DFX Mobile Setup!

I have setup the subdomain m.deanfx.net for my mobile viewers.

This is nothing special but it does make it easier and definitely speeds up the process of seeing my latest posts here on deanfx.net. Here you can read the full entries of the updates that I have posted here, or see a quick description (if any) to the specific post.

Please keep in mind that if you are an iPhone/iPod touch user, continue visiting my site by just going to deanfx.net as there is a plugin that converts the site to a mobile view anyway. This is more for the other smartphone visitors.

Comments are open for this topic as well.

gPodder

So I recently started using gPodder to download some podcasts that I listen to. I never used this before, You may have, however I figured I would give it a post on here. It is a quick way for me to keep track of all the podcasts I listen to on my netbook so I can quickly download the most updated ones and transfer them onto my mobile device. It also has a area where you can search top podcasts and subscribe to them (as I have done in the image below) so you can try out different ones. You can download gPodder for free for windows/linux & MAC at gPodder.org. You have to signup for an account by going to their website, after e-mail validation it is a matter of seconds before you start downloading all your favorite podcasts! Check it out and let me know how you like it!

Comments are open for this topic.
Please no spam or you will be banned.

Snipy.WS - Launched Today!

I know that there are a lot of short URL generators out there. However almost all of them you need to make an account for, and have to deal with the advertisements and long wait time for the load. So for this reason I have launched Snipy. Snipy is a fast way to generate shorter URL's for your own use without having to deal with all the other headachs. There is no advertising, popups, redirection failures...etc. The service is free to use and does NOT have any restrictions. All links are saved in our database so that if a duplicate link has been added to be shortened, the old short url will be given to you rather provide you with a new URL via snipy.

If you choose to use this service I hope you enjoy it and pass it on to your friends. It is also very handy for mobile use as the load time for Snipy is extremely fast due to almost nothing for the page to load other than text. If you have any ideas or advice that you think would make the service better, feel free to shoot me an e-mail and I will do what I can.

URL: http://www.snipy.ws

A day without twitter

What a nightmare!

Let me start off by saying twitter's support is HORRID! It took me over 7 hours to just explain to the rep exactly what the problem was.
Long story short, my account was one of those select few accounts that on tuesday they reset the passwords for protection due to the source posted in the previous post.

It locked out my account for about 10 hours...Then I finally got home and was able to get to the password reset form. Now the question it asked me in order to proceed was...what is the cell phone number linked to this account. Now...It was setup to my iPhone number which I no longer have nor remembered. After a few hours of pondering, I remembered that I had linked my AIM screen name to foward messages to my iPhone. So I logged in there, and sure enough!!! The number was stored in the log (thank god).

So I was just able to reset my password and now @deanfx is back in my hands. (No thanks to twitter support at all).

They should definitely consider changing that support center and who works for it before thinking this social networking site is going to get any bigger...
Absolutely ridiculous. Just a funny note...my ticket is still opened with them with no response after one of their stupid responses.

No twitter access!

Well unfortunately I am unable to login to my twitter account.
From what I can grasp over the internet and google, is that this is for some sort of protection.

What I find absolutely rediculous is that I can not reset my password via e-mail. I have to open a support ticket, or reset it through a linked phone number (which doesn't work anyway).

I opened a trouble ticket with Twitter for this, hopefully this gets resolved fast.

I am curious to see if anybody elses account was effected by this...If so, I left comments open on this topic, let me know.

I'll keep everyone posted!

http://tr.im/MJkr - Source: PC World.

YGR - Spenca!

Just wanted to announce that a good friend of mine Spenca has finally come back to the online world!
I am hosting his new website YouGotRooted.com (YGR) which should be all setup by the end of the night.
You will be seeing a lot of work being released from him as well as providing a pretty nice exploit database.
All the work that is done by him will also be posted here as it is a great addition to our network to have him as an affiliate. He has just hopped onto twitter. Not sure if he has done anything with it yet or how often he will be on, however you can catch him at @yougotrooted.

Anyway, be sure to check out his site, as I am sure he is working on it as I type.

Welcome to the network Spenca!

DFX Mobile

As you can tell I yet again, made some changes to the site. If you are a common visitor you'll know by now I like to make changes to the site often. The reason for this post is because I have setup a plugin that allows the website to be viewed as a mobile version on the iPhone which allows you to visit the site on you phone faster by removing images and what not. This however does NOT work for blackberrys and other smartphones. I am in the process of putting together a mobile version of the site that will work for all mobile browsers (if detected) so you don't have to wait for the regular website to load. The url will most likely be m.deanfx.net.

I will make a post when this has been completed so you can start visiting my site without waiting forever.

Anyway, feedback on the new look of the site would be greatly appreciated, as well as any ideas you may have to make the site better.

I am also in the works of setting up a forum for developers and graphic designers which is almost ready, just have to tweak it a bit before I go on announcing its launch.

That's all for now!

Have a safe and happy new year!

#! Crunchbang Install - Lenovo S10

Over the weekend I decided to remove ubuntu and give the distro Crunchbang out. Of course, I decided to do this test on my netbook to see how well it ran and what not. So I started by using Unetbootin to make my flash drive bootable, used the application and loaded the #! (crunchbang) ISO onto the drive. After about 10 minutes of that completing, I partitioned 20gb for the OS. The install I have to admit was pretty smooth.

Well finally after I got in it, and managed to understand how the OS works differently from Ubuntu and other linux distro's that I have used. I must say that this distro is very nice and runs extremely smooth on a netbook (so i went ahead and installed it on all my computers as well) :).

I definitely recommend trying this distro out if you know a little bit about linux and just cant figure out which one you like the most. It is extremely easy to customize the OS as you can edit almost everything right at the click of your mouse, and not even having to know much about coding or anything. So yes, if you are a beginner linux user, this could be good for you as well.

Anyway, I tweaked the OS a bit and set it up to my liking, TINT2 has been edited, as well as the GTK themes, OB Menu's and Conky setup.  If you have any questions or need help with the os, feel free to e-mail me.

Download Crunchbang - [here]
Crunchbang Forums - [here]

Latest screenshot of my Lenovo S10 using #! - [here]

Leaked OS 5 on BlackBerry 8900

So if you are following me on twitter, I said I was going to be installing a leaked copy of OS 5.0.0.348 on my BlackBerry 8900 last night. At first I was a little nervous because earlier yesterday afternoon, I had a software issue which caused me to have to restore my entire phone with the latest official OS. After getting all my stuff together, fixing my settings,  I decided to give it a shot and pop the leaked copy of OS 5 on my phone.

It didn't take any more than about a hour to do, no headachs or problems I came accross at all. If you read on the bottom of the post, I posted the applications I used that you would need to do this to your 8900. Unfortunately I did not video record the update process (I should of) but I'm sure there are tons of videos about installing a operating system on a blackberry out there.
Cons: None really, I did notice that in the most recent version of FaceBook app, some posts text color seem to be white, however once I move the trackball a little bit, everything shows normally. Possibly just a error with the application as all other apps work properly.

Tested Apps (other than official bb apps): I am using IM+, Facebook, Pandora, Wordpress, Twitterberry, and CaptureIT. All work flawlessly other than the minor mentioned problem above.

Applications used during OS Upgrade:
- BBSAK Version 1.7 (http://rimgeeks.com/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=56&p=364#p364)
- BlackBerry 8900 OS 5.0.0.348 (http://rapidshare.com/files/3056...)
Thats pretty much it! If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an e-mail.

Ubuntu 9.10 - Almost here!!!