Some days, I hate technology (and it hates me)

I.T. is NOT for the faint-hearted. [...]

Satellite Direct Brings Thousands of TV Channels Straight to Your PC

What if there was a way for you to watch thousands of television channels, any time you want… and never pay another cable bill again? With Satellite Direct, there is. [...]

Do You Play World of Warcraft or Starcraft 2? We gotcha covered!

Whether your leisure time is spent with World of Warcraft or Starcraft, it’s always nice to be able to quickly gain the advantage and prove your gaming prowess. I’m always on the lookout for ways to improve my game and master my universe no matter what game I’m playing. After some searching and testing, I believe I’ve found some great guides that will help you command and conquer. [...]

New area code overlay for 918: 539

The 918 area code is running out of numbers and something needed to be done. Two options were available to Eastern Oklahomans and both involved the creation of a new area code: 539. The question was, how to implement the new area code; overlay or split. [...]

Stop paying cable bills – The future of television

In today’s rocky economic climate, most households are cutting back wherever they can. And with cable and satellite television costing anywhere from $65- $150 a month (more if you count premium movie channels) many people are making their television sets the first part of their homes to get the axe. But what if there was a way to enjoy thousands of television channels, including hard to find international shows and sports programming, and never pay another monthly cable bill again? [...]

Satellite Direct TV on your PC – scam or legitimate?

A few months ago, I took a look at Beezid because I wanted to find out if it was a scam, or a legitimate product. Here I go again. I was perusing the interwebs and came across Satellite Direct. As I read the site, I was a bit skeptical and my scam alarm was going off. So, I did some research. [...]

6 PHP Best Practices – Make Sure Your Code Will Run Properly

Whether you are a PHP beginner, or an experienced coder, it is important to adhere to certain standards to make sure your code will run properly on a variety of platforms. PHP is usually pretty forgiving, but depending on the settings in the php.ini file, the code that runs on your home server just fine won’t run on someone else’s server. However, if you program adheres to best practices, you should have very few problems if any. [...]

How to create your own iPhone app without knowing how to program

You’ve got your iPhone and you’ve been browsing the app store and downloaded some great apps. But, you’ve got a great idea for an app that you think would make you money if only you knew how to program. It may be a productivity app, a game, or some silly noisemaker (remember iFart? It made thousands very quickly.) [...]

Steve Jobs says – iPhone users: You’re holding it wrong!

The new iPhone is here, the new iPhone is here! But, to make it work, you need to know how to hold it, apparently. It would seem that Apple is receiving a huge number of complaints by customers because of signal quality, blaming a faulty antenna. Steve Jobs, however, sent an email saying it is a non-issue. [...]

Beware the iTunes Gift Certificate Trojan

You open your email and are surprised to find an Apple iTunes gift certificate in the amount of 50 bucks! It looks real and it looks like it’s from iTunes, but a close inspection will show it’s a fake. Like most things, if it’s sounds too good to be true, it usually is. [...]

Is space radiation to blame for Toyota’s problems?

Toyota has a problem. If you’ve been anywhere with access to news, you already know this. It seems a good number of their vehicles suddenly accelerate for no apparent reason. It’s been blamed on wayward floor mats, sticky accelerators, faulty programming, and bad circuitry. But, there may be another reason – radiation from space. [...]

New Oklahoma statewide calling plan is nonsense

Bob Anthony must think the people of Oklahoma are stupid. He has apparently been watching too many movies out of Hollywood that portray Oklahomans as a bunch of slow-talking, slow-thinking hicks. [...]

Sometimes you can RTFM too literally

I’ve installed many applications in my career as an IT professional and most of the problems can be resolved by RTFM (Reading The F(rea)king Manual). But, when you are either dealing with documentation from another country, or your documentation is being used in another country, you need to be careful. I’ve found that German documentation is the worst. [...]

Let it ring, people, just let it ring.

let’s have a little bit of courtesy. How many times have you stood in line at a business, only to be jumped ahead by someone calling on the phone? [...]

How to copy Wii games for personal use

There are a lot of articles on the internet that supposedly tell you how to copy Wii games, but the articles I found were woefully inadequate. What they don’t tell you is what hardware you need, what modifications you need to make to your Wii software, how to not brick your Wii, and the pros and cons of doing this. After ordering a few products and being disappointed, I finally found a guide that spells it out in detail and points you to the hardware you need and the free software to help you get it done. [...]

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