Today I decided I was going to change all my passwords. No reason as to why, they were just getting old. I went ahead and did it and found I had to change them in so many places – from e-mail addresses, to my phone (IMAP/POP client), to social networking sites and so on. If only there was a site that would contain all my passwords and let me change all of them on the fly! Oh well, at least Firefox saves the password so if I do forget I can just look it up there 
So many friggin’ passwords!
December 13th, 2007Triwing Screwdrivers for Sale!
December 4th, 2007I have a handful of triwing screwdrivers for sale – for those who don’t know, its a tool that opens a special three-headed screw. These types of screws are security screws generally found in Nintendo devices, but some cell phones have them as well. Here’s a list of the Nintendo devices that I know for sure have this screw, although I’m sure others do as well.
Gameboy Color
Gameboy Advance
Gameboy Advance SP
Gameboy Micro
Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS Lite
Gamecube Controllers and Systems
Nintendo Wii Remote and Systems
And of course, the picture:
Anyway, I usually have a listing or two on eBay that contains these screwdrivers, but I’m willing to sell them off of eBay as well. Leave a comment if you’re interested, and be sure to include your e-mail address to I can get in touch with you. They are $4.95 shipped via USPS First Class which takes roughly 5-7 days to arrive, and I only accept PayPal for payments. US customers only. Thanks!
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on a Modded Xbox
December 4th, 2007First of all.. I know GTA: San Andreas was released a LONG time ago. Second, yes I own an original copy of the game. My Xbox is modded using EvolutionX, and the other day I was having trouble launching GTA San Andreas on it. After tons of searching and experimentation, I’ve found that in the EvoX settings that these values work perfectly:
Video Standard: NTSC – North America
Game Region: Auto
TSR: Disabled
In Game Reset: No
I don’t use In Game Reset at all anyway, I can simply walk the two feet to get to my Xbox to turn it off. I have absolutely NO idea what TSR is, and I’m in the USA so the video standard here is NTSC anyway. These settings worked for me, though there may be a possibility that they won’t work for you. Worth a shot anyway!
Next Time, I’m Camping Out For A Week
November 24th, 2007Monday evening, as I was driving back from my Business and Digital Arts class, I decided to take 75 home instead of my usual route through Custer. While driving on 75, I saw the local Best Buy – and to my surprise, two tents sitting in front of the door. Now, I didn’t think much of it – I thought maybe they were getting some Wii’s in.
The next evening, however, the tents were still there – in fact there were a few more people out there and what seemed to be a line started to grow. At this point, I knew what it was – the line for the Black Friday sales. But seriously, these guys are starting 3-4 days early? Don’t you guys have family to have dinner with on Thanksgiving, or are you camping out with them in front of a store to save $5 on that mousepad you could have bought at the dollar store?
Some people don’t make sense to me.. like these guys (and girls). I mean seriously, you’re going to suffer for 3-4 days in the cold, missing school, work, and any other things you could have done… for a measly discount. People these days…
Thoughts About A New Site
November 19th, 2007I’m currently thinking about starting a new site. I’ve run several websites, the most notable are DFWHyundais.com and an online store (no longer in existence, so no need for a URL). I’m thinking about starting a new site.. I want to do a store but I’m not sure what to sell. The other thought I’m having is some kind of community site, relating to a certain subject, for example Nintendo DS or Wii games. Of course, my blog will still be around.. this is just to keep me busy and out of trouble
Any ideas?
E-mail From The Future? WTF?!
November 16th, 2007I keep a Yahoo e-mail account for security purposes.. usually whenever I sign up on a forum to ask a question and know that I won’t be staying there long I will give out that address. So today I went to check to see if any legit e-mails had been sent to that address – when I checked my Bulk Mail folder, this is what I saw:
Amazing! In the year 2038, when I’m 51 years old, I will be looking for a new car, some action, and auto insurance. Spectacular!
Gmail + IMAP + Windows Mobile = Failure.
November 8th, 2007So Gmail recently rolled out with an IMAP service, and knowing some of the benefits of IMAP compared to POP I decided to switch over. I set everything up using Google’s guide for IMAP on WM6 to the word. However, I ran into issues as soon as the first Send/Receive action completed. For some reason, only the headers were downloading!! I didn’t think much of it, and since its a new service from Gmail I thought I might give it a few days for them to sort out the kinks and try again. Now I’m back on POP access.
But curiosity is never more than a hop, skip, and jump away.. and I wanted to see if I was the only one with these issues. Seems like I’m not. And here. Especially considering that the e-mail that was downloaded was all HTML based. So it definitely is a kink in Google’s system.. which will hopefully be sorted out soon (since they did state that they were “working on it”).
Hopefully it won’t be too long before I can finally use labels on my WM device!
Super Mario Bros. 3 on Wii!!
November 5th, 2007Super Mario Bros. 3 has (finally) been released on Wii’s Virtual Console! Quite possibly one of the best games available of all time, the game is available for only 500 points on the system. Along with the original game, a few short minigames are included which really make it a sweet deal. I just downloaded my copy, and I know I’ll be playing for a really.. REALLY long time (or at least until Super Mario Galaxy is released next week!!)
I found out about it originally because of DigitalBattle.com, thanks you guys for posting about it!
So Much Spam… So Little Time
November 5th, 2007Everyday, I receive 4-8 spam comments on my entries. I’ve only had this blog for what, a few months now?? Damn spammers, nothing better to do but fill up blogs and other websites with useless advertising for their fraudulent products. Fuck them!
Downloading Facebook Videos To Your iPod!
October 27th, 2007A few posts ago, I wrote an article on how to download YouTube videos using Firefox with the GreaseMonkey add on. Now, we’ll cover how to download videos from Facebook. A lot of the text was similar, so instead of creating a completely original post I copied and edited my original post.
First, you will (obviously) need a Facebook account and you will need the Video application installed in order to watch any videos. The application is created by Facebook, so its a trustworthy application.
I’m not aware of any websites that you can use to download Facebook videos – you will need to go the software route. Personally I don’t see this as a downfall at all, because I can simply click “Download Video” while watching it without having to remember a lengthy URL of any sort. Also, I find it worthwhile because Facebook videos are generally better in quality (bit rate).
Let’s begin!
- After installing Firefox, get the Grease Monkey add on – located here – you will need to restart Firefox after installing this add on.
- Download and install the Facebook Video userscript – located here
- Once the script has been installed, simply go to Facebook and find a video you like – underneath the player, to the right is a “Download Video” link (if it doesn’t show up, restart your browser). The link is located under the large “Share” button. Once you click the link, you will be offered an FLV file – find a place on your hard drive to save it and press OK. You’ve successfully downloaded your first video from Facebook!
But.. you can’t play this video in most players! You need some kind of FLV player, such as the one found here, or you need to convert it to a different format. I personally use Videora iPod converter to convert all types of video to iPod format, but you could easily use Quicktime Pro to convert or any other major conversion software. Just Google both programs to find the relevant websites. Once you’ve converted it, pop it into iTunes, transfer it to your iPod, and enjoy your new video!