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‘GodMode’ in Windows 7

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Looking for a way to manage all the settings for your Windows 7 machine in one place? Here is the answer. Create a folder and rename it to…

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

The folder icon will change and the name will simply read ‘GodMode’. Within this new folder are options to change virtually every setting of the operating system.

“Pei Wei” Digital Menu

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Pei Wei in Irvine is stepping up their game in the 21st century with a new digital menu array. I can personally verify that that the additional hardware expense has not compromised the quality of the cuisine.

Dell XPS 630

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

My new computer came in today. This thing is a beast! If this can’t run Adobe CS4 to its full potential, nothing can.

So, what are we looking at?

  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad (12M, 3.0GHz, 1333FSB)
  • Memory: 8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz

The video cards are the most impressive part of this workstation… CrossFireX, Dual ATI Radion HD 4870’s with 1024MB of memory.

Holy Jim Trail with Trails App

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

This weekend I experimented with a new app for iPhone. The Trails app tracks your hike progress with GPS to record location, distance, elevation, speed, etc. and then allows you to upload the recorded data to EveryTrail.com. The data was surprisingly acurate, however the app must remain open for the service to work. This gives the battery quite a workout. My 3 hour hike used about 40% of the charge.

iPhone 3GS

Friday, June 19th, 2009

The new iPhone 3GS was released today. Since June 29, 2007, I’ve carried the same iPhone around and have miraculously managed to not loose it or break it. Therefore, it was with some reluctance that I decided to shut it down and make the switch to the newer, faster model. Blog posts from now on should display noticeably better picture quality, and once the iPhone Wordpress App is upgraded, videos should stat making an appearance on here as well!