SKTOOL Ends Soon

Was double checking a post about site stats and analyzer tools I have batched/patched together when I clicked into google’s keyword search tool and found bummer news.

From the google page for SKTOOL

Search-based keyword tool will be discontinued soon
Please try out the updated keyword tool. You can get keyword suggestions by words, phrases, websites or categories.
Why are we transitioning?

Wont be gone, just part of another project.
Seo nightmare is losing good Seo tools. Just ask Search Engine Optimization Master and book writer Alicia Crowder. So I make sure I will not be left in the dark. By putting stuff together that works for me.

Google Wont Scroll

Both at home on my windows 7 machine and at work on my windows xp machine. I try and use google and I can not scroll down the page . (fireFox 3.5.8 at work).

Google Scroll bar not showing on Fire Fox


I don’t seem to have this issue when I use Chrome Browser.
Didn’t Microsoft get in trouble for doing this? Making it so that only their stuff works on their stuff? but odd enough, Apple can do it. and now Google can do it? I mean make a page that most people use, and make it so that it exploits a flaw in FireFox? by “utilizing one of the better features of Chrome” ?
Or did google forget to include Firefox in their latest page code?

My fix for this issue is to just do a second search for a totally different object and then re-search the original object and the problem is fixed.

Latest Batch of Updates from Microsoft

October 18th 2010
Dang thing took three installs to complete.
and I have to say

WHAT IN THE BLUE HECK DID YOU DO TO SERVICE PACK THREE? SERVICE PACK THREE KILLED PROGMAN BUT TO DEAL WITH THAT I ACCEPTED THE SPEEDS YOU GAVE ME NOW YOU TAKE AWAY THE SPEEDS? I NEED PROGRAM MANAGER BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well looks like we are being herded even more into a “one button and enjoy only what you get do not complain even though you pay $400 for the software” kind of world. because now windows Xp is completely unusable.

I have automatic updates turned off from here on out and a I will not be installing any more and I am uninstalling all of the latest patched software. sorry but I refuse to listen to all of the falling sky war cries m$ screams in the try to make us all move to the windows 7 world. Yes I have seven at home but our IT guy here at work is afraid to evolve so I have to work with what I have.

Trade Your Pc For Apple ?

Let’s say the offer was there, if the guys at Apple decided to offer you a computer at the exact value of all of your parts for your custom computer all tallied up to get a total value at full perfect value. Would you take this deal? Would you feel as if you are at a gain? or would you feel as if you are at a loss in performance, security, ability, creativity? Would this migration cause you any grief/ Could you make a an easy transfer to the Mac, Apple operating system ?
What operating system would you be changing from ? Windows? Linux? BSD ? Please say which version also ex: windows 98, windows xp, windows vista, windows 7 , fedora, xandros etc.
If Mac announced that they are looking to expand their hardware range by trading your pc and studying your personal combination of devices so they can better write the Apple Operating system for a new assortment of apple computers. Would your participate?
would you offer more money after mac evaluates and fair trades, so that you can get an even better and even newer apple computer?
Would be able to give a fair review of the apple computer you get in swap for your pc ?
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We request you leave a response below as to what you think is good or bad about this. And your take.

Android Apps I Love

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Quick punch of applications on my android phone that I love and enjoy. And a couple android apps that frustrate me.

WordPress – using the latest full install not an update but a full install of the wordpress app, it write now to write this post. Allows you to check statistics now. Excellent application for

MY phone

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Facebook – some abilities are limited. Like notifications will minimize fb app and opens browser. Invites crash my fb app.

Twitter – nothing ever seems to work anymore.

Pandora radio – won’t let me sign in anymore via phone. Love the app, can’t use it.

Last.fm – works like a charm, perfect lil music app.

Advanced task killer- let’s you shut off running background programs. Battery saving app.

Opera browser – has very few limitations compared to basic default browser, but many more abilities than default. Looks sharp also.

All barcode scanners with 4+ rating, get em, all usefull.

I hate android alarm clocks. I can never make them go away.

Warning!!! Facebook Dislike Button – Fake

This is sort ofr old news but I have some slow friends and I know you do to.
So when you run into one, send them a link to here.
and just to make it so you don’t look like a jerk for sendingthem here, smart people need this information!
There is a link to a “facebook dislike” both website and a button.
They are both fake and do not do what you want them to do.
Here is an old Mashable link that explains the situation better.
Facebook Dislike button is fake.

So if you do not wnat your account spamming something out that is below your taste, and making your om, granny, ex-boyfriend think something about you that you do not want them to think about you.
Don’t think there is a new “Dislike”
It’s not real unless posted on the front page of facebook..

It’s just as much a fake as the old myspace gimmick “see who is reading your page”.
So many people fell for that vanity scam.

Digg Digg Update is Dead – I Think

Looking at the post information I am seeing in the update
“Digg DiggYou have version 4.2.2.2 installed. Update to 4.5.
Compatibility with WordPress 3.0.1: 100% (according to its author)”

But actually Digg Digg works on all of my sites that have it installed, Except for the sites where I updated it. All of those sites have no digg digg. So no, digg digg is not 100% compatible with wordpress 3.0.1

try truxtertech.com and truxter.org.

:-(

Maybe it’s just down for those or not updated or activated on their end.
As soon as it all works on those sites I will be updating this site here.

***update***
Ok you actually have to re-do all of your settings and make the plugin visible to the public again.
***update***

Android G2 Phone is out now

Looks like a nice phone but the keyboard looks tiny. Specs 512 megs of ram is amazing and a 4 gig storage on board is crazy goodness. all the aps you cant install on older droid phones. plus an 8 gb mem card expandable to 32 gigs. ME WANT!

The wait is over. The T-Mobile(R) G2(TM) is here.
Get ready for a whole new type of speed, control, and access. Designed for blazing-fast 4G speeds on our new network,* the T-Mobile G2 comes loaded with Google Apps™, including Android Market™, and the new Voice Actions from Google™, which lets you control just about everything on the phone with only your voice.
• 4G speeds*
• Loaded with Google Apps
• Integrated Google Voice™
The new T-Mobile G2 is the fast way to get the information you want. Get yours today.

4g speeds on a droid.
* Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ MSM7230 mobile processor
* Slide-out QWERTY keyboard, unique Z-hinge design
* Android 2.2 OS
* 3.7” S-TFT WVGA display
* 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of internal memory
* 8-GB SD card, expandable to 32 GB
* 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and autofocus
* 720p HD video capture
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
* Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR + A2DP stereo
* 3.5-mm stereo headset
* 4.68” (L) x 2.38” (W) x .58” (H)
* Weight: 6.5 ounces
* Included battery: 1300 mAh Li-ion
* Talk time: up to 6.5 hours
* Standby time: up to 17.5 days

That keyboard is just way to tiny.

What killed Tech Evolution

First I have to explain that this is a bit dated. I yanked it from Archive.org. It’s mine and I finally have access to my content. I was kicked from Lockergnome by a rouge mod and his boyfriend. This post was one of mine on lockergnome.

Ok I understand that if someone wants to sell their work.

They want to be the only person making money on it. And they do not want people to be able to get the software for free. I mean why buy the cow…..

But have you noticed, no one does anything anymore.

Everyone is scared of getting arrested for tweaking files and programs. I mean the past ten years have been amazing in software development. Now it’s just down to a trickle. We aren’t moving faster and faster every time we check, anymore. Those days are gone. Kids now are scared to mod psp software because those who do and show others, get silenced fast.

I mean the most I learned was when I was wanting to make my purchased items better. Like over clocking, there are no over clocking forums left but one or two . I mean back when everyone was tweaking and modding their Xbox, we where learning so much from each other. We where passing notes and moving faster and faster. People emulated machines. Sony killed that when they created psp addons and called them “Emulators” . If you did any searches on the net for “emulator tips” you would find stupid junk that showed you how to change your back ground on your psp. I mean they did that very well I have to give them props. But my god, if it wasn’t for people modding the psp… Sony would have no idea what firmware to add to the stupid battery chugger.

So now you just have to sit around and wait on Sony to tell you what’s good.

We are getting dumber by the minute. Don’t bother asking any kids these days how to play a 360 game on a computer. They flip out and tell you you need a decompresser… blah blah blah.. It’s software.

“Encoded” means YOU think it’s unbreakable.

Where is the crowd of people who inspired others to get upset with the useless crap bundled in our gadgets?

What happened to everyone? I feel like it’s becoming a TiVo/Apple world. Where everyone just sits with their mouth open waiting to be given what ever there is to fill it.. And we like it.

Was it laziness? Did the really tech gen just get old and walk away?

Am I a dinosaur? Did everyone stop caring what it is inside their gadget that rattles when you shake it?

Is the new generation the fat gen?

Ps: Don’t share other people’s works. But share the mods you made to make them better.

Blackberry Tablet – see it

Blackberry® tablet looks like probably the finest tablet available. Screen area looks crap, but when you hold a good Blackberry, there is a certain feel. This tablet looks like it will have the Blackberry full feel.

They call this tablet “BlackBerry Playbook”. Stupid name, but hey.. Everyone buys the Wii. So Could be the market they are headed for.

Downside is this will and as all other Blackberry devices get compared to the Ipad and Ipod. Even if it is’t made to compete wit hthe ipad and is made to only be a useful device.
I should be getting my hands on this pretty quick.

Black Berry Tablet

Looks like Playbook plays games.

Here is the official page for the Playbook.

Specs Say

O/S

  • Powerful, user-friendly QNX technology – it’s what the World Wide Web runs on
  • On-screen keyboard
  • True multi-tasking

what the heck is with that black bar all the way around the edge? Does blackberry actually think that is a good signature? The device can be smaller if they thin that dang bar or screen could be larger on the Backberry Playbook.