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My Internet Connection – Comcast Diary

George — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:08:51 +0000

I intend to do some record-keeping here about my Internet. With the new GRFS Beta out, Internet disconnections are a little more of concern since the beta is limited. Comcast may get around to upgrading my neighborhood’s hardware at some point but for now it seems Saturdays before 5pm are really heavy – meaning multiplayer

Marware Screen Protector for the Kindle Fire

George — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:20:25 +0000

The Marware Screen Protector for the Kindle Fire is worth its cost considering the alternative of leaving your Kindle Fire’s screen unprotected. At under $20 as of the writing of this post, the Marware screen protector is worth buying to protect your $200 Kindle Fire’s screen since its useless without a screen! Protect your investment.

Kindle Fire Screen Care

George — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:24:58 +0000

Amazon Response: Cleaning Kindle Fire Screen How do I clean my Kindle Fire screen? This was the simple question that resulted in this post. Searching the Amazon site and doing some googling came up with too many unuseful answers, so I took another trip through the included Kindle Fire User’s Guide. The (partial) answer is

MW3 Multiplayer Weapon Proficiencies

George — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:55:58 +0000

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 weapon proficiencies are earned by continued use of your weapons as you level them up (separate from leveling up your player). The longer you use a weapon, the more proficiencies you earn. Proficiences are used along with weapon attachments to make you and your chosen weapon a more dangerous

MW3 Multiplayer Weapon Attachments

George — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:37:03 +0000

Assault Rifles | Sniper Rifles | Submachine Guns | Light Machine Guns Shotguns | Machine Pistols | Handguns Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has several attachments you can earn while leveling up your weapons. Attachments are awarded as your weapon (not you) level up. The exception is launchers, which have no attachments. Attachments can

COD Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Perks

George — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:35:04 +0000

Perk 1 Perk 1 slot perks are Recon, Sleight of Hand, Blind Eye, Extreme Conditioning and Scavenger. Perk 2 Perk 2 slot perks are Quickdraw, Blast shield, Hardline, Assassin and Overkill. Perk 3 Perk 3 slot perks are Stalker, Steady Aim, Sitrep and Dead Silence. MW3 Perks COD MW3 perks have 3 “slots,” if you

COD Modern Warfare 3 Sniper Rifles

George — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:56:36 +0000

List of COD MW3 Sniper Rifles MW3 AS50 Sniper Rifle (unlocked level 22) MW3 Barrett .50cal Sniper Rifle (unlocked level 4) MW3 Dragunov Sniper Rifle (unlocked level 12) MW3 MSR Sniper Rifle (unlocked level 66) MW3 L118A Sniper Rifle (unlocked level 4) MW3 RSASS Sniper Rifle (unlocked level 44) Sniper rifles are the kings of

MW3 Best Defense Against Loss of Red Dot after EMP

George — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:07:50 +0000

One of my favorites in the UMP45 with red dot, and possibly a second attachment. However, when the other team EMPs the red dot is GONE and you have to estimate the center when firing. The best defense I can think of is to switch to your secondary. Even though Infinity Ward nerfed the akimbo

COD: MW3 How Do I Reach Next Prestige Level? Earn Prestige Tokens?

George — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:44:30 +0000

So the topic is prestiging in COD Modern Warfare 3, which was to me – a newcomer of multiplayer Call of Duty – somewhat of a mystery. My main question was “When am I going to reach level 2 Prestige, and earn my next prestige token?” WHAT IS PRESTIGING? First, let’s define MW3 Prestiging. After

MW3 Weapon Focus: G36C Assault Rifle

George — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:29:52 +0000

MW3′s G36C assault rifle has one of the highest upward recoils of all ARs. The only ARs with less damage are the FAD, whose higher RPM makes up for the lower damage; and the SCAR-L whose more manageable recoil profile may actually land more of the bullets on-target depending on your playing style and your