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Bulletproof Custard: Liquid Armor That Can Stop Bullets [Bulletproof]

nephi513 — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:48:53 +0000

Must be my lucky day for really cool stuff to post. Gizmodo has a new article on Liquid Armor. So cool. I want one. Don’t need one, and will probably never be in a gun fight in my entire life, but hey, I’m and Eagle Scout and I need to be prepared. At lest that is how I’m going to approach my wife with the suggested purchase.

via Bulletproof Custard: Liquid Armor That Can Stop Bullets [Bulletproof].

Epic Win app turns your life into an RPG to help you attack your to-do list

nephi513 — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:42:33 +0000

I just read this article from Download Squad. It is about a new software that turns your life into an RPG. What a great idea. I mean for nerds, not that I’m totally going to download this and try it out. It’s not like I’m a nerd or anything. Check out the link below for the article or just watch the video.

via Epic Win app turns your life into an RPG to help you attack your to-do list.

Browser war heating up again. This time IE 9 vs Chrome

nephi513 — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:06:03 +0000

Things are getting better. I love this browser war that is currently going on. For those that don’t know. Ever since Google Chrome has come out, things in the browser would have heated up a lot. If you want to be a browser of the future you need two things; HTML 5 Compatibility and speed.

Why does this matter, for one, if you’ve never created a web page before you don’t understand the headache you get from trying to make very browser happy. HTML 5 compatibility means less headache and more cool features. Second speed, is always good.

So why am I making this post. Because I just read an article at Maximum PC on how IE 9 Beta is beating Chrome on Canvas speed. We are talking an HTML 5 aspect better on Internet Explorer. Now I really don’t support Internet Explorer because Microsoft has never really done a good job with it. Most people use it, just because it is already on there computer. But with IE coming around, this will make web developers life easier and users life full of more fun. To me it is a win, win.

Again post with videos always seem to do better. So here is a video showing the IE 9 Beta vs Google Chrome.

Google Voice is now available for everyone.

nephi513 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:44:26 +0000

I have been using google voice since it started. Actually longer, since I started with Grandcentral before google bought them. I have always loved it. Now you don’t have to wait for an invite from someone to get your own google voice phone number. If you don’t know what Google voice is, check out the video below. Or you can check out the Google Announcement here.

E-Reader Price war! Finally almost affordable e-book readers.

nephi513 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:39:57 +0000

Check out theres two articles on the price drop of the most popular e-readers out there.

Barnes & Noble Intros Wi-Fi-only Nook, Lowers 3G Nook Price – PC World

Kindle Now Just $190 as Ebook Reader Price Wars Get Heated – Gizmodo

It is great that we are finally getting smoke in the air in this e-book war. I’m still to cheap to buy a nook or a kindle, but this is a great start.

At this point I think I’m going more for the nook, from a technical standpoint. Extra color LCD, plus a e-ink display, android powered. A wi-fi only option to make things cheaper. Just Like the look more too.

I need to look into cost of e-books. I think the price comparison would be the same. But I don’t know. Maybe that would be a good weekend project for me.

No more free checking! Good for most not for me.

nephi513 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:45:12 +0000

I have never really gotten an overdraft, so this will probably hurt me. But this is probably great for the rest of the world. Or at least most of my college friends. They overdraft all the time.

Read the the article bellow and let me know what you think.

http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/7-zgxQOLX6k/free-checking-going-the-way-of-free-toasters-at-banks

No 64-bit Adobe Flash for Linux! Why! Why!

nephi513 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:00:20 +0000

I can’t stand having to need hacks in Linux to get flash working. I don’t really care about the FLASH VS HTML5 fight going on, but if Adobe keeps this type of crap up, I hope HTML5 will win. Then I only have to care about a browser and no more stinking plugins that continually crash my browser. And that is on Windows or Linux.

Oh, there is my rant for the day. Thanks for listening.

Link to PC World about the news.

Firefox Losing Foothold on Linux Distros?

nephi513 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:51:23 +0000

Firefox is one of my favorite browsers, but I hate to say it is starting to lag behind. The above title is an article written by Joe Brockmeier from Linux Magazine (Link to original article).

It talks about how Google Chrome, and Safari are probably taking it’s place. I hate to say it, but I do like Google Chrome, and in fact it is my default web browser on all my Windows machines. Though Firefox is still the best browser on Linux for me.

To help bluster my browser, I wanted to point out the changes that are coming. Sort of a Mozilla Firefox 4.0 look and compare to current Chrome.

Extension

The one thing I love about Chrome is the way it does extensions. I don’t necessarily love the extensions that Chrome currently has. They have a long way to go before they have Firefoxs library. But it’s simplisted is wonderful how they install and work. Simple, clean, and interactive.

So what about Firefox. Well they are going to solve that through an update call Jetpack. Jetpack extensions work just like Chrome extensions. In fact I don’t think it would be that hard to port a Chrome extension to Firefox Jetpack or vs versa.

Check out Jetpack here.

SCREEN SIZE

While I do like how the extensions work in chrome, chromes greatest feature, is browsing screen realistate. It does a a great job of showing more of the webpage and less of the browser. Again though Firefox is working on that two. Check out this picture though to see Firefox 4.0 mockups.

As you can see Firefox has great potential.

STABILITY

The last thing that is great about Chrome, is it’s stability. If my flash crashes it only takes down that one tab. Not the whole browser. But again, this feature is going to also be built into Mozilla Firefox 4.0.

CONCLUSION

While Firefox my be behind, it is close to playing catchup, and I think I will be able to switch back to my browser baby as my full time browser on all OS soon.

Free Wi-Fi from your neighbor! Well, if you live in Finland anyway.

nephi513 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:46:55 +0000

PC World has an article on there website about how un-portected wi-fi access points might become legal to use in Finland. (Link to Article)

I just wanted to point this article out because of how important it is to secure your personal wi-fi. You never know who is using your internet and what for. Plus don’t use your neighbors wi-fi, it is still illegal in the States.

I’m no coffee drinker, but I’m all up for free wi-fi!

nephi513 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:28:59 +0000

It looks like starbucks is offering free, no sign-up required, wi-fi in all locations starting July, 1.

I don’t drink coffee, but I have no problem buying a snack and sitting down for some free wi-fi when I need it.

World Cup horn for the iPhone! NOOOOOO!

nephi513 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:42:49 +0000

If it is one thing I can’t stand is those stupid horns in the background while watching the World Cup! Don’t get me wrong I still wont miss a game because of it, but now they have an app for the the iPhone. I just hope this doesn’t mean I will have to listen to that horn anymore when the games are over.

Link to article on cnet about the app.

Good news for LDS members who own an Ipad.

nephi513 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:14:11 +0000

So I found out that the HOLY BIBLE and BOOK of MORMON are now available in epub format. If you don’t know what epub format is that is fine. Just know it means that your scriptures are now truly free. The newest e-book readers, Kindle (sort of, need to convert first), Nook, Sony, Ipad, can use epub format. Just download and copy over.

So for all you people with Ipad’s, go get your free epub formated Scriptures.

https://tech.lds.org/wiki/index.php/Gospel_Library_for_ePub

Bitterness as a mental Illness. I think I agree!

nephi513 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:41:30 +0000

I just read the article.

Bitterness as mental illness?

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-bitterness25-2009may25,0,4544029.story

At first I was thinking, great psychologist are trying to make excuses for every little thing again. But then I thought about all the bitter people in my life and agreed. They all need to be institutionalized.