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Playing with Google App Engine

February 20th, 2010 · View Comments · app engine, apps, code, google, java

I’m playing with Google App Engine!

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Google App Engine is basically free hosting for Java and Python apps. Your app is hosted on an appspot.com subdomain, and you can pay for extra resources if your app starts to get really popular.

I’ll be using it to play around with Java web development (since my webhost doesn’t support Java). I may play around with Python eventually, but for now, I’ll be leveraging my Java experience to do my bidding.

Interested in playing with Google App Engine, too? I’ll show you my attack plan for how to get started. ^_^ (more…)

Motorola Cliq FAQ

December 24th, 2009 · View Comments · android, apps, cliq, faq, gadgets, mobile, support

CLIQ White

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

So I’ve noticed lately that ever since I wrote an article on my Motorola Cliq, people have been finding me in their search results. Unfortunately, what I wrote was simply a general review of the device, and so people’s questions were left unanswered. I decided to compile a list of common questions that people have searched for in attempt to remedy that. I’ll answer them the best I can. ^_^

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24 Things You Can Do with the Web

December 22nd, 2009 · View Comments · apps, lists, music

It’s almost time for 2009 to rest its head and let 2010 take over. In the world of technology, there’s been a lot of innovation this year. The Web has come a long way since its humble years in the 90s. It’s amazing that while many of us are now mastering the Internet with our cellphones, many more are just now introducing themselves to the Internet and exploring all the cool things they can do with it.

If you’re reading this right now, you’re probably online, but I bet that we all didn’t get here the same way or at the same pace. So, I felt like sharing with you all the cool things I’ve learned to do thanks to the wonderful world that is the Internet and the World Wide Web. Here are just a few of the many things you can do thanks to mankind’s worldwide digital creation:
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