January 22, 2011 – 3:08 am
One of my friends recently moved to a new house. Unfortunately, during the process some of his wii discs shattered after experiencing a head on collision with a wardrobe (at least that’s what he says). At this point, he was left with three options: either repurchase the games lost from the collection ($50 a game), forget about the games altogether or hack his wii using the homebrew channel and play backup versions of his game. Needless to say, he decided to go for option three. The process took about 2 hours and was moderate in difficulty (If you have ever reformatted a computer, you should be able to follow the steps in the guide attached to this post).
January 3, 2011 – 8:45 pm
If you took the time to read my “Must have University Software” post, you probably have a good idea of what Dropbox does. For those who haven’t read the article, Dropbox is a program that automatically backs up your files to a secure online server. In case of a hardware failure, restoring your documents, music and other content is as easy as downloading the client and logging into your Dropbox account. The program also allows invitational folder sharing which is quite useful when working on collaborative projects. Revisions of documents are automatically saved and can be restored with a click of a button. Additionally, Dropbox will also perform file syncing to ensure each member has the latest revision of a particular file.
August 12, 2010 – 3:15 pm
As relaxing as the summer vacation can be, there are occasionally times of extreme boringness when finding an activity to occupy your time with can be a challenge. Besides managing this blog, lurking social media sites and spending time with friends/family, one hobby I have taken up is testing beta products for companies such as Netgear and Norton. Other than directly influencing the features and quality of the product, the biggest benefit of joining one of the many programs listed below is that you are awarded for your contribution at the end of the testing period. In a majority of the tests I have taken part in, we were allowed to keep the item that was being tested. Software companies such as Norton often handed out vouchers for free one year subscription to their internet security.
