OpenVPN Sucks

I was very interested in OpenVPN. I was looking for a good secure solution to access of home network from outside of it. So I proceeded to attempt to instal OpenVPN... Well that didn't go very well.

Making a RAM Disk - Turning RAM into a Hard Drive!

I was browsing around the Internet, as I spend most of my time, and I discovered the idea of a RAM disk. A RAM disk a section of your computers RAM that, through software, is being accessed as if it were a disk drive. The benefit of this is the increase in speed RAM can provide over a hard drive.

To do this I needed some software and after a few quick Google searches I can across a program called RAMDisk from DataRam.com. Their free version of the program allows for up to 4GB of RAM to be assigned as a drive letter on your computer. Now currently in my computer I only have 4GB of RAM so this program would work for me just find.

The program was very easy to set up. After downloading and installing it I launched it and selected the size of the drive I wanted to create and then I selected why type of formatting I wanted. After that I created my RAM disk and was able to access it in Windows Explorer.

DiskRAM - Making a 1GB RAM Drive

1GB RAM Drive

The speeds of the drive were very impressive. I used a free program called CrystalDiskMark to speed test the sequential read and write speeds of the drive. I was getting speed results of around 2.4GB/s. Which is well over the average of 76MB/s I was getting with my SATA II hard drive.

SATA II Hard Drive Sequential Read/Write Speeds

RAMDisk Drive Sequential Read/Write Speeds

This software also has many neat features like saving the RAM drive to your hard drive when you turn off the computer and loading it back when you turn it on. This is some great software and I am happy to have such a fast RAM Drive! Now to get more RAM, XD.

Test Your Hard Drive Speed

For a few day I thought that my hard drive was under performing. I just didn't that the loading screens on BF3 should have taken that long. In search for an answer I found this great free program that would test the data transfer speeds of your hard drives! CrystalDiskMark

SATA II results from CrystalDiskMark

Find your lost, stolen, or misplaced phone! - Find My Phone

Have you ever lost your phone? I have. It happens. With this neat app I just installed from the Android app store you can send your lost cell phone a text message and it will automatically respond with its location and a link to a relative location in Google Maps.

Apple Sucks. Stupid iTouch needs to be restored.

For no reason my iTouch decides that it would be a good time to freeze up and make me redo the firmware. Great. I was just browsing in Safari and then the stupid device decided to turn off and reboot with the stupid "Connect to iTunes" screen.

So now I am sitting here waiting for the over sized bloatware to download. I also just realized that I have no recent back-ups of my iPod. These means that all of my settings, contacts, notes, and all my personal information is GONE. Thanks a lot Apple.

Ohh well, at least I just got a new smart phone running ANDROID! SCREW YOU iOS!

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Team Fortress 2 Is Now Free!

Team Fortress 2 Is Now Free In Steam! I actually have not played this game. I am not much of a gamer but I do enjoy playing around once and a while. I just heard that Team Fortress Two is now free so I am currently downloading a copy. Too bad it's like 8GB... AT&T really needs to provide some better Internet speeds where I live. Here is a video of the game that I found on YouTube! Looks like fun!

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How to hide updates from the App Store on iPhone and iPod Touch

I have a jailbroken device and sometimes there are updates that I just don't want to install. To fix this I found this little tool from Cydia.

The tool is called "Update Hider" and it's available in the default Cydia repositories. Just do a search for it and you will be able to download this amazing tool!

Update Hider from Cydia

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7-ZIP The Best Open Source Archive Manager!

Today I bring to you 7-Zip! I recently, about a month ago, started to use 7-Zip as my archive manager. I am always downloading ".RAR" ".ZIP" ".GZ" ".TAR" ".ETC" and I use to have a program for just about each of those. Now I use 7-Zip. It allows me to manage all of those different types of file archives from one piece of software.

What's interesting about 7-Zip is that it doesn't really have a GUI or a program launcher. It has a file manager but that isn't very effective. What it does have is a right click or shell menu. I can right click on anything and send it to an archive! I love it!

So if you need a good free open source archive manager I would recommended that you take a look into 7-Zip! If you want to grab a copy right now you can use the links below!

Download 7-ZIP

• 7-ZIP 32bit (Mirror)
• 7-ZIP 64bit (Mirror)

Free Angry Birds Game for your computer!

Enjoy playing Angry Birds? I know that I do! It's a fun addictive game! Well now I have a way to play Angry Birds on your computer for free!

Just go to http://chrome.angrybirds.com

The only catch is that you MUST you Chrome web browser. (UPDATE! I just played using Firefox 4!)

Enjoy! If you have any questions leave then in the comments!

How to find out what type of RAM you have in your computer!

My number one recommended place to find the type of RAM that your computer needs would be the original manual for your computer or motherboard. Now I understand that most of us probably have no clue where we last left our manuals. That is why today I am sharing with you this neat little program called System Information for Windows or SIW for short.

This program is a free download for non-commercial use. It will show you a lot of different useful information about your computer. It will also show you what type of RAM you have installed. Just scroll down to the Memory section in the left pane and it will tell you all of the information it can find about your memory.

System Information for Windows - Scan you computers hardware, memory, etc.

Download SIW System Information for Windows


Option Two

If for some reason the software does not work, it should, you can give this online scanner a try. Now I would highly recommended using the SIW software first but you may also want to give this site a try. It will scan your computer for the type of memory through a web browser.