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Rollercoaster Rush for iPod Touch review

December 25th, 2009 by Calvert Kennedy | View Comments | Filed in Apps

Rollercoaster rush is truly one of the greater games for the iTouch. It has several levels to keep you busy, and many achievements that you can obtain through the game-play.  It also has two versions: a themed christmas version, and a regular version.

The controls vary but are always simple. You either tap or tilt the iPod in the direction you want to go.  Although the graphics are somewhat cartoony, they do the job quite well and add appeal to the game.  This game is great for all ages and runs smoothly during gameplay, except it crashed once during the 3 hour period I tested it for.

The game takes about an hour to beat, and a ton of time to unlock all the acievments for.  This is a great game, and I recommend it for anybody who likes a bit of a challenge, and who also has an iPod touch.  It’s free!  How can you go wrong?

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Get a GNOME look in Windows XP

December 17th, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in Offline

GNOME is a popular *NIX desktop environment, which has a very soft, simple, and user-friendly interface many have tried to emulate.  It is possible to get GNOME themes for Windows XP by using a hacked uxtheme.dll file.

Let’s install our hacked DLL file:

  1. Download a small tool called Replacer. Let’s extract Replacer to the desktop.
  2. Run the file replacer.cmd
  3. Open up C:\Windows\system32 and find uxtheme.dll. Drag the file into the command prompt window. Hit enter.
  4. Drag that unlocked uxtheme.dll file you found earlier into the command prompt window.  Hit enter.
  5. Agree to replace the file, and when the tool finishes, restart your computer.

Done!  Now lets get some awesome GNOME visual styles.

To install these styles, extract them to (C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes).  The name of the msstyles file should match the name of the folder it’s in.

Enjoy your newly skinned Windows XP!

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Remove Ads in Windows Live Messenger with A-Patch

December 13th, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in Tech

apatchThe advertisements in Windows Live Messenger, the popular instant messaging program, can be very irritating, especially when you just want a clean look for your chat windows and contact list.

There is a way to remove the ads, using a free program called A-Patch for Windows Live Messenger.

This program is 166 kB, and it doesn’t require an installation, so it simply patches your Messenger install, and then it is done!  You can then erase the executable from your computer, and then nobody will know that it was ever there, except for the fact that you’ll notice that the ads are gone from Messenger.

Here’s the list of all the possible options that you can choose to patch using this tool:

  • Remove Advertisements (inside Contact List)
  • Remove What’s Hot Section
  • Remove Nudge Delay (allow you to spam your buddies with nudges :D )
  • Disable Nudge Shake (disables the window shake when nudges are received)
  • Accept more than 3 files (transfers) at a time
  • Polygamy (log in to two messenger accounts at once
  • Shorten Status Info in Info Bar
  • Remove Advertisements (inside Convo)
  • Remove “says” text (english only!)
  • Remove Billing Info Menus
  • Disable Photo Sharing (so people can’t spam you with photos)

This tools violates Microsoft’s EULA, so we’re not responsible if you get in trouble!

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Griffin iClear – Polycarbonate iPod Touch Case

December 3rd, 2009 by Calvert Kennedy | View Comments | Filed in Reviews
Griffin iClear Case

Griffin iClear Case

The Griffin iClear is a great looking, easy to assemble, good protective cover.  It is a clear case, as you probably guessed by the name of the product.  There are two pieces to the hard shell that you put together.

It’s comfortable, thick, protective and pocketable.  In the box there’s a screen dust protector, a wiping cloth, and the case itself.

The case, though a tiny bit bulky, protects everything fully except for the screen (it comes with a dust protector for your screen though).  The case isn’t huge though, so the iPod Touch is still very pocketable, and the case makes your iPod look a bit better in my opinion.

The case isn’t going to come off if you drop it, and it is quite protective (for everything but the screen, as we said).   The case fits snug, leaving no room for the iPod to rattle around, which is one of our favorite features about this case.  Even when the iPod Touch falls screen side down, the raised plastic on the sides  should hit the floor first and protect the screen from harm.

Don’t worry about headphones and chargers being plugged in (unless your jack is super abnormal or has some kind of tumor lol), the case is functionable with all apple brand headphones and chargers and works with the third party ones I tried (Skullcandy, and one pair of Bose).

Downsides:

The case is kind of tricky to take off, because you need a small coin with you to take it off. To take off the case you just simply slide a dime down the space between the two halves of the case, and use it as a lever.

Another few downsides are that the volume control on the side of the itouch is locked away making it unusable when the case is on, and the sleep button is hard to get to, but still useable.

Overall:

The Griffin iClear hard case is a decent case for a very low cost at $6.00 at any local Tiger Direct in Canada, making it a pretty good deal compared to some of the rediculous pricings for other cases.

It’s an amazing case for it’s price point, but it’s drawbacks make it a tad bit annoying sometimes.

A solid 4/5 rating.

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