davidRovio to Release Angry Birds on the Roku Box - Subscribe
Rovio to Release Angry Birds on the Roku Box? Yep, and it's coming sooner than you think.
In the later part of the summer Angry Birds is to be released on the Roku Box. Personally I can't imagine playing Roku on my TV, but I think it would be pretty cool as a family game. Now is this anything like the Nintendo Wii with out the body movement?
Well either way, I think if the game gets released it should be free, but will it be ad-supported? Lots of questions, not many answers...I suppose we will have to way and see.
If you have a Roku Box be sure to check out the Channel Store every now again for the release!
aeonityAeonity Update - Ad To Come Jun 8th, 2011 12:07:29 pm - Subscribe
Hello All!
Aeonity has sadly been neglected for a long time. We are trying our best to get the time to do some massive over-hauls on the site, and hopefully by summers end we will have something great to show for our efforts and bring Aeonity into the 2010-2020 era. We are constantly battling against Aeonity being used as a massive Spam spot, and hopefully the new system assists in preventing that.
We have prided ourselves on being Ad-Free for nearly 6 years! An amazing feat, which unfortunately that is going to change in the upcoming weeks. This is in an effort to support our server and development costs; we will be adding a single Leaderboard Ad to all of Aeonity users. This Ad will only display when the user logged out / browsing anonymously. To remove the ad, you simply have to register, or login.
Since we are simply testing the waters here, we are going to have an 'opt-out' feature. When the system is implemented, we will give more instructions on how you can opt out of having the AD display at the top of your blog. However, even if the AD has been removed, the new header bar will remain, as it will contain useful links for you, such as an Easier Entry creation link / Edit Entry link and more. We hope this new feature will be welcomed and people enjoy having a bit more streamlined access to their Blog and Blogging options.
We are excited about the new changes and nervous about a few others. Please be verbose on your opinion and offer constructive criticism, any rude, or unwarranted remarks will be removed and your account may be banned. We accept the negative as the positive, but there is a right way to present it and a wrong way. Please do it the right way.
Comments? Suggestions? Please comment below or use the Contact form to contact us and let us know. Thanks!
davidHow to Reset & Recover Google Chrome Cr-48 Laptop Jun 5th, 2011 11:53:03 pm - Subscribe
Recently I have experienced an issue with my Google Chrome Cr-48 Chromebook, and I feel that their may be others are experiencing this problem as well.
During the past 4 weeks or I set my Cr-48 down in replacement of my iPad 2. Keep in mind that I recieved my iPad 2 on the release date, but I continues using the Cr-48 for day to day use.
On one of these days I noticed after I authenticated myself in Google (logged in) on the Cr-48, and my tabs were loading, I was getting a message a few seconds later that stated.
quote:Page(s) Unresponsive) - The following page(s) have become unresponsive. You can wait for them to becomse responsive or kill them.
Kill Pages or Wait were my options, and being the guy I am I decieded to wait. Well I waited for about 10 mins, and I recieved to log off my profile, and restart the Google Chrome Cr-48. After the 15 second reboot I logged back in to my profile, and I had the same issue. I tried another profile, (my daugthers) and I had the same problem, pages unresponsive. I logged off, and logged on as a guest, and what do you know. Pages unresponsive.
I decided to look around the Google Chrome Cr-48 forums and i found that I was not the only one experiencing these problems. Many of them (like myself) placed our Chromebooks in Dev Mode, but apparently this wasn't the issue.
A googler stated on the forums to disable the about:pages by simply entering about:pages in the address bar of the Google Chrome Cr-48, but this did'nt help either.
Others mention disabling flash, and other add-ons, but by then I was more interested in how to restet and recover my Google Chrome Cr-48 back to the day I received it.
How to Reset & Recover Google Chrome Cr-48 Laptop
1. Power down the laptop
2. Remove battery using the slide lock
3. Remove the small rectangular piece of black tape on the edge by the power prongs. (It's tuff to see, but it's there)
4. Once take is removed, slide the switch from the left to the right, then back to the left again.
5. Insert the battery that was removed from the Cr-48.
6. Now boot the Cr-48 Up
After that you should be good to go. The Cr-48 will reinstall it's self from it's partition and in a min or less you will be back to the welcome screen.
Here is a video to better help you with this, if you have any questions leave me a comment below and I will be happy to assist in any way that I can.
Reset & Recover Google Chrome Cr-48 Laptop Video Walkthrough
davidTwitters Official Imaging Service Release Jun 5th, 2011 7:27:39 pm - Subscribe
A brief entry regarding Twitters new imaging service.
All thing D has confirmed that Twitter will be releasing an official Twitter sharing service this week at the D9 Conference. Twitters image sharing service will compete with other image sharing services such as twitpic.com and yfrog.com.
So what can we expect? Perhaps an easier image uploading service, video, or even image and video manipulation? Kind of like picnik.com? I guess we will have to see, but I am thinking more shadow boxing like Facebook integrates photos / videos in their newsfeed.
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davidGameStop Honoring Duke Nukem Forever Pre Orders Jun 2nd, 2011 3:13:30 pm - Subscribe
Finally Duke Nukem Forever is supposed to be released some time this summer. Actually, I have the release date as June 14, 2011 according to the official website .
Did you pre order Duke Nukem Forever at any time in the last 14 years. If so (with a reciept) Game Stop is honoring all pre orders so long as you still have a receipt. Gamestop owns other companies like, EB Games, Babbage's, and Funco Lands. So if you do have that receipt from long ago they will indeed honor the amount that you reserved the game for.
I do hope your receipt is not as faded to fail as mine is.
davidCPS Energy Alert System for System-wide Emergency Power Outages May 26th, 2011 6:31:58 pm - Subscribe
Today I received an email / voice mail from CPS Energy stating that they are testing a new system that will be used for system-wide emergency power outage notifications.
quote:This is a test message for customers from the new CPS Energy Alert system.
There is no emergency at this time. This new system will be used for system-wide emergency power outage notifications only. This message was sent to the contact information listed for your account.
More information about the new system and customizing your alert contact information is available on cpsenergy.com.
The sender provided the following contact information.
Sender's Name: CPS Energy
Sender's Email: servicealert@alerts.cpsenergy.com
Sender's Contact Phone: 2103536079
I'm glad CPS Energy is stepping up the efforts on customer notifications. Hopefully we never will receive these types of notifications as consumers.
Voice Mail added below:
Transcription: (kinda funny)
Information This is a test message for customers from the new C P. S, Energy alert system. There is no emergency at this time this new system will be used for system wide emergency power outage notifications, only. This message was sent to the contact information listed for your account. More information about the new system and customizing your contact information is available on our website. Yo, center left the following contact information. Your phone number 210. Yeah 353. Yeah 6079 yeah if you thanks bye.
davidAT&T Caps DSL and U-Verse and Adds Overages May 1st, 2011 3:31:34 pm - Subscribe
I was listening to Leo Laporte today and the discussion was on AT&T Capping DSL and U-Verse and evening imposing overages. Below is the break down of the caps.
AT&T Caps DSL and U-Verse and Adds Overages
AT&T will be adding a 150GB monthly cap on landline DSL customers
AT&T will be adding a 250GB monthly cap on subscribers to U-Verse.
This all starts on May 2nd (Tomorrow), and overage fees start at an additional $10.00 for every 50GB that you exceed.
My recommendation is if you are an AT&T customer and are afraid of these overages when streaming movies, music, and viewing all other types of media...seek out another provider. There are smaller companies (ISP's) that offer internet services with no data caps.
A great community that I have been going to for years is dslreports.com | Go check them out.
As stated by AT&T:
quote:We are committed to providing a great experience for all of our Internet customers. Less than 2 percent of our Internet customers could be impacted by this approach - those who are using a disproportionate amount of bandwidth. We will communicate early and often with these customers so they are well aware of their options before they incur any additional usage charges.
The top 2 percent of residential subscribers uses about 20 percent of the bandwidth on our network. Just one of these high-traffic users can utilize the same amount of data capacity as 19 typical households. Lopsided usage patterns can cause congestion at certain points in the network, which can slow Internet speeds and interfere with other customers' access to and use of the network. Our new plan addresses another concern: customers strongly believe that only those who use the most bandwidth should pay more than those who don't use as much. That's exactly what this does – and again, 98% of our customers will not be impacted by this.
Leave your thoughts below.
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A friend on Facebook posted this image of an hardboiled egg over boiled. I thought it was only proper to post it for the Easter Holiday. This has nothing to do with tech, but a lot to do with science.
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davidWhen to Use PNG Images and Not JPEG Apr 24th, 2011 2:11:29 pm - Subscribe
This article explains when and when not to use JPEG in comparison to a PNG file. I personally use JPEG only because speed to me is more important than the pretty of an image. (only for serving this blog to my users)
When to Use PNG and not JPEG:
Use PNG for Illustrations
Use PNG for Screenshots
Use PNG for Text
Use PNG for WebComics where bright graphics are impordent
Use PNG on Graphs
Use PNG on Logos
Use JPEG only when you are displaying an image that was NOT created by a computer program. Eg: Photoshop, Illustrator, Gimp, etc. So what is an image that was not created by a computer program? Well, for the most part a digital camera, scanned photos, and other portrait type images. Keep in mind that PNG files are usually larger in disk size, and should not be used to replace JPEG for digital photos.
davidWe Rule People Turn into Rabbits for Easter Holiday Apr 24th, 2011 1:33:25 pm - Subscribe
ngmoco:) today turned the We Rule People Turn into Rabbits for Easter.
This is not the first time we have seen something like this by ngmoco:) on We Rule. Previously we have seen ngmoco:) display the people on We Rule as frogs on April 1st for April Fools. Though I have only had the iPad since the day of the release and never played We Rule, I have yet to see any other Easter Eggs from ngmoco:).
Has anyone else? Oh by the way should you want to you can feel free to add me as a friend on Plus+. My username is davidpolanco.
Have a wonderful Easter Holiday!
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