LockergnomeTo inform, empower, and entertain - Lockergnome is a blogging network for people who are curious about the world around them. Join us and start sharing your knowledge today!PSP Mess Up!- July 1, 2008 In my last post i in some ways bashed the psp slim but in the end i did purchase one myself as i am selling my old original one and yes i did get the final fantasy 7 special edition one and it arrived today!!! After unboxing it and being excited about everything i thought i better update the firmware before i do anything else so i downloaded the firmware through the psp wifi, i tried this twice for the psp to only tell me that it was corrupted which i thought this shouldn't be happening. After..http://www.lockergnome.com/ss3luke/2008/07/01/psp-mess-up/ California Marijuana Ballot Initiative- July 1, 2008 Better sell all those NORML t-shirts now, while they have some value, other than as relics of a by-gone era. There is a ballot initiative coming up, possibly as early as November to legalize not simply decriminalize marijuana. Reefer madness, indeed. from laist There is an initiative in the works that could end up on the November ballot that allows for marijuana to be sold to anyone, and anywhere that already sells alcohol. Its being called The Inalienable Rights Enforcement Initiative. From.http://www.lockergnome.com/theoracle/2008/07/01/california-marijuana-ballot-initiative/ iPod Touch January Update to be included for free in new 2.0 Firmware- July 1, 2008 A couple of readers who own iPod touches got in touch to ask how they might obtain the $20 upgrade that adds the Stocks, Mail, Maps, Weather, and Notes applications. The answer is, you cant. Apple has pulled this upgrade in anticipation of the iPod touch 2.0 software upgradedue to be released July 11ththat will include these applications along with the new 2.0 features. Better yet, it will cost half the pricejust $10 for the upgrade. Macworld This is great news for us early iPod Touch...http://www.lockergnome.com/digged/2008/07/01/ipod-touch-january-update-to-be-included-for-... Boxbe- July 1, 2008 I don't know how your e-mail inbox is doing, but mine seems to be getting more and more cluttered as each day goes by. I regularly receive a number of important messages that I have to keep up with, but many times they get lost in the mix with all of the spam. This problem has frustrated many people to the point that they'll employ powerful spam filtering tools, and depending on who you are, you may only really want to receive e-mail messages from people that you know. Boxbe gives you control...http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2008/07/01/boxbe/ Cool Image Editing Tools- July 1, 2008 PC World's editors selected these 10 downloads, mostly free, which do the job of very expensive image editing software. Here are five of 'em: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) Retouch photos and create images with this freebie. Photoshop Elements Enhance your digital images without the feature-overhead of other photo-editing programs. Photo Resizer Pro Quickly resize a photo without waiting forever for your image editor to open. FastStone Image Viewer Convert, edit, and view images in...http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2008/07/01/cool-image-editing-tools/ Tradewinds Caravans- July 1, 2008 Travel along the bustling and dangerous Silk Road trading exotic goods and engaging in real-time battles as you build the most powerful trading caravan the world has ever seen! Embark on challenging quests, hire fiercely loyal warriors and explore a long-lost world teeming with tantalizing secrets, hidden cities and legends of mythical creatures. With all-new weapons, character-specific powers and signature Tradewinds humor, your adventure begins today in Tradewinds Caravans! Download free...http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2008/07/01/tradewinds-caravans/ Wubi v8.04- July 1, 2008 Wubi is an unofficial Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu Linux as any other application. If you've heard about Linux and Ubuntu and wanted to try them but you were afraid, this is for you. 1.04M Win982kXPVista FREE Related Articles: Wubi - Dual Boot Windows & Ubuntu - Free Installing Wubi Top 5 tips for...http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2008/07/01/wubi-v804/ Open Croquet- July 1, 2008 Gnomie Chris writes: I watch your show all the time on Apple TV; keep up the good work! I wanted to let you know that, since you've been reporting on Open Source everything, there's one thing I've yet to see you report on, and that is an Open Source 3D gaming environment! I know you're into games, and I know some of your viewers are on different platforms. Please form an opinion and let us know. I know you're in touch with people from Google who are also working on the Open Docs project;...http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2008/07/01/open-croquet/ Disable The Send To Option- July 1, 2008 I have written several tips in the past about how to customize the Send To option, however, the tips would not be useful to those who never use this feature. Therefore, here is a tip specifically for those of you who never use the Send To option. If you never use the Send To option, there is a way that it can be disabled so it no longer appears on the context menu for an object. To accomplish this in Vista: Click Start, type regedit.exe and press Enter. Navigate to the following location:...http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2008/07/01/disable-the-send-to-option/ Documenting Your Laptop- July 1, 2008 When you travel with your laptop, passing through security can be a nightmare. This is especially true for international travel. Your laptop may be hand checked. This means that you are asked to turn on the laptop and show the security person that it is indeed a functioning laptop. A question asked on your return trip may not have a ready answer. That is to prove where the laptop was purchased. If the laptop appears to be new, the security person may want to know if the machine was...http://www.lockergnome.com/forsythe/2008/07/01/documenting-your-laptop/ |