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SGP has no shortage of cases for iPhone or iPad, and their Linear Mini series, while being their budget line, is far from being comparable to a generic means of protection ...
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This week we talk some pretty important stuff like Anime Expo 2011, Captain America (is it good, bad, ugly?), MacBook Battery hacking, 3DS price cuts (now just $169), Battlefield 3 Alpha ...
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This week, we have a special show because we’re giving away a copy of the new Annihilation DLC for Call of Duty Black Ops (Steam, PC). We’ve done Giveaways before, but ...
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On this week’s show, Connor and Brandon talk Facebook Video chat, cereal and milk, Bioshock Infinite, Quadrotors, the new Youtube, Spotify coming to the US, Connor gets his iPhone hacked and ...
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Special thanks — to Connor for filling in this episode!!! On this installment of the Okay Geek Show, Ricardo is away at the 2011 Anime Expo spreading the joy of Okay Geek with ...
about 13 years ago
  We have been underground bashing our keyboards and inhaling coffee for the past two weeks covering E3 2011 which has been a blast, but a lot of hard work. ...
about 13 years ago
  This week on the show, Ricardo and Brandon sit down and talk about the widest veryity of topics ever discussed before… we start with Basketball and end up talking ...
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  This is our first video podcast, and we’re so proud we managed to do it live on Friday, all in one take. This episode, Ricardo and Brandon start the ...
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  This week, we are talking about a veryity of topics that are strange, just as they are awesome. We’re talkin’ Bear Grylls, Piss, Thor, vocaloid raves, and a bunch ...
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  You remember the our old podcast right? Well that was somewhat of a test. A test to see if our readers would enjoy hearing us and listening to what ...
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Friday
Aug142009

Bringing you the Rain-Meter

Flickr by DigitalRicket

I was first introduced to the Enigma custom desktop theme back when Lifehacker posted up a ‘Most Popular Desktops of 2008’ thread.  Ever since then I couldn’t help but want to skin my own desktop to look as cool as Enigma. Well, now I can… and you can too. Rainmeter 1.0 is, as the site reads,

… a Windows customization application. Empower your dekstop with an expandable library of useful tools - handy notes and application launchers, weather and feeds from the web, system status and more. Then, rearrange and modify them to suit your personal style. With Rainmeter, your desktop is finally yours. 

Rainmeter offers themes for you to choose from, and Enigma happens to be one of them. The application is fully customizable, and the same goes for every single skin applied to every “widget” within Rainmeter. If that makes any sense. If you know your way around xml coding then you could make it work even better for you. But for the rest of you who aren’t that affluent in programming languages there is more than enough to hold you over:

System status icons, Wi-Fi status, Incoming E-mail, Calendar, Weather, Notes, Now Playing music feature, and  Twitter feed.

Download Rainmeter for Windows

[Via LifeHacker]

Friday
Aug142009

Apple tablet video?

As posted on AppleInsider the other day, here's a purported video leak of Apple's infamous and mysterious tablet. Looks like just a jumbo sized iPhone with apps and such. My big complaint is the keyboard; I still don't see how typing is going to work on the thing.

I mean what are your options? Laying it flat on a surface or lap? Or would you have to hold it up with one hand and typed one fingered? Either way it wouldn't be comfortable or feel as natural as with a netbook or laptop, but maybe Apple has already figured this out one way or another. We'll just have to wait and see as the concept seems to be more and more real as we keep chugging along this year.

[Via AppleInsider]

Thursday
Aug132009

Conveniences of the Digital world - iPhone AOL Radio App

I was driving home from work in the wee hours of the morning - around 6am to be exact, and I felt like listening to a morning show, but thing is my radio doesn't pick up anything that I like in the area.  I live relatively far from LA, or any populated city, so I can't tune into something local 'cause of lousy my radio is. So thinking quick on my feet I realized that I have the AOL Radio app on my iPhone and realized if I wanted to I could listen to something other than the usual suspects. I used to live in Las Vegas and I listened to a particular morning show religiously every morning, so I figured I'd hit that up. So I hooked my Iphone 3GS into my car via microphone jack, with its 3G enabled, and fired up the AOL Radio app. I looked up the local stations for Las Vegas and in seconds I was listening in LIVE on what was happening about 300 miles away. I knew I could do it before, but it wasn't until then that I found a practical use in my own daily life for it.

I drove for 30 mins in sheer bliss and thought of it as a great convenience of living in the digital world.

Thursday
Aug132009

Klonoa - Wii Review

 

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Klonoa, a Wii-make of an old Playstation favorite. Updated graphics, voice work, and cut scenes it's a nice adaptation of the original, but does it still hold that same charm?

Klonoa is a kid's game at heart. It doesn't take a whole lot of skill to whip this game outta the park if you're a veteran of sidescrollers - only took me 3 - 4 hours. I'm going to say straight out that I never played the original... or maybe I did and I just don't remember it clearly enough. But back on topic, the game is quite simple. There's not much they could screw up with this game since it doesn't include any waggle gimmicks. It's back to classic side scrolling goodness, so it uses the horizontal Wii-mote control scheme. You run, jump, and can hover around for about a second. Klonoa's only power rests within the ring he holds. It allows him to grab enemies, and you use those same enemies to throw them against obstacles, like boxes or other, tougher, enemies. You don't gain any other skills through out the game, so you're pretty much given the full deck right off the bat. With that being said, you get more than enough time to get used to maneuvering Klonoa in the air, while using an enemy to bounce him up to an even higher state for reaching hard to reach crystals.

Klonoa

The level design is pretty sweet, and I love how the camera is fluid when you're running around twists and turns in each stage. There are 14 unique levels in the game, which seems pretty low to me, especially in a world where we're used to playing 8 - 10 hour long campaigns. But once again let me remind you, this is a game meant for kids. The stages themselves take on different themes as you travel through out Klonoa's dream world... or so I think it's his dream world. To be honest, I didn't pay much attention to the story because I wanted to run right through the game, but I'll just fill you in with what i know: There's this bad dude named Ghadius who wants to cover the world in nightmares to gain revenge on people who accept dreams and reject nightmares. I think he controls people or something along the way, and most of those people become your allies later on in the game. The story is pretty shallow, but once again, it's enough for kids about 4 - 8 years old.

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I know this a short review, but this is a short game. There's not much really to say about it besides that it excels in everything it was meant to do. It's a classic sidescroller with enemies whom aren't too tough, but can be annoying at certain points. The final stages can be a bit challenging, mostly because they require a bit of puzzle solving, and by that time it seems like they were just added in there to annoy you. The last bits of the end can be frustrating because they demand precision, quick thinking and jumping to make your way to the finale. If you're not that good with sidescrollers then I suggest racking up as many crystals as you can to build up an army of extra lives as back up.

I recommend this title for a rent because it's really not worth a buy, unless you have children who are looking to get themselves into gaming. A brand new $30 - $50 price tag doesn't give you much bang for your buck because the game only lasts a couple of hours and can be stormed right through in one afternoon. It's cutesy but fun, however the beginning is a little simple for many players, so that may turn off some. Give it a go and give it some time to pick up in pace and difficulty and I'm sure you'll have a fun experience.

Wednesday
Aug122009

Dell makes a Mac Mini contender

A few spy leaked images are appearing on a couple of tech blogs of Dell's newest creation: the Dell Inspiron Zino HD. What is it exactly? Cost? Specs? Nothing was disclosed. All we got were some sexy pics of some new tech to contend against Apple's Mac Mini line. I want one already.

[Via Gizmodo]

Wednesday
Aug122009

Facebook lite? Simplifying to combat Twitter

First, Facebook buys up FriendFeed, and now Facebook lite appears out of nowhere? Are there still any doubts that Facebook wants to take on Twitter? And by the look of the new beta design, I think the answer is, I don't think so.

Facebook has lost a bit of its steam ever since Twitter has become the media giant that it is. And from the look of all this movement, they're been planning a comeback. Facebook lite is a secret beta that was meant to be be invite only, and tested only in areas where broadband speeds aren't what we're used to. However, it so seems that a little too many users were selected for the beta, which is what caused this spark in curiousty in the question: What is Facebook Lite?

Taking away all the app's and weight that the full version of Facebook has, we're left with a strikingly Twitter resembling site. Wonder why that is? Remember though, this is only beta, and everything is subject to change. You have to admit though, it does look much better this way.

[Via TechCrunch]

Wednesday
Aug122009

A/C can be Expensive, so Build your Own!

Going to college to live in a dorm? Better get use to no A/C... or do you? The guys at HackCollege make their way to LifeHacker to show off their best back to school tip yet: a dorm-safe DIY air conditioner for under $40.

[Via LifeHacker]

 

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