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GreenThumb FAQ: Hints, Secrets, and Strategy

Contributed by davak on October 24, 2009 under Apple iPhone

GreenThumb is a free iPhone game that is easy to learn but difficult to master. The following hints and secrets will propel you to the top of the leaderboard in no time. Feel free to post your tips as well.

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ScreenFlow: Export HD Quality to YouTube

Contributed by davak on September 24, 2009 under Apple Mac

When creating screencasts for youtube, I create, export and upload all in HD quality. These are the settings that I have found to create high quality youtube videos once exported out of ScreenFlow.

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Block YouTube and/or App Purchases on iPhone or iPod Touch

Contributed by davak on September 14, 2009 under Apple iPhone

Kids love using the iPhone and iPod Touch. However, parents may want to limit what their children can access through these devices. This simple tutorial shows how to use parental restrictions to block the viewing of YouTube videos or the purchasing of applications.

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iPhone 3G S: Show Battery Percentage

Contributed by davak on June 23, 2009 under Apple iPhone

The new 3G S has several nice, little features. One of my favorites is the ability to show a percentage of the battery life in the upper right hand corner instead of just the battery graphic. Here is how to do it.

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How to Disable Facebook Chat

Contributed by davak on May 11, 2009 under Internet

Although I use facebook a lot, I never want to use it for chatting. In fact, I never even want people to know when I am online. By following these steps, you will always appear “offline” and facebook chat will be turned off.

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Youtube: Turn off Text or Annotations for Videos

Contributed by davak on February 22, 2009 under Internet

Youtube thought it would be just great to allow anybody and everybody to put comments within a video. Often it is just annoying. Here is how to disable these annotations or text comments within the youtube video.

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Pear Fix for “Error: Unable to Unpack”

Contributed by davak on February 12, 2009 under PHP programming

Recently while trying to install some Pear packages, I received an odd “Error: Unable to Unpack” message. A search for this error message found a lot of complaining people and not a lot of answers. I finally figured out the cause and the fix for this common Pear problem.

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Zune 30 Gig Deaths on 12/31/08

Contributed by davak on December 31, 2008 under Zune

New Year’s Eve 2008 will forever be linked to the day all the Zunes died. Specifically, today was the day that all the 30G zunes with the latest firmware died. The Zune will attempt to boot up and then just freezes. Trying to let the battery run down and hard reset attempts are unsuccessful.

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