The first time any of us look at number orientated games, we wonder how on earth we are supposed to play them. Sudoku is one of the most popular games on the web at the moment, because of its simple genius. So how do you play? In contrast to the card games you find on [...]
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How to Play Pokemon on your Android Phone
Posted: 23rd October 2011 by Andrew Brown in TutorialsTags: android, emulation, phone, pokemon
Today I got Pokemon Emerald running on my Samsung Mesmerize running Android 2.2. It wasn’t as straightforward as the market authors would like you to believe, so here’s a quick tutorial on how to get it running, fast. 1. Install GBA Player Lite This is the free version of GBA Player, and is available in the [...]
How to invite your friends to Google Plus
Posted: 30th June 2011 by Andrew Brown in TutorialsTags: beta, field test, Google, invites
When you first sign up to Google+, you can create circles and put all your friends in them. For now, they’re supposed to just be notified of content by email, until the field test is over. However, right now you can use this content-by-email approach to invite entire groups of people all at once! Here’s [...]
Facebook: How to Undo a Friend Request
Posted: 23rd June 2011 by Andrew Brown in TutorialsTags: Facebook, Friends
In the past, Facebook made it difficult to undo friend requests that you’ve sent. You had to navigate your settings to block the person in question, and then unblock them; and that’s what most Google results for “how to undo a friend request” will tell you to do. However, there’s a much easier way. At [...]
How to Prepare for a Phone Interview
Posted: 3rd February 2011 by Andrew Brown in TutorialsTags: Interviewing, Tips
After posting Andrew Brown, looking for summer ’11 internship on Quora almost two weeks ago, I’ve been approached by many extremely interesting and knowledgable people from a wide range of companies. Fortunately for me (living in Missouri—not in California, where most of the companies were located), everyone suggested phone interviews. I’d only ever done in-person [...]
Facebook Trick: Invite All of Your Friends at Once
Posted: 1st December 2010 by Andrew Brown in TutorialsTags: Facebook
It’s a common question on the Internet: how do I suggest an event to all of my friends? How do I suggest a fan page to all of my friends? How do I suggest an application to all of my friends?
It’s easy — just click all their pictures, one by one. Just kidding, it’s easier than that. Watch this.
Fighting Plagiarism with Google
Posted: 25th October 2010 by Andrew Brown in TutorialsTags: Alerts, Google, Plagiarism
I posed a question to Quora the other day asking how to ensure that none of my blog posts have been plagiarized.
Antone Johnson, former vice president and head of worldwide legal affairs at eHarmony gave me an interesting solution: use Google Alerts.
StarCraft II: How to Cannon Rush
Posted: 9th August 2010 by Andrew Brown in TutorialsTags: Starcraft II
Here’s a quick lowdown of the early-game cannon rush:
- Build a Probe and make it gather minerals.
- Build another Probe as the first finishes.
- As the second probe finishes, build a Pylon next to your Nexus and rush out to the enemy base with the Probe. I usually hotkey the Probe 1, and the Nexus 2.
- Depending on the size of the map, you can either warp in another Probe while you traverse the map or save the minerals. You should probably build a Probe on the larger maps. If you do, use a Chrono Boost on the Nexus to pump it out faster.
Dual Boot Menu Location on EEEPC 1005HA
Posted: 27th July 2010 by Andrew Brown in TutorialsTags: Dual Boot, EEEPC, FAQ
Quick post, because, although this is a very simple tip and looked-for constantly, it’s not very documented on the Internet. That is: where is the menu to boot to other devices on the EEEPC 1005HA?
It’s not marked when you boot up. However, you can access it by:
- Pressing Esc in the very first EEEPC screen when you first power on your netbook
Note that if you press Esc multiple times, the boot screen may not show. Just press it once. Be patient, grasshopper.
Documentation of the Omegle Protocol
Posted: 22nd June 2010 by Andrew Brown in Nonfiction, TutorialsTags: Documentation, Omegle
Synopsis
Omegle is a website that connects two anonymous strangers together and allows them to have a “no strings attached” conversation. Behind the Omegle uses several PHP pages for its back-end that must be accessed with HTTP POST requests. Each page has a different function, must be passed specific parameters, and returns specific data. All files are located in the root directory and can be accessed at http://www.omegle.com/example-page-name.