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Writer’s Block? Maybe

14 Feb 2010

You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged in a while. If you didn’t, then it’s true. My last blog post is from December 2009. That’s last year man! I’ve been lacking motivation to do new media all around. The only schedule I’ve been keeping up with is my audio podcast, Bwana.org Radio. My videos have decreased tremendously since I sold my Canon Powershot TX1 (no more closeup videos since). I tried an experiment with Story of the Day which got decent response, but I’m not sure if I want to continue with it.

I wouldn’t necessarily call it writer’s block. It’s more like content creator’s block. I’m in the process of evaluating if I should continue in the way things are or change things up to meet my new demands in life. Either way, something’s got to change.

It’s just deciding what.

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Tags: about, announcement, blogging, bwana, status, writer's block

Warning: Your Console May Soon Get Viruses

In: geek| video gaming

15 Dec 2009

Yeah, I’m serious.

Community member, Seshan, shared with us on the Bwana.org Forum a disturbing trend that’s occurring within the popular game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Apparently, on the Xbox 360, there is a troubling glitch:

The Modern Warfare 2 Mods in this video are taken on the Xbox360. You can see we are able to have unlimited ammo, call in super airdrops, and we also have unlimited ammo on the AC130. Before anyone asks, yes these do work in ranked games and at this point we will not be allowing users to know how its done. This due to the damage it will cause to the game. This is more of a wake up call to Infinity Ward letting them know both Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2 have been exploited.

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Create A Kiosk This Thanksgiving With Chrome OS

In: geek| holiday

25 Nov 2009

Thanksgiving. My favorite holiday, ever.

Seriously.

Family gets together and fellowships together and gives thanks to God. It’s a beautiful thing. During these times, family tends to utilize technology as well. Often I bring my laptops and let my siblings, nieces, and nephews use them. I notice they primarily use the web browser to check their email, facebook, myspace or whatever. Yesterday, I saw an article about a USB bootable version of Chrome OS and immediately I thought: “Wow, this could be handy on Thanksgiving”.

Instead of worrying about where people are surfing, if there’s any malware or spyware being downloaded, you can let them use your computer with peace of mind with Chrome OS. The premise is simple:

Install Chrome OS on USB
Plug USB drive into laptop/computer and boot
Smile at your worry free, web browser only kiosk

It’s a self-contained image with one purpose: web surfing. If you fit this category, I recommend you download and install the Chrome OS USB image and give it a try. I understand Chrome OS has glitches here and there, but I think this is something worth trying. (translation: It may not work perfectly on your machine)

As a side note, I’m considering creating a dummy google account just for this purpose. Let me know your thoughts.

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Tags: chrome os, chromium, family, google, holiday, kiosk, technology, thanksgiving

It’s A Firesale! Everything Must Go!

In: about us| geek

15 Oct 2009

Just kidding.

But seriously, I’m selling a bunch of stuff so I can raise enough funds to upgrade my main PC to a powerhouse that is able to do High definition (HD) videos, HD live streaming, and expand my other projects.
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Tags: electronics, equipment, firesale, Gadgets, new, pc, sale

Google Sidewiki Shakes Up The Web

In: web2.0

24 Sep 2009

No one likes losing control.

Hence the backlash to Google’s new Sidewiki product. Sidewiki is described as follows:

Google Sidewiki is a browser sidebar that lets you contribute and read information alongside any web page.

Use Google Sidewiki without the Google Toolbar - Read Sidewiki Comments for any Site

Sounds familiar? Well there are several sites out there which allow you to “annotate the web” such as Diigo. You may recall 10 years ago the nasty backlash over ThirdVoice due to spamming problems with their service. This, and other concerns have the web’s experts up in arms.
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Tags: aggregation, annotate, backtype, comments, diigo, google, sidewiki, Software, tools, utilities, web2.0

PS3 Slim Jolts The Sony Camp

In: video gaming

8 Sep 2009

Who would have thought we’d ever be uttering the words “Sony is making a comeback”? 5 years ago, we would have been laughed at.

Hard.

But this is our current reality: Nintendo is still winning in overall sales, Microsoft is second, and Sony is in third. Sony’s position is actually better than most perceive, but the competitive nature in human beings tend to ignore some of the supporting facts. I digress.
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Tags: consoles, gaming, playstation 3, price drop, PS3, slim

RSS Cloud Is Exciting News

In: web2.0| wordpress

8 Sep 2009

I’ve always been a big fan of real-time information on the internet. Ever since the early days of IRC and Usenet, I would prefer IRC since the entire experience was live and real-time. Usenet and forums had the delay factor.

Yesterday, I read about the decision Wordpress made to support RSS Cloud. What is RSS Cloud? It’s essentially modifications to the existing RSS specification to enable real-time publishing via RSS feeds. That’s my take on it anyways. That means if you use a supported RSS reader like Dave Winer’s River2 or Lazyfeed, you’ll receive a “instant” notification when a RSS cloud supported blog is updated.
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