New Speeed Reader Update (minor) this week

By On January 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Speeed Reader

Haven’t made a post about Speeed Reader lately.  Life does that to you sometimes.  I will be releasing a minor update this week, Speeed Reader v1.13.  Fixes some bugs hear and there as well as a couple of performance tweaks.  Then I’m on to v1.20, which (hopefully) will incorporate some big changes.  Stay tuned…

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Rebuilding a PC Part II

By On January 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Gadgets

Just so you know, I got this PC off the ground and running (and has been for a couple weeks).

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz ASUS P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard (Intel 975X) 6GB DDR2 Memory 3 hard drives (320GB, 500GB, 300GB = 1TB+) ATI All-in-Wonder HD / SB Audigy 2 ZS DVD Burners [...]

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These North Carolina MCs Be Rappin’!

By On January 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Hip Hop, The Lazaretto Crew

King Mez ft. Thee Tom Hardy “Nowhere To Go” of King Mez’s upcoming album, The Paraplegics.

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One more Speeed Reader review

By On January 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Speeed Reader

I am posting another review.  This time its from bestwindowsmobileapps.com.  Thanks for the review Saijo!

http://bestwindowsmobileapps.com/2010/01/22/speeed-reader-1-12-unofficial-google-reader-app.html

Shake to refresh feeds is a great idea.  Also, the ability to add subscriptions is coming soon.

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Rebuilding a PC Part 1

By On January 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Gadgets

My dad gave me his custom built PC.  I took it apart before I got a handle on the hardware it contained.  From what I could tell though.

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard Intel Pentium D processor 2.5GB DDR2 memory 2 hard drives and 2 dvd drives/burner ATI All-in-Wonder HD video card/TV tuner Creative SB [...]

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Speeed Reader Review

By On January 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Speeed Reader

Here is another Speeed Reader review.  Thanks Matthew!

http://techinch.com/2010/01/18/speeed-reader-google-reader-for-your-windows-phone/

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Speeed Reader in Windows Marketplace for Mobile

By On January 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Speeed Reader

Just been alerted that Speeed Reader has passed certification.  It is on sale in the Windows Marketplace for Mobile for $1.99.  You can access it from your Windows phone or through the following link.  If you buy it from the following link, you have to sign in to the marketplace on your handset to download [...]

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Donate to Haiti Earthquake Relief

By On January 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

As you may or may not know, a catastrophic 7.0 earthquake occured in Haiti yesterday resulting in widespread destruction and despair.  Here are several resources you can use to donate to the relief effort.

American Red Cross International Response Fund

Mercy Corps

International Medical Corps

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Tech Walkthrough Pt. 1: Object Serialization

By On January 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Development, Windows Mobile

As promised for all my developers out there, the 1st part of a 5 part tech walkthrough.  I am no expert, just sharing information.  If anything stands out as incorrect, please leave a comment and we can have a discussion.

Object serialization is a method of persisting (ie. saving) objects to files.  We desire to [...]

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New Volkswagen Jetta?

By On January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Cars

Picture of the Volkswagen Compact Coupe concept at the Detroit Auto Show.

Now I am a big fan of Volkswagen.  My last three cars: ’98 Jetta, ’95 Golf GTI VR6,  ’06 VW GLI DSG (current), and this may as well be my next car.  All I need is a V6 + AWD and I’m sold.

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