Entries from May 2009

My New Dope Ass Twitter Shirt

May 28, 2009 · 2 Comments

This is the shirt I bought off of TwitterT’s. I am excited about wearing it and having my non twitter using friends make fun of me. At $18 and using Google Checkout, how can you go wrong?

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My #FollowFriday List

May 16, 2009 · 20 Comments

These are the people that I send #followfriday love to, every single week. They are all responsive, smart, RT your stuff, and intelligent. Please follow all these people! Thanks.

  • @dmonzel A Very cool guy, who is into metal and Tech. Always ready with a witty joke.
  • @alex Great guy, intelligent and insightful. He loves to have a good conversation. And he loves Guinness!
  • @SavageMike Hyper intelligent Atheist. Dare not attack him with your Christian rhetoric.
  • @Mia Her name is Mia Von Doom. Need I say more?
  • @PHILIPGRANGER Awesomely funny guy. He will make you laugh at every turn. He’s a great RT’er too.
  • @MrFuckThaFeds One of my favorite #twitterwhore’s. He always keeps it real and knows a thing or two about iPhone’s. Check him out.
  • @rssanborn Music lover, great twitter friend. He follows back and will answer your @’s. Very cool guy.
  • @murdamw This guy knows almost everything there is to know about the Jailbreaking community. He writes a killer iPhone blog and is a great guy in general. Follow him even if you hate the iPhone (just dont tell him you do.)
  • @iphonegirl The cutest tech girl I know, and a very cool person all around. She is kind and warm, and loves to talk iPhone. Proud Canadian.
  • @Karmatical Very nice and warm person. She always has great advise and stories to share. If your looking for a good person to talk to, this is your woman.
  • @askegg Down to earth Atheist who always has something constructive to say.
  • @MedicBarbie She rescues bulldogs, and has the best set of legs on twitter. And she Rock’s!
  • @ChristianIvann Very cool Atheist and writer. He always has something positive to say.
  • @unTheist His name says it all. Also, he is hilarious.
  • @Haehl He’s from Germany and loves metal. End of story.
  • @Vikingfist A native of Detroit, and enlisted in the Army. Very cool guy who loves Metal \w/
  • @elizapi Twitter is her homework. She is studying to be a sociologist and we are her research. Cool :-D
  • @TabyCat74 A truly nice and sensual woman. The inventor of #toplesstuesday.
  • @Synthaetica Super witty guy always ready to crack you up. Also, he can totally kick your ass (black belt), and he is super intelligent.
  • @XIIISlaughters Cool guy who loves his iPhone. Talks tech, Apple, Jailbreaking, and just good conversation.
  • @LunaJay Awesome girl who is heavy into music. She’s also a techie. Hot right?
  • @Pathofreason Very knowledgeable guy. Atheist, freethinker and posts great links.
  • @kaijuisme Great Twitter friend. Will always respond and interact.
  • @earthmom22 Very cool person, who will always make you feel better if your down. She RT’s and helps whenever she can. Follow this lady!
  • @nathanielban Unabashed geek, hacker, and cool guy. Always ready to talk about whatever.
  • @1azylizzie Very cool Atheist girl. And a great tweeter!
  • @karinb_za Great twitter friend. She always has something positive and supportive to tweet. Having a bad day? Just tweet Karin, and she will make you laugh. :-)
  • @godlessblogger Very knowledgeable Atheist. Writes a great blog, and is a great tweeter.

Here is @Alex’s 108 Favorite people on Twitter: The Mind of Alex

This post will continue to be updated. These are just some of the awsome Twitter people you should know about. Keep checking back and feel free to leave your #FollowFriday list in the comments. Cheers!

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How To: Hack/ Mod Windows Themes

May 7, 2009 · 1 Comment

This is my Desktop:

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What I have done here is two things. I have Patched my UxTheme.dll file, so as to apply a Windows 7 ’skin’ in Windows XP. This also works with Vista. I have also installed Rainmeter, which provides real time Sys/ weather/ time/ date updates on your desktop. I will provide links and directions for both processes.

Patching the UxTheme.dll File/ Applying Win7 Theme


This is the link for people running Service Pack 3. There are other versions of this program that work with previous service packs.

(Warning: This is a system hack that can make your system unstable. If you dont know what you are doing, maybe you shouldn’t do it? Always Back-up!)

After Downloading and installing the Win7 theme from the link above, your desktop properties will automatically open and you can select the theme from the drop down menu.

Desktop Real Time Widgets

There are a couple ways of getting updated widgets on your desktop. I have played with a couple of different options and the one I have settled on was Rainmeter.exe. I am using it for two main reasons, 1. ease of use, 2. skins are applied with little to no effort. The effects of skins on Rainmeter can be stunning. I can only imagine what my Desktop would look like on duel 22″ flat screens. Anyway, here is what you will need.

Here is what the stock looking Rainmeter will look like: Click To Enlarge

  • Step 2. Now you need to find some skins. I will provide the link to the Rainmeter skin I use, as well as two other sits that have skins for download.

Click Here for Dark Rainmeter

You can also find skins at: Lifehacker and deviantART

There are plenty of forums and answers on how to configure Rainmeter. Its pretty easy for the computer savvy, the rest of you will need to search around Google. There is almost no limit to what you can make your Desktop look like with these two system mods.
And if any one was wondering how I changed my system tray icons, I used This. All the icons I used on my Desktop and System Tray I found on deviantART.

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RIP Chuck

May 5, 2009 · 3 Comments

An aquientce of mine passed away yesterday. And I would like to simply dedicate a little post here on my blog to him. In rememberence of Chuck, here is a music video. (Because music is the only way I can think of to truly honer his memory)

MGMT- Kids (He was only a kid, mid 20’s, so I feel this is appropriate)

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