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ASUS VivoPC, the stylish NUC/Brix competitor

Wednesday, 2013.06.19 J.D. H. Leave a comment

The small form factor (SFF) product category is really heating up! Apple pioneered the mass market consumer small computer arena with the original G4 based Mac Mini way back in 2005. Recently Intel took it a step further with their Next Unit of Computing (NUC), releasing a machine considerably smaller than the Mac Mini: 31.3 cubic inches vs. 85.5 cubic inches… yet it still packs significant computing power. This is becoming less of a niche market and much more mainstream.

AdWords advertisers get $5 Google Play credit!

Wednesday, 2013.06.19 J.D. H. 2 comments

AdWords advertisers have received a nice little perk in their inboxes this morning 🙂 Here’s some play time: $5 Google Play credit And the corresponding redemption process is quick and effective: Kudos to Google for a nice gesture to their AdWords advertisers 🙂 Top Search Terms:free google play redeem codes (38)free google play credit (34)free google play codes (26)google play redeem code free (22)google play codes (17)google play redeem codes (16)free redeem code for google play (16)free redeem codes for

Complete Intel NUC lineup including i5 and i7

Tuesday, 2013.06.18 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Here is the complete Intel NUC lineup including their new i5 and i7 models! If you need more details click the images for access to larger versions… Intel is really releasing some nicely upgraded models, however, I still hope Haswell NUCs arrive sooner rather than later! 🙂 [to be updated as more models are released] Top Search Terms:intel nuc i7 (16)intel nuc (4)intel nuc complete (3)nuc i5 (3)dc73637sy (3)intel nuc i5 (3)intel skull canyon (3)intel nuc haswell (2)haswell nuc i7

Tweetily “Sign in with Twitter” does not work [SOLVED]

Tuesday, 2013.06.18 J.D. H. One comment

I initially had a problem with the Tweetily plugin, specifically there seemed to be an issue with connecting Tweetily and Twitter. UPDATE: I contacted the plugin author and he kindly suggested that I Reset Settings in Tweetily, in conjunction with other steps, that suggestion eventually worked for me. I have updated the steps below to reflect the new information 🙂 @jdhodges can you try and click the reset settings button and then authorize again? — Flavio Martins (@flavmartins) June 18, 2013 Updated

ASUS Smart Gesture Download [latest version request]

Tuesday, 2013.06.18 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Q. I have a brand new Asus laptop with but I cannot find the right asus smart gesture download to get the swipe options you describe here. 🙁 Can you send me to the latest/best driver download? –JA A. Thank you for your question JA, here is the ASUS Smart Gesture Download you are looking for: 🙂 (dl link, or [download id=”10501″ format=”1″]) Enjoy! Top Search Terms:asus smart gesture download (35)asus smart gesture (19)smart gesture (6)asus smart gesture android download

Google All Access

Monday, 2013.06.17 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Google Now does some cool stuff with cards these days. Here is an example of its grouping of search/browse history on a particular topic: Researching and evaluating Google Music All Access 🙂 Top Search Terms:google all access (1)ups tracking (1)

ML300 silent fanless NUC case by LogicSupply

Monday, 2013.06.17 J.D. H. Leave a comment

One of the most exciting enhancements for the Intel NUC is going fanless. Silence is golden and so is the reliability of no moving parts 🙂 LogicSupply is preparing to release the ML300 case for the Intel NUC motherboard(s). Here are some photos, make sure to click through to see the full res versions… To be updated with additional info… Top Search Terms:nuc case (10)intel nuc i7 fanless case released (2)fanless case for intel nuc i7 (2)fanless nuc (2)fanless intel

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Starcraft 2 Patch 2.0.8 & Blizzard Setup -> Playable -> Optimal

Sunday, 2013.06.16 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Pretty cool that SC2* can let you go ahead and play before patch/updates are even in the ‘green zone’ 😉 See below… (sorry I didn’t get a screenshot in the yellow zone..) Setup -> Playable -> Optimal diablo 3 – What are the precise differences between “playable” and “optimal”? – Arqadehttp://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/63323/what-are-the-precise-differences-between-playable-and-optimalWhen you download the Diablo 3 client there’s a “playable” stage and an “optimal” completion. I’m assuming “optimal” includes stuff like higher-quality textures but I could not find any precise…