TUAW's Daily iPad App: Pocket RPG

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding: 0.6em;"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="185" mce_src="http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2424/pocketrpgattack.jpg" mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" src="http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2424/pocketrpgattack.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 640px;" width="279" /></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Crescent Moon Games made the excellent Aralon for iOS in the past, and that was a full-fledged RPG, featuring a whole world to explore and lots of gear to collect and quests to complete. Now, the company's gone back to the fantasy well to deliver another hack-and-slash style RPG game, though this one is a little simpler (and a little more focused on just the dungeons). Pocket RPG is exactly what it sounds like: A colorful dungeon-crawler with three classes, a fun and slick style and some great dual-stick gameplay.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> If there's an issue with this one, it's probably that things are a little too simple. Each level is its own contained world, which means you're leveling up what's basically a separate character in each. Gameplay itself is pretty mindless, too -- there are a few special encounters to break things up, but you're pretty much just using a few different abilities over and over against the enemy hordes.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Still, Pocket RPG is plenty of fun, and the game's being updated steadily with new features (not to mention that it comes with full Game Center integration, and it looks particularly great on the iPad). Right now, the title's on sale for just US $4.99, and if you enjoy plumbing through dungeons of all kinds (and come on, who doesn't?), it's an excellent experience.</div> </div> </span></div>

TUAW's Daily iPad App: Pocket RPG

Crescent Moon Games made the excellent Aralon for iOS in the past, and that was a full-fledged RPG, featuring a whole world to explore ...

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Silver-ink pen freestyles handmade circuitry, paves way for flexible displays

<div><img alt="" border="1" class="aligncenter" height="269" hspace="4" src="http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/5104/silverpen062811.gif" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; border: 1px solid black;" vspace="4" width="360" /></div><br/>We've never been the type to appreciate luxury pens, but if said pen was packing a silver-based ink solution that left behind a trail of conductivity... well, our pocket-protector would be <em>very much</em> at its disposal. Announced today, this evolution in penmanship tech has two great University of Illinois minds to thank -- Professors Jennifer Lewis and Jennifer Bernhard. That's right, the two Jennifers schemed up a desktop solution that could see flexible displays and disposable devices coming soon to your pocket (or garbage pail). By eschewing pricey inkjet printers for a low-cost hand-crafted approach, the creators hope future multimedia artists and the engineering-inclined will try their hand at innovative uses. We always knew the pen was mightier than the sword, but now it's just plain Mighty.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/28/silver-ink-pen-freestyles-handmade-circuitry-paves-way-for-flex/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>

Silver-ink pen freestyles handmade circuitry, paves way for flexible displays

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How to Set Up a Flash Card PCMCIA Pocket PC

<P>Power on the laptop <a href="">computer</A> and remove the protective cover from the PCI card slot. The slot is generally located on the side of the laptop (opposite side of the CD/DVD drive). The PCI expansion card slot is roughly 2 inches wide and is protected by the small, plastic cover. On the cover it states "Expansion Card Slot," "PCI Slot" or "PCMCIA" (the exact reference name of the slot may differ, depending on the brand and model of your laptop computer).</P><br /><P>Slide the flash card PCMCIA into the open slot until it locks into place. Momentarily, the computer states it has detected new hardware.</P><br /><P>Insert the driver installation CD into the disc drive of the computer. Click "Next" when the installation wizard loads, then accept the end-user agreement. Leave the installation name and location as-is, then choose "Install."</P><br /><P>Restart the computer.</P><a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_7724901_set-card-pcmcia-pocket-pc.html">Source.</A>

How to Set Up a Flash Card PCMCIA Pocket PC

Power on the laptop computer and remove the protective cover from the PCI card slot. The slot is generally located on the side of the lapto...

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