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Columbia, SC – Where you can’t find anything you need

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Only 50 states, so you would think living in the capital of one you could find items to fit your needs. So the day goes like this, I need my iPhone 4 fixed because the microphone is broke and I am tired of getting stares as I use speakerphone. After a call to AppleCare I find out I can simply go to an Apple store and receive service. Now that’s real customer service especially since I did not want to wait a week for one to come via courier.

I find out that our state capital doesn’t have one but there 3 around us all approximately 75+ miles away. Off to Augusta, GA I go and not in the best of moods. A little break here to say after my drive I was irritable but the service was impeccable at the Augusta, GA Apple store and I had a new phone within minutes.

On to my next rant about our fair city. Looking at the stock market lately I read that precious metals are at an all time high and getting higher. My thoughts are why not buy some silver, gold and/or platinum in small amounts each week or month. Mind you when I say small amounts I am talking a ounce or 10 of silver and some grams of gold every month. You know like some silver maple leafs or assay carded gold. These metals have stood the test of time already so I think they would be good long term investments.

I know there are a multitude of places online to buy but I want instant gratification and I wish to avoid shipping charges. Posts I have read mentioned visiting pawn shops so off I went. After walking into my second one and having the people look at me like I am an idiot for asking if they sell gold or silver I give up. They said they buy precious metals they don’t sell it. Are they hoarding or something?

So if you know of a good place drop me a line.

How to save and install Rainmeter themes and skins

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New Rainmeter users look forward to enjoying the many themes and skins available on sites such as mine. One of the issues that come up for these users is how to install themes and skins which are two different items. Instead of a long drawn out explanation from me, jsmorley one of the developers over at rainmeter.net explains it best. The picture above is one of his desktops.

Rainmeter stores “Skins” in folders in

Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YourName\My Documents\Rainmeter\Skins
Windows Vista & Win7: C:\Users\YourName\My Documents\Rainmeter\Skins

So if you have a “Skin” called MyWeatherSkin, it will be in \Skins\MyWeatherSkin and consists of one or more files. The most important of these files will be one or more .ini files (let’s say one for now to keep it simple) probably called MyWeatherSkin.ini. This is the meat and potatoes of a Rainmeter skin. It has all the measures and meters that Rainmeters uses to collect and display information.

Now there is another important file in the Rainmeter world. It is “Rainmeter.ini” and is normally located in:

Landscapes for your dual monitors and Windows 7

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Happy New Year!

Lets start the new year by brightening up that drab dreary setup on your desk. You don’t have to be running Windows 7 exclusively to display these landscape backgrounds or even dual monitors. However I say that is what these 10 landscape backgrounds would look great on. Each background image consists

Runes Of Magic Arcane Transmutor Guide

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Dirty statting, clean statting & od. As you play Runes of Magic you see these in your chat window and some of you are confused. Personally I gained nothing watching the Youtube videos or reading the forums . However thanks to Darwec a fellow guild member with lots of patience I am no longer confused, at least not as confused as before.