Hey a new third party service came out today to meet new Kik users. The web application allows you to see new Kik usernames so that you can add and talk to people. Try it out at: http://swapkik.com/

We were thinking it would be fun to have an ad-hoc kik groups going on. If you wanna meet new people through kik then post your username in the comments and let other’s ad you into a group. If you do not have the latest version you can download it from the apple app store, or the android market as of today!

For those of you who are looking to run GCC on the N900 here is a quick guide for packages to install. I am using the latest version of maemo, (fremantle-1.3). First you are going to have to download the following packages on your computer. Links are provided to the repository directory, or if you prefer I will list a direct links to the most current packages: binutils – http://repository.maemo.org/pool/fremantle/free/b/binutils/ – Latest: http://repository.maemo.org/pool/fremantle/free/b/binutils/binutils-dev_2.18.50.20070820-4+0m5_armel.deb libgcc1 – http://repository.maemo.org/pool/fremantle/free/g/gcc-4.2/ – Latest: http://repository.maemo.org/pool/fremantle/free/g/gcc-4.2/libgcc1_4.2.1-4maemo12+0m5_armel.deb libgomp -http://repository.maemo.org/pool/fremantle/free/g/gcc-4.2/ – Latest: http://repository.maemo.org/pool/fremantle/free/g/gcc-4.2/libgomp1_4.2.1-4maemo12+0m5_armel.deb c++ – http://repository.maemo.org/pool/fremantle/free/g/gcc-4.2/ – Latest: http://repository.maemo.org/pool/fremantle/free/g/gcc-4.2/cpp-4.2_4.2.1-4maemo12+0m5_armel.deb…

This guide explains how you can access your USB flash drive from within Windows XP when you running within Sun Oracle VirtualBox on Ubuntu. By default it just seems that the virtual machine is unable to access any drives connected to the computer – but with an easy shared folder work around we are able to geat read and write access to the drive. This has only been tested on windows XP but we are fairly certain it would work just fine on windows 7 or vista. Additionally – this…

This tutorial came from our friends over at InDesignTemplate.com. They provide constant updates of free and premium templates for a wide range of desktop publishing materials, as well as articles and tutorials related to InDesign. Check them out here. So you want to design a brochure, newsletter, flyer, or identity package, but you don’t have the budget for a professional designer? Look no further. This tutorial will show you how to use templates for InDesign to make your project look professional – for little to no cost. If you are…

Although Flac gives you a far superior sound quality, the files are large and impossible to transfer to most big market mp3 players. In order to get these cumbersome files into itunes on your mac we need to get a piece of open source software called Max which you can get here . Decompress and open the application. First we need to pick the format that we would like our flac files to be converted into. Along the top select Max>Preferences or simply press command+, to open preferences. In preferences…

This guide explains how to use the new WordPress BlackBerry app to edit your WordPress site from your Blakberry smartphone. WordPress 1.0 was released for the BlackBerry smartphone today. This awesome little app lets you add and edit your posts, comments and pages all from your Blackberry. This guide walks you through the process of setting up your WordPress site so that you’re ready to edit on your BlackBerry and then explains the steps of downloading, installing and setting up the mobile application on your BlackBerry device.

This guide explains how tot take screen shots on your Mac. It’s a little bit different than on your PC, but it’s pretty easy (it would be easier if you had a few more fingers…)

Learn how to configure Macspeech’s Dictate to turn speech into text using the your MacBook, Air, or Pro’s internal mic.