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To the best of my knowledge there is not an application for the iphone that will give you push notifications for Xbox live friends and messages. If I’m wrong let me know but there is a way to make this happen. With the help of three applications you can get notifications of your friends signing on to Xbox Live and new messages. What you will need is Friendz, Growl and, Prowl for iphone.
Install Growl and Friendz on your Mac. I use Friendz because it’s the only app that works well with Snow Leopard. You can then install Prowl on your iphone and follow these instructions to get prowl working with Growl. Once you have finished that you can choose the prowl setting for the notification you want to go to the iphone. Friendz can also control which friends send notifications. If you hit command + I you can choose to send notifications for that person. This way it will notify you when your good friends sign on and not when just anyone signs on.
You have to have your computer on and the application running to get the notifications, which is less than ideal but it's the only way I know of to get these type of notifications.
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The popular iPhone application Camerabag has come out with a desktop application. Camerabag is a popular photo application for the iphone that allows you to apply filters to your photos to make them look like they were taken with a film camera. They have effects like Magazine, Helga, mono, instant(which is like a Polaroid), and many others. The effects look really nice and can make any image look like it was shot with an old style camera or unique film camera.
Most companies are struggling to get their Desktop apps to the app store but Nevercenter did the opposite. They just released a $19 desktop app that is like supped up version of the iPhone application. You can apply several different filters to your full size photos to achieve the look you were going for. You can apply multiple filters to the same photos and customize how it looks. You can even add custom borders to fit the personality of the image. The program is super easy to use and operate and is worth the money if you decide to buy it.
Camerbag $19 NeverCenter
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I found a great website today called Anyclip. It allows you to search movies for specific movie lines or scenes. You can also search for actors and movies. It’s a great way to discover what lines came from what movies. I know I have had arguments with people arguing over what line a movie came from and this is a great way to solve that type of debate.
Oddly enough it will also show clips where your search appears in text on the clip. I assume that the text was a part of the closed caption, because it’s typically text that was meant for the movie watcher to see and read. For example I typed in “cheesy poofs” and it showed a scene from South Park where the words were not said but the bag of cheesy poofs was shown.
Anyclip will also find your search in music playing during the clip. I have found some searches that are a little broad will result in unusual results. So it's good to be as specific as possible.
Anyclip is in beta right now so you can go to anyclip.com and apply for the beta. I applied and got my invitation about 10 minutes later.
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There was an update to Left 4 Dead today. It has a couple of changes, but the biggest change was to the HUD, heads up display, for the versus infected. There is now a count down timer letting you know how long you have before you can attach again. I also noticed that when you are in a room and the game is about to start there is a sound effect connected to the count down.
The update also brought the end to the Power Shot. A glitch that allowed to shoot an entire clip of ammo at once. I glitched that I loved and now it is gone. I guess I have to get used to using the auto shotgun again.
This update is of course a precursor to the New Crash Course DCL level that should be coming out September 23, 2009. I hope it does. It was mentioned as part of a Game with Fame event so hopefully everyone will get to play it on the 23rd.
Update September 23, 2009
Okay so the DLC Crash Course Level is not going to come out until September 29th, which is next Tuesday. I can't believe I have to wait another week. Oh well such is life.