Category: Tech Talk

A Look Back In The Archives [Old youtube videos I have done]

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The above video is from 2006 when we had a half assed clan here on themodshop. We were playing warrock. The main player is me and the other 2 are Dark and the very much unknown maddog. It was fun while it lasted.

Now this video is from when I lived back in Florida. I was out on a paintball field and decided to try and record it.

Here is one of my first tip/trick videos that I ever did. I know you cant see whats going on and sadly I lost the writeup that goes with it :(. Maybe I will re-do it some day.

This is my most popular video on youtube. With over 50,000 views im surprised that i have only gotten one noob saying its my fault there eeepc is messed up. Maybe because no one else was a noob and they all followed my instructions correct.

Well thats all there is for the look back into the archives. I know it was not much but hey. Next year we will do it again and have even more!

Shorten your url? How about do it within a program and use the API! [OPEN BETA!]

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Ok well I have a shorten url service. Recently a few people have asked me to get a public api for it so they can use it for programs like twitter. Well I had that done! Now if you are a programmer and want your URL’s shortened then you can use the public api to do it.

To use the API for programs you would just have to submit the following http://l4n.us/api/?u=http://themodshop.net/somerandomlongfolder/somerandomlongpage.randomlongextension where your url is placed after the ?u=. Then the api will write the data to the database and spit back a url on a single line that you can pass through to the twitter post or what ever else you plan to use it for.

Ok not to hard right? But what if you want a nice pretty interface because you are going to use it for yourself by hand. Well in that case just head over to the source link below and type in your URL and poof you have a short one. This service is both free and ad free and quite fun to use for rick rolling people 😛

Enjoy.

[Source: L4N.us]

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Test webserver on your home pc in 5min

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Ok so lets say you are making a new script and you want to be able to test it in real time not upload it and go through all that crap. Well rather than do all the work by hand do what I did and go get wampserver. This will install Apache PHP and MySql on your windows xp or windows vista pc and automate everything for you. It even installs phpmyadmin. Now keep in mind I would not suggesting using this to host your web site full time but its great for when you make something in dreamweaver or what ever your favorite editor is and then you can just save it to the www directory and open localhost in your browser and poof there you have it!

[WAMP Server]

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Psystar…The little mac that could..or atleast thinks they can

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So psystar [the mac clone maker] is back in court again with a new fight.

from the and-we-can-do-what-we-want-with-it dept

Psystar tried and failed to pin an antitrust case on Apple in its fight over whether or not Psystar can install MacOS on non-Apple hardware. Now, it appears that the company is back to where we thought it would originally focus: on whether or not a software license agreement can preclude the first sale doctrine that allows you to resell software you legally purchased. It’s still a long shot — but a few recent rulings suggest the courts are at least more open to these discussions. Of course, if Psystar wins, it could severely limit the power of end user license agreements (EULAs) that software companies often use to limit uses of software.

It will be intresting to see how this plays out…

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Careful on your twitter…

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If you get a direct message from one of your followers pointing you to a blogspot post where you “did something funny” I would advise not clicking it. I have gotten 3 of these so far and they redirect to a twitter fishing page. Much like the myspace facebook and msn ones that I have seen going around lately.

A good rule of thumb. If the domain is not the site you are going to i.e. its twitter.somerandomsite.randomdomain.h4x0ru.com and not twitter.com. Then dont put your login info in 😉

Best Twitter Clients

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Ok so following up on yesterdays post I am going to go ahead and give my opinion on the best twitter clients. Because if it was not for these I would not even use twitter because its a pain in the ass to go log into there site and everything.

Windows: Twitterfox.

This is a firefox extension that does a great job of updating twitter status and it will show you all your unread tweets that can be updated every 3 or 5 minutes. I use it fo 90% of my updates

Windows Mobile: PocketTwit.

This is a great little program. I tested quite a few for windows mobile when I finally came to this one and it does everything I could want it to do. It will update status, upload a picture to twitpic and post that to twitter and a few other nice things. Its also got a kick ass interface.

Other Mobile Platform: 40404.

Default twitter thing. But if you set it up correctly then you can just text updates and have them posted to your twitter account.

WordPress: TwitterTools.

Yes even wordpress has a plugin for twitter. Notice it to the right –>

Its called twitter tools. It will post new blogs to my twitter and post my tweets to the blog simple and easy to use. Lots of options 😉

I realse there are other platforms out there however I have not gotten to test them all becuase I dont have the ability to. So what do you think is the best twitter client?

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