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Importing Flickr to Facebook

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Awhile back Facebook added support to include your Flickr updates in a Facebook mini-feed. I’ve been looking for something that simple for a long time so I immediately filled out the config page, but today after uploading some pics I noticed the feed said it had no activity to report. Weird. After searching around I […]

Facebook Photos & Flickr

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Ugh, all of my friends insist on uploading their pictures to Facebook constantly instead of a decent photo sharing site and it’s aggravating to say the least. The biggest reason is that Facebook doesn’t let me grab the full resolution photo. I’m welcome to take the tiny one they’re happy to show on the screen, […]

Goodbye Apple TV

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Well, after only a week or so of ownership, I’ve decided to toss in the towel and take my Apple TV back to the Apple Store. I don’t want to give the wrong impression though - I think this is an awesome device. For 99% of iTunes users I think it’s a great investment. Music, […]

Fixing the Quicken Icon In Parallels

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I use a Mac at home, but unfortunately the Mac version of Quicken is absolutely dreadful so I’m relegated to using the Windows version via Parallels which isn’t too much of an inconvenience in itself, but one thing that has irked me lately is that the Quicken icon doesn’t show up properly in the dock […]

Installing BBWeather on the Pearl

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I just spent about an hour researching how to install BBWeather, a weather program on my new Blackberry Pearl. The application itself is great, but there is a huge lack of documentation on the application.
Anyways, I thought I’d share my process to get this working so maybe it will save someone out there from a […]

Motorola Q Update

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So there is finally an update for the Motorola Q phone I bought in June. I’ve really liked the phone, but I have to admit it’s pretty sloppy on the software side. It’s slow and very buggy without making a few registry hacks on your own. Today Motorola issued an update for the phone, but […]