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Four Useful Android Applications.

2011-11-21T10:13:00.001-08:00

In this article I will cover four applications on the Android Market that I use every day.

The First application takes the place of the Android operating system. I like to use Go Launcher EX to launch the different apps I have installed on my phone because it gives me many options for customizing. For instance I can make and icon have two separate functions such as open one app if I press it and open a completely different one if I drag my finger over it. So if you are tired of the Android operating system I highly recommend Go Launcher.

Secondly, I would like to recommend the app Handcent SMS to take the place of your regular texting application. This gives you the ability to set ,not only separate ring-tones for people but, separate text tones as well. It functions great with Go launcher and the droid launcher as well.

For the third app I would have to recommend that you change your normal browser over to Dolphin Browser. This allows you to download different apps inside the browser much like Google chrome for your computer does. It also includes gestures which makes it possible for you to draw a shape on the screen and open a webpage based on that gestures target.

Fourth and finally I would like to introduce you to Vlingo. Vlingo is your personal assistant that can send texts, update your status, call your family members and open you navigation for you. All you have to do is download this application and say "Hey Vlingo!". This app is much like Siri and will one day take the place of any human thinking on there own again.

Thank you for your interest in this article! I will post links to all the mentioned apps below this line of text. Leave a comment if you please.

This is a video that covers these apps.

App Links:

Go Launcher EX

Handcent SMS

Dolphin Browser

Vlingo

Minecraft for Free!

2011-10-31T16:13:00.000-07:00

I am trying to get my youtube account for this website going.
As a result I will be giving away Minecraft for free!

All the details are in this video!

Battlefield 3 The Review

2011-10-25T21:19:00.000-07:00

Battlefield 3 is an amazing game it has great graphics and good game play. If I just left it at that, this article would be complete. I will elaborate a little so that those of you who will never play it may still appreciate it. The multi-player levels are well planned out and are easy to navigate. In this game you will rarely get stuck in the ground or see vehicles launched in the air like they did in the beta release. The realistic facets of the game add a lot more than they take away. If I was to complain about one thing it would be the fact that I don't win every round. Honestly I can not see to much wrong with this game. The creators of this game have come a long way from the Battlefield that came out in 2008. Let me know in the comments what you think about this game or what game you want me to review next! I leave you with a video of the single player played by yours truly.

Helpful Minecraft Guru's

2011-10-07T19:36:00.000-07:00

This is a list of the helpful Minecraft Guru's I have found on Youtube as of 10/7/11.

If you find this list helpful then share it with your friends!

CaptainSparklez <-- Makes tributes to Minecraft as well as tutorials for it.

davidr64yt <-- He introduced me to the game through Machinima.

SeaNanners <-- No longer plays it as far as I know but his play-throughs are helpful.

Have any more I missed? Comment below.

Call of Duty Mw3

2011-09-10T13:19:00.000-07:00

I just recently pre-ordered Mw3 from Gamestop. I should get it the day after it comes out so be sure to subscribe for upcoming reviews and possibly some gameplay. Until the day comes that I can play the amazing game let me leave you with a Teaser video for it just like when Black ops came out.

Five of the Best Minecraft Wallpapers.

2011-09-10T12:03:00.000-07:00

These wallpapers will not be posted in any specific order.

Simple Redstone block, torch pick-axe and friendly reminder of a creeper.

A possible Minecraft logo.

Simple creeper with some shading effects for fun.

One of my personal favorites. :)

And a simple landscape to finish it all up.

If you have anymore that you would like featured don't hesitate to email me a link at James@cyberleak.org .

Six of The Best Free Android Games.

2011-08-29T18:37:00.000-07:00

The following video shows six of my favorite games on android.

List of the games in the video:
1. Dragon Fly
2. Speedx
3. Bow Man
4. City Jump
5. Guitar Solo
6. 3d Bowling

Shortcut Tutorial for Windows.

2010-12-10T18:03:00.000-08:00

This is the other hot-key post that I promised you. It will cover a few of the "ctrl+" hot-keys.

Video format of the blog post below and the word version is below that.

Video 1:

Video 2:

That was a choppy screen record wouldn't you say? Sorry about that but I hope to make it better in the future. The following hot keys will help you in everyday computing:

Ctrl + C = Copy

Ctrl + V = Paste

Ctrl + N = New

Ctrl + Z = Undo

Ctrl + A = Select All

Ctrl + X = Cut

I hope you enjoyed these videos and learned a lot. let me know what you think in the comments below.
Should I continue the video versions? Should I stick to articles? I need your input. Thanks for reading and/or watching.

Free Music Online!

2010-11-18T11:57:00.000-08:00

Grooveshark is a great site that you can listen to free music on. It isn't another one of those radio websites that you have to listen to ads either. Grooveshark lets you listen to whatever music you want if it is in there million song database. I love it so I thought I should share with you!

Your Welcome :)

,James

Useful Windows Shortcuts.

2010-11-18T09:06:00.000-08:00

In my many projects that I have started I have found the following shortcuts useful:

+ E = Opens "My Computer" and gives me access to all my drives.

+ R = Brings up the run box for entering a program to run.

+ TAB = Scrolls from program to program.

+ L = Logout of your session in Windows.

+ M = Minimize the current screen.

+ X = Shows the Windows Mobility Center.

+ 1-0 = Executes whatever you have on the shortcut bar located near the start menu.

= Opens the start menu if pressed alone.

All these coupled with the different Control plus another key have helped me with each of my projects. Thank you for reading through these and I hope this helps you navigate your computer easier.

Coming Soon:

Common Shortcuts for Many Programs.

Black Ops - Multi Player

2010-11-17T08:19:00.000-08:00

I had the privilege of playing Call of Duty: Black-Ops on the Xbox 360 this past weekend. This was especially surprising because I don't even own an X-box. I played it with a friend that owns the game on my cousins X-box. We only played multi-player and we switched off depending on who was the player with the lowest score.

Needless to say, I stayed in the entire time and was able to win every game. The most looked forward to item seems to be the RC Car that you see race across the map and explode below an unsuspecting enemy. I tend to favor the ability to change the red dot sight on each of your guns instead. In addition to changing your sights you can also change the way you look and what you wear on multi-player on one console without leveling up. This gives everyone the ability to copy and use the best weapons that are freely available to everyone. For instance, if I was to go to my friends house and play him on his Ps3 I could chose the exact same gun and perks as I had on the Xbox without having to level up on his Ps3. No matter what system your playing on from the Ps3 to the Wii you will love this game if you liked any of the other Call of Duties. Sadly the only thing I did not try is the dolphin dive because I did not know of it then. Next time I shall dive in every direction.

Black Ops Trailer:

Minecraft Classic Servers Worth Visiting.

2010-10-30T08:59:00.000-07:00

Minecraft Classic on Minecraft.net is a series of servers set up by Minecraft users looking to have a good time building buildings and "sprites" out of blocks off of Minecraft. In this article I will be mentioning four servers that I ventured through on my quest to find some decent servers to play on. Each of these servers will have pictures with them showing them the cool stuff you can find on them.

Server #1 the coolest server I found with the nicest community has to be by the Admin: ADW and his City Themed Server.

Server #2 is the one I found a huge picture of a Poke-ball made completely from blocks that took the Owner: NukaCola1000 a whole day to make! My most favorite creation of his is this:

Mario by NukaCola1000 on Minecraft Classic.

I'm not sure how long this took him but it is my favorite creation of his. As for the Poke-ball, it may still be there if you go to his server and check out the art section.

Server #3 is by a guy named "Facepalm." I did not actually talk to Facepalm but I did talk to a guy named Nanam98 and he showed me two sprites that took him four hours apiece to make. He made them without using speedhacks which allow you to fly. His first sprite is Mario as well and they are both awesome.
Mario by Nanam98 in Minecraft Classic.

His second sprite is Megaman! which is as awesome as Mario.Megaman by Nanam98 in Minecraft Classic.

Server #4 is the last server but certainly not the least by Wolf95 and he showed me some lockers for a huge stadium he made.

Lockers by Wolf95 on Minecraft Classic

After he Showed me this huge stadium he made.
Stadium by Wolf95 on Minecraft Classic
If you have a server and want me to look at some of the stuff you have then let me know by posting a link to the server below!

Explanation of Minecraft (Sandbox Game).

2010-10-27T12:35:00.000-07:00

Minecraft is an amazing game by Mark Persson that encourages creativity through an amazing sandbox
game mode. This game can be found at Minecraft.net. If you want to go ahead and check the game out have fun but for the rest of you who want to know more about this game just continue reading.

This game represents the most fun I have had with one game in a while. I have spent a few hours playing this game and may have this close to an exact science. In the next section I will explain step by step how to get started in Minecraft.

When you first spawn you should keep a few things in mind. You will always need wood and you need to build a house close to your spawn point because you may die. As soon as you spawn the clock starts ticking towards night and you only have a few real time minutes to make some sort of shelter from zombies. Once you make your shelter the first night and are hiding away you may notice that your house got darker even though you cut a few holes for windows. The second most important thing you will need is coal but you cannot mine coal until you have some sort of pick axe. Remember that wood you collected from that tree? Press "i" (for inventory) on your keyboard and place the raw wood harvested from the tree in one of the top right boxes. If you left clicked you will see planks with the number four pop up in the box to the right of those boxes. Click on the planks until you have no more raw wood or until the plank number reaches 64 (the max number of stackable items in one box). Then left click the planks to pick them up and drop one in each of the four blocks to build a workbench. This work bench will give you the workspace to make a pick axe out of wood and other things like ladders and storage boxes. To make a pick axe you will need sticks and in order to make them you need planks. Take you planks and stack them one on top of the other, this will give you four sticks. Then take your sticks and stack one on top of the other then line you planks across the top row to make a wooden pick axe. If you take the time to look at how it is made you should understand that the shape of the object is important to take note of so you know how it is made. In the morning you can take the wooden pick axe out and collect some stone. Making stone pick axes is the same as wooden ones but you have to replace the planks with stone (cobblestone). Stone picks make it easier and faster to mine things but will not mine things like redstone or diamond. You will need to smelt iron for that but for that you will need to make an oven to accomplish the smelting. An oven is made by outlining the box of your workbench with stone. As you can see this game is fairly complicated and requires some thought and strategy. These qualities of the game coupled with the randomely generated world make this game almost impossible to become boring. If you made it this far I hope you enjoyed this article outlining the basics of Minecraft by Mark Persson.

Dlvr.it Automatic Posting Website.

2010-10-26T21:24:00.000-07:00

Dlvr.it is a website that allows you to automatically post to Twitter and Facebook and a number of other sites automatically! This is very useful for a website or blog that has an RSS feed. It gives your users more ways to get plugged in to the site. So if you did not want to get an email or RSS feed you can just like the Cyberleak blog Facebook page or follow me on Twitter @Cyberleak. Let me know what you think of dlvr.it and it's features in the comments below.

First Person Shooter for the Browser.

2010-10-26T19:45:00.000-07:00

This game is called Phosphor and it is in its Beta 2 phase of development and is currently free to play without even signing up! The only game mode at this time is deathmatch but even against the bots it is pretty fun. I tried one other game that is on facebook about paintball and if you ask me I would rather play this one. If you have ever played the original Red Faction or Red Faction 2 for playstation I would suggest you play this. It is tons of fun. Now I'm going to go play a few more rounds while you search for it on Google!

Commenting Made Easier

2010-10-26T16:13:00.000-07:00

In the search for a new site to allow my readers to comment easier I found an amazing site called Disqus. Disqus is a site that is dedicated to making commenting easier by integrating popular sites like Twitter and Facebook into there code and making it available to there customers. This comment system is easy to customize and install on any Html based website. Why not give it a try on your blog or website? If you do be sure to let me know what you think in the spiffy comments below!

Music Generating Game

2010-10-25T10:54:00.000-07:00

This is an awesome game from Andre Michelle that makes making cool tones easy.
I would have posted it sooner but it is to amazing! Caution: you may play this for hours.
It has no way of saving the tones to Mp3 which is sad but you can copy and paste code onto the flash box to make crazy sounds. Have fun with this!

Twitter Integration

2010-10-21T14:32:00.001-07:00

I have added Twitter to the Wibiya toolbar. This is an update to the blog that I think I may use often.
It gives me the freedom to update you on what I'm researching at the moment easily.

If you would like to ask me a question on Twitter just put @Cyberleak in your Twitter post.

Earn free things online with Swagbucks

2010-10-19T06:41:00.000-07:00

Earn free stuff online. You search Google all the time for stuff you need so why not try searching an engine that gives you free stuff!

Let me know what you think of them in the comments below!

Cresty Image Photoshop

2010-10-15T10:28:00.000-07:00

This picture took me about one to two hours. I used four pictures, one is a picture of the "cresty", and came up with a dragon looking scene. I hope you like it.

Windows Vista Abbreviation

2010-10-13T08:15:00.000-07:00

This is a humorous way to describe a great OS with a less than perfect upgrade.

For the record I use Windows Vista and I am perfectly happy with it... because I'm broke.

| Desktop Swagger |: Beach and Palm Trees.

2010-10-12T12:05:00.000-07:00

Cool Beach Background :D

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Skydiving

2010-10-08T07:10:00.000-07:00

This video is a rush the entire time. It is a bit slow at first but it is well worth the wait.

I want to do this someday but I doubt I would be brave enough.

from Jeb Corliss on Vimeo.

Check out all the videos from Cyberleak here.

Don't forget to share with your friends. (unless you have none :D )

The Samsung Galaxy Tab vs The iPad

2010-10-08T06:57:00.001-07:00

This is a cool list that goes through the different functionalities and capabilities of both the iPad and the Galaxy Tab. You decide ... if you are interested at all. Link here

"My desk is 8-bit"

2010-10-08T06:10:00.000-07:00

This is an awesome video showing what stop motion and a little imagination can do. Thanks Alex!

MY DESK IS 8-BIT from alex varanese on Vimeo.