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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Merry Christmas, Sector-Style!
On the twelfth day of Christmas, at Sector 930, I got:
12 PLOWS-A-PLOWING
11 SCREENS-A-GLOWING
10 HUNTERS LEAPING
9 TORRENTS SEEDING
8 JAGERS BOMBING
7 CALLSIGNS HAMMING
6 LOVERS, EXCEPT JOE
5 FLAWLESS GEMS
4 SMARTRIP CARDS
3 MAC TVs
2 GODDAMN CATS
AND A POST HERE ON 930!
How to Give Your Cellular Provider the Gift You’ve Always Wanted!
Howdy loyal 930 readers! Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings to all! Charlie here, the undercover redneck, about to tell you how to give your cellular provider the gift you’ve always wanted: free unlimited SMS text messaging! I’m talking 100% free (as in beer).
“That’s impossible!” you’re must be saying. “Not in this country!”
Folks, behold the power of Google! Some may argue that Google is becoming the new Microsoft, or worse, an even more powerful entity with access to unfathomable terabytes of the world’s personal information. But who cares, with a corporate motto like “don’t be evil,” how can you not trust them? Especially when they offer free text messaging!
Posted in 930posts, Projects, Tips and Tutorials
Tagged blackberry, cellular, google voice, sms, text messaging
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Getting the Most Out of Apple TV: A Handy 930 How-To! (Part One of Three)
With all of the various options for starting/maintaining a home media server, the lowly Apple TV is widely disregarded by “power-nerds” as a viable (or particularly useful) home media solution. I may not have the technical expertise, prowess, or, frankly, patience to create an amazing home-grown media server, like Edwin, but I am quite the Apple geek, I enjoy pre-fabricated gadgetry, and I have employee discounts to use.*
And no, you can’t have any.
What you can have, however, is a practical guide to getting the most out of Apple TV, which you can get for free, right here, on the Sector! What a deal!
Posted in Fun Stuff, Projects, Tips and Tutorials
Tagged Apple, Entertainment, Fun, Media, tv
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Microsoft tries, Bing App fails
In an effort to compete with Google, Microsoft recently released a Bing search application to the Apple App Store. Similarly to Google’s Mobile App, the Bing app provides access to all the Bing features including a voice search. According to Microsoft, Bing is the “Mobile decision engine that is always by your side” and that it should be used for ” quick answers, Web searches, product lookups, and local listings”.
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Tagged bing, fail, grinds my gears, ipod touch, microphone, Microsoft, rant
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56 minutes
That’s approximately the length of time Han Solo had to set up the shelter on Hoth before Luke died of hypothermia. Don’t believe me? Well, Wolfie over at Wolf Gnards has done a wee bit of fact finding to come up with that answer:
Posted in 930posts, Fun Stuff
Tagged freezing to death, hypothermia, science, star wars, trivia
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