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Escape the Pear Room Walkthrough

December 31, 2007

Escape the Pear Room is one of the newest games on addictinggames.com, and here’s your walkthrough. I have also written the Escape the Pear Room Item Guide, so click there to see. I have also updated the walkthrough to make it easier to follow, even if you’ve already started the game.

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

1. Take the letter on top of the fireplace, and read it for background. Apparently your goal is going to be to piss off Jim, Jen, Tori, and Abby. Let’s get started. Since you can only hold a limited inventory, hang the letter up underneath the deer head on the wall.

2. Go to the puzzle room and get the scissors out of the top drawer. Move the lamp, click repeatedly on the pillow, blanket, and both mattresses, then get the antique axe from underneath. If you collect any of the puzzle tiles, put them in the puzzle.

3. Go to the Christmas tree room, and cut the garbage bag open with the scissors. Take the ten blue ornaments off the tree and put them in the bag.

4. Take the star off the top of the tree and put it on the reindeer’s head over the fireplace.

5. Go to the front door, click the four corners of the rug to fold them, and then click on the rug to raise it. Take the lighter underneath. Take each of the seven pink candles off the Christmas tree and burn them with the lighter. Put the lighter back under the rug.

6. Use the antique axe to cut away the five green layers of the tree, revealing 20 branches. Click each branch once to cut them in half. Click each branch again to cut them in half again. Click each branch once more to remove them all. This will be 65 clicks total, 5 on the greenery and 60 on the branches.

7. Use the scissors to cut open the bag behind the Christmas tree.

8. Use the hatchet in the fireplace room to cut open the cristmassy cake and the left chair.

9. Go back to the puzzle room and pick up the seven presents. Use the scissors on each one, get the puzzle tiles, and put them in the puzzle. Put the presents back on the floor in order from bottom to top: green, purple, red, light blue, gray, black, orange.

10. Return the scissors to the top drawer and put the axe back underneath the mattress.

11. With an empty inventory, pick up the tree trunk and throw it at the front door.

12. Collect all the puzzle tiles in the fireplace room. There is one in the slash mark in the left chair. Pick up the green bottle and click on it to get a piece. Pick up the cut cake and take the piece out. Pick up the tablecloth and take the piece. Open the right windowshade and take the piece. Click on the red stocking and then itside the cat’s mouth (right click and zoom in to make this easier). Take the one behind the reindeer’s starry head. Use the fireplace poker on the fireplace to get a piece. Put these pieces in the puzzle.

13. Collect all the puzzle tiles in the christmas tree room. There is one on the left side of the lampshade when you turn the lamp on. There is one in the coocoo clock if you set the time to 12:00, pull the ropes three times, and click on the door (right click and zoom in twice on the upper-left side of the screen to make this easier). There is one behind the rocking chair. There is one underneath the tree. There is one on top of the tree trunk. There is one in the bag behind the tree underneath the santa clothes. Put these pieces in the puzzle.

14. Collect all the puzzle tiles in the puzzle room. There are two in the picture. There is one behind the pillow. There is one underneath the mattress. There is one behind the back leg if you lift the blanket. There is one in the top drawer. There is one in the bottom drawer. There is one inside the hat inside the bottom drawer if you click on the hat a couple of times. There is one underneath the seven boxes. (There were seven in the boxes, but you should have gotten those by now.) Put these pieces in the puzzle.

15. Go to the fireplace room and take all three tools from the rack. Get all the puzzle tiles from the front door room. There is one underneath the bucket. There is one on the top tip of the right ski. There is one inside the boot of the left ski. There are two under the corners of the rug. There is one outside the door if you sweep the snow pile away with the broom and get the tile with the shovel. Put these pieces in the puzzle.

16. Use the poker to take the beard from outside. It is lying in the snow next to the fence. Put the poker, shovel, and broom back in the rack.

17. Solve the puzzle. You should have all 70 pieces by now. Start with the four corner pieces, and then put together the edges. Look at the shapes of the tabs to figure out which pieces go where. If you don’t have all 70 pieces, check the item guide for another list of locations.

18. Remove all of the boxes next to the table and press the red button. Put all of the boxes back.

19. Go to the front door and click on the bells above the door and listen to the different sounds they make. Right click and zoom in if you want a better view. Click on the bow in the middle and one of the bells will ring. Click that bell. You will then hear two bells ringing. Click the two bells in the same sequence. Repeat this until you click six bells in a row correctly, and a key will drop. Use the key on the door behind the puzzle.

20. Take the $2 and the santa suit. Go to the fireplace room, use the broom on the fireplace, and take the black belt. Go to the christmas tree room, take the santa hat and gloves out of the bag behind the tree. Go to the front door room, and take both skis and both poles. Click on the front door to escape.

For a list of all puzzle piece locations, and information about all of the other items, see the brand new Escape the Pear Room Item Guide.

If you found this useful, please digg this story!

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HijackThis looks into your system to find SpyWare

December 29, 2007

I hate anti- software. I prefer to keep my computer clean AND lean. I do not want anti-virus software running because it just leeches processing time. Besides, I always know when I get a virus. I know it immediately, and it’s always because of something stupid I just did.

And I just did.

So I had a rogue process, changing its executable filename every time it ran, and generally being really stupid and doing god only knows what in the background. But HijackThis found it, and I deleted it. In addition, it found all sorts of other things that random software added to my operating system without my knowledge. Extra buttons and menu items are now gone, the source of several little icons that show up in the system tray are completely erradicated.

On top of this, it’s only one .EXE file, so it’s a simple install and uninstall. I can’t believe nobody’s told me about this software before.

How to stop TXT messages on verizon network

December 27, 2007
  How to stop TXT/SMS messages on verizon network

Description/Question: I am receiving illicit messages on my Blackberry/Cellphone on the verzion network. How can I block these numbers?
 
Solution/Answer: Reply to the TXT/SMS message with STOP and it will block the message coming from that number.

I wrote that article over a year ago when someone was getting spammed by one number repeatedly.  They did this, and the problem went away without a problem.  The user had a blackberry so it was hard to tell if it was an email or TXT message but turned out to be a text message. 

The pains of enterprise activation for the blackberry

Now, the process for doing an enterprise activation for my company is cumbersome to start but this time is was much worse.  First, let me describe the process.

Step 1 – Get the blackberry.  My company does not provide the blackberry so people need to buy it themselves.  Make sure to have unlimited data!

Step 2 – Tell me you got a blackberry!

Step 3 – I tell the blackberry admin that they got a blackberry

Step 4 – Blackberry admin informs person that you need to pay the company money to have our email on the blackberrry

Step 5 – User replies back saying ok

Step 6 – BB admin adds user to BES server

Step 7 – BB admin informs me that user is added

Step 8 – I verify time with user to activate handheld

Step 9 – Do panda dance

Well, this user was doing fine until step 8.  She wanted to activate the blackberry over the phone instead of having me come to her.  That is fine, except that I would be coming to where her office is out of in an hour from the call she made.  Regardless, I have no problem walking most people through the process.  The conversation starts like this:

ME: Go to either email setup or enterprise activation.  Note: I liked doing this much better when it was just enterprise activation.  The little wizard thing makes the process complicated when it shouldn’t be.  Bring back enterprise activation!

USER: I don’t see it!

ME: it is on your main application page

USER: I don’t see it!

ME: it is there.  Look for it!

USER: I found it.  IT says email setup

ME: (Joy! Again, just give me enterprise activation!) Ok open that and click Work email setup

USER: I opened it but I do not see it!

ME: read it to me…

USER: reads the part about the work email setup

ME: Click on that!

USER: OK now what

ME: You tell me….I do not have your blackberry :)

USER: It is prompting if I have it setup on the BES Server

ME: Yes

USER: OK.  Now it wants me to input my email address

ME: Ok so put in your email address and a password that I provided to her

*1/2 an hour later, the user finally inputs her email address and password

ME: Have a happy new year!

It was simply painful to walk her through this.  I have walked about 200 people to do enterprise activations and if they are willing to work with me, the process is easy.  If they are lazy, it is just boring and difficult!  Oh well…another day!

Whoring yourself for a little page ranking?

So I realized something.  Google pageranking sucks!  It is absolutely impossible to get the page ranked without the umbrella of wordpress behind me!  When I went to my own hosting, I didn’t realize that my wordpress blog had a really high pagerank while my hosted blog has 0 pagerank.  With higher pagerank, you get better search hits.  What to do?  I’m trying social websites.  One of the sites I am trying is rsshugger!

 

 

It’s all about exposure. Links, links, links. But you need links from quality sites, right? Rss Hugger is the place you need to go to. Why? Simply put, you get a quality link and some good exposure all in one place. All you have to do is post a review of their site on your blog, and you have your link. Now your blog is visible to people who are actually looking for good blogs to read. And your link is on a site with a quality page rank.

If you don’t want to write a review, then you can pay 20 dollars to have a link back.  I do not believe in paying for links, thus the review.  You give me 20 dollars, I’ll write a review about your site too! :P

RSSHugger seems like a good site so give it a try!  Can’t hurt right?  Time will tell :)

Review and Walkthrough of Koopa’s Revenge

I found this game fitting to throw up on the review block?  Why?  Because it is a flash game about a Koopa Troopa defeating the Mario Nation.  Classic!

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

The story goes as this, Koopa’s friend Goomba was having a birthday party, when Koopa had the sudden urge to visit the little koopa’s room.  The party was then crashed, and when Koopa returned, he found the party in disarray.  If only Bowser had been there to defend them.  Koopa had only one option.

REVENGE!

The great story behind this game is about the same quality of the game itself.  It has the feel of a super mario game but it is just too buggy and choppy to have that great feeling inside that a mario game has.  The controls are rather simple to pick up which is nice.  Arrow keys allow you to go left or right.  Control either makes you spit fire and runs faster.  Space bar makes you jump.

I give the game itself a 5 for initial gameplay and 5 for replay factor.  I find myself wanting to beat the game but always get frustrated on where I die.  That follows up with the buggy factor since I don’t get that feeling when I play a regular mario game.  The game is a great concept but needed a little bit more work before final development!

Blog About Nothing

December 26, 2007

Koopa insisted, despite my objections, that I should help him out with his blog. I really didn’t want to do it. I said to him that bloggers are self-important wanna-be writers. But then he mentioned the potential profit that comes with running a successful blog. Sensing an opportunity to aid my friend in need, I jumped at the chance, and here I am.

But it’s not that simple. I have absolutely nothing of interest to write about. He says it doesn’t matter. We’ll see who’s right!

I was late to work today because my coffee machine didn’t brew and I refuse to work without a certain amount of caffeine in my system. Then, I got on the train and played BrickBreaker (mark my words, I’m going to beat Koopa’s record). There was a baby on the train and he smelled like a potent blend of horse shit and vinegar. When I finally got to work, I had to wait about 5 minutes for an elevator because they were all relaxing on floor 12.

We have a very stupid customer who keeps asking us to do silly things to his servers and then calls us fifty times a day to complain that they’re not working right. His latest problem is that the server keeps restarting while Windows Server 2003 is booting. Apparently he installed a driver that wasn’t meant for that hardware–he’s very difficult to understand over the phone. Most shithead customers are.

As I was writing that last paragraph, he called again and demanded that we move some hardware to a machine on a non-existent IP address.

That’s basically the gist of my day. I’m going home now. Bye.

Hardest Puzzle on the Internet

Well, I think I have found the hardest puzzle on the internet.

http://www.deathball.net/notpron/levelone.htm

I made it to level level 5 before this puzzle was waaaaaaay over my head!  Basically, the idea is to get yourself to the last level of the puzzle, which according to the site is level 139.  It is not a click the mouse puzzle either but rather using you head to solve the problems.  Examples?  Sure!  Lets take level 3.  All level 3 is a picture that displays, Stop being so negative will ya?  Every once a minute.  What does it mean?  You need to change the folder from false to positive to get to level 4!  It only gets harder!!  Give it a play but I don’t foresee you getting too far without help!

Windows Explorer detected as malware at last!

Did you ever think that the core of windows was malware?  That’s right, Windows Explorer was determined to be malware according to Kaspersky Labs.  Link to the article here:

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Windows-Explorer-identified-as-malware/0,130061733,339284727,00.htm

Apparently, this “bug” only lasted for two hours but how much fun would it be.  Think of the chaos those two hours was caused.  The antivirus program, actually deleted explorer.exe calling it the Huhk-C virus.  It must of been one hell of a day for those UK techs as those calls came in. 

“After I ran a virus check, my computer bluescreened!  Make it work!  Make it work NAO!”

Well I am so glad that I don’t use that antivirus protection.  On the bright side, the Huhk-C virus is rampant and has spread to all the windows users! Can it be stopped?  Lets call upon linux and hope for the best!!

Welcome RJ to the collective!

As promised, expansion phase is on!  I have known RJ for several years as well so don’t push him around!  His background is computers and linux so he will be providing an interesting twist to my microsoft loving viewpoint :)

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