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Xbox 360 Game Install Sizes for the New Xbox Experience
One of the new features that came with the “New Xbox Experience” update that went live recently is the ability to install games directly off their source DVDs onto the Xbox 360’s hard drive; for faster load times (in most cases). Unlike the PS3, the Xbox 360 uses a proprietary hard drive that is roughly 1100% [...]
Continue reading...How to Use T-Mobile $20 BlackBerry EDGE Data Plan with Android G1 Phone
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Update #2:As a heads up to anyone wanting to try this out, please read this post first before continuing. As you may know the new T-Mobile G1 Android phone is out, and requires some potentially expensive-ass data plans to function fully ($24.99 for unlimited “data”, but 400 messages including “SMS, IM and email” or $34.99 for [...]
Continue reading...How to Install iPhone 2.1 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone
Saturday, September 27, 2008
NOTE: This is an update to our previous article covering how to install the iPhone 2.0 Firmware on your T-Mobile-enabled iPhone. Now that 2.1.0 is out, the process is even easier and we cover it here for anyone interested on keeping their non-AT&T iPhone up to date with the latest release. Update #1: Chris Hunkele sent [...]
Continue reading...How to Install iPhone 2.0 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Update #2: We have added a new guide for installing the iPhone 2.1 Firmware. Introduction This quick guide covers the process I took to install the iPhone 2.0.1 firmware on my 1st generation, JailBroken, T-Mobile iPhone. It’s outlined here for anyone else that wants to do the same, but has been holding off on doing so until [...]
Continue reading...Guides
Friday, November 16, 2007
General Choosing a Toilet General - Technology Choosing a Core Duo or Core 2 Duo Laptop Choosing a Hard Drive & Should You Use RAID? Apple How to Install iPhone 2.0 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone How to Install iPhone 2.1 Firmware on Hacked T-Mobile iPhone Recording a Podcast on your Mac using Skype and Audio Hijack Pro Removing iTunes DRM Home Theater [...]
Continue reading...Laminate Wood Flooring Guide (with Tips!)
Monday, October 1, 2007
NOTE: There is a lot of good information in here, but if you are impatient please at least read the Tips section below to save yourself a headache later. Introduction So you have a new house or want to spruce up your hold house by putting some laminate wood flooring down? Well I’ve just gotten done with [...]
Continue reading...Building a Fast Home Powerline Network
Sunday, June 10, 2007
In this article I’m going to discuss some of the trials and tribulations I went through to build a well-connected high-speed home network using a combination of wireless and Powerline networking technologies. The Problem Building a “fast” network at home can be tricky. Most folks (including myself until recently) have decided to go the wireless route for [...]
Continue reading...Building a Network Attached Storage Device for (XBox 360) Media Streaming
Monday, January 15, 2007
So my current personal project is to build a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. In the most vanilla sense, the purpose of a NAS is to be a little headless (no video card or monitor) network connected device that has a custom operating system on it usually and just holds a ton of hard drives [...]
Continue reading...A Manual for the Ubuntu Linux Beginner
Thursday, August 3, 2006
Introduction The purpose of this post is to give folks that have never used Ubuntu (or even Linux) and idea of what Ubuntu is all about. The reason for putting this together is that most of the existing reviews online are exactly that: reviews. While certainly helpful for existing Linux users it doesn’t give folks who [...]
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Monday, November 24, 2008
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