Category Archives: Misc Links

Some cloud syncing options

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A short list of file syncing options, most related to syncing to the ‘cloud’… Windows Live Essentials: Other Programs – Get startedhttp://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-other-programs?T1=t4&os=otherWith Windows Live Mesh and the Devices website, you can keep up-to-date copies of documents, photos, and other files on all of your computers, whether PC or Mac. Sync your… How to Set Up a File-Syncing Dropbox Clone You Controlhttp://lifehacker.com/5821145/how-to-set-up-a-file+syncing-dropbox-clone-you-control[…] SparkleShare – Sharing work made easyhttp://sparkleshare.org/get started Setting up your own host to work with SparkleShare is relatively easy. We’ve

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Download the Amazon App Store for Android [instructions]

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After returning my Kindle Fire, I still wanted to used the Amazon App Store for Android… So I had to install the app on my Acer A100 tablet. The Amazon website seemed to be having issues tonight so it took me forever to get the email from Amazon containing the download instructions. To save you the same potential hassle, here’s a verbatim copy of that installation instructions email: Download the Amazon Appstore app immediately by clicking https://www.amazon.com/app-email from your Android

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List of sites protesting SOPA/PIPA

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What a wonderful thing, sites from all of the country (and world) banding together to protest again SOPA/PIPA. For reference here is a partial list of sites that are protesting SOPA/PIPA: http://google.com/ [blacked out logo] BONUS: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/ http://fark.com/ [they are ‘promoting’ the legislation since ;-)] http://wikipedia.com/ [one of the first and largest to commit to blacking out http://reddit.com http://cheezburger.com http://weblogs.us/ [my site] http://sarachipps.com http://girldevelopit.com http://elizabethandclarke.com http://aujsproduction.com http://michaellaplante.com http://codeimpossible.com http://happymonster.co http://johnnycode.com http://aliciaj.com http://seriouspanda.org http://mikeavello.com/ http://spong.org http://johanydemarco.com http://cbrody.com http://peaceblog.org http://zzzen.com [if you

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New theme: Swift Basic

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2012.01.14 UPDATE: I have disabled the Swift theme after having some major image issues with it 🙁 In an effort to reduce bandwidth usage and decrease page load times, I am evaluating a new theme for my blog 🙂 So far I like the theme and here are some links that were helpful in customizing it: Ideal media settings and useful plugins for SWIFT theme : Swift Themeshttp://swiftthemes.com/wordpress-themes/swift/swift-user-guide/ideal-media-settings-and-useful-plugins-for-swift-theme/Ideal media settings and useful plugins for SWIFT theme The following screenshot shows the

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LG Optimus V external antenna connector [BEWARE!]

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Today my buddy’s LG Optimus V failed to boot up so he asked me to take a look at it. Unfortunately, I was not able to get it to work 🙁 However, I did see something interesting: the Optimus V has an external antenna connector. This is becoming rather uncommon with today’s super-smartphones that do not even have user-replaceable batteries 🙁 So I was excited to see that LG included an antenna connector. For people that live way out or go

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Using iTunes with Android devices

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After transitioning away from iOS devices, I still have iTunes as my main music management software. So, I have been looking into some solutions for interfacing iTunes and Android. Thankfully with the right software they can play together pretty nicely 🙂 Top 5 Android Apps to Sync iTunes on Androidhttp://androidflip.com/top-5-android-apps-to-sync-itunes-on-android/DoubleTwist is a free media player app which rivals the default player of Android phones. The app not only play music files like audio/video in a clean user interface but also…

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Easily copy a bunch of links from a webpage

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If you ever need to copy a bunch of links for a project it can be very tedious to right click ever single link and select “Copy link address” then paste that into notepad (or wherever you are storing the links) over and over 🙁 Thankfully there are some simple, and free, plugins to help make this task MUCH easier: Copy Multiple Links to Clipboard with Link2Cliphttp://www.nirmaltv.com/2010/05/10/copy-multiple-links-to-clipboard-with-link2clip/About the Blog NirmalTV.COM is a daily updated technology blog which was founded in

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