Mr. Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Kip

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Charlie Sheen’s Staple Center Rant

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Kip

I have to say, in defense of smokers everywhere whom this has happened to — at a movie theater, wherever — that I echo Charlie’s sentiment a bit.

The rant can be found here.

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Wisconsin Recall Vote Results: Map

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Kip

Here’s a map of the results of the Wisconsin recall vote:

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Lake Norman High School Yearbook Photo Uncensored

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Kip

Okay. So by now you’ve probably heard of this — some graduating senior from a high school in North Carolina is accused of flashing her junk during a graduation photo.

Did she do it intentionally? I highly doubt it. Do you want to see the picture? I bet you do. Do you want to see it uncensored? I bet you do. 🙂

Okay, so here it is. I won’t put it directly in the post, here, to keep things generally clean, but I’ll link to it:

Click here to see the uncensored photo and make up your own mind…

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iDevices (iPad, iPhone, iPod) not showing up in wi-fi sync in iTunes — FIX

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Kip

Okay, I ran into this problem a couple of times, so I’m posting the solution — because it’s really easy. Here’s the problem: Despite having all your iDevices set to sync wirelessly with iTunes, they don’t show up in iTunes when you open up the application.

Solution? REBOOT YOUR ROUTER. Has worked for me three or four times now.

Take care.

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VLC — the best media player for Windows (or any computer)

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Kip

Okay, I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned this, but I stopped using Windows Media Player a loooonnng time ago. I switched over to something called VLC — VideoLAN Player. The C comes from “client”, but since it’s no longer a client it doesn’t really apply…but they kept the name because it was already well known.

VLC is great for playing all sorts of video files. It’s minimalist, it gets the job done, and it doesn’t take up that much space. More important, it’s far more stable than Windows Media Player. And it’s 100% free. So if you’re looking for a video player without frills that *works*, give VLC a try.

The only thing it doesn’t do is stream to, say, a PS3. Conceivably, it could be altered to stream, but it’s not supported. Right now, that’s the only thing I still use WMP for.

You can download VLC from the offical website here:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Enjoy!

 

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Quick Review of Dead Island DLC: Ryder White

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Kip

Let me sum this up quickly: Do not buy the Dead Island DLC Ryder White.

Come on, guys, this is not how you do DLC. Ryder White is supposed to show us the events of Dead Island from the viewpoint of Ryder White, the Australian officer whose wife becomes infected with the…whatever the hell it is that’s turning people into zombies.

Here’s the problem. The Dead Island folks have stripped leveling, experience, and the entire skill tree out of this DLC. What you are left with is a soulless first-person shooter. Oh, and it’s linear — no exploring an open environment this time.

About the only good thing you can say about it is that there’s more gunplay; more guns in general. Really, that’s it.

Avoid this thing like the zombie plague. 5.0/10, and it only gets those 5 points because I liked the original Dead Island so much.

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iOS 5/5.0.1 jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 (A5 devices) is HERE — instructions, link, and tips

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Kip

Okay, here we go. Greenpois0n has released a jailbreak for A5 devices. Currently it’s only available for the Mac, but a Windows version is “coming soon” (sorry to disappoint those of you without a Mac — just have some patience).

The jailbreak is called “Absinthe”, it’s untethered, it works (verified), and you can download it here.

Now, let me add a couple of tips. At the end of the jailbreak process, the tool will tell you to “Unlock the screen, if necessary, and tap the Jailbreak icon”. Note that when you unlock the screen, you will NOT see an icon titled “Jailbreak” but you will see an icon titled “Absinthe”. That’s the one you want to tap on.

If Absinthe hangs for any reason, go into settings, and turn VPN on and then off again. This should fix any hanging problems. If it doesn’t, reboot, and try VPN on-off again.

For more detailed instructions, try here: http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/01/how-to-jailbreak-ipad-2-absinthe-ios-5-0-1-ios-5.html

Happy jailbreaking!

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iPhone 4S Jailbreak SCAM ALERT REDUX

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Kip

Hey all, I’m just here to let you know, once again, that there is still no jailbreak for the iPhone 4S or iPad 2. The latest scam I saw today really annoyed me, because it’s trying to take the limera1n/blackra1n good name and sully it. It’s a “product” called “Easyra1n”. I think the reason that this particular one is cropping up is because we are actually close to a real A5-device jailbreak from the hard-working pod2g. Last week, pod2g tweeted that he had successfully jailbroken an iPhone 4s, and posted screen shots of it. He went on to say that the jailbreak might be available as early as this week.

However, a few days after that, pod2g had to take that statement back, as it turned out that the exploit he used to jailbreak was based on an iPhone developer kit and doesn’t work with a regular old iPhone 4S. So at the moment pod2g is working on a way to translate the dev kit jailbreak into a jailbreak that will work for the rest of us. So, obviously, the jailbreak has been delayed again. Hopefully not for TOO long, though.

In the meantime, I repeat, THERE IS NO JAILBREAK FOR IPHONE 4S OR IPAD 2 YET! Anyone who asks for your money for a working jailbreak for those A5 devices is scamming you out of your cash! Do not get taken by these a-holes!

Again, for all things jailbreak, visit http://limera1n.cc.

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On the aesthetics of my blog…

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Kip

Just thought I’d take a moment here to explain why I keep my blog with a functional but minimalist layout. You know, the old default WordPress theme, etc. It’s just that I’m a firm believer in content on a website. After all, it’s what I do to make money, mostly — provide content for websites. Your site can be as snazzy-looking as you want it to be, but if there’s nothing there of interest, who cares?

So maybe someday I’ll get bored and play with different themes. Until then, I’m leaving things the way they are and hoping my posts help people (arguably, my content may suck, which you are free to take issue with me on — let me know what you want, though, if you decide to).

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