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Munny Medal Quests – When You Can Unlock Them for Free

by R.M. ArceJaeger | Apr 20, 2016 | Kingdom Hearts Unchained X | 0 comments

Right now Kingdom Hearts Unchained X allows you to pay to unlock Munny Medal Quests, but they also unlock for free in 30 minute blocks at various times each day. As best as I can tell, the unlock times are 9:00 am PST, 1:00 pm PST and 9:00 PST (please leave a comment...

Tutorial: How to Implement Push Notifications Using Google Cloud Messaging for Android — Part 1: Client App

by R.M. ArceJaeger | Sep 18, 2015 | Computers | 37 comments

This tutorial will walk you through how to successfully send push notifications to an application using Google Cloud Messaging (GCM). Part 1—Client App covers the setup needed for a client application to register with GCM, send that registration information to...

Butte Fire Destroying My Home

by R.M. ArceJaeger | Sep 12, 2015 | Other | 0 comments

[Photo by Darin McKinney] The Butte Fire has destroyed nearly 65,000 acres (101 sq. miles) in just 2 days. Within that blaze is my home. I have no idea whether it was spared or not, but the likelihood that it escaped the flames is small indeed. What makes it so...

The Problem With the New Kindle Select Plan & How Amazon Should Fix It

by R.M. ArceJaeger | Jul 2, 2015 | Publishing | 3 comments

I love(d) KDP. Recently, however, Amazon changed how it computes author payments for Kindle Select borrows. Although the letter Amazon sent out describing the program sounded great (the example it gave was 100 borrows x 100 pages read = $1,000 if the total pages read...