How to: Install and use Titanium Backup

Posted: 28th September 2010 by ponack in Android

So you have this nice Android phone, you’ve been playing around with it, getting things how you want it, getting high scores in games, typing in long WPA2 Keys for wireless, etc. Now you want to back it all up, just in case something goes wrong – or you’re planning on wiping your data and starting fresh – or let’s say you just want to install the latest ROM from a dev or worried about the latest OTA release from your provider? What can you do? You can back it up with Titanium Backup!
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How to: Upgrade Cognition on your Captivate

Posted: 26th September 2010 by ponack in Android

So, you’ve got Cognition on your phone already? And DesignGears went and released yet another new version with more great fixes and tweaks? You want it, don’t you? Admit it, it’s ok. I do too. But you have some questions or are unsure of the process?

Well read on my friends!
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How to: Flash Cognition on your Captivate

Posted: 26th September 2010 by ponack in Uncategorized

Cognition is the project of an extremely dedicated and, many would agree, relentless developer from XDA. You probably know him as DesignGears, and you most likely are a fan of his work if you’re reading this – or you’re a first time user of his work and are curious to see what it can do for you.
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Looking to download SRE\Cognition?

Posted: 26th September 2010 by ponack in Android

If you’re looking here to find information about DesignGears Cognition ROM (Formerly SRE)…
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Flashing Captivate Stock

Posted: 23rd September 2010 by ponack in Android, Technology

If you currently have a Samsung Captivate I897(AT&T’s branded version of the Samsung Galaxy S phone) at some point in your process of messing with it, or just to clean house, you may find yourself wanting to bring it back to complete stock. To do so is a relatively simple task, but it must be done in a particular order.

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Guide: Parallel Kingdom: Age of Emergence

Posted: 15th September 2010 by ponack in Android, Video Games

Parallel Kingdom: Age of Emergence is a fun mobile game for Android\iPhone, etc. It is a MMORPG utilizing your GPS to determine your location in a parallel “universe” (thus the name).

To install, either check the market or scan this QR Code:

Once the game is installed and you run it you’ll be asked to enter your information to start your character.

When you arrive in the world of PK you’ll be in a small tutorial that will teach you some of the basic functions of the game – I’ll go more in depth with you shortly but finish your tutorial first – at the end of the tutorial a monk will ask you for a Referral Code – use xtnfi (If you use it you gain 300 food and 1000 gold) – after you do this send me (ponack) a message in game – I will personally send you another 500 gold as a thank you since it is a bonus for me as well).

Now the game will transport you to your “actual” location. If you start anywhere similar to where I did you’ll see some trolls, maybe a troll hut (great for buying feathers, etc so don’t go killing them now) some elk or wolves, trees, etc. And if you’re as unfortunate as me, there will be a dragon – which because you’re reading this, you won’t make the mistake I did and go attack the dragon (I assume I was tasty). Safe to attack right off the bat would be Crawlers, Larva (might need to use a healing berry), Wolves, and Elk. If there’s any armor or weapons on the ground near you pick em up and use them if or in your inventory use the “dump for gold” option for some quick cash – try to find a backpack right away as this will increase the load you can carry.

With your starting food (and the bonus food you get from listing me as a referrer) save it for your leveling up – you will need it – don’t waste it on your dog. With your starting gold – your priority should first be to upgrade your backpack (after you find one) and then upgrade weapons and armor a bit.

The trees you see will be Mourning Trees (Harvest berrys from these and be near them for Area of Effect healing – if there’s no Trolls around you can also chop it down for lumber.

After you’ve finished exploring your area a bit and maybe farmed some items\gold go ahead and check your items list, you should see a “City Pass” for most likely your nearest larger city area – clicking it will instantly transport you to that location. City zones have black flags so you and other players can’t claim the area as your own, etc. There’s a large building in the center, if you click it and click “Join this city” you’ll be given your first oil well (this is also where you go to refine oil) – you’ll need to click on it and start creating Golums to work on your oil well.

From this point on, mine what you can, and get lumber where you can, kill what you can and collect what you can. You main focus at first is to level up – start thinking about the choices you make for your skill points – if you want to be a crafter or a warrior – the choice is yours.

Installing VMWare Server in Ubuntu Server 10.04

Posted: 12th August 2010 by ponack in Linux, Technology

In this post I’ll give details of installing VMWare Server in Ubuntu 10.04 (Server).  This guide assumes you have an Ubuntu Server already running.

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In this post I’ll explain how to install StarCraft 2 from the Digital Download (exe) on Blizzards website within Ubuntu Linux (10.04 Lucid Lynx). We’ll be using an App called “PlayOnLinux” which is a gaming front-end for Wine essentially. Read the rest of this entry »

Installing Dropbox in Ubuntu 10.04

Posted: 5th August 2010 by ponack in Android, Linux, Technology

Here’s a simple procedure for installing Dropbox in Ubuntu 10.04.  It’s not available from Synaptic so, you’ll have to download it from their site.

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First post

Posted: 3rd August 2010 by ponack in Uncategorized

Well, I’ve been trying to get the gumption to setup a blog and actually use it.
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