Just a Digital Native

How To Enjoy Your Comics On Your Tablet Like A Boss

Posted by Jason Effraimidis Monday, May 6, 2013 0 comments

On tablet commercials we usually see a random person playing Angry Birds on his tablet, watching YouTube while sipping margaritas at the beach or just sending emails. What about reading comics? Why doesn't that get any TV-love?

The ability to sit on your couch and buy comics without having to worry about missing the next issue is the wet dream of every comic reader. And moreover, who wouldn't like getting their digital comics at a better price (paper costs money)?

But this article isn't about Comixology but about Perfect Viewer, a great free app that lets you view your comics on your device. Imagine having a huge collection of comics but you're afraid that they might get ruined so you decide to scan them and save them on your computer. Wouldn't it be great to also reread them on your tablet?

Perfect Viewer

Perfect Viewer is a comic reading app that supports many image (JPEG,PNG,GIF,BMP) as well as archive (CBZ/ZIP,CBR/RAR,7Z/CB7(No solid mode),LZH) file formats and boasts a bookshelf where your comics are shown in their own separate folders, all nice and tidy.

Although it doesn't have a slick design and looks a bit clunky, it's very easy to use and quite powerful. It even tags the comics that you've read for your own convenience. It's a great application and worth a try!

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The Easiest Way To Keep Your Hard Drive Fast And Efficient

Posted by Jason Effraimidis Tuesday, April 23, 2013 0 comments

Computers are complicated devices that are an important part of ours lives. Although the majority of us have devices that operate very similar to computers, like smartphones and tablets,taking care of them is an important aspect that most people neglect.

Whats Disk Fragmentation?
Frequent use of your computer tends to make it clutter and slow down so keeping it fast and in tip-top shape requires a bit of maintenance on your part.

What happens in your Hard Disk Drive is similar to a disorganized file cabinet, files get mixed up with others and most of them end up in the wrong category leading to a disaster.

Your computer tries to load up data but takes more time because first it has to find them since they are disorganized. Luckily for you, the maintenance doesn't involve opening your computer and cleaning in with a brush, just using a specific tool that windows provides you with so its fairly simple and easy.

Defragging and Fragmentation.

When you use your computer to perform various tasks as well as move, download and delete files, your computer keeps cluttering up and getting fragmented with data which end up clogging its digital arteries. To keep it fast and efficient, you must use a defragmentation software to clean your Hard Drive. Think of your PC as a file cabinet which has files stored in a random order. Defragging your computer will put those notes in Alphabetical order according to your usage, thus making it faster and more efficient when it tries to find its data.

Fortunately for you and your wallet, Windows has its own personal program to help you keep your HDD safe and sound.

Steps
1) Go to "My Computer",
2) Right-click on your "Hard Drive" and select "Properties" from the drop down list that appears,
3)Go to the "Tools" tab and click on "Defragment now".

Done, now you just have to sit back and let your computer work its magic. Read a comic, go for a stroll, this will take time.

Enjoy a faster and much healthier Hard Disk, you deserve it!

Note: Solid State Drives(SSD's) don't need any defragging because of how they operate. By defragging an SSD instead of making it better and faster, you reduce its life span and can ruin it. Stick only to regular Hard Drive Disks for your defragging needs.

About Time, Game Center-Like Gaming Social Hub Possibly Coming To Android, Future Plans Leaked Via APK

Posted by Jason Effraimidis Monday, April 22, 2013 0 comments

If you ask me, its about time they (Google) decided to create a social hub for Android gamers, one like the iOS Game Center, a cool app where people can meet new friends, compare achievements and scores, discover new games and play against, or with, other people all around the world.

Coming from an iOS environment, the lack of a Game Center was the first thing i noticed on my Android Tablet. Lets not forget how competitive we gamers get to become when we indulge ourselves in colorful games. Many are the times when we just want to rub our score in some other persons face and boast our "mad" skills while denying theirs.

Well, Google has heard the warcry of its user base and is planning to make one, regardless if they didn't mean to have their future plans leaked all over the internet.

APK Leak
According to Android Police, an APK teardown revealed much about this so called Game Center and its future plans that Google had it mind. Some of which are:

multiplayer support
in-game chat
lobbies
leaderboards
achievements

Many will cry out that a Game Center is the least of our worries when so many fixes and improvements should be made instead. Well i agree and disagree, Android does need to work on many things regarding performance but i also think that a Game Center will let us forget about those problems and focus more on our enjoyment, which is more important in my honest opinion.

Any thoughts regarding this leak?

There May Be Some Light In The MMORPG Industry After All

Posted by Jason Effraimidis Sunday, April 21, 2013 0 comments

Many times i think that MMORPG's are like flowers, they pop up in large quantities on specific times of the year. Before World of Warcraft, the MMORPG market wasn't as successful but after Blizzard made bank with their best seller, the corporate suit guys started looking at the lucrative market as a big cash cow ready to be milked.

Now the market is flooded with hundreds of crappy MMO's, most of them decided to become free to play because no one gave a damn and obviously decided that if a game is worth a subscription, might as well be the most successful one.

Lucky for us, some companies are truly invested in their products instead of wanting to make some easy money, so there may be some hope after all.

Are you looking for a new mmorpg? Check out the 2 games below.

Neverwinter Online

In the beginning, the game was destined to be a co-op but after Carbine was bought by Perfect World, they got the necessary funds to turn their game into an MMORPG, as they wanted from the beginning. It looks great, plenty of lore and the combat system looks interesting. I'm waiting to give NWO a try when the open beta launches in the end of April because only testing will give you a taste of the real deal.

WildStar

Honestly, this game looks like WoW, but in a good way instead of a bad copy-cat scheme. The graphics are simple and great, class progression looks interesting and has a funny vibe to it. Won't call it a WoW killer (i hate that term), but possibly a very good game that could attract many players if it plays its cards right.

Have you found any new MMORPG that you are eager to try? Please, share yours thoughts!

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How To Fix Error 15 On Chrome

Posted by Jason Effraimidis Thursday, April 11, 2013 0 comments

It bugs me when a program doesn't work as it should, and even more when it stops working all of a sudden for no apparent reason.

Two weeks ago, my Chrome browser stopped working and everytime i tried to visit a website, it would respond with an "Google.com = Error 15 (net::ERR_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED): Unknown error".

The weird thing that confused me was that the error appeared out of the blue since i hadn't updated or changed any settings for a while now.

After researching about this "Error 15" and using some common knowledge by looking at the error, i found out that it's related to the sockets of the browser. And how do we fix sockets? We flush them.

How to fix the Error 15.

To fix this problem, we have to go under the hood of the Chrome Browser. To do that, follow the instructions bellow!

Type chrome://net-internals/ in the url and press enter,
Click on the tab "Sockets",
Click on "Flush socket pools"
Click on "Close idle sockets".

After doing so, your browser will restore functionality and operate properly. I can't guarantee that this error won't happen again (since a bug has to be resolved in the source code), following the above will resolve your problem every time you face that pesky Error 15.

Happy browsing!

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