Mac Air Video (iPhone)

I don't know how many people know about this app, but it is almost as great as Netflix.

If you have accumulated a vast collection of movies on your computer, there is a way to instantly stream them to your iDevice immediately. This is possible with an app called Air Video which is in the app store for $2.99. It is an app that I use almost as frequently as Netflix

It is essentially a streaming app for your movies, television shows, or music videos which are located on your desktop or laptop. If you have a desktop at home that is running all day, all you have to do is download the Air Video Client for Windows (Mac Air Video Client is also available) and follow the install instructions.

With this combination of software and apps you will be able to instantly stream, convert, and add your movies to playlists in iTunes. This is made even better with iOS5's newest feature of wireless syncing.

Say you are going on a trip but would like to watch movies that you have on your home hard drive. All you would have to do is set up your desktop as a server and configure your PIN which will be used to retrieve your computer's Air Video server info immediately and allow you to view your library at home - from the comfort of your iPhone, iPad, or laptop.

Like I had previously said, you can choose to either live stream or convert the files info m4v format on your desktop while you are away and then proceed to add those files to your iTunes playlist for when you return home. This gives you the option of either loading a m4v file on your device for viewing later or streaming a format that is known instead of having to do a 'live conversion'.

Air Video is available in the iTunes app store for $2.99 and their software is available for download here on their site. Enjoy and feel free to comment back with your experience with this awesome app.

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Happy Saturday!

Hello world! Isn't it a nice day out?
Well, its only morning, but it feels like it will be another great day in the Inland Empire.
I start work at noon and I cannot wait to get home and have dinner with Wendy. It has been such a long week, I know we both need some time to just laze around and unwind.
I have decided that every Friday from here on out will be 'Font Friday.'
Reason is because while I look online for free fonts to download, I want to be able to let people know which ones I believe are the best for the week. I know that if you Google 'free fonts' you will find a bunch of sites hosting free fonts, but I just wanted to throw my two cents in there.
The site that I find most of my fonts is www.dafont.com They have a great structure to their site and the only time you will be redirected is if there is another site you must download from to accept their terms and conditions in regards to downloading their font. But even that is vary rare =)
So for the first Font Friday I present to you my favorite font (and is also used on this blog):

Lobster

I use this font all the time. It just looks great. I prefer using all lower case letters, but all in all, it is a great font. It is similar to Loki Cola, an edit of the classic Coca Cola font, but I enjoy the way that Lobster rolls its letters together.
Download it from here on Dafont.com. It is a great font, I recommend using it on your blog if you choose to. As a matter of fact, it may actually be usable in the Google Fonts listing in the font chooser. If it isn't, I will be throwing up a post about how to load custom fonts using Cufon.
Enjoy!

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Typography by Ronnie Bruce

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.
My friend just posted this on Facebook.

It has been around for a while, but I have never seen it until today.

The poem is by Taylor Mali.

Enjoy!

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About

What is

It is essentially a blog for my friends & I:

Xavier Togia

Jon Siu

Kigga

Dj Hernandez

We have a lot of great ideas for what Flavor Junction will become, but time is everything and it is something that we have to find between our jobs, side jobs, and school work. Jon and I also work on websites as a side job and are self taught. Everything I have learned I owe to w3schools.com and all the sites that are dedicated to educating those who would like to teach themselves.

I have written most of the blogs (Xavier) but we will all be writing about different things that we find interesting. This will probably be filled with complaints about work. And because we all work in various fields, we will all have unique entries that we hope will make you a regular follower of Flavor Junction.

We do hope you enjoy our writings and musings.

Long days and pleasant nights.

The

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crew.

Books, books, and more books.

I had sworn to myself that I would never, ever, even if it was the last job ever, to work in another book store.
I am now entering my second week working at Crown Books in Rancho Cucamonga.
Ridiculous? Yes. More than likely short-term? Absolutely.
There is no more money for books in print. I am essentially working in a museum which allows the masses to browse the last futile attempts of keeping print alive. I wish it weren't so. I love the feel of a book in my hands, the smell of the pages when flipping through an old book you had previously adventured. But sadly, there aren't that many people like myself. Especially younger folks who enjoy reading classics, contemporary, and the occasional graphic novel. I, however, really love graphic novels, but they are not killing regular books in print. That was done by the big box retailers who were unable to shift their business strategies to account for the future of reading - the e-book revolution.

I'm not saying that there wasn't any done to keep the bookstores from going under. On the contrary - millions of dollars were invested and returned for some (Barnes & Noble) and wasted away by others (Borders Books). The difference was timing. Barnes and Noble was able to keep both its store customers and maintain a healthy online presence. Whomever worked at B&N and decided to make the Nook knew exactly what to do. Those at Borders, not so much.
As someone who has worked for Borders in the latter part of its run, I was able to witness the last painful grasps at keeping the company alive. The integration of a crappy e-reader (the Kobo by Kobo digital) was introduced far too late into the game.
Just like SOPA, you have a bunch of people disconnected from digital platforms trying to resolve problems with said issue while lacking the technical know how.
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Shuriken Sticky Notes..leave no name, just demands.

Is Rob not remembering to restock the toilet paper in the washroom?



Then leave him a 'sharp' reminder about the basics of being the office intern.

Grab these from Think Geek for $7.99 - everyone will be sure to respond to your memos.

Book Review of the Week - Stephen King's "The Gunslinger"

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."

This is the opening line of Stephen King's "The Gunslinger," the first in a series of seven novels about the adventures of the series protagonist Roland Deschain. I am currently rereading the series and have immediately fallen back in love for it again.

To many, this series is just too long or oft full of too much detail. But for me, that is exactly how I would want the world of The Gunslinger to be. King delves deep into the mind of a man who has been forced to kill because of the actions of The Man in Black - a sorcerer who was once the man that had tricked Roland in killing his own mother.

It is essentially a post-apocalyptic western with magic and time travel. King even brings himself into the story later on down the line. The series is a great read and I highly recommend anyone interested in sci-fi horror to look into it. (it isn't too much horror, it just happens to be under that category at times)

If you are fond of graphic novels, Marvel has been putting out graphic novels about the beginning of it all. Check it out at your local B&N, they probably have at least one of them ;P

If you do get a chance to read any of it, post back with your thoughts about King's "Dark Tower" series.

Enjoy!

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P.S. just checked out Dark Tower Movies and they had posted earlier this year that Brian Grazer is still willing to do the HBO television series. Hopefully this happens. If it does, I think it may have the effect that "The Game of Thrones" had on the viewers.