New Online TV Application, xTV is no longer dark. Big Brands among first adopters of Twitter plus TV There is a new type of internet TV out there. Called xTV they focus on dynamic video content based on keywords or trending keywords on Twitter. Imagine you could set up a TV feed on technology focusing on mobile devices and international news, and the latest… Read More
My Cat is addicted to Crack It did not happen over night. Back when I first got Brandi, my orange fur ball, I did what most single guys do at the time. Go to the store and buy whatever dry cat food was on sale. She was not thrilled with it, but liked it well enough. And life was good. However,… Read More
Lets compare the Samsung Gear to the Pebble Smart Watch. Let the smart watch war begin. Now to be fair, the Pebble is not from a major player and thus does not have the money to fight a full fight, however, the Pebble is able to surprisingly hold its own from a use point of view. So lets compare the Gear and the Pebble. BTW,… Read More
The Smiths meets Peanuts (Charlie Brown) A while back I wrote about a funny site that took Peanuts comics and replaced the text with random tweets. Well some decided it would be a cool idea to do the same thing but instead replace text with lyrics from the Smiths. Now, if you are not a full blooded Smiths fan, these will… Read More
Cool 3D printed Pebble SmartWatch stand. This is pretty cool. Corey Perlman created a Pebble stand using a 3D printer. Came out pretty nice I think! If you want one, he can get it to you for around $10 depending on where you live. He also placed the .stl files on makerbot thingverse so you can grab and print yourself. Sweet.… Read More
First in the great smartwatch war, Samsung Galaxy Gear. But would you want one? The news has already been out there, Samsung will release their watch Sept 4th beating Apple to the punch. Apple may not be too worried about this since rumors hold that there will not be an Apple compatible version of the app anytime soon. One can even question if Apple would allow this in the… Read More
EA to offer SimCity offline mode. One of the best comments I’ve seen This is not new news, SimCity5 has had one of the worse release in recent memory. As a big SimCity fan, I was sadden that I just could not justify paying for this. I have been waiting for a good hack that will allow me to play offline, then I figured I would buy it. … Read More
Beware of scammers while getting info on your Pebble Watch I already got mine, but I read this on Reddit and thought I should pass it on. I got my pebbles almost 2 weeks back and yet again i received another emAil confirming my pre-order with a link to Pay for the same I could have been greedy and done that but something stoped me… Read More
Free Windows 8.1 upgrade set to release in Oct. .. it aint much I have Windows 8 on all of my machines. Not so much because I live Windows 8, but more that I got the licenses when they were on sale and it actually runs better on old machines. That being said, I have yet to use the chicklet ‘metro’ elements of the OS. Even on my… Read More