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Need a program that has your AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Facebook, Myspace, Email, and all your other messengers in one? Then Digsby is for you! It is available for Windows right now but Mac and Linux in a later date. This Multi-messanger includes support for facebook chat unlike Pidgin which I would also recommend. If you have a good PC and Facebook I would recommend Digsby but if you would like a more light weight program then try pidgin. I’ve used pidgin for years and it is a great program, but I’ve finally switched ot Digsby. Have Fun!

Download [Digsby] [Pidgin]

I recently just switched from Comcast cable and internet to Verizon Fios tv/internet. I’m getting about 10-40mb download and 2mb upload (15-25mb dl and 1mb upload on Comcast) on speedtest.net while those speeds are impressive it will seem to hang up for minutes on pages. Even after tweaking firefox, my dns, and many other things it still does it. The tv on the other hand has laggy menus due to a better graphical user interface and the menu seems to have options spread all over the place. Overall I wish I just stuck with Comcast because they have never given me a problem, I hope this helps someone choose a provider.

Call of Duty 4 is one of the games you need to get. With such a great multiplayer and singleplayer everyone should get this game. The multiplayer is amazing, getting XP for killing enemies which unlock new guns. The singleplayer game offers amazing AI and some great scenes and all the levels feel unique. Overall it is an awesome game that has no co-op or split screen online but it still is fun and feels fresh.

If you haven’t noticed, there have been great games coming out lately, such as Galaxy, COD4, Assassins Creed. But why, the hell, do they have to come out in the same frickin month! All through the summer I was looking for a great game, all I found were mediocre ones until Bioshock. Why do companies have to release all the games I want in such a short time peroid? I bet you money if I asked the bastards themselfs they would say, “But,but,but Christmas” You know what? FUCK CHRISTMAS, I GAME ALL YEAR AROUND. Where the hell was Call of Duty 4, and Mass effect when I was bored out of my mind all summer?

Now you might say. Dante, what happened if those games weren’t done in the summer. You know what I would say to you? Bull$hit. Do you really believe, Rock band, GH3, Mass effect, Super Mario Galaxy, Assassins Creed,etc. all happened to wonderfully be complete right before Christmas. Bullshit my friend.

What I’m trying to say is, I know companies love to have their AAA tittles all released right before Christmas, so parents can buy it before everybody figures out it is complete and utter shit. But would it really kill them to give us something decent during the summer, you known, when I don’t have school.

Just got Mario Galaxy for Wii, and this is definitely the best looking Wii game to date, and brings old memorys of Mario 64 back. The game starts of with Peach getting kidnapped blah blah and you have to save her. Instead of walking through castle doors you are on a planet getting to new planets through the observatory. The game really achieves the feel of gravity for each planet, letting you orbit small ones. I don’t have too much else to say, just go out and get the game.

Update: Just beat the game (get 60 stars) which took about 2 days. After that you need to get 120 stars to complete the game fully. The game is great and right now is the highest reviewed game to date.

Find many Youtube (or any video sharing site’s) videos and want to download them? well here is how you do it.

1. Go to Keepvid or clipnabber and paste your link in the the box… we’ll use http://youtube.com/watch?v=oUmsBhFJRBI

2. For Youtube when downloading the link you have to change the file extension like this get_video.flv but other sites you don’t need to. (we get http://ash-v5.ash.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=oUmsBhFJRBI )

3. Play the video with flvplayer (flv is a filetype like .wmv and .mov)
flvplayer_setup.exe (download)

Do you listen to music? well you probably listen to mostly songs you have downloaded, which I think give you no surprise in what you listen to. If you like to listen to new music for free while on your PC internet radio is great. And if you already have Windows Media Player there is no need to download anything extra (although having Winamp doesn’t hurt). Most of these stations have much less ads then local radio stations. There are thousands of net stations to tune into but you will only want to listen to some of these few.

977music Hitz [tune in (hitz)] 977 Music Hitz plays mostly top 40. Their Hitz station is my person favorite because it plays older songs with new music, in my opinion this is the only station you need.

977music 80’s [tune in] If you were a fan of the music in Vice City then you will enjoy this station.

Hot 108 Jamz [tune in] Plays only rap/hip-hop so if you like rap this station is for you.

[Winamp Stations] If you use Winamp (you probably already know) you can easily browse stations for Winamp.

If you notice the extensions on files .pls is for Winamp and .asx is for Windows Media Player.

ScribeFire is a Add-on for Firefox (which everyone should be using) which allows you to post directly to a blog from Firefox. The best part about it is that it just doesn’t publish to only wordpress.com, livejournal.com or blogger.com, you can do a blog on your site that is made from Wordpress, Drupal, Movable Type, and More. It’s useful for reading news from other sources and writing about it. After using it for about 10 minutes it has good impression from me… but one draw back is that you can’t upload images from the add-on.

ScribeFire (previously Performancing for Firefox) is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog. You can drag and drop formatted text from pages you are browsing, take notes, and post to your blog.

[Download it here]

Edit: Just noticed that it adds a “powered by Scribefire” below posts, which isn’t cool. What ever happen to quite dignity.

Photoshop slowing down on you? Well here are some tweaks to speed it up.

• Close panels that are unnecessary and do not use, such as style and color selection.
• Go to preferences and turn memory usage on 60%-65% no mater how much RAM you have.
• Again in prefernces turn the export clipboard off (you won’t be able to paste to a program from PS).
• Drag and Drop files into Photoshop, don’t use the clipboard… it uses more RAM.

[Macworld]

Did this speed up your Photoshop? We didn’t notice much difference but tell us what you think!

Here are some great resources for anyone who makes websites or designs them. Here are some links that I have acquired while making sites. These range from color schemes, tutorials, name inspiration, design inspiration, and more miscellaneous tools.
Ajaxload

ASCII Character Codes

Bust a Name

ColorJack
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