Minecraft Snapshot 12w34a

So while you wait for that, here are the changes in this week’s snapshot:

• Added item frames
• Added cobblestone walls (yes, mossy too)
• Maps now align to a grid, making it easier to create adjacent maps. Maps can also be cloned
• Stairs now auto-arrange into corners. This is a test and may change based on feedback
• Mobs can travel through portals
• Leather clothes can be dyed
• Removed the “wip block” from the creative menu
• Added two new crops and associated items
• F3+P will toggle the auto-pause when the window loses focus (it’s for debugging, mainly)
• F3+H will toggle detailed item descriptions (also for debugging)
• Added arrow-sensitive wooden buttons
• Trapdoors can be placed in top-most position (based on cross-hair aim)
• Added Potion of Invisibility. 

Download the snapshot here:

• Client: Minecraft_12w34a.jar
• Server: Minecraft_Server_12w34a.jar (or EXE)

10 tips to improve our wireless network

How to improve a wireless network?
In this article I will give some tips to try to improve the quality of wireless signal in our house, in order to have a more stable network, with fewer breaks and a better debt.

1 - Place the wireless router (or access point) at the midpoint

So we can get cover more areas (bedroom, living room, kitchen, etc.) from our house, causing the signal to higher quality. If we put our access point at one end, possibly at the other end the signal strength is not the best. 

2 - Keep the router away from walls, metal objects, glass, etc.

We must try to move away our WiFi router from metals, some types of floors, glass or other surfaces that are subject to interference. Equipment such as microwaves, drills, etc are also a lot of interference sources. Make an analysis of the spectrum.

3 - Replace the antenna of the router (if possible)

The antennas that come with the router are usually omni-directional signal that is transmitted in all directions. If your router is near an outside wall, 'half' of the signal will not be passed because it will be diffused out of the house (for example). In this sense we can choose an antenna with more gain (DBIS) and also directional or sectoral, focusing the signal in a place / area specific.

Tutorial: Turn off the mouse from "waking up" the Windows 7

To activate Windows 7 only with your keyboard, disable this functionality and touch pad, the process is extremely simple.

Step 1: Click on Start and type 'Mouse'. Should be the first one

Step 2: In this window, click on the 'Hardware' tab. Select the mouse you're using, and then 'Properties'.

 

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Valve improves Games for Linux

The game Left 4 Dead 2 had a 14% higher performance on a Linux system compared to a Windows system with the same hardware configuration.

The game was tested on a machine with an Intel Core i7 3930k, Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 and 32 GB of RAM. In the system with Ubuntu 12 and Open GL, the game has a performance of 315 FPS, while the Windows 7 machine was up by 270.6 FPS. 

The research team concluded that the Valve Open GL is more efficient to process data than Direct3D technology. The Linux Valve team will still have to battle a lot, especially to get work with the graphics card manufacturers such as AMD or Nvidia. 

These tests are published days after the CEO of Valve have stated that Windows 8 was a disaster and that the company would turn over to Linux.

Minecraft Snapshot 12w30a/c/d

August 1st is almost there and Mojang team is working hard on 1.3 version

These are the  some updates of 12w30a

• Made creepers stronger.
• Depending on difficulty, creeper damage is scaled now.
• Easy: ~50% less damage.
• Normal: same damage as before.
• Hard: ~33% more damage than before.
• "In full diamond armour + hard difficulty a creeper can knock you down to 2 hearts".
• Creeper explosions, Fire Charge explosions, and TNT give off a knockback.
• Stairs, when placed on the upper half of a block's side, will now be placed upside-down
• In F3 mode, the y coordinate now shows both the feet level and the eye level.
• Survival mode's command: /gamemode 3 is changed to /gamemode 0
• Added Snooper Settings.
• Allows you to toggle whether your data are sent to Mojang for analysis and improvements, shows which data will be sent to Mojang.
• Improved performance.
• Accelerated chunk loading.
• Decreased lag spike frequency.
• Made the Nether less laggy.
• Made chat work smoothly even when the server is lagging.
• Decreased unnecessary world updates.
• Decreased packets sent between client and server.
• Added Vertical Synchronization.
• Has to be toggled manually in options.txt.

Amazing Alex - the new Rovio title

The Amazing Alex is a game where a kid, Alex, has a huge imagination and begins to invent chain reactions in his messy room. The challenge is to create a harmony between the player and the ideas of Alex in order to help you achieve the goal of each level: hit the ball to the basket, put books in the basket, etc..

Depending on the levels, you need to grab, move and adjust wood decks, books, balloons, scissors and more, all to achieve the goal and progress in the game. There are 100 levels available immediately and are guaranteed updates with new levels.

• Home Page: Rovio - Amazing Alex 

• Download Android: 

• Amazing Alex Trial
• Amazing Alex Premium
• Amazing Alex HD

• Download iOS:

• Amazing Alex Premium
• Amazing Alex HD

Minecraft on a Scale of Universe

If you go to this Universe scale, you can find a minecraft world next to Neptune.
You can check it here: http://htwins.net/scale2/