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Mahalo VLOGIdol Contestant Search, Found One I like

Hey guys and gals, I have been paying a lot of attention to the new search for a Mahalo Daily host.

I haven’t really found anyone that could replace Veronica Belmont. However, I just noticed this one and I have to say I am really impressed. Not only is she really pretty, but she has a lot of charisma in front of a camera.

She gets my vote for the next host of Mahalo Daily.

April 18, 2008 Posted by hackman2007 | Technology, mahalo | , , , , , , , | No Comments

New web service tracks search ranking

I just discovered an awesome new Search Ranking reporting tool named SearchRascal. This sounds like a really nice service, but my main question is how is this site going to be able to track all the terms people are constantly searching? If they can keep up with that, they will be fine I think.

Granted that this service is new, I really struggle to imagine how profitable of an area this will be. It is a good idea, especially since it appears that you can save your keywords and such, but how useful will this really be? I really do hope it becomes a successful service. I guess I’m just used to the way Alexa presents you with a nice graph of the traffic of the particular website, which I think maybe a good idea for them to do with the keywords that way you see how much traffic that particular keyword is getting. Alexa does not do this, so it seems like an area that can be exploited. My main concern is the impact of knowing how long you have been ranked a certain way on Google, Yahoo! or Windows Live.

As I have said before, I really do hope this succeeds, and I really hope Alexa gets some competition. We will see in the coming months.

April 14, 2008 Posted by hackman2007 | Technology | , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Rowing For Hope

I’m a very big supporter in people that do this type of event for cancer research. Paul Ridley, wants to row across the ocean, which would be 2,950 miles according to his website solo. In case you didn’t know, that is an insane amount of rowing and also many days of rowing.

The guy is not asking for much, he is asking for donations, which I believe people should donate. Anyone that is willing to sacrifice their time and effort in order to help better the lives of other people is a very good person in my book.

So please join me in helping support Paul Ridley in his quest to row across the ocean. It doesn’t matter what you donate, even if is it just a little. Anything would help him.

In case anyone is wondering, I am not at all affiliated with this person. Heck I don’t even know who he is, but as far as I’m concerned he is trying to help, so I will help him help.

Also, to get this more into the press view, please digg this story on Digg.

April 14, 2008 Posted by hackman2007 | Uncategorized | , , , , , , | No Comments

PC Gaming is Dead

I’m usually not one of these types of people that are pessimistic like this and say something is dead when there are still active games being developed for it, such Crysis .

However, from the recent news I have been hearing, for example EA stating they will not distribute a Madden NFL 09 version for PC. Yes, I am aware that I am in the minority, I do play sports games. I still want sports games on my PC. I almost died when I heard EA was no longer producing baseball games for the PC, but I got through it because I knew I could always play football.

Today, when I read the news I also see that Computer Gaming World, aka. Games for Windows is shutting down and moving to online formats. While this is a good idea, there is still a lot to cover that I would enjoy reading in print rather than online.

With the two above stories happening rather close to each other, I’m saying PC gaming is finally dying. I know I’m going to get some nasty comments saying “you have no idea what the hell you are talking about”, but just ask yourself, how many of the games you have for the PC did you pirate? How many of the games would you ever play again? How many games, if were available on other consoles (and most are), would you buy on the other console?

I know it is a rather harsh conclusion, but for now, until I see otherwise and more development in the PC gaming department, I’m declaring PC gaming dead (or at least on life support).

April 9, 2008 Posted by hackman2007 | Technology | , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Mahalo’ing in Style!

While browsing Valleywag this afternoon, I saw an interesting post about Sean Percival and his Audi.

Really I don’t see a reason for the above post by Audi, but after browsing the comments I noticed something extremely hilarious.

Obviously Mahalo staff workers know how Style or at least they think they do. I’m not really sure what exactly they are doing in the above photo, looks like just a reaction to the previous Valleywag article.

Anyways, thought I would share it. Enjoy the lolz

April 8, 2008 Posted by hackman2007 | Uncategorized | , , , , , , | No Comments

Some Radio Stations Annoy Me

Lately, I have been listening to a lot of radio stations. From what I have heard, there is one thing that ticks me off. This is also the reason that I avoid listening to radio stations at all costs. They never tell you the song name!  I know some radio stations do, but not all of them do. I am just focusing on the one’s that don’t.

Seriously though, if you are a music artist you want people to know the song. Sometimes I hear a song on the radio that I love, but I don’t know the song name. How exactly am I supposed to look this information up if I don’t know the song name or even the artist?

I understand that radio stations must make sacrifices in order to give people as much radio as possible while maintaining a strict budget, but wouldn’t more people (like me for example) listen to the radio if they actually gave the song name? More listeners = More advertising money.

It would only take a couple of seconds to give the name of the song. I understand it would cost a little bit of money, but I think it would be a worthy investment for a radio station to actually give the name of the song before the singer starts singing it.

Anyone else agree?

April 4, 2008 Posted by hackman2007 | Uncategorized | , , , , , , , | No Comments

How To Carry Your PC With You!

If you are like me, then you hate using someone else’s computer because it is missing the things that you constantly use. For example, you like your own Firefox because you have custom bookmarks and everything. So here is a simple How To on using YOUR PC away from your PC.

  1. First you will need a flash drive with at least 1GB of storage capacity. I personally would recommend that you get a 2GB or above.
  2. Now go to the Portable Apps website and download the Portable Apps package. Whether you choose the really big one or the small base one is up to you.
  3. After you download the application, plug in your Flash Drive and extract the files to the Flash Drive.
  4. You now have a flash drive that is filled with all sorts of useful software, but only if you exploit the hidden talent of it.
  5. I’m going to assume that you are using Firefox. Your flash drive will automatically have a drive letter associated with it. Please take note of this drive letter.
  6. Now paste the following into the address bar: E:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortableTest\App\DefaultData\Profile
  7. This should take you to the Profile folder, now doubleclick My Computer (on your computer, not flash drive) and paste the following into the address bar. Please note you will have to change the username according to what username you use: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USERNAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
  8. Right click and select Copy on the appropriate folder. DO NOT CLICK CUT!
  9. Now click into the flash drive window and right click and select Paste.
  10. The profile will now paste into the flash drive so all of your bookmarks and such are on the flash drive. Congratulations you just configured your flash drive to be exactly like your version of Firefox on your computer.

Now if all you could configure was Mozilla Firefox, that would not be very fun. You can do a lot more stuff too. You can save files and such directly on the flash drive instead of saving on the computer. Also when you browse the Internet, instead of the files going on to the host computer they go on the flash drive instead.

If for some reason you want a certain application that is not available, then check the Master List. If you still don’t see the software that you want, and you desperately need it, then either Search for the program you are wanting or make a new request for it Here.

Anyone that has any other suggestions on how to make your computer more portable, then please post in the comments so we all can benefit. Enjoy this short how to!

    March 31, 2008 Posted by hackman2007 | Uncategorized | , , , , , , , , | No Comments

    Bad PR Move by Creative Labs.

    For the people hiding under a rock, Creative Labs has recently stopped famous driver modder, Daniel K from reverse engineering the drivers to make them work in Windows Vista.

    The link to the original topic, with the “cease and decist” letter there is located: Here.

    While I agree with Creative Labs that reverse engineering drivers is bad and that he accepted donations for his work, which in turn he made a profit is bad. I think Creative should have taken more time on their drivers and got them to work properly before stating that the soundcards would work with Windows Vista.

    The best move Creative could have done is actually hire this Daniel K guy to produce the drivers, because evidently they are lacking in this area.

    I love Creative sound cards and other peripherals, but at this time I cannot recommend that anyone buy any Creative Labs parts.

    A petition to get Creative to improve their drivers is located: Here.

    Good luck getting those sound cards to work, hopefully Creative backs off so the cards continue to work in Windows Vista.

    March 30, 2008 Posted by hackman2007 | Technology | , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

    Windows Vista Failed!

    Everyday it seems more and more users are switching to Microsoft’s “new” operating system, Windows Vista. Unlike most, I have not made the switch because at this point it seems useless to do so.

    From reading This Wikipedia entry it looks like Microsoft is planning on releasing the next version fairly soon, which means bye, bye Windows Vista.

    I can think of no reasons why I would even want Vista actually. It’s slower, takes more RAM, and harder to use. I understand that I can turn UAC off, but why should I? I want to just use the operating system, I don’t want to have to tweak every aspect just to be able to use it. Not to mention that running games you take a 5-10% performance hit when comparing with a similarly configured Windows XP system.

    From what I have seen (and yes, I have used Windows Vista so I know what it is like) Windows Vista looks like the “new” Windows ME. Judging from the way Microsoft slashed prices of Vista, it doesn’t look like it is going to be around too much longer before they pull the plug and bring out Windows Vienna, or whatever the new version is called.

    I’m predicting a release date of: 2009

    March 11, 2008 Posted by hackman2007 | Uncategorized | , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments

    New version of Storm Worm possibly

    I’m not 100% positive this is the Storm Worm, but it looks like it might be.

    If you get a message from any of your IM buddies that gives a link and says:

    “Your photos are published on this site :S”

    Beware!

    I tried messing with the file in a virtual machine but it errors out and will not install. Upon investigating this issue farther it looks like it might be related to Small.dam, which is a variant of the Storm Worm.

    Relatively little is out about this “suspected file”. The only known program that I have tested it with that actually detects it is KIS 7.0, the rest do not. Most report it as a suspicious file.

    The filename on my particular one was: hackman2007-photo12.com. However, based on whatever e-mail you are using it will change the beginning part where it says hackman2007.

    February 25, 2008 Posted by hackman2007 | Technology | , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments