Saturday, February 26, 2011

Cueboy Quest is an adorable 8-bit style physics game

Yes, that's right, I said adorable. Because Cueboy Quest really is!

You play an 8-bit cowboy whose goal on each level is to get to the door (and thus to the next level), but the door is often locked. To get it to open, you must shoot at one or more targets, and those targets aren't always in your line of sight. For example, on one level the the target is a balloon which is stuck all the way at the other end of the screen. You must first nudge it free, and then watch it float up and try to shoot it before it floats clear off the screen. Your bullets are chunky pixels that have some weight ? the have arcing trajectories, so you don't always hit exactly where you aim.

There's another level where you must jump on the balloon as it floats up, use it as a platform to get to the other end of the screen, and then turn to shoot it very quickly before it flies away. Each level is very short, and most of them are quite easy. And not only are the graphics 8-bit blocky, but they're large too. Simply beautiful!

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Boomshine is a soothing-yet-frustrating time waster

One click; just one single well-aimed click. That's all you get in Boomshine.

That single click triggers a chain reaction; circles start exploding, and other circles colliding with the shockwaves explode as well, creating their own shockwaves, which then catch other circles.

It's been done before, yes, but this one is a great iteration. The soundtrack is mellow, with lots of piano and some nice percussion (not electronic ? it sounds like drums).

At each level you need to make a certain number of circles explode to go on to the next level. I got up to level 12, where you get 60 circles and need to make 55 of them explode. And then I kept trying and trying, but simply couldn't get it. I did get to 54 circles a couple of times, but as they say, you don't get points for trying.

There's no time limit, so you can carefully study the pattern of motion and place your click at the exact right place to create the best chain reaction. I've found that clicking near the middle of the screen works quite well, especially if the balls are slowly moving in that direction. By the time the first shockwave dies off, the oncoming balls usually hit it and the chain reaction continues.

What level did you reach? Screenshots please!

Tags: boomshine, flash, fun, game, time waster, time-waster, time-wasters, TimeWaster, web

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Daily Tip: How to move your iTunes library to another hard drive

Hard drive coming dangerously close to being overrun with data and wondering how to move your iTunes library to another location? If you have a ton of stuff on your computer and your iTunes library isn?t helping the situation out have no fear we are here to help! Find out how, after the break!

[Apple iTunes News]

  1. Open up the iTunes Preferences and select the Advanced tab
  2. Ensure ?Keep iTunes media folder organized? is checked
  3. Now on the right of the text box at the top (iTunes Media folder location) you will see a button that says Change? go ahead and click on it
  4. Select the location you want to store your iTunes library
  5. Go to File then Library and finally choose Organize Library?
  6. Make sure you select to consolidate files and click ok
  7. Once the transfer is complete you can delete the files from their original location and have some precious storage space back on your computer

It?s that simple to get a good portion of your hard drive back from iTunes. Just be aware that if you do decide to do this and you use an external hard drive you?ll have to make sure it?s plugged in and available any time you want to play media or sync your iPhone or iPad!

Tips of the day will range from beginner-level 101 to advanced-level ninjary. If you already know this tip, keep the link handy as a quick way to help a friend. If you have a tip of your own you?d like to suggest, add them to the comments or send them in to dailytips@tipb.com. (If it?s especially awesome and previously unknown to us, we?ll even give ya a reward?)

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Waterfield Ultimate SleeveCase for Samsung Galaxy Tab

Now you can protect your Samsung Galaxy Tab with a Waterfield case.� The Ultimate SleeveCase for Samsung Galaxy Tab features a ballistic nylon exterior, neoprene padding, a brown leather or lead Indium trim, and an Ultrasuede lining to help keep your screen clean.� This bag can be used inside another bag or on its own.� You can even add D-rings and a mini strap or the Suspension strap for easier carrying.� This bag is TSA-friendly, too.� The Ultimate SleeveCase starts at $49.� Shipping begins 2/28/2011.� Waterfield is also offering other cases for the Galaxy Tab.� You can see the EXO SleeveCase, Slip Case, Suede Jacket Sleeve, and the Travel case at Waterfield?s Tablet Cases page.


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Tiny, Stick-On Joysticks for Touch Screen Gaming

Joystickers' Classic stick-on buttons for touch-screen phones. Photo: Joystickers

Check ?em out: nipples for the iPhone. Or, more accurately, ?removable gaming buttons for touch screens?.

We have seen a lot of clever products which add physical, moveable joysticks to touch-screen devices and make many games easier to play, but the Joystickers, as they are called, are about the simplest around. The nubbins stick straight onto the screen and transfer your movements via capacitive rubber.

They work like this: The outer cylinder and base sticks to the glass with a micro suction cup material. This houses the conductive rubber nubbin, which bobs around on an internal spring. Pull down with your thumb and the bottom edge contacts the screen, and so on.

Joystickers also makes a rather nice brush-shaped stylus and a regular pen-tip stylus, but these ?Classic? buttons are the coolest thing on offer, and they?re so tiny you could keep them in the little mystery pocket on your jeans. They?re also tiny enough to lose very quickly, but that?s really just your fault for being so careless.

Want some? You?ll need to pitch in over at Kickstarter, where a $40 pledge will buy you a pair of Classics.

Joystickers Classic [Kickstarter. Thanks, Anthony!]

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Apple Updates MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt I/O Technology

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Today Apple updated the MacBook Pro family with next generation processors and graphics, a�new FaceTime HD camera and�high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology. The Thunderbolt I/O technology (previously known as LightPeak) is a revolutionary I/O technology that supports high-resolution displays and high-performance�data devices through a single, compact port.�Featuring two bi-directional channels with transfer speeds up to an amazing 10Gbps each, Thunderbolt delivers PCI Express directly to external high performance peripherals such as RAID arrays, and can support FireWire and USB consumer devices and Gigabit Ethernet networks via adapters. Thunderbolt also supports DisplayPort for high resolution displays and works with existing adapters for HDMI, DVI and VGA displays.

We first learned of this technology from an Engadget article. According to this article and the Apple press release, we�can learn that Apple is going to use this technology in all of its product line, including the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. It will be interesting to see if Apple will introduce this technology in the iPad 2 that is�rumored to be announced next week.

More details on the new MacBook Pro and the�Thunderbolt I/O technology can be found in the Apple press release.


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BTDigg, the first DHT 'trackerless' decentralized torrent search engine

Despite DHT being included in major BitTorrent clients for years, the very first 'trackerless' torrent search engine has only just launched: BTDigg.

DHT is a decentralized and distributed technology that enables users to download files from nearby peers without contacting a central tracker. BTDigg crawls the massive DHT network, hopping from peer to peer, and slowly builds up an index of every torrent in existence -- in theory, anyway.

The exciting thing about BTDigg is that you now don't have to upload a torrent to a tracker or indexer to share something. BTDigg will eventually stumble across your shared files and index them. Of course, the irony is that BTDigg centralizes the decentralized DHT network, defeating any of its privacy and security benefits.

The main thing holding BTDigg back, though, is a truly atrocious interface and almost complete lack of functionality. It's green and orange, presumably in an attempt to look like old monochrome monitors. The search algorithm itself is awful -- and there's absolutely no way to refine your search, either. A search for "Glee EZTV" brought up a seemingly random and unchronological listing of episodes -- with lots of multiple results, too!

Still, it's a fun proof of concept. We're sure that future versions will be better...

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