geoff/blog » Technology http://geoffmyers.net/blog The weblog of Geoff Myers, a 17-year old Mac geek, photographer, and musician Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:29:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Best Video Game Careers http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2009/09/29/best-video-game-careers/ http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2009/09/29/best-video-game-careers/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:24:20 +0000 Geoff Myers http://geoffmyers.net/blog/?p=81 I was bored, so I came up with a list of the best video game careers I’ve ever played:

  1. Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)
  2. Super Mario 64 (N64)
  3. Pokémon (Game Boy)
  4. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)
  5. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2)
  6. Test Drive Unlimited (PS2)
  7. Need for Speed ProStreet (Wii)
  8. Need for Speed Carbon (Wii)
  9. Need for Speed Most Wanted (PS2)
  10. Guitar Hero Smash Hits (Wii)
  11. Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii)
  12. Guitar Hero III (Wii)
  13. FutureCop LAPD (PS1/Mac)
  14. Burnout 3: Takedown (PS2)
  15. SSX Tricky (GameCube)

What have been your favorite video game careers?

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]]> http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2008/01/16/52/feed/ 0 The ethics of Stealing Wifi http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2008/01/05/the-ethics-of-stealing-wifi/ http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2008/01/05/the-ethics-of-stealing-wifi/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:10:19 +0000 Geoff Myers http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2008/01/05/the-ethics-of-stealing-wifi/ A recently released study by a security firm says that using an open WiFi network without permission is stealing. Ars looks at the ethics of open WiFiread more | digg story

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Free Hidden Electricity! – More free videos are here

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]]> http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/10/05/riaa-jury-finds-minnesota-woman-liable-for-piracy-awards-222000/feed/ 0 70% of Computer Repair Companies Don’t Know What They’re Doing http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/10/04/70-of-computer-repair-companies-dont-know-what-theyre-doing/ http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/10/04/70-of-computer-repair-companies-dont-know-what-theyre-doing/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:20:12 +0000 Geoff Myers http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/10/04/70-of-computer-repair-companies-dont-know-what-theyre-doing/ CBC Marketplace did a kickass hidden camera investigation into computer repair companies and found only 30% were able to correctly diagnose their problem.

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This is a really funny YouTube video! I discovered it on Digg today. Enjoy!

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]]> http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/09/05/apples-ipod-touch-gets-official/feed/ 0 Is Comcast’s BitTorrent filtering violating the law? http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/09/05/is-comcasts-bittorrent-filtering-violating-the-law/ http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/09/05/is-comcasts-bittorrent-filtering-violating-the-law/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:13:21 +0000 Geoff Myers http://geoffmyers.net/blog/?p=12 “Comcast’s filtering/throttling of torrent traffic involves forging TCP reset packets, pretending to be from one end of the torrent session. This is the same technique used by the Great Firewall of China, and a pretty clear violation of various states’ criminal impersonation statues. Could Comcast face legal action?”I have Comcast High-Speed Internet, and I download torrents, so I’m REALLY pissed off. Filtering internet traffic?! That’s the worst thing that could happen to the Internet! I’m really hoping they get busted for this.

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]]> http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/09/05/is-comcasts-bittorrent-filtering-violating-the-law/feed/ 0 Live embeddable visitor mapping for your website, blog or myspace http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/09/04/live-embeddable-visitor-mapping-for-your-website-blog-or-myspace/ http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/09/04/live-embeddable-visitor-mapping-for-your-website-blog-or-myspace/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:25:54 +0000 Geoff Myers http://geoffmyers.net/blog/?p=10 Today, whos.amung.us, a real time traffic widget that we covered back in March, released a Flash based map widget that also shows the physical location of website visitors. See it at maps.amung.us. With maps.amung.us you get to see exactly where your site visitors are from – live! Our maps update themselves on your site without having to reload.

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]]> http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/09/04/live-embeddable-visitor-mapping-for-your-website-blog-or-myspace/feed/ 0 Mac OS X Admin Hack http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/09/04/mac-os-x-admin-hack/ http://geoffmyers.net/blog/2007/09/04/mac-os-x-admin-hack/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:46:40 +0000 Geoff Myers http://geoffmyers.net/blog/?p=9 Here’s a quick little hack on how to create an administrator account on Mac OS X Tiger without knowing the current administrator password and do not have the installation disks.

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