Will the Playstation 4 seriously look like this?. I don’t get what the front vent there is for. But anyways, CNET has given some concept images of what they think could be what the PS4 will look like when it’s finally shown on June 10, 2013. A video released by Playstation showed some small tidbits of the sides of the PS4, just not the whole thing. The image above and the images below are all concepts made up by Andy Gilleand out of his own imagination from what he saw out of that video.

I can imagine that it is possible that Sony could make an ugly design for their next generation console. Last time they remade the controller for a console (for the PS3), it looked like a silver boomerang. So they immediately got rid of of that design and brought back the old controller.

But anyways, the newest PS4 controller will look like this:

I think that’s not a bad design. I was hoping the touch pad was going to be a screen that shows cool colors (to look from Star Trek) but Sony had to give it a pure function as being a touch pad instead, that’s okay. Maybe in another 7 years when the PS5 comes out.

I guess the only way we will know if the PS4 will indeed look like a Camaro-themed console, is if we wait until the June 10th event. Here are some more images of the console:

Via CNET

Flash back to the Xbox 360

When the first Xbox 360 came out, I was a part of the fan-crazed group that wanted one on the day it came out. But looking back at all that happened, I don’t see why I was so excited for it anymore. The games that were released with it weren’t very well made, and were rushed for the consoles release date. There were obviously glitches in the games, the only experience, etc. But that’s what you expect with any console release.

The games improved overtime for the Xbox 360 though, and overall it had more success than the PS3, and Wii, for sales. All the limitations that the console had when it came out, were eventually fixed further down the road. Now you can buy one off a stoner for $60, because I did that, and kept it at a friends place as a secondary console for the prevention of having to bring my own console over all the time.

I think that it was well with paying for multiplayer as you get what you pay for, quality service. All I hear about with the Playstation Network is the network being shut down once in awhile, lots of lag, and not alone of friends that I have play it online. The Wii is not really meant for online play, but it is capable of doing that.

The only limitation some people most commonly mention is that the 360 did not have a Blu-ray player. But if it had one, could I find one for $60 from a stoner?, probably more like over $100 if it had one.

Now the “Xbox One”, what does the name mean?

You would expect Microsoft to name their next generation console the “Xbox 720″, but that was not the case. A friend of mine commented on the name with a theory that “One” means that it’s a console that will do everything, and will be the main media hub for your entertainment center. I do agree with that, and also I’ll say that if Microsoft did use the name “720″ it would be typical of them. “One” is a bit better. But I can’t really think if it would be a bad idea for them to name their every 7-year released consoles 1, then 2, then 3, and so on and so forth. Maybe that’s just too boring, too “Playstation” of them. After all, Nintendo names their consoles a different name than just one number up every time. But I don’t think that Sony shouldn’t do that themselves, I think it’s a given for them to do that.

The 360 mainly was shown in ads with it standing up, and here you see a console sitting down. I like that, as it just reminds me of the very first Xbox. And those concept images of future consoles you saw, well this one looks alot more like that now. It’s not just some wacky new design by Microsoft, it actually looks like a next-generation console. The artists that create those concept images were kind of accurate this time. One that I remember looking at was the Playstation 3 concept before the console actually came out, and the Xbox one looks close in the design:

Except the drive is not in the middle on the Xbox One, and just ignore the remote control and the main game controller. And I really don’t know if Sony will ever change the design of the controller.

Anyways, here’s what’s coming in the Xbox One:

-You will always be online with the Xbox One, and if you aren’t connected to the internet you cannot play games.

-You cannot play your games at your friends place unless you are signed into your own account.

-Anyone can still play on your account in your family, with limitations as the console will have parental controls.

-You can play pre-owned games too, though Microsoft is not saying how.

-Every game you buy will have to be installed, I guess you can’t just run it off the DVD or Blu-ray disc (not sure if it will have Blu-ray or not yet).

-It will include a 500GB HDD, though you cannot utilize all of that space.

-The Kinect will not work with the One.

-Will Live TV be available outside the U.S.? No.

-Backwards compatability will not be in effect as far as they are concerned.

-You will be able to transfer your Xbox Live Gold account.

-You will be able to use your old gamerscore too.

-It will not play your digital games library.

-You will have to pay for Xbox Live Gold.

Like I mentioned already, my question is if it will have Blu-ray or just a boring DVD drive. It it really only has a DVD drive, that is so freaking sad. There are more questions to be asked by us, and answered by Microsoft, which I will leave to IGN.

Via IGN

I thought I would give it a shot to try out Speedtest.net. But knowing I have come here before, with durastically inaccurate results, I thought I would give it one more shot.

It’s one way to see how unfast your internet connection is. Seriously, mine doesn’t go 2.87 Mbps. And you know what?, even when my ISP says that the internet connection packages go up to a certain Mbps, it never is that fast.

For example, as you can see above, this is a download from Rapidshare from another user from another blog. But this is how I test my own internet, go to a big name site that has downloads that you can test your connection speed with, and download it, what ever file that is around 50MB’s to give you some time to watch how fast it goes. Usually the big name sites will give you the fastest possible download speed. So that how I predicted that my connection is around 384Kbps. That’s the fastest I can get in an apartment, but what can I say.. it works for me.

And even for a friend of mine that claims to have the fastest connection in another city, his only goes around 800Kbps. I think that’s extremely lame. We should get faster connection speeds than that in our country.

In a list of the known top WordPress hosts, you will see who is at the top and who is slightly less of a choice to go with. But overall, they are all better than Godaddy, that’s for damn sure. If your totally new to WordPress, then you have come to the right place to find the right WordPress hosting for your blog if you are about to get into it as a business.

But I would recommend to go with a cheaper host until your blog gains more traffic, as the hosting fees are more expensive with these hosts I talk about below. Here is a cheaper host to go with if you are a beginner:

For new WordPress users, go with this host:

.5 Dreamhost

As it is the host used by Digital Inspiration (one of the top technology blogs out there), I can only recommend them as the cheapest, and best WordPress host for the price aside from the more advanced hosts I will be talking about below.

1. WPengine

This is what TBOT is hosted on right now, and out of all the hosts I’ve ever been with, they are by far the best damn host I’ve ever been with. Introduced in 2010, with faster response time in the support tickets, and piece of mind in knowing that all of their support techs are seniors in WordPress knowledge, takes them to the top. One feature I admire is the ability to create “restore points” for my WP blog incase something goes wrong.

2. Page.ly

Another host I am with. I’m quite happy with them with the faster loading times of my other blog, and the fact that all malicious activity on my blog is taken care of by someone else. Plus they say they have made it their mission to be the best host, but I put them in second place since I am happiest with WPengine, but still happy with both.

3. WP Synthesis

It is said by Art Of Blog that WP Synthesis is the best for the money, as they are backed by Copyblogger media. Plus they are also the owners of Studiopress that created the Genesis wordpress themes. They are also behind Premise, and Scribe SEO. They are alot like other WP dedicated hosts that will take care of you and your blog with the security, speed, and caching for you. Page loading is a heck of alot faster, according to other reviewers. But like I said, my list here is based on my experience.

4. Blog Droid

As these guys are a very new service, it is personally used by WP Mayor and it is basically said that they are just another welcomed addition to the managed WordPress hosting market. With more and more competition coming our way for WordPress managed hosting, it will be good to see improvements in the hosting setup throughout all the hosts out there. Their pricing seems to be a bit cheaper than the others shown above in this list.

5. Zippy Kid

Zippykid has four different plans to choose from, with the lowest being at $25/month. Their pricing is very comparable to the others shown above, and I’m not sure how they are in terms of speed, uptime, and security but like I said let’s just say it’s a heck of alot better than GoDaddy or other non-managed WordPress hosts out there.

Above all that, there are hosts out there that claim to have “WordPress dedicated hosting”, despite not saying that on their whole main page but in a small box at the bottom or side of their main page as an advertisement. We want WordPress only dedicated servers sometimes, if you are a WordPress user, and if your WordPress blog is your business.

If you you need a host that means business when it comes down to WordPress dedicated, try any of the 5 I just recommended and you will be very satisfied.

If you ever come across a really expensive host aside from all of these, your best off staying away from them because all you need is hosting that is for a basic WordPress blog.

How do I find software for a specific purpose?

Finding software can range from easy to hard. Depending on what you want, if you think that your computer has the ability to do what you want it to do then there probably is software for that. If you are either using the operating systems below, the links will take you to the most popular places to find software for those operating systems:

Windows

Mac 

Linux

Say you wanted to find a piece of software for your printer, and it was a Canon. Searching on Google for “Canon printer software” would be one idea. Or if you were looking for music software to buy music from, Google search for “music store software”, and you would probably get iTunes as one of the first hits. Or say you wanted to look down on the earth from the sky, that’s software that exists, so if you Google searched “Earth software”, Google Earth would probably come up.

Since this is a huge topic, I will try to go over it as much as I can. First of all, if software is either completely free or paid, sometimes there is only paid software available for what you want to do. Someone asked me for transcribing software once. I looked around on Google, and found nothing but paid software, or services to transcribe videos (copy down all the words being said in a video). But I did find something, by searching “transcribing software for windows” on Google.

Google Search

If you can only find paid software, sometimes you can test a trialware piece of software which is a program that allows you to use the program on a trial basis, for a limited time on a limited amount of days. And sometimes you can cheat and get that software for free, regardless. Anything is possible if you try to figure it out. But I’m not getting into that, you do that at your own risk.

Sometimes when you install software, it will ask you if you want to install some sort of toolbar or something (and this is asked in most downloads you get for windows from Download.com). All you must do is click off all the checkboxes, and always check for when it’s asking that if you “agree” to the terms and conditions, that you do not agree to install a Toolbar as well. With Linux and Mac, toolbars are not really a problem. The same goes for viruses. Windows is the most used operating systems, so they get alot more viruses than the other two operating systems.

But for me, I have always found software for myself, for free. I have never needed to spend a dime, on anything. 

So remember, Google search is your best friend and use it for all your software finding needs. As long as you have a fast internet connection, it will take you there fast, so you can be on your way.

Is AppleCare worth purchasing to protect my Apple product?.

So first of all, you may ask, is AppleCare worth getting with a new Apple product?. I would say most definitely if you are new user when it comes to owning gadgets. We all tend to drop things, and let others use our devices and they could even cause harm by accident to your device. Also it mainly extends your coverage for an extra year incase something happens still. For the price of an Apple product, it’s worth adding an extra $50 to extend the coverage for a year on your Bentley-styled piece of technology.

Can I change my registration information for my AppleCare on my Apple product?.

Yes you can, you just have to call your AppleCare support number and ask them to change it to a different name, and I am assuming your doing this because it’s being sold to a different user. You need to go to this link and select the type of support you need then they will give you the right number to call.

But isn’t Apple profiting mostly off these extended warranties?.

Yes, as it is a market worth around £750 million on Apple’s side of their company, but like I said their warranty is better than some other warranty offered by retailers because it’s directly through Apple and not through the retailer. If the price is right through the retailer, and is offering a replacement if the device fails.. then maybe it’s worth it, it just depends on the price and the amount of time they are offering coverage for.

It happens.

This guide will help you set a featured image in WordPress through a URL, no longer having to upload each and every image and take up space on your blog hosts server.

1. First you need to go to this link, and buy the plugin which is called “Link 2 Featured Image” (It’s only $10 and I’ve been using it for 3 months!.

2. After dropping it into your Plugins folder into your WordPress blog via FTP, activate the plugin (you won’t find the plugin in WordPress’s free plugin repository).

3. Then either go to your post that is saved as draft or go create a new post and find an image from a URL, and then insert the URL in the Edit Post column along the far right side, further down. Click Update.

4. This will either update the post draft with the featured image and will set it as that, or it will update the post that has already been published with the featured image that you inserted through the URL.

A handy Chrome extension 

This new plugin for Chrome allows you to post an image into WordPress directly from viewing the image in what ever web page you see it in, just by right clicking on the image. You can find it here, and it is free but you can only use it with the purchase of the Link 2 Featured Image plugin.

Hope that helps you guys out!.

After all you have all heard of eBay, which has been around for years. Flippa was made for people to buy and sell websites online, and trust me there are alot of websites on this site auction giant site that are going for hundreds to thousands of dollars.

This may be old news to some, but if your reading this now this is probably news to your ear. Basically, just take a look at what sites are going up, anything from social media sites to nursing blogs, you name it.. this is the place to buy content and make profit off of advertising off of.

Picture this, an auction went up for 10 highway advertisement signs that are located along a busy highway. Those are the websites. Companies pay a certain amount per month to have their ads display onto these highway signs. So after you won the bid, and started opening your doors to any interested companies in utilizing your signs for their adspace, you start making some money and eventually earn back the amount you payed for the signs in the auction and then you start making profit. These websites with traffic being sold on Flippa here are basically those traffic signs you bought in the auction.

That’s the idea here, mainly. Traffic to your website translates into ad revenue. But anyways, I personally probably wouldn’t ever spend more than $100 or $200 on a website. And if I created my own website, I wouldn’t sell it if all the content was 100% mine and high quality content that took me 2-3 years to write. That’s Flippan crazy. But some people do it, and make their money, they are happy.

But anyways the background behind Flippa.com is that it was originally called the “SitePoint Marketplace” up until 2009. Then at that time, SitePoint Marketplace was moved to Flippa.com and that marketplace just got a new name because of the domain name, I guess. Also, Flippa.com was co-founded by Matt Mickiewicz, whom also co-founded 99designs.com.

Matt, being an internet entrepreneur, at 16, and found himself closing in on $10,000 advertising deals in between classes in high school. And in the end he barely finished high school and never attended college.

Flippa remains to this day the biggest dedicated marketplace for buying and selling websites.

Big purchases like the Book directory ReadPrint.com was sold for an undisclosed six-figures in September of 2010. The gambling portal BonusBonusBonus.com was sold for $750,000 in August of 2011. Mark Zuckerberg’s old website FaceMash sold for $30,000 in October of 2010. The biographical dictionary called s9.com sold for an undisclosed six-figures in October of 2010. And last but not least the social debating platform Debate.org was sold for an undisclosed six-figures in December of 2010.

I believe Mark’s FaceMash will sell for even more down the road if the site is being kept the same as it is now, because of Mark’s fame from his massive success with Facebook. But come to think of it, I tried FaceMash.com just now and it’s just some dead website loaded with advertisements.

But that pretty much sums it up, ya’ll. P.S. it seems that there are multiple sites going for prices around $25,000 or more in the image at the top, so there are many more high profile sites to be sold down the road through this site.

Via Flippa

This my friends is the annoying “debug.log” window that likes to show up when you start up Windows 7, and affected my main desktop and laptop, and a friend of mine’s computer. It has something to do with Facebook Messenger (the application) which allows you to talk with your Facebook friends on your Windows machine (any version of windows).

To disable it, click on your Start button at the bottom left corner of your main screen and then type in the search field:

msconfig

And press Enter. A window like this below will show up, where you want to click on the Startup tab, which is where you will click the checkbox off of “debug.log” and click Apply and then close the window.

Above, is one of my two 17″ LCD’s made by Dell, and below is my second:

I wanted to show you guys these monitors because I’ve been using them since the 2006/2007 mark. That’s like 6-7 years. These are just the basic 17″ LCD’s you can buy for around $100 now. That’s what their prices were back then. You can usually expect them to last a long time

I remember I found a site that can look up the parts that are used in monitors of cheaper brands like Dell, Acer and so on. I looked these monitors up and there was LG parts inside, I was actually amazed. I cannot find that URL to where I looked them up, but basically it requested my Dell LCD’s manufacturing number and after entering it I got the scoop of what’s inside.

The science behind it all

The CCFL or Lamp inside the LCD monitor slowly degrades with time. Some say that the end of the life of the LCD monitor is when the Lamp gets to 50″ of it’s output lifespan, though I am not sure how you can keep track of the output percentage. Let’s just say, when your monitor is showing green lines or just going green in paticular, that is a sign that it’s nearly dead.

Most backlights for LCD screens are also either cold cathode fluorescent tubes, or garden variety fluroescent tubes. The LED’s are are usually rarely ever used (except for cell phones), which is due to their unbalanced emission spectra. Though the tubes in LCD’s do eventually degrade alot like LED’s though unlike LED’s they sometimes do just die out.

The lower output of your monitor when you are using it, as in the brightness and everything else that makes it very bright and crisp, the longer it will last. I have been using these Dell monitors long enough that the whole time in that 6-7 years, I have always just left them on standby, without turning them off, and that hasn’t decreased the lifetime by much, judging at how long it’s been so far. But once in awhile, I do shut them off.

I also owned a Samsung SyncMaster 2493HM for almost 2 1/2 years, as it was previously owned by my brother in law. This is what it looks like, but that’s not my exact monitor, same model yes. It was able to move in any direction, so from this point where it sits here in the image, I could lift it up, just by using my hands to push it up. Then I could swivel the monitor to it’s side, again by just lightly pushing the LCD to it’s side. This is an LED backlit monitor.

Anyways, the lifespan of this monitor ended about 3 weeks ago. But I think that the display itself is fine, it’s just the wiring inside the monitor that caused to screw up because of the complicated technology behind the swivel design. I used the swivel thing alot, and I also moved it around alot too.

By the time I called Samsung to ask if it was still under warranty (without knowing the actual purchase date), they obviously said it was out of warranty. It only comes with a year warranty. And Samsung said they would fix it for $120, but I noticed 20″ monitors online for $150, so I decided that it wasn’t worth it. For so long, I had this setup:

And that was, awesome. I wish I still had this setup. But anyways, I think the issue with this monitor was like I said, something to do with the swivel, which screwed it up in the long term. It seems to be a power supply issue. I found a video on Youtube that explains on how to replace it, check it out below if you want. I may actually use this tutorial eventually too.

But anyways I also read somewhere that the average lifespan of an LCD monitor is 60,000 hours. I use mine for around 1-3 hours a day. So I will just put onto a calculator, 2 hours x 7 years = 5110 hours. I can’t believe that’s so low. Well, I hope my Dell monitors last around 60,000 hours. At one point I did notice that my silver Dell 17″ LCD kind of was going green before at some point in time, then it went back. I don’t know if the monitor *decided* to keep working but, thanks Dell for implementing that feature if it is a feature that you guys implemented. If your looking for a cheap LCD monitor, go with Dell for sure!.