Ever stay up so late that really silly things seem like ground breaking ideas?
I had one of those nights tonight and decided to play around with the new photostream element in our updated Facebook profiles. The end result turned out pretty good I think:
Einstein! by Eddie Lynn
Of course I had a little inspiration!
One Love.
The season of good cheer and gifting is upon us once again!
Like many other people I struggle to find the perfect gift for everyone in my life. We scour the malls with the hoards of holiday shoppers rubbing shoulder to shoulder, looking for the right gift at the right price. The extremists fight off the turkey hangover to be the first in line for the door buster deals at the their favorite retail outlets on Black Friday.
At the top of my loved ones wish list is one of the top selling gifts this year, the iPod Touch. With nearly 120 million iOS enabled units sold to date its easy to see why everyone is clamoring to get their hands on this product. Yes, I fought with the masses at Best Buy to get my hands on one and got a $40 gift card in the process. But I didn’t want to just give my girlfriend a shiny new toy, I wanted to load it with all the top applications without blowing my budget out of the water. Lucky for us, Apple has made this simple now that they have enabled the option to gift apps out of the iTunes Store.
Here is my list of the top 5 apps, for under a $1, you should bundle with the new iPod Touch for your loved one:
Angry Birds – The top paid app in the iTunes Store right now and with good reason. Hundreds of levels and hours of entertainment for people off all ages. The game play and story are delightful and the game is filled with hidden challenges and achievements to keep the interest high.
Pocket God – Take the lives of the Pygmie race into your own hands! Earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and more let you be as destructive as you would like to be. Of course you don’t have to kill them off, you can take them on a series of adventures unlocking achievements along the way.
Instagram (Free App) – Not just a photo sharing app for you iOS enabled device. Instagram allows you to apply a variety of filters to images from your library and easily share them across multiple social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr.
Amazon Kindle (Free App) – Who says you need to shell out all that money for a new Kindle? Get all the same features and access to all of Amazon’s 750,000 books with this free app. Once you have purchased a title you can access it from a variety of devices, it even syncs your last page read with Whispersync.
AUDIOPRESS (Free App) – One stop access to anything spoken word, whether its your favorite podcast or an audio article provided by sources such as the Associated Press and it even gives you access to stream radio programs. This makes AUDIOPRESS the ultimate app to access or discover a work of words you may have never had access to before.
I guarantee smiles on Christmas morning when your loved ones open their shiny new iPod and find a few extra surprises when they turn it on!
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This article originally written by me for poordadtech.com. See it here.
There is a new kid on the mash up scene who is quickly making a name for himself. If you haven’t heard his mixes yet, I can promise you will soon. His name is Andrew Gentry and he was kind enough to hook up yours truly with a special Wu-Tang mix. The man is a genius, here is C.R.E.A.M. vs The Reeling ::
C.R.E.A.M. (ft Passion Pit) Remix.mp3
You can find Andrew’s other mixes on YouTube and on his Bandcamp site.
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I consider myself to be a fairly tech savvy person. I’m not afraid to take a new product and push it to its utmost capabilities. Needless to say I could not wait to Jailbreak my shiny new iPhone 4 (running iOS 4.0.1), especially since there was a new and improved web based method to unlock the phones OS (technically its a PDF font exploit in Safari).
So I Pointed Safari to JailbreakMe.com and I was on my way! The progress moved quickly and within a matter of minutes I had a confirmation message telling my that my iPhone had successfully been freed from the Apple chains of bondage.
First order of business, open Cydia (Open Source alternative to the App Store) and install WinterBoard. I have always been frustrated with the customization/personalization options offered Apple so I was excited to start browsing and downloading an array of themes. The installation process is relatively straight forward and WinterBoard allows you to tuck its administration panel nicely into the iPhone settings. Downloaded a couple of themes via Cydia, switched through a few and settled for Tenuis for the time being.
MyWi would be my next venture, tethering has been on my iPhone wish list for the last two years. MyWi required that I download and install the Rock App (a Cydia knock off) as well in order to use. I signed up for the free 10 day trial ($9.99 subscription fee there after) and was greeted by a host of options that looked similar to what my wireless router offer. I set up the WiFi name (SSID), enabled WEP, and fired up tethering. It took less than 30 seconds to wrap my MacBook to my iPhone’s wireless connection (insert Hallelujah sung by a choir of angles)!
The Rock app lead me to another little gem called My3G ($3.99 after 10 day trial). AT&T doesn’t want you to know this, but you can use Face Time over the 3G network. Just Jailbreak your phone and install this handy little app! Worked like a charm with only a small amount of video degradation.
From here out it was all bad news.
The next three applications I downloaded were Orbit ($1.99, Icon and screen management), MyCinema ($Free, Movies straight to your phone) and Categories ($Free, Icon management). Every effort to launch these apps resulted in an immediate crash and boot into Cydia’s version of safe mode, which basically returns your phone back to boring Apple functionality. I tried reinstalling each application several times and sent several letters to the developers which have received no responses. I was forced to remove all three apps from my phone and I am now out the $1.99 I invested in Orbit (still awaiting my refund).
My phone continued to crash randomly from this point on. Restored the phone back to its super boring state via iTunes until these developers can get some of these bugs worked out. I can see why Apple works so hard to protect the original design/functionality of the iPhone, but the glimpse I got into the iPhones real power has left me wanting.
One Love.
One of the best things about hip hop is that the vast majority of real emcee’s will release (read leak) new tracks via mixtapes. If you follow the right channels you can get your hands on some pretty rare and raw material that won’t hit the mainstream until months later. The down side is that you generally have to listen to some no name DJ scream his name all over the track (DJ Clue is the worst offender) thus protecting the track from heavy rotation.
Needless to say when I got the scoop on Raekwon realeasing a mixtape just a month before the release of Only Built for Cuban Linx 2, I was amped. I thought we would be getting an advanced preview of the disc that has been getting a ton of hype but very little leakage. Leave it to Rae to buck the system and release a whole tape with NO tracks from the new album!
I’m not mad because the Wu Brother makes very little bad music, but DAMN! Hip Hop has been waiting for this disc to drop all summer and it keeps getting pushed back for whatever reason.
At any rate, the mixtape is re-donk-ulous-ly good, so you need to go download it now! Get your Cuban Revolution here!
One Love.
The 2010 US Open is where you will find Jay and his son thanks to a essay submitted by his wife (Gabby) in the Golf Channel’s Fathers Day Contest. Jay was one of thousands of stories selected to be a finalist in the contest and was ultimately selected as the winner at the end of the third round of this years US Open. With respect to the other entrants, I don’t think there is anyone more deserving. He has sacrificed so much to protect our freedoms and more soldiers should get this kind of recognition for their service.
Check out the video of the announcement:
And the cool ass prize list is here!
Congrats brother, Team Lynn pimpin!
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So I was digging through some of my old videos and I found a great spot that I did while working for the Coffee Bean. Its a quick run down of the Holiday drinks from 2005 and damn I look fly with my apron and visor! Check out the random dude in the background and the several awkward pauses/laughs from both myself and Nicole (anchor). I have a bit of hair in this so the glare should stay to a minimum.
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