Here we have a program that is not your normal program.  This amazing little pice of software will allow you to multitask better than ever before with more than one monitor hooked up to you computer.  A lot of people will have more than one monitor hooked up to their computer, but unlike any other software, this will allow you to make your screens extremely personal to your needs.  Two of the features that i feel are the best of this program are the Task bar extender, which will let you extend that task bar to each monitor.  If you have three monitors, and one application in each, when you minimize they will go in the task bar that is corresponding to the window its in.  The other is being able to stretch a window to more than one screen.  You can have a video in Quicktime video stretch across 3 screens to make one big one, without and video quality lost.This program can be purchased at this site :  http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/download.asp , for a low price cost of $39.95 US.Thanks to Realtime Soft 

      Where to find good tutorials? I did a post about where to find good photoshop tutorials but most of that was only on youtube. So now I am going to talk about a website dedicated to good tutorials. The website name is Good-Tutuorials. The good thing about this site is that about every 45 minutes to an hour they have a new tutorial on their website. It is only for the best tutorials. This website gives tutorials for Photoshop, css, flash, html, Illustrator, Java, Maya, Photography, PHP, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and 3D’s Max. Like I said, this is a very nice site that offers a lot of tutorials that are obviously, Good.

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Patrick Fassler

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      Today I went to my local Apple Store and after I played with the Apple Keyboard I decided to Buy it for about $50. So I just wanted to write a blog post about my thoughts on the new 2009 Apple Slim aluminum Keyboard. First lets just say that I got the keyboard without the numerical pad because they were out of stock but, I don’t really care because this one I got is amazing. So the first thing I though about the keyboard was that it is amazingly thin. I knew that it was thin before but, this is amazing. But after starting to type my first words on the keyboard I knew that it would be the best  that I have ever used. So I will get the full review up soon but like I said, this is just my first thoughts.

 

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            There is one thing that bugs me the most about iTunes. The lack of listening to a full song before you purchase it. I don’t know about you but I can’t decide if I like a song just by listening to it for 30 seconds. So where do you go when you want to listen to the full song or, even download it if it isn’t on iTunes? Well the place I go the most is Jamglue. Yes, I know it is a very weird name but, I think that it is the best place to listen/download music all for free. Also with jamglue you can create and upload remixes of songs. 

     

      Thanks, Patrick Fassler

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      Where do you get your Apple news from? Do you subscribe to Magazines? Or do you find it online? I personaly get mine from Mac|Life and Mac Rumors. But, where are the other places to find them. Well, in this blog post, I am going to talk about where you can find a ton of Apple News!

      So the first Place I would go to is, Mac Rumors. Mac Rumors is a very reliable source for most of your Mac,iPod,iPhone or even some other technology news. Mac Rumors also has forums. Which makes it very user friendly. 

      Another good place to get your Apple news is Mac|Life . Mac|Life has a website where you can get your news or you can get their Magazine. I am personally signed up  for the site, and get the magazine in the mail every month. In my opinion Mac|Life is not just news. It also has iPhone, iPod Touch, and Mac tips and trick. One month had 25 things ever Mac geek needs to know.

      The last place I am going to talk about is Mac World. I have never ordered Mac World Magazine but, one day I hope to. Mac World is a very clean, and nice magazine and website. They aren’t my favorite but they are still very reliable. I would recommend this website.

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Do you watch TV online? Well I sure do. I like to watch it on Hulu. Hulu is a website where you can watch anything from Lost or The Simpsons. Hulu has limited commercials that last from ten seconds to about twenty. But to some people that may be a while but for when there is only about two for a thirty minute episode that, you are watching online, its not that bad. If you are worried about paying for a service that isn’t that good, try Hulu. It is 100% free and Legal. You can watch the episode in High Resolution and in full screen. Also you can lower the Lights to make a nicer effect if you are watching it in the dark I guess. 

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  About three months ago I got the Logitech VX Revolution for my birthday. I have to say that I love it and don’t think if I did get a Mac I would use the Mighty Mouse.  Here are my reasons. 

      Scrolling:

      One thing I like about the Logitech VX Revolution is the “Hyper Fast Scrolling”. I love being able to “fly” through huge Microsoft Word Documents/ Pages Documents. Also if I am on a long website such as a site with tons of pictures on it, and I want to scroll to the bottom. All I have to do is scroll one or two times. Now I am not going to be biased because, I do love the Apple Mighty Mouse 360 scroll. But if the Mighty Mouse had this or the VX had the 360 scroll I would use both of them. So to sum this up, I love the scrolling on both of the mouses!

      Arch:

      This time I am going to start out talking about the Might Mouse.  Well, the Mighty Mouse doesn’t really have an arch but it does have a small one. That is another thing that I like about the VX Revolution, its arch. If Apple were to put an arch in the Mighty Mouse, which I doubt that they would, I would once again use both. One reason I like having an arch is the way my hand is shapped. I could use the Mighty Mouse but it would be easier for me just to use the VX. 

      Control: 

      With the Logitech mouses you can download somthing off Logitech.com or get it off the disk that the product comes with. This also works with the keyboards. The program is called Logitech Control Center. If you get it off the website it is still free and works the same. But lets talk about that it does. Well I guess I will list some of the things that it can do. 

Choose what you want the bottons such as: Right Click, Left Click, Zoom, Back/Forward, or scroll 2 on the MX Revolution.
Mouse Movement
Mouse Game Settings
Zoom Settings
MicroGear Precesion Scroll wheel
Mouse Batteries
      Now when it comes to the Mighty Mouse I am not that sure on what all you can do, but I do know that you can turn on the “Right Click”, and I am sure that you can do more than just that but I don’t have a Mac. 

      Conclusion:

      Well to sum up this post I am just going to say that I like both of them. There are things that I like about the Mighty Mouse, and there are things that I like about the VX Revolution. So now its up to you what to get. 

 

      Thanks, Patrick Fassler

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How do you make Presentations?

How do you make presentations online? Well you could pay for a good presentation maker but what if you are at a hotel and don’t have your Laptop? What now? You can download stuff such as Open Office but in this blog post I am going to talk about some ways to possibly do this for free online.

Okay, there are a few ways to do this. I am just going to name about two in this post. They are Google Docs and 280 Slides.

So lets get started with Google Docs. Obviously this is made by Google so you have to have an account. Just go to one of the links at the bottom. So after that you go to Google and click More at the top and then hit Documents. Now what you want to do is just head on over to the tab that says New. Now hit Presentation. Next what will happen is a new window will pop up. There you go, you can now make/save/open your Google Presentation.

Now I am going to talk about 280 Slides. So just head on over to the link at the bottom and it will take you to the site. Now what you want to do is scroll down to where it says “Try it now, Its free” then you will get something with about the same interface as Apple Keynote. With this you can now make your presentation. You can also Download it and open it whenever you want and wherever you want.

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Links:

Google Docs: http://www.docs.google.com/

280 Slides: http://www.280slides.com/


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Patrick Fassler

A big selling point for most subscription based games, I find, isn't really how awesome the game is, but whether or not my friends are playing.  A game could have everything going for it, but if I don't have social interaction in a genre that usually consists mostly of going from place to place I tend to tire of the experience (or lack thereof) rather quickly.  Social interaction got me into my first MMORPG Earth & Beyond in late 2002, and after that pulled me into Star Wars: Galaxies (which was amazing thanks to the guild I was in).  Wanting to bond with co-workers brought me to World of Warcraft, and now, moving 1800 miles away, my friends have pulled me into Eve Online.


So I guess I'm not a TOTAL n00b when it comes to a typical MMO game, but Eve Online isn't your typical MMO game.  Ok, yes, it has combat, and it has crafting, and it has lots and lots of travel.  Where it differs comes in how each similarity Eve has with other MMO games has its own quirk that enchances the depth of the game to make it stand out.


The Eve experience starts out by just throwing you into the pool so to speak.  You're in a ship, a rather ugly, piece of crap ship, with an anemic computer voiced tutorial guiding you on the VERY basics of the game.  Once that tutorial ends you're tossed out into the universe to learn via trial by fire.  I like that.  Instead of long winded NPC conversations trying in a clever but not so clever attempt to hide a tutorial in storyline, you get something that flat out tells you do this, do that, you probably want this, and you really should do that.


If you are into doing missions, grinding XP, and getting to the highest level as fast as you can, you shouldn't be playing this game.  Yes, you can do missions and blow stuff up, but there is no XP.  Thats right, no XP.  You learn skills over time.  You pick what you want to learn and after a certain amount of time you learn them.  You don't even have to be online to learn them.  Its about time a developer created a system that didn't penalize players for the inability to be constantly logged on doing stuff.


Even if you aren't into doing missions and combat, theres still plenty to do.  Theres a corporation system, which essentially is the guild system, that is so in depth that you can spend your entire time managing it like a business.  There are skills that aid choosing to go in this direction and, from what I've seen, alot of people choose to go this way.


Eve Online is cool in that it offers you a full 14-day trial to get a feel for the game, which you really need to check out if you are considering the game.  It is very obvious this game isn't for some people, and the developers seem to be comfortable in that.  Unlike World of Warcraft type games, which feature countless servers and millions of subscribers and costly expansions, Eve features one giant server environment and every expansion is free.  One you buy the game you have it, you don't have to pay more for it other than the subscription fee.  Eve seems to concentrate on what makes it different from other games, making the people it caters to happy, instead of making everyone content.  It doesn't have the biggest following in the world, but most of the people I've talked to that play Eve seem to be very happy with it.


As a noob to the game I like what I've seen so far and I've only seen the tip of the iceberg.  For the low price of $20 US, which includes your first month of the game, if you are into this sort of deep future sim it is very much worth the price.


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Hello,

This is the first blog entry of www.topgearfordgt.weebly.com. Where we talk about Technology including PC Gaming,Apple Inc. and much more. To introduce myself the writer I am Josh also known as applerulz on YouTube I am a big fan of Apple Inc. and have been using Apple products since July 2007 and as you know “Once You Go Mac, You Never Go Back.” But lets just not talk about me. Lets get into some tech, Apple has released a brand new iLife 09 with many new features in iPhoto,iMovie,Garageband and iWeb. And one that I myself find very cool is the ability that in Garageband you can learn how to play guitar and piano on your screen 
which is very neat. This blog entry was just a little example and introduction of what is going to be happening here also check out the forums for more awesome Tech Talk!

By: Josh