Hello World,
Its Shawn here again with another how-to. This time we are going to walk-thru making a back-up copy of a Sony PSP game (UMD). As with the previous post (read here) on PSP’s this one rates about a 2 on a difficulty scale of 1 – 10. Basic requirements for this tutorial is a 3rd grade reading level (haha).
My new favorite macro in Visual Studio 2008 is control-D then control-K. Hit that key sequence and voila: all code on the page has been formatted. It’s especially helpful when copy-pasting. Just a tip from Tim to make your life easier! 
It looks like Steve Jobs’ medical issues are a little more serious than originally reported. It’s being reported that he’s taking medical leave until the end of June. There’s no executive more important to a tech company than Jobs. I hope the guy makes it back better than ever. Even though I’ve been an Apple critic, you can’t argue with the results they’ve had under Jobs. We seen OSX, iPod and the iPhone. I can’t wait to see what Apple comes up with next.
Whenever the economy takes a downturn it’s always smart to take stock of what makes you more valuable to either your employer or your customers. That can mean everything from expanding your skill set to offering a new service. Sometimes that means making sacrifices now for gains later. Take a continuing education class. Get that certification you’ve been thinking about. Learn a new programming language. Anything. Just make yourself more valuable to your company/customers. You want your services to be a must-have. Something they can’t live without.
From a personal standpoint, my brother is in the process of completing his BS in Information Systems. While taking a full-time course load, raising two small children and working full-time he’ll manage to graduate summa cum laud in just a couple weeks. No small feat. He deserves a well earned congratulations! Great job Scardog!
Hello All,
I am back with another “How-To” post. I know it has been a long time since my last post but I have been busy with school, work, and most importantly playing all the new PC games that have come out in the past month and a half. Its a great time to be alive!
Anyway, today we are going to install custom firmware on a PSP 2001 (the Slim). This will allow you to copy “back-up” copies of your games to your memory stick and play them from there, rather than lugging around all those UMDs.
On a difficulty scale of 1 thru 10, this project is about a 2. If you can read, then you can do this project.
Now that my Samsung Glyde is working like it should have all along since I upgraded the firmware to version BI29, I’ve been searching for some decent wallpapers. I’ve found a few decent images that look good on my phone. They’re shared below the fold.
Since I’m in the firmware upgrading mood, I went ahead and downloaded and installed the firmware update for my TV (Samsung HP-T5054). I’ve seen an issue with audio dropout when using my PlayStation 3 as a Blu-Ray player over HDMI. After googling the topic, it looks like I’m not the only person who’s seen this happen.
Upgrading the firmware on the TV was super easy. Download the firmware, unzip it onto a USB drive, plug the drive into the USB service port on the TV, and use the onscreen menu to perform the upgrade. I haven’t had any dropout since the upgrade, but that doesn’t mean the problem is solved since it’s intermittent. If I have further audio dropout problems, I’ll let post it here.
By the way, the HP-T5054 is an awesome TV.
I’ve owned a Samsung Glyde for a couple months now, and I’ve had one major complaint. The touchscreen was buggy as hell. Sometimes it worked like a champ. Sometimes it was a nightmare just trying to press a button. Forget taking a decent picture. Not that the camera isn’t any good. It’s that you had to press the button onscreen so many times before the phone actually registered the button press. By then, you’ve either missed the shot or the picture comes out blurry because the camera was moving. Navigating any of the Verizon online apps was useless. The phone almost never registered the button presses on the corners of the screen. More than once, I wanted to throw the phone across the room (I know I’m impatient, but this was getting ridiculous).
After searching the net for firmware updates to the Glyde, I found a couple of sites that mentioned that Verizon released a firmware update on Nov. 4. I stopped by my local Verizon store and asked the support tech if there was anything he could do for the touchscreen issues I was seeing on my phone. He told me he could update the firmware. It took about 15 minutes, and after using it for a couple hours the update seems to have about worked. Not only does the update seem to cure the touchscreen issues I had been having, but some nice changes to the phone came with the update.
- The annoying throbbing square that served as a shortcut has been changed to a small tab on the right side of the screen. The shortcut menu also slides in from the right. It’s a nice touch.
- You now have to drag a key onto a lock to unlock the screen instead of just pressing the unlock icon on the screen.
- The UI has been given a very nice update. No more boring black.
- Scrolling the contacts is now a breeze. A small button has been added to the left side of the contact list that can be dragged to quickly change letters in the alphabet. The current letter is displayed in the center of the screen sort of like it’s done on the iPod when you quickly scroll through a long playlist.
Before the update, I was running version .BF25 of the firmware. Now I’m running version .BI29. I wholeheartedly advise you go to your local Verizon store and get your Gylde’s firmware updated. It’s made a world of difference with my phone. You won’t be disappointed.
Thank me.
I’ve been on twitter a couple weeks now, and I’ve learned two important things.
- I’ve learned who has something to write that’s worth reading. It can be funny, informative, interesting, etc. Example: CodingHorror,
- I’ve also learned that some people just don’t do well in the off-the-cuff manner of twitter. They’re just not very clever. Or even worse. Boring.
My own tweets probably fit into category two though…