Category Archives: Misc Links

Ordering new iPod touch 5th gen, ship date? [ship oct 9th, 2012] [arrival on 12th]

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UPDATE 2: the 5th generation iPod touch shipped out on Oct 9th 2012 via FedEx and has an expected arrival date of Oct 15th Oct 12th! (FedEx is ahead of schedule!!!) UPDATE 1: Amazon now has the entire 5th gen iPod touch line available for pre-order. I am considering canceling my Apple pre-order and switch to Amazon because there would be no sales tax in my state. UPDATE 0: the ship times and arrivals mentioned in this article are based

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How to check your Amazon mp3 credit balance

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If you are like me you periodically receive free Amazon.com downloads credits in small amounts like $1, $3, $5 etc. This is really cool but sometimes it is hard to remember how much credit I have accumulated at any particular time. If you have this same issue, and if you want to know exactly how much Amazon credit you have available, here is how you can check your balance: #1 Go to this Amazon page: (Amazon ‘How to Redeem Your

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AdSense tips and sample AdSense money making sites

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I came across this woman who has some fairly good AdSense tips as well as some example sites that she has built. I am mainly posting this as a bookmark for me to come back and read more later: How to Make Money With Google Adsense – Earnings Revealedhttp://www.2createawebsite.com/money/google-adsense.htmlHere is an AdSense check I scanned from 2006. At the time, it was the largest check I had received in the three years I had been in the program. Ab Crunches

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iPad: Send Multiple Photos via Email

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Emailing multiple photos on my iPad: Apple Support Communitieshttps://discussions.apple.com/thread/3929904?start=0&tstart=01. Tap the box with arrow on top right of your albumĀ 2. Select your picturesĀ 3. Tap the Share button on top left to email picturesĀ http://i1224.photobucket.com/albuā€¦ Send multiple photos at once on the iPad and iPhone | Macgasmhttp://www.macgasm.net/2010/06/29/send-multiple-photos-ipad-iphone/If thereā€™s something the iPad excels at, itā€™s the Photos application. Being able to show off pictures in large resolution is a huge plus for the device, andā€¦

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Reset the BIOS / Supervisor Password on Acer Aspire One AO722

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Question from reader M.H.: Hi J.D., Thank you so much for those great step-by-step memory upgrade instructions. As you obviously know much more about the AO722 than I do, I was wondering if I could pick your brain on something. As Iā€™ve forgotten my computerā€™s BIOS supervisor password, would you be able to let me know how to clear it or otherwise get into my BIOS? (that is, other than sending the netbook back to Acer and paying them over

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How to calibrate Motorola Photon extended battery

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2012.07.20 UPDATE:Ā So far the battery life with the extended battery is simplyĀ phenomenal! I recently purchased a Hyperion extended battery for my Motorola Photon (about $18 on Amazon). Mugen is another popular brand of extended batteries, however, they seem to be $60+. So for now I am pleased to try out this lower cost battery and see how it performs After switching to an extended battery it seems that the Photon will report that the battery is running down fairly quickly

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Download Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket Phone USB Drivers

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Yesterday I needed the latest Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket Android Phone USB driver, however, the Samsung site was down šŸ™Ā In case you are in a similar situation, here is a download mirror of the latest Samsung driver: [download id=”10482″ format=”1″] s2 link This download was tested with AVG anti-virus and installed on Windows 7.Ā Below is the official Samsung driver site if it is currently working.   Support – AT&T Cell Phones SGH-I727 | Samsung Cell Phoneshttp://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-I727MSAATTDescription OS Release Date

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