This is a walkthrough for the Generic Quiz.  Here are the answers to every question.  Seriously, you need this?  If you get them wrong you can just try again until you get it right.  So here are the answers.

http://hallpass.com/media/agenericquiz.html

1. Bagels

2. Ice Cold

3. A Direction

4. Wait what?

5. (click on the blue image)

6. Me too

7. I love Carpet

8. Who, Who, Who, Who

9. Aardvark

10. Red

11. Sounds Like Fun.

12. A Work of Art

13. You Bet!

14. Neither

15. 3

16. Wee!

17. NO!

18. Soccer

19. A word

20. Kids?!!?

21. Food is good

22. Who Knows

23. Vrrrooom!

24. Elephant

25. This One. (lower left)

26. um…hi?

27. >:(

28. Maybe?

29. fadsafda

30. This Game

31. Little

32. Star

33. How I Wonder

34. What You Are

35. LSD

36. Ryan Curtis

37. Bee!

38. Eye

39. Enn…Gee?

40. Ohhh…

41. I like riddles

42. 71591

43. Okay

44. Yeah, man

45. 5

46. 91

47. 71591

48. When I Say So

49. O Rly?

50. Coconuts!

How to beat the Naughty Supermarket, the latest “Naughy” game to hit the flash circuit.  Here you try to pick up a woman in the supermarket and make out with her in the store room.  If you have a slow computer, you may find the timer too fast to complete this.

http://www.addictinggames.com/naughtysupermarket.html

1. Take the flower petals from the flowers.

2. Click on the can of beans on the shelf.

3. Take the XXX porn from the shelf and put it in the boyfriend’s pocket.

4. Take the knife and use it on the ham, then drop the slice of ham on the floor.

5. When the old lady comes by, get the Crunch down for her.

6. Take the mistletoe and put it on the hook.

7. Click to continue to the final scene.

8. Take your photo in the photo booth and put it on the employee of the month sign.

9. Take the rose petals and put them in the basket in the lower right.

10. Take the basket and put it on the hook above the door.

So, I do a SHOW PROCESSLIST command in phpMyAdmin, and it shows a ton of SELECT statements that have EXPLAIN in front of every one of them!  Now, I never even heard of the EXPLAIN keyword, so I certainly didn’t do it.

It took me a couple hours to figure out, but PHP was putting it there.  I had turned mysql.trace_mode = On because the comments said it would give me warnings to table/index scans.  It did give me a couple warnings where I didn’t call mysql_free_result(), so I was happy with it.  But apparently it also added EXPLAIN to all SELECT statements in order to get some data out of that.  Well, I don’t want to slow down the database, so I turned that off.  Good to know it’s there I guess, and exactly what it does.

I just wanted to offically thank Erick for a great job he has been doing for the blog! Since my news with Faith, I haven’t been updating this blog as much. I would like to think that with the smoke starting to settle, I will have a little bit more time to post on here. Time will tell. Regardless, Erick has done a great job with the posts for the last 2 weeks and with this foundation, should blow my records out the window. We shall see, but I just wanted to thank Erick for the great job he has done!

For a bonus, everyone should go to www.simyard.com and give him 60 dollars to play his game. Simyard is great, and getting better each day!

Here is a list of how to click on all the buttons in ButtonHunt 3.  Each page is numbered with instructions.  If you want to play this game, you can find it on Kongregate.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Achilles015/buttonhunt-3

1. The red button is already in the middle of the screen.  Just click on it.

2. Drag the bottom of the scroll down to reveal the button.

3. Use the torch to light the two torches, revealing the button.

4. Drag the quarter to the coin slot.  Click on the lever.  Click on the door.

5. Light the rocket, and click on its explosion.  Hurry!

6. Click the power button (lower right), then the flash button (yellow lightning bolt), then take a picture (shutter button on top).

7. Click on the clock button (lower left of the five action buttons), then type 0 1 0 on the keypad, then click on the start button (middle of the five action buttons).  Wait 10 seconds.  Then click on the door release button (below all the buttons).

8. Pull out the cork.  Set the cork on the table.  Click on the wine bottle, then drag it to pour.  The filled glass is your button.

9. Drag the egg to the cup.  Turn on the heat lamp.

10. Drag the balloon to the helium tank.  Drag the dart to the balloon.

11. Boss encounter: Limitive Thinking.  Right click on the left box so there’s an outline around the button.  Then click on the button before the menu disappears.

12. Shoot the paper the man is holding.

13. Click on the electrical box.  Then drag the bottom red wire to the top.

14. Click on the palm tree.  Drag the rock to the fallen coconut.  Click on the coconut.

15. Move the scalpel past each of the yellow lines on the forearm.  Use the tweezers to take the button out of the arm.

16. Move the cloud over the seed.  Move the sun over the seed.

17. Click on the wing.

18. Drag the baton from one side of the screen to the other.

19. Remove the nail from the poster.  Click on the tunnel.  Click on the button when it appears at the top.

20. Drag the slide onto the microscope.  Hover your mouse over the eyepiece.  Click on the adjustment knob on the right side three times.

21. Boss Encounter: Deceitful Thinking.  Click on the latch on the left and right sides of the case.  Then, click on the top of the lock in the middle.

22. Drag the green liquid into the flask.  Drag the yellow liquid into the flask.  Drag the red liquid into the flask.

23. Drop the egg on the right off the cliff.

24. Turn down the temperature.  Then, turn the temperature to the middle.

25. Drag the base into the assembly area.  Drag the L.E.D. into the assembly area.  Click on the L.E.D.  Drag the glass into the assembly area.  Drag the outline into the assembly area.

26. Drag the black can of spray paint up and down to shake it.  Draw the circle on the wall with it.  Drag the red can of spray paint up and down to shake it.  Fill in the circle on the wall with it.

27. Drag the snow cone cup out of the dispenser.  Click on the shaved ice box to open it.  Drag the scoop into the shaved ice and then onto the cone.  Drag the snow cone under the syrup.  Click on the top of the syrup twice.

28. Drag the recipe to the left.  Drag the flour into the pot.  Drag the butter into the pot.  Click on the egg carton, and drag the egg into the pot.  Click on the red coloring and drag it into the pot.

29. Click open.  Click again.  Click alert the military.

30. Boss Encounter: Frantic Thinking.  When the arrow goes over the dot, click.

You may be asking yourself, where can I find a list of problems solved by MacGyver?  Here is your answer: Wikipedia.  Yes, that’s right.  People who have lots of time on their hands love to collect lists like this an Wikipedia, and “Problems Solved by MacGyver” is just the latest.  It’s a funny read, at least.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver

Welcome, XKCD fans.

TVersity is a media server software compatable with your PS3.  Install it on a Windows machine loaded with movie files, point it to the folder, and voila.  Every file in that folder is now browsable and watchable on your PS3.  It’s no hassle, and no problem.

It comes with a codec back to install on your Windows machine, and I also recommend installing DivX, since many video files use this format.

When I wanted to watch videos I downloaded on my big screen TV, I always had to burn the files to a DVD-R and put it in my DVD player.  Now, I just copy them into a network folder, and TVersity picks it up and it’s ready to go on the PS3!

Highly recommended.

Boom De Yada is from a Discovery Channel commercial, which you can find here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0

The XKCD comic is a parody of this commercial.  Pretty good.  Now this is going to be stuck in my head for days.  Now that I’ve watched the commercial, I can fully appreciate the genius behind the comic.  This is already one of my favorites.

This walkthrough for GemCraft gives tips and tricks and individual level tips for this new type of tower defense game where you put gems into towers to attack the creeps on the path.  Different colored gems give different abilities such as chain attack or splash damage.  There are many levels to defeat, which leads to lots of gameplay.  If you play GemCraft on ArmorGames.com, there are extra features available.  Here is the link to the game on ArmorGames.com.

http://armorgames.com/play/1716/gemcraft/

Combining two gems of the same level makes a gem of the next level.  Each gem color has a different special ability with it.  If you combine two different color gems, they get penalties to their effects but they do both special abilities.  Fill up all of the towers and create extra ones.  You can move gems at any time in and out of towers, but they take some time to activate at any new location before they start firing.

Generate gems before you decide to use them.  Always try to combine them with gems of the same level for maximum effect.  After you generate a gem decide which gem to combine it with based on its color.  Bring that gem out of the tower, combine it, and put it back in quickly.  If you drag one gem to another tower with a gem, both gems will switch places.

For maximum points on each level, be sure to click on the waves on the left to make them come early.  The earlier you make them come the more points and mana you get.  Send them as quickly as you can handle.  If you have extra mana, upgrade your mana regeneration, since this gives you more points also.

Each color of gem has a different special ability that it gets.  Each level has a limited number of gems available.  Strategically decide which to combine for maximum effect.

Red Gems: Splash Damage
Orange Gems: Steal Mana
Purple Gems: Reduce Armor
Green Gems: Poison
Yellow Gems: Triple Damage
Lt. Green Gems: Chain Hit
Blue Gems: Slow
Lt. BLue Gems: Shock

If you can’t beat a level to Glowing Frame, move on to the next level and come back.  As you go up in levels and gain more powers, you will be able to come back and defeat them.  The key to earning the most points is sending many waves at once.  Once you get the free gem skills and extra mana to start skills up to max, you’ll start with lots of gems.  Combine them, build some extra towers, and huddle them around the beginning of the path.  Put some water pits in to slow down the creeps.  Then send the first 6-8 levels in.  Keep sending them 2-3 at a time.

Be wary of the fast monsters.  They can run by all of your gem towers while they’re busy with the slower monsters.  It’s good to have the whole board clear when you send them, or to have a second set of gem towers later in the level that can knock out the ones that get by.

Here are some advices on specific levels.

8 waves: 790,000 to Glowing Frame (Splash, Steal Mana, Reduce Armor)
More mana means more points, so Steal Mana is a great choice as is Splash.  Reduce Armor doesn’t do much good if you only hit once.  Combining Steal Mana and Splash isn’t bad either.

12 waves: 1.15 Million to Glowing Frame (Poison, Triple Damage, Chain Hit)
Put a Chain Hit in the right tower, green on the top, and yellow to the left.  Try to keep them pure.

15 waves: 1.3 Million to Glowing Frame (Slow, Chain Hit, Shock)
Get a pure chain hit, and two other towers.  Flood them in 6 waves at a time.

18 waves: 1.6 Million to Glowing Frame (Steal Mana, Reduce Armor)
Steal Mana all the way and go for a highest score.  Flood them in 6 waves at a time.

20 waves: 2.02 Million to Glowing Frame (Triple Damage, Splash, Slow, Steal Mana)
Build lots of towers and put gems right at the beginning to cover the whole first turn.  Flood them in 6 waves at a time.

24 waves: (Poison, Splash, Steal Mana)
Splash Damage and Steal Mana are really awesome in combination.

26 waves: 2.65 Million to Glowing Frame (Triple Damage, Chain Hit, Reduce Armor)
Chain Hit is useful on its own if you can grow a good sized gem.

28 waves: 2.82 Million to Glowing Frame (Triple Damage, Splash, Slow, Steal Mana, Shock)

32 waves: 4.03 Million to Glowing Frame (Splash, Slow)
Slow and Splash are natural allies.  Try to keep the gems separate.  It’s easy with only two of them.  Build towers all around the entrance and kill them all quickly.

32 waves [EPIC]: 4 Million to Glowing Frame (All 8 Colors)

40 waves [HIDDEN]: 4.8 Million to Glowing Frame (Poison)

For those of you that are interested in the progress that my baby is doing, check out faith.sillica.com. I feel that dedicating a blog for her alone only seems fitting.