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Did you know that you can write your gmail address in hundreds of different ways? Sign up for free stuff again and again with the same address…

May 4th, 2009 by joey | No Comments | Filed in Hacks

So… There are three different tricks to registering your gmail address over and over at the same site without it being rejected as “Already Registered”

Use @googlemail.com instead of @gmail.com

Both domains will send email to your email address. So, my email address: joey.novak@gmail.com is also joey.novak@googlemail.com

Put dots in your username whereever you want

No lie, Google just strips out all the dots before it delivers email to you. So, jo.eynovak@gmail.com is the same as joey.novak@gmail.com. I use this at work to test things ALL the time. You can even use LOTS of dots. So, j………………..oeynovak@gmail.com will get to me too.

Put a + at the end of your username and put whatever you want after it.

joey.novak+test123@gmail.com is the same as joey.novak@gmail.com This one isn’t as good as the other two, because some sites (facebook cough cough…) say “This isn’t a valid email address” even though it works at other places fine.

Conclusion

So that’s it! Now go sign up for free trials again and again at: https://www.copilot.com/, or https://secure.logmeinrescue.com/HelpDesk/Home.aspx?home=2&lang=en

Enjoy!!

Make your favorite website (facebook, pandora, etc…) faster using Mozilla Prism

April 21st, 2009 by joey | 1 Comment | Filed in Hacks, really cool

You know how you get too many tabs open in Firefox and things start to slow down, reaching the point of cold molasses after a while. Well Mozilla Prism is the answer. It is a stripped down, lean and mean version of Firefox that is designed to make that one web app lightning fast. Unlike Firefox, it isn’t designed for web browsing, rather it is designed to view a sinlge website at a time. Dedicating resources on your computer to that site, and that site only. Making it run significantly faster.

It is super super easy to use. Just install it, and now when you are visiting the website you want to make FAST just click “Tools -> Convert Website to Application” It creates a shortcut on your desktop that launches that website in Prism at lightning speeds. It takes almost no space on your computer, if firefox crashes your web app inside prism keeps running. And it solves world hunger… Well not really but it’s cool.

I use it for Pandora and my task manager. But you can use it for ANYTHING.

Unwise Microwave Experiments

April 8th, 2009 by joey | 2 Comments | Filed in Hacks, Life, really cool

This is freakin’ awesome.

Melting Glass in your microwave.

And while we are talking about microwaves…

Making Plasma -- Looks really cool!

Mafia Wars Loot / List of Where To Get

April 2nd, 2009 by joey | 24 Comments | Filed in Hacks

[memedex: pollid#490253]

Vault Collection Items

It doesn’t matter what job you do as long as it’s a looting job. The odds of getting a collection item are the same. See: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090213190953AAUEsbX

Other Special Items (Some Required For Jobs)

Here is a list of all the special items you can receive by doing jobs.

Item Job
A .22 Pistol Beat Up Rival Gangster
Blackmail Photos Obtain Compromising Photos
Butterfly Knife Collect Protection Money
Brass Knuckles Rough Up Dealers
A .9 mm Semi-Automatic Rob A Pimp
A .45 Revolver Take Out A Rogue Cop
Tactical Shotgun Perform A Hit
C4 Destroy An Enemy Mob Hideout
Stab Proof Vest Kill A Protected Snitch
Automatic Rifle Bust A Made Man Out Of Prison
Semi- Automatic Shotgun Fight A Haitian Gang
Armored Truck Smuggle Across The Border
Grenade Launcher Repel The Yakuza
A .50 Caliber Rifle Disrupt Rival Smuggling Ring
Armored Car Invade Tong-controlled Neighborhood
RPG Launcher Sell Guns To The Russian Mob
Bodyguards Protect Your City Against A Rival Family
Night Vision Goggles Assassinate A Political Figure
Napalm Exterminate A Rival Family
Computer Set-Up Rob an Electronics Store
Concealable Camera Rob an Electronics Store
Untraceable Cell Phone Rob an Electronics Store
Prop Plane Steal an Air Freight Delivery
Illegal Transaction Records Steal Bank Records

Good Ol’ Boys Having Fun

March 16th, 2009 by joey | No Comments | Filed in Hacks, Ingenuity, Life

Nothing qill quite bring a tear to your eye like a good ol’ boy…  You put a redneck out in the sun too long, give them one too many drinks, and something akin to temporary brain damage takes hold…  Fortunatly, this odd behaivor is HIGHLY entertaining.

This one will have you ROLLING ON THE FLOOR.

The “Roller Coaster Car”

Bedliner Sled…  I SO WANT TO DO THIS.  Although I’ve always thought a sheet of plywood being pulled by a car on a road would be fun too.

One of my All Time Favorites

Random Redneck Rides

Um…  

Another Um…

Tony Hawk, Eat your heart out…

Mafia Wars Best Jobs

March 14th, 2009 by joey | 18 Comments | Filed in Hacks

So I got hooked on Mafia Wars. It’s a very very fun game for facebook and MySpace. Like any good RPG, the variables are complicated enough to prevent you from deducing the correct strategy immediatly. And, like any good marketing department they did their best to make each job not directly comparable to the others. So… I wanted to play around with a table sorting plugin for jQuery and made these tables that are sortable that allow you to easily compare different jobs. It allows you to choose whether your going for the most efficient payout, or the most efficient experience per job. Of course there are some additional variables I’m not including, but these two are nice to have.

P.S. Click the column headers to sort the jobs. And, I’d include more jobs, but I havn’t leveled very far yet. If you have this info for other jobs I don’t have listed, post them in a comment, and I’ll include them.

So here are the Best Mafia Wars Jobs… Using this list, you can pick the best Mafia Wars Job for your goal.

Street Thug

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Mugging $305 1
Corner Store Hold-Up $402 1
Warehouse Robbery $471 1
Auto Theft $744 1.3
Beat Up Rival Gangster $406 1
Rob a Pimp $523 1
Collect On A Loan $2113 1

Associate

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Collect Protection Money $634 1
Rough Up Dealers $845 1
Take Out a Rogue Cop $805 1
Perform a Hit $805 1
Bank Heist $704 1.8
Jewelry Store Job $928 1.6
Hijack a Semi $534 1.3

Soldier

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Destroy Enemy Mob Hideout $1932 1
Kill a Protected Snitch $2125 1
Bust a Made Man Out of Prison $2294 1
Museum Break-in $4528 1.4
Fight a Haitian Gang $2656 1.2
Clip the Irish Mob’s Local Enforcer $2582 1.2
Steal a Tanker Truck $3795 1.3

Enforcer

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Federal Reserve Raid $3842 1.4
Smuggle Across the Border $7043 1.3
Liquor Smuggling +Prep $16770 1.5
Run Illegal Poker Game +Prep $26833 1.8
Wiretap the Cops +Prep $100625 1.7
Rob an Electronics Store $18400 1.3
Burn Down a Tenement $21131 1.4

Hitman

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Repel the Yakuza $14819 1.7
Disrupt Rival Smuggling Ring $16487 1.6
Invade Tong-controlled Neighborhood $16465 1.4
Sell Guns to the Russian Mob $109772 1.7
Protect your city against a Rival Family $124645 1.7
Assassinate a Political Figure $146068 1.7
Exterminate a Rival Family $150937 1.8
Obtain Compromising Photos $12558 1.4
Frame a Rival Capo $21787 1.5

Capo

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Steal an Air Freight Delivery $56062 1.4
Run a Biker Gang Out of Town $60375 1.4
Flip a Snitch $49398 1.4
Steal Bank Records $42262 1.4
Loot the Police Impound Lot $39131 1.2
Recruit a Rival Crew Member $53666 1.5
Dodge an FBI Tail $64400 1.6
Whack a Rival Crew Leader 81900 1.6
Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Influence a Harbor Official $80500 1.5
Move Stolen Merchandise $127968 1.7
Snuff a Rat $94230 1.7
Help a Fugitive Flee the Country $122500 1.7
Dispose of a Body $126477 1.8
Ransom a Businessman’s Kids $128819 1.4
Fix the Big Game $145833 1.14
Steal an Arms Shipment $112875 1.8

Underboss

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Extort a Corrupt Judge $161047 1.49
Embezzle Funds Through a Phony Company $95149 1.4
Break Into the Armory $79290 1.2
Rip Off the Armenian Mob $67963 1.37
Muscle in on a Triad Operation $99680 1.5
Ambush a Rival at a Sit Down $58146 1.47
Order a Hit on a Public Official $209006 1.57
Take Over an Identity Theft Ring $149520 1.43

Boss Tier

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Settle a Beef…Permanently $142400 1.62
Buy Off a Federal Agent $135050 1.42
Make a Deal with the Mexican Cartel $227840 1.5
Blackmail the District Attorney $255590 1.5
Shake Down a City Council Member $239232 1.46
Make Arrangements for a Visiting Don $1424000 1.5
Take Control of a Casino $257238 1.58
Travel to the Old Country $268702 1.57

(Special Thanks To Rox Fontaine For All of Cuba and Underboss and Boss New York Stats)

Cuba

El Soldado

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Rob Your Cab Driver $18 1.4
Secure A Safehouse $17 1.4
Intimidate The Locals 17 1.4
Silence a Noisy Neighbor $19 1.4
Smuggle In Some Supplies $19 1.35
Set Up A Numbers Racket $23 1.4
Establish Contact With The FRG $23 1.4
Take Out The Local Police Chief $24 1.4
“Persuade” A Local To Talk $28 1.4
Assault A Snitch’s Hideout $27 1.4

El Capitan

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Transport A Shipment of US Arms $27 1.45
Meet With The FRG Leadership $29 1.48
Hold Up A Tour Bus $33 1.49
Ambush A Military Patrol $32 1.45
Capture an Army Outpost $33 1.47
Sneak A Friend Of The Family Into The Country $39 1.47
Ransack A Local Plantation $37 1.46
Burn Down A Hacienda $38 1.48

El Jefe

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Offer “Protection” To A Nightclub $43 1.56
Rob The Banco Nacional Branch $44 1.53
Shake Down A Hotel Owner $42 1.5
Bring The Local Teamsters Under Your Control $49 1.55
Help The FRG Steal A Truckload Of Weapons $45 1.5
Hijack A Booze Shipment $52 1.53
Pillage A Shipyard $48 1.5
Take Over The Docks $49 1.5

El Patron

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Muscle In On A Local Casino $55 1.57
Establish A Loansharking Business $57 1.58
Eliminate A Rival Family’s Agent $59 1.59
Pass On Some Intel To The FRG $53 1.53
Execute A Regional Arms Dealer $61 1.58
Sink A Competing Smuggler’s Ship $56 1.55
Gun Down An Enemy Crew At The Airport $64 1.59
Assasinate An Opposing Consigliere $57 1.55

El Padrino

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Raid The Arms Depot $58 1.57
Supply The FRG With Some Extra Muscle $60 1.59
Capture The Airport $62 1.59
Knock Off A Visiting Head Of State $70 1.57
Set Up A High Volume Smuggling Operation $91 1.62
Blow Up A Rail Line $73 1.6
Attack The Army Command Post $48 1.58
Storm The Presidential Palace $67 1.56

El Cacique

Name Pay Per Energy Experience Per Energy
Arrange A New York Drug Shipment $75 1.58
Launder Money Through A Resort $75 1.58
Loot The National Museum $67 1.55
Send Some Help Home To New York $76 1.6
Take Over The Havana Reconstruction $68 1.56
Help Get An Associate A No Bid Contract $76 1.59
Trans-Ship A Container Full of Refugees $76 1.6
Meet With “The Russian” $76 1.59

Other variables of interest would be: Energy Per Profile Point (for Job Mastery) Maybe I’ll get this one later.

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9/11 Twin Towers Hoax on Google Trends

January 6th, 2009 by joey | No Comments | Filed in Hacks

While browsing google trends today, I noticed an interesting search term was number 3…  “✈ ▌▌”  no it’s not an image, Google hasn’t started letting you copy and paste images into he search field, rather it’s a creative use of some unicode characters…  And probably evidence of some custom written malware that has infected thousands of computers to get the search term to the top of the list.  Anyways, check it out yourself:  http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=%E2%9C%88+%E2%96%8C%E2%96%8C&date=2009-1-6&sa=X