Every single day, we do a countless multitude of things. Some tiny, little tasks we forget about moments after completing them, while others can be life changing events. The question we all wonder at one point or another is, why do we do this? Honestly, think for a moment why you do most tasks. The …
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How to get free Wi-Fi that doesn’t hate you!
A few months ago, I wrote a little article while at a local mall, entitled “Free Wi-Fi Hates You.” The article spoke of the woes of gaining access to most unsecured public wireless access point. There is a trick to getting good WiFi, however. It just require some research beforehand. This may be common knowledge, …
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Why I blog
It’s a question virtually anyone who writes will ask themselves. Why do I do this? Why do I write? I never intended to be a blogger. I never thought anything of the idea, honestly. It seemed silly to sit there and write about random things. Honestly, who would read such? Who would care, right? Then, …
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No! The camera on your cell phone isn’t good enough!
A few weeks ago I took a trip to the local zoo. I haven’t been in a few years, so it was a good chance to test out my newer camera equipment. I have a saying that a x26 zoom can give you some incredible shots, mainly due to the way focus works on such …
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Free Wi-Fi hates you
Free Wi-Fi is a thing of pure evil. It feels like the ultimate bait, to get someone like me to come in, sit down, spend a few dollars on a snack or something, and get the privilege of browsing the internet out in public. However, it never fails that I seem to spend more time …
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The services you use are bad because I say so
Everyone has that one situation, where you are discussing the online services you use, and someone has to ruin the party by saying that the service you have been satisfied with for years on in is absolutely terrible, and you are a bad person for choosing such. My online life has certainly been no exception, …
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More than just technology
Over the years, I have done several changes to this website. Originally as a simple way to host some forums and a few software projects I was working on, it eventually evolved into the blog you see before you. The problem is, the site has always retained a sort of technology focused nature to it. …
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The begining of the end for used gaming?
After 7 years of the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 being the dominant players in the home console gaming market, the time has finally come for Sony and Microsoft to begin telling the world more about the successors to the current generation of gaming consoles. The first bit of information coming out though doesn’t …
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People want Aero in Windows 8?
So, something came across my Twitter feed today that kind of shocked me! Namely, this article that says, apparently, that some users demand that Microsoft bring back the Aero design interface in Windows 8: http://betanews.com/2013/02/04/do-you-want-aero-in-windows-8-fight-for-it/ For the sake of completeness, before I continue this article, let me share the the Wikipedia article on Aero. …
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Windows 8: No Limits?
Over two months after the release of Windows 8, the tech community seems as divided on it as the day it was released. There are those who love it, and those who hate it. The most common complaints seems to be “It was made for touch screens, you need one or it’s terrible” or something …
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2013
As I type this, 2012 is in its last few hours. I wanted to make sure I ended the year with one major update on everything I can think of in relation to Xadara on a whole, and what my thoughts are for 2013. Without any hesitation, let’s dive right into it! I want to …
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Too ambitious?
As is obvious from the very presence of this website, I can sometimes be a rather ambitious person. I will often begin projects without any thought as to how I will get around to completing them. I often have three, four, or sometimes five separate ideas, all being worked on at once. The result? Nothing …
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Understanding Windows RT and Windows 8 from my point of view
My thoughts on Windows 8 vs Windows RT, and how I feel RT is not being explained correctly to the customer base.
Windows 8: Baptism by Digital Fire
Today marks the release of the newest entry into Microsoft’s long legacy of operating systems: Windows 8. Today also marks the biggest change to Windows since the release of Windows 95, and the introduction of the Start Menu; The Start Screen. Over the past year, since the release of the developer preview in Fall of …
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Guild Wars 2: One Instance at a Time
One of the defining characteristics of the Guild Wars series has been its use of instances; unique events in MMO worlds that are separated from the bulk of the normal world. In many games, such events are used for unique mob spawns, such as boss battles, or special events that for whatever reason are an …
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