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Keeping Up with Technology

2011-04-20T18:25:00.000-07:00

The technological advances produced everyday is amazing and further drenches today's society in what people in the past couldn't even fathom. When so much technology is being invented, however, how can we keep up? Take the iPad, for example, an overgrown iPod Touch. The orignial Wi-Fi iPad was released in the U.S. on April 3, 2010, while the Wi-Fi iPad 2 was released March 11, 2011. Less than a year later, possibly the most advanced piece of technology for the general public had just gotten upgraded. These fast releases make it almost impossible to keep up with the latest technology. What are your thoughts on such rapid technological advances?

HTML Tab

2010-11-21T09:05:00.000-08:00

We have a new tab-HTML!
HTML Information and Tutorials will be located there.

Goal Achieved!

2010-07-21T16:20:00.000-07:00

Pixelated here, and I'm so excited! I absolutely love HTML and CSS, but I have been having difficulties in CSS. For me, DIVs, classes, and IDs were almost out of reach. Not now! They are actually relatively simple, so those who wish to learn CSS shouldn't fret. Just keep at it and you'll eventually learn them.

Oh, and it's good that these are simple. They all make coding a lot easier and help spruce up your page, so I consider them a neccesity.

App Overload!

2009-03-10T17:36:00.001-07:00

I am so mad at Apple for this! You want to know what this is? Apple has set a crazy limitation for at least the iPod touch and most likely the iPhone. You can only install 9 pages of apps! This is crazy! You should be able to install all of the apps that you can fit onto the device. I wouldn’t be so upset about this except for the fact that they make it so hard to delete apps that you have. I am so annoyed at this. I am surely going to send Apple an email about this. Be sure to tell your friends about this and remember to send your suggestions to theR...@gmail.com

Ivan Quill, formerly Mister IQ, President of the Super Awesome Computer Geek Squad

What I Use: Part 1 - Software

2009-03-09T12:35:00.000-07:00

Hey, Mister IQ here to introduce a new segment here at SACGS called “What I Use”. This will be a 3 part series consisting of what software I use, the hardware I use, and the websites I use. Today, I will be talking about software and I will be talking about the other topics later in the month. Then, in April and May, I will be reviewing all of these picks. Let’s get started!

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Beta Ultimate
Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox(main browser)(Windows, Mac, and Linux) and Google Chrome(for blog purposes)(Windows only)
Instant Messenger: Pidgin(Windows, Mac, and Linux)
Twitter Application: blu (Windows Vista and 7 only)
Media Player: Apple iTunes(Windows and Mac) and VLC Media Player(Windows, Mac, and Linux)
Image Editor: The GIMP(Windows, Mac, and Linux)
Basic Image Editing: Microsoft Office Picture Manager(Windows only)(included in all versions of MS Office 2003 and higher)
Photo Organization: Google Picasa 3(Windows only, Mac and Linux in beta)
Blog Editor: Microsoft Windows Live Writer(Windows only)
Audio Editor: Audacity(Windows, Mac, and Linux)
Video Screen Capture: CamStudio (Windows only)
Internet Security: COMODO Internet Security (Windows only)
CD Burner: InfraRecorder (Windows only)
Rich Text Editor: Jarte (Windows only)
Office Suite: Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise (Windows only)
Virtual Machines: VirtualBox (Windows, Mac, and Linux)

Wow, I have a bunch to review over the next few months.

Mister IQ, President of the Super Awesome Computer Geek Squad
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Podcast of the Week: this WEEK in TECH

2009-03-08T07:31:00.001-07:00

This WEEK in TECH(TWiT) is a podcast that is definitely on my must-listen list every week. TWiT is a panel podcast that talks about the tech news of the week. This podcast is always hosted by Leo Laporte. He is the only regular on the panel but John C. Dvorak is on the show very regularly. TWiT has a great community behind it and you can watch a live video stream of TWiT, called TWiT Live, at http://live.twit.tv. TWiT recording is streamed on Sunday at 3 PM Pacific, 6 PM Eastern. TWiT belongs to a netcast network called TWiT.tv. The TWiT network has live streaming all week and reruns when Leo isn’t live. Again, you can find the TWiT.tv netcast network at http://twit.tv and the live streams are available at http://live.twit.tv. And remember to send your podcast of the week suggestions to theR...@gmail.com (no attachments please)

this WEEK in TECH - MP3 Edition in the iTunes Podcast Directory
The TWiT Netcast Network in the iTunes Podcast Directory
this WEEK in TECH Offical Website
TWiT Live Stream

Mister IQ, President of the Super Awesome Computer Geek Squad

A New Author...Sorta

2009-03-07T13:27:00.000-08:00

Hello! If you aren't familiar with me, I'm Pixelated. Previously known as Tweenparadise, I have joined the big switch along with a new name. I'll be helping out with posts, graphics, and other various stuff. So, see ya around!

Website of the Week: Pixlr.com

2009-03-02T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello and welcome to the SACGS Website of the Week. This week’s pick is Pixlr.com. This link lets you go straight into the editor. What is Pixlr? Pixlr is an image editor, very similar to Adobe Photoshop, but it is completely online. It has a very easy to use interface, especially if you are familiar to Photoshop. I highly recommend it to anyone who needs to do some quick photo editing for any computer connected to the internet. Here are some images of Pixlr.com:

Mister IQ, President of the Super Awesome Computer Geek Squad
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Podcast Pick of the Week: Tekzilla

2009-03-01T11:30:00.000-08:00

Tekzilla from Revision3 is one of my podcasts that I listen to weekly. Tekzilla is hosted by Patrick Norton and Veronica Belmont and episodes are released weekly. This podcast is mostly listener powered as the podcast is based off of questions sent in by listeners. This should definitely be on the podcast list of every geek out there. There are also daily tips that are released on weekdays. Disclaimer: This podcast is not completely family friendly but most things are edited out.

Tekzilla on the Internet
Tekzilla(Large Quicktime) in the iTunes Podcast Directory

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New Sections of SACGS: Picks of the Week

2009-03-01T10:49:00.001-08:00

Here at SACGS, we always want to have new content. An easy way to do this I believe that we would have picks of different things each week. Some examples of picks would be podcasts, applications, web sites, tips, and other tech things. SACGS is now ready to give at least one pick every week to keep the content coming. Of course, this doesn’t apply if we are on vacation or something. Thanks again for reading SACGS. Send emails for suggestions to theR...@gmail.com

Mr. IQ, President of the Super Awesome Computer Geek Squad

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The New SACGS Daily Logo

2009-02-10T04:34:00.001-08:00

Here at SACGS, we would like to use a theme for everyday of the week. We are now going to announce these themes and show you the logos for each day.

Sunday=sillySunday
sillySunday is the day of the week that we talk about all of the silliest technology out there. Here is the logo:

Monday=macMonday
macMonday is the day of the week that we talk about Macs, iPhone, iPods, etc. Here is the logo:

Tuesday=tvTuesday
tvTuesday is the day of the week that we always talk about TV, video games, and all of the similar things. Here is the logo:

Wednesday=windowsWednesday
windowsWednesday is the day of the week that we talk about Windows and Microsoft stuff. Here is the logo:

Thursday=TOTT or Truth or Trash Thursday
TOTT is the day of the week that we talk about rumors and other things that could be junk. Here is the logo:

Friday=freeFriday
freeFriday is the day that we can talk about anything we want! I use it to talk about FOSS(free open source software). Here is the logo:

Saturday=socialSaturday
socialSaturday is the day that we talk about social things like email and Twitter. Here is the logo:

I hope that you like these logos!

Natedog, President of the Super Awesome Computer Geek Squad

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Shortened URLs: The New Keywords

2009-02-07T08:16:00.001-08:00

Do you remember that whenever you’d see a commercial, at the end it would say, “Keyword: {insert name of company here}”? Well, those have died down but really they have been brought back to life by micro-blogging services like Twitter. Why? Because people needed shortened URLs to be able to fit them into a tweet. Sounds just like keywords right? Now if SACGS had keywords, which it doesn’t, it wouldn’t say Keyword: SACGS, it would say http://sn.im/sacgs. See anything similar? I think that these keywords didn’t die, they were just replaced. Now if everyone agreed on one service, we could have browser integration and it would be keywords all over again. Now take some time and think about that. And let me know what you think at s...@gmail.com

Natedog, President of the Super Awesome Computer Geek Squad

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The Big Switch!

2009-02-06T17:02:00.001-08:00

SACGS has made the decision to switch from being a WordPress.com blog to being a Blogger.com blog. Why did we make this decision some may ask. We have done this for the welfare of the blog. With Blogger, we get free custom HTML code, and in turn, custom CSS. Expect a total redesign of this site soon but not to worry, all of the SACGS goodness of the posts is still going to be available at sacgs.wordpress.com just not updated.

Natedog, President of the Super Awesome Computer Geek Squad

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