10 Apps You Must Download For iPhone/iPad

July 9, 2010 by dreamsburnred 2 Comments

I’ll try something new. I’m now on HubPages.

Hubpages allows you to write what you want, on a site with a high PR. You can then earn $ off of adsense, ebay, amazon, and kontera advertising from your “hub”.

I’ve made my first hub called “10 iPhone Apps To Download When You Get Your iPhone”.

Here is a preview of it:

What apps should you use when you get your new iPhone?

Well there are 10 apps that you should download right away to help you move along in the digital world.

Please check it out, link to it, share it, rate it, etc it would be greatly appreciated :).

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Where Can I Get Free Wifi In Canada?

July 8, 2010 by dreamsburnred 1 Comment

Ah Canada, #2 largest country in the world. But where is the Free wi-fi? (Internet).

Actually there is a lot of free places for WiFi in Canada.

You can get free wi-fi at:

  • Safeway
  • Starbucks (full store)
  • Second Cup
  • Public library’s
  • Some restaurants

A full list is at Canada Free WiFi which covers free wi-fi spots. You can also even become a free wi-fi location (not free for you) :) .

So if you are wondering where you can get free wi-fi in Canada, you no longer have to worry. Enjoy :) .

Note: 1. Safeway, Starbucks, and Second Cup WiFi are not compatible with the DS since they can’t login. Also they don’t offer any power ports, so good luck if you have a laptop. 2. Safeway, Starbucks, and Second Cup force there DNS servers, so free services like Google DNS, OpenDNS, and Norton DNS will not work.

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Fix XP Boot (MBR) From Vista Disk

May 27, 2010 by dreamsburnred Leave a Comment

I did a very silly thing this morning. I deleted my Ubuntu, and Vista partitions without fixing XP’s MBR. This basically leaves grub in rescue mode because there is no boot partition. I have the Vista disk but it was unable to fix the MBR or so I thought.

To fix the XP MBR (from a vista downgrade or whatnot) do the following:

  1. Boot from the Vista DVD
  2. Select repair install when the screen shows up after the language settings.
  3. Then open the command prompt aka restore counsel:

 Type the following: X:\Boot\Bootsect.exe /NT52 All

Note: X:/ is the drive letter where the Windows Vista media is located (the command prompt will show the letter).

After the computer restarts it should load XP’s MBR again :) .

If it doesn’t still work or you use Vista and have the Vista dvd then just use the repair startup tool 2-3 times.

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Laptop Spring Buying Guide

May 7, 2010 by dreamsburnred Leave a Comment

CNET TV has a video on the best laptops to buy for Spring 2010.

more about “Laptop Spring Buying Guide“, posted with vodpod

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Free Computer (Windows) Starter Kit

May 6, 2010 by dreamsburnred 3 Comments

You got a new computer, but what to put on it? If you have Windows then here is the list you should start with (Mac/Linux users, your computers come with what you want).

Note: Most software maybe pre-installed if brought from a major PC manufacture or store. All programs are free.

Picasa- Picasa allows you to edit your photos, tag them, and upload them with easy.

iTunes- iTunes plays your music, allows you to buy music, rent movies, tv shows, podcasts. Everything you need is there.

Speedfan- Speed fan monitors your computers temptress, only a real concern for laptop users.

Microsoft Security Essentials- MSE is a lightweight anti-virus/anti-malware protection application that will help you stay safe on the web.

Pidgin- Pidgin is lightweight, and allows you to talk to all your friends on many IM networks (MSN, Yahoo, AOL, etc)

CCleaner- CCleaner is perfect for cleaning your computers registry and history.

Auslogics Disk Defrag- Your computer needs its maintenance, defragmenting is part of that. Auslogics is faster, and better than what comes with Windows.

Firefox/Chrome- Firefox and Chrome are perfect web browsers. They are faster than IE, lighter than IE, have spell check, extension, and themes.

Camstudio- If you need to record video on your desktop then Camstudio does it for you.

Gmail- Gmail is a web mail email based service (think hotmail). It has 7GB’s of storage so its more than you need.

Google Docs/Open Office- Google docs is a web based word/powerpoint service. Open Office is basically Microsoft word without the cost.

These applications will help you get started with your new computer. Linux/Mac users already have programs like these, so if you want to save yourself from this then switch.

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Why flash is like crack

April 23, 2010 by dreamsburnred 4 Comments

You may ask why I am calling adobe flash (player) the web version of crack. Well have you ever tried to visit websites without it? Almost every website will bug you for flash because 98% of users run it.

So it’s now a regular expectation that you have the plugin. If you don’t like flash because of its performance drain, or it’s vulnerability there is options. Click to flash will disable it from loading (like adblock plus) but still report you have it. This means you won’t get messages bugging you, but at the same time it tells web devs that you still use flash and don’t need an alternative.

 Silverlight is an option but its lack of real support makes it real useless. HTML5 (chrome, ie9, safari, iPhone, iPad, Firefox, etc) introduces the ability to view videos and interactive advertising without flash. YouTube, vimeo, CNN, and other sites are embracing html5 so you have an alternative. Html5 is growing since it’s the only option in iPhone & ipad. Soon since it’s a web standard it will be used more. Currently there is an issue over codecs but that should be fixed soon. It would be nice to be able to browse the web without QuickTime, flash, or Silverlight. Hopefully html5 will be fully adopted in the up coming years.

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Fix No Auto Scroll in Linux/Mac For Firefox/Chrome

April 19, 2010 by dreamsburnred 1 Comment

One annoying thing you may miss from Windows is that Chrome/Firefox seem to do not support middle wheel auto scrolling.

Well there thankfully is a fix.

Firefox: Edit –> Preferences. Go to the advanced tab and select “Use Auto-scrolling”. Restart Firefox and boom it now works :) .

You can also do it via Auto:Config. In the address bar type auto:config. Accept the warning. Type in the box; scroll. Look for the phrase general.autoScroll. Under value set it to true. Restart Firefox.

Chrome: Chrome has yet to have this feature at all!!! There is thankfully an extension. Download AutoScroll from the Chrome Extensions page. Restart chrome and AutoScroll should work.

That is how you fix a “feature” in both Linux, and Mac. Enjoy :) .

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Blog Changes

April 18, 2010 by dreamsburnred 7 Comments

There have been some major blog changes. Namely this blog is now hosted at wordpress.com rather than Godaddy. As such comments are no longer do follow, no comluv, no feedburner rss, no ads (except on the rare time WordPress shows them), and no sharing toolbar. However the blog will load faster, will not have weird loading issues, or any downtime.

We are also part of the wordpress.com community, so tags, category’s, and related posts are part of that. FYI: Some CNN blogs, TechCrunch, TheAppleBlog, and millions of others are on this service. Sure there VIP blogs with more access but it’s the same service :) . P.S I did this due to Godaddy issues, and no return on $5 a month. Also please check back on this post as I will be doing a guest post with a fellow wordpress.com member, on how the switch was/why I did it. Sorry for any inconvenience, and hope you understand :) .

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Battle Of The Search Engines

April 10, 2010 by dreamsburnred 6 Comments

We use search engines to find information in the web, but there are so many choices its confusing on deciding on which one to use. As such I will be comparing Google, Duck Duck Go, Bing, Dogpile, and Yahoo.

Google vs Duck Duck Go vs Bing vs Yahoo

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Have you heard of Duck Duck Go (search engine)?

March 26, 2010 by dreamsburnred 9 Comments

The search engine world has pretty much stayed the same: there’s Google, AOL, Yahoo, Bing, Altavista, MSN, Dogpile and others. Well there is a new search engine that is better, and will NOT go down in flames like Cuil.

So have you heard of Duck Duck Go?

So whats different of Duck Duck Go? A lot actually such as:

  1. It respects your privacy it does not keep any info at all about your searches. The only info it stores is anonymous statistics about how many times a search term has been used.
  2. It has no annoying ad blocks.
  3. Much less clutter then the rest of the search engines.
  4. Zero click info (it means it actually gives you results to your questions).

I have only one problem with DDG: it does not show results of video’s/and/or pictures without having to search the result on external site (such as YouTube, or Flickr). Other than that DDG is easily a [insert search engine name here] replacement. So use DDG and you maybe pleased with the results :) .

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