Gears of War 3: Dust to Dust
Having just beat the game, this trailer means a lot more to me. My full review of the game coming soon.
I think you’ll appreciate this trailer even if you’re not a gamer, a fan of Gears, or know what it’s about.
30 second synopsis: “aliens” called Locust emerge from underground, decimating the world of Sera’s population. Humans fight back, finding the Locust stronghold beneath one of their major coastal cities. Heroes fight to collapse the structure below this city, flooding the Locust stronghold. However, another threat had been emerging since the beginning and now becomes all powerful, ready to take up the mantle of the destruction of Sera where the Locust left off.
Whew! That was a mouthful.
Having battery issues with your Motorola Droid running Froyo 2.2? Try this fix.
Warning: it’s not a fun fix. But it worked for me.
You have to factory reset your phone.
Prior to factory resetting my battery was draining at about 10% an hour with almost no usage. It would be dead before I got home.
Now, my phone’s draining 10% every 2.5 – 3 hours with normal usage. Totally acceptable.
Here’s how you factory reset your Motorola Droid:
- Back up all the pictures, MP3’s, etc. from your phone first by copying that data to your computer.
- Turn off your phone.
- Slide out the hardware keyboard, hold X and turn on the phone. Keep holding X.
- A yellow hazard triangle will appear on your Droid’s screen. When it does, release X then press the volume up key and camera key (both on the side of your phone) at the same time.
- You’ll be presented with some options on screen (you can release volume up and camera now.) Use the directional pad on the hardware keyboard to go to “Factory reset/wipe user data” (or something similar) and press the center of the d-pad to confirm.
- Use the d-pad again to scroll down to “Yes – delete all user data” and press the center of the d-pad to confirm.
That’s it. After choosing to delete all user data it’ll take a couple minutes for your phone to do so. It will restart and you’ll have to go through activation again just like when you got your phone.
Now, understand, this does NOT roll your phone back to a previous firmware version. If you’re running 2.2, you’ll still be running 2.2 after the reset.
Questions? Problems? Let me know in the comments.
Uniting prayer and technology
On October 2nd Shan Smith and I will be presenting a one hour session at the Midwest Prayer Conference. I’m unofficially titling the session “Uniting prayer and technology.” Can you guess what it’s about?
In today’s super connected world, if you’re a church, you MUST have an online presence of some kind. You MUST have a Facebook page and a church website. And, because of this, it’s only natural to extend this technological footprint into the world of prayer.
My question to you is this: has technology affected your prayer life? Ever texted someone asking for prayer, or been texted with a prayer request? Taken part in an online prayer event? Prayed for someone because of something you’ve seen on Facebook or Twitter?
Let me know by clicking here and leaving a comment. I’d love to hear from you!
Gadget evangelism
Raise your hand if you’re a gadget junkie.
Yeah, me too.
Remember when you got that awesome new gadget that you just couldn’t get enough of? You know the one. You ran the battery down by noon every day because you just couldn’t put it down.
Everyone you knew heard about (and probably saw) your new gadget. How many times did you say, "dude (or dudette), you gotta get one of these?" Too many times to count, right?
It didn’t take long before everyone you knew – friends, family members, coworkers – heard about your new favorite toy.
Why is it, then, that we can share all about our newest little obsession but we can’t share about the saving power of Jesus? Isn’t he more valuable than anything we can own or hold in this world?
Official Twitter app for Android released
From the Twitter blog:
When we tweet what’s happening around us, we share not only our thoughts, but also web pages, photos, videos, location…anything. Mobile phones are increasingly part of our lives, and we seem to be doing everything but making phone calls. Reading the news, watching a YouTube video, and taking photos at events like the World Cup are things we expect to do on mobile phones – sharing our experiences on these little screens should be just as easy and fast as on big ones.
When apps work well with each other, sharing becomes as second nature on machines as it does in person. The Android platform is really good at that, and we’ve worked with the Android team to make it super easy to share what’s happening. Today we are excited to announce that Twitter for Android is available in Android Market!
I’ve been using this off and on over the course of the evening and I must say, it’s very polished. It doesn’t support multiple accounts but other than that, it’s fast, seems to use few resources, and looks great.
Scan the QR code on your left there to get it free from the Android Market now.