Letterpress App Cheats and Hacks Guide

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Nerdr| 6 Comments

Letterpress App Guide on how to win in Letterpress every time without cheats and hacks.  This Letterpress cheats and hacks guide will cover legitimate ways to win the game using tactics and other ways to win using generators.  I prefer to play Letterpress by using tactics, please don’t cheat!

Letterpress using cheats and cheating on Letterpress.

Here are some Letterpress cheat programs you can use.  These are Letterpress word generators and a words dictionary system.  Please don’t use them and keep the game of letterpress hack free.  I wish there was a way to have cheaters in a separate area of Letterpress.

  • HAYTCttp://words-solverDOTcom/letterpress-words-solver/
  • HAYTCttp://letterwordsDOTco
  • HAYTCttp://wwwDOTanagrammerDOTcom/letterpress-cheat/
If you are interested in more serious Letterpress cheating you can use the guide here: HAYTCttp://finiteDOTstateDOTio/blog/2012/11/09/HAYTCacking-letterpress/

For all the above links just replace HAYTC with h and DOT with a period.

To identify a Letterpress cheater.

The easiest way to identify if the other player is cheating in your Letterpress app game is to see if they are making many big (>6) letter words.  If they repeatedly do this, without common endings like “s” or “ing” or “er” then they are Letterpress cheating.

If you are playing against a letterpress cheat you will most likely lose.  So I suggest you just quit that game to save time, or maybe only play Letterpress with friends.  There is no way to block someone who is cheating on Letterpress.

 

Letterpress Tactics and Strategy

If you find good players to play the Letterpress app with you can use the following tactics to help you game.  If you know any good Letterpress tactics or Letterpress strategies to add leave a comment below!

The vowels are very important in Letterpress.  Make sure you lock these down as quickly as possible.

Place one of your colored squares near all vowels as quickly as possible.  This prevents the block above.

Block the Letterpress grid corners as quickly as possible.  It takes just 3 letters to block a corner on the Letterpress App grid.  Once you have a corner you will nearly always keep the corner until the end of the Letterpress game.

A strategy I use on Letterpress is to get the corners.  Then expand and join the corners together using the sides.  Then slowly move in to the middle of the Letterpress grid.

Memorize some standard words that use rare letters.  Like ZIP and ZAP and VOLT.  This will help you in the end game to quickly win your Letterpress game.  Always be ready to get the final letters if you sense a win is possible.

If you have more tips you would like to add to the guide just leave a comment below and I’ll add them so everyone can see.

 

Letterpress Review

The game of Letterpress becomes boring quickly.  There is no log of points you gain and nothing really to show you are a winner once a game is over.  I deleted it after 2 days.  5/5 for the first hour, then 2/5, maybe even 1/5 after 2 days once you see a few cheaters who spoil the Letterpress game.  I did purchase the upgrade to the Letterpress app for $0.99.  Letterpress was free but the upgrade was not really worth it long term because I stopped playing Letterpress after only 2 days.

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How to make a bootable Mountain Lion USB install drive

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Nerdr| 19 Comments

Make a bootable USB drive Install of Macbook Pro OS Mountain Lion.

This is the process I used to make a bootable USB drive of the Mountain Lion Operating System on my Macbook Pro. My Macbook was the Macbook Pro 13″ inch 2012 model. This process for making a boot drive can work for other Macbook types too.  Difficulty rating 2/10, maybe even 1/10, super easy!

This is the process I used to create a bootable USB drive of Mountain Lion OS X for my Macbook pro.

Why Make A Bootable USB Install Drive for Mac Mountain Lion OS?

The main reason to make the bootable USB drive is to not have to download the 4GB file every time you want to do a reinstall of the Mountain Lion operating system.

The second reason to make a bootable USB OS drive is it makes reinstalling the operating system faster.  Using a USB drive method without the downloading makes a full reset take 30 minutes.  Without the USB drive it will take hours.

Tools you will need:

  • Macbook Pro. I have not tested this with other Macs, it should work 9/10.
  • Internet Connection to download the 4GB Mountain Lion install file from Apple.
  • OS DOWNLOAD USB DRIVE. 12GB or more USB Flash Drive. I used a 32GB USB drive, 12GB is the minimum amount of Geebees you need. More is okay, like 32GB is fine.
  • OS BOOT USB DRIVE. Optional 8GB or more Flash drive for a permanent USB drive, or you can reuse the OS DOWNLOAD DRIVE. This is optional because you can copy the files onto your hard drive and then on to the OS DOWNLOAD USB flash drive again whenever you need it. I used a separate 8GB USB Flash drive for my OS BOOT DRIVE to keep a permanent solution. I got my 8GB USB drive from Ebay for $6.

No extra Mac software is required to make or use the USB boot drive method.

Preparing the USB drive

Turn the Macbook pro ON. Insert the OS DOWNLOAD USB Flash Drive into the Macbook Pro.

Open the Disk Utility Program. (Hold the CMD key and press space bar -> Type “disk utility” without the quotes -> select disk utility from the list that is shown).

Now we will partition the OS DOWNLOAD USB drive and make it bootable. In disk utility, select your OS DOWNLOAD drive on the left panel by clicking on it. Make sure you click on the part of it that is most to the left on the left panel. Not the sub heading of it, the main heading. The main part that might say something like “28.36 GB NAMEOFCOMPANY”.

Now in the big panel on the right choose partition at the top, it should be the middle tab, between Erase and RAID. If you do not see the option to partition you did not click the correct drive on the left or clicked the sub heading. Make sure you clicked the main entry for the Flash drive.

In the partition area first click on the “choose” above the big box (in the “volume scheme” area) and change it to “1 partition”. Then click options just below this box and select the GUID partition table option, then click OK.

Now on the right of this area enter a name for your drive, like “OS X Installer” and change the format to “Mac OS Extended (Journaled). When you’re happy choose Apply and agree to the question that asks if you are happy to erase the Flash drive. Check to make sure it is the correct drive before agreeing! I am not responsible for your mistakes here!

Once it is complete you will have a clean USB drive ready for the Lion Operating system download.

End of formatting and partitioning the OS DOWNLOAD USB drive procedure.

Downloading the OS Install Files From Apple

Now with the formatted and partitioned OS DOWNLOAD USB DRIVE inserted shut down the macbook pro. Once the Macbook pro is off hold the CMD and r keys. Now turn on the Macbook pro while keeping hold of the CMD and r key. This will activate the Macbook Pro restore feature.  Every Macbook Pro has this feature to reinstall the operating system at anytime.

Once it has loaded, release the CMD+r keys and choose the second option – “Reinstall Mac OS X”, and hit continue. Now it will ask for verification through your internet connection. Agree to this and select YOUR USB FLASH DRIVE AS THE LOCATION to install. This is important because we want to download the files from Apple onto our USB drive.  Once you agree, it will start the download.

IMPORTANT PART!

Once the download is complete you must pull out the USB Flash drive as soon as the black screen shows. If the screen is black, pull out the flash drive! Don’t wait, just pull it out. If you wait it will start the installation and delete the files from the USB and you’ll have to do it all again. You need these installation files to create a bootable USB Lion drive.  So, once the timer is close to 0 BE READY.  A few seconds after the timer goes to zero seconds remaining the the screen will turn black.  Remove the USB at the black screen!  Not before, and not after.

END OF IMPORTANT PART!

You pulled out? great. Now you have a USB Flash drive with OS Mountain Lion! That was the hard part completed, now the easy stuff.

Keeping the OS DOWNLOAD USB drive OUT of the Macbook pro and start the Macbook. It will load as normal. Press CMD+SPACEBAR and type “disk utility”, then select disk utility from the list. Now insert your USB drive with the operating system on it. Copy all the files from it to any location on your hard drive. I copied them into the Download folder, but you can put them anywhere you like.

Now open the folder you copied onto your hard drive. Look inside and you will find a big 4GB file ending in .dmg. This is the main file you need.

Insert your OS BOOT USB DRIVE. You should have already partitioned this drive, with a GUID and with “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)”. Use the usb guide above to do this.  If you are reusing your OS DOWNLOAD DRIVE partition and format it again using the above procedure once you have copied the operating system folder to your hard drive (we just did this in the last paragraph!).

Click on this big .dmg file to open and it will mount the .dmg file. Now go back to disk utility. You should have your OS BOOT USB DRIVE attached to your Macbook Pro and you will see the “InstallESD.dmg” file shows as mounted at the bottom of the left panel of disk utility.

Click on the InstallESD.dmg file on the left. At the top of the right pane choose “restore”. It shows two area you need to enter. Source and Destination. Source should already be filled with InstallESD.dmg. If it is not, then enter that now by browsing to the big file and inserting it into the Source box.

For the destination we want our BOOT USB DRIVE. So drag and drop that from the left panel to the Destination part.

When you are happy click the restore button to start the restore process. This takes around 30 minutes. Once complete you have your complete USB BOOT DRIVE!

How To Use Your OS X USB BOOT DRIVE

To use the USB boot drive on your Macbook Pro, first insert the drive into the Macbook. Then shut down, or restart the computer. As it is turning on hold down the ALT key. This will show a special screen allowing you to select a startup disk drive. Select the USB drive (it is usually orange). The Macbook will shut down and restart using the USB drive as the Boss.

There was a problem installing Mac OS X, try reinstalling. If you get this error you will need to zap PRAM.  This sounds bad, but it’s nothing really.  Simple instructions for zapping P RAM below.

To zap PRAM shut down the Macbook Pro. Now hold down CMD+OPTION+p+r and turn on the Macbook Pro. OPTION is the “Left ALT” key and has a small bird symbol. It is near the CMD key on the left of a Macbook Pro keyboard.

When you turn on the Macbook Pro with the above keys held it will quickly reset and the screen will go to full brightness. This is the indicator that the PRAM has been cleaned. The PRAM holds simple hardware variables, like brightness level and it’s a safe procedure recommended on the Apple website. I take no responsibility if any of the advice here or on this website damages anything! I have completed every step here myself and have no fear doing it again, it is safe as far as I am concerned.

After zapping the PRAM insert the Installer USB Flash Drive into the Macbook Pro and turn off. Then turn on again while holding the ALT key on the left of the keyboard. Yes, just the ALT key and nothing else. The ALT key is near the Cmd key which is on the left of the space bar. Just hold this ALT key and start the Macbook Pro.

When it starts it will show you some hard drive options. Choose the orange Hard drive that represents your USB drive. Click it and it will take you to the install Lion screen. Now just follow the simple instructions to complete the installation of Lion! It takes about 8 minutes to prepare installation and 35 minutes to complete the installation process itself. You Macbook Pro will restart when the process is complete.

Congratulations! You have used a Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Mountain Lion OS X. You can now repeat this process at any time to reinstall OS X on your Macbook Pro without needing an internet connection.  This process can work for other Macbook Pro versions too.

Leave a comment below if you found this guide useful or want to clear anything I missed, thanks :)

This is the end of the guide on how to make a bootable Mountain Lion USB Install Drive.

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Dooors Walkthrough and Guide – iPad, iPhone and Android

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Nerdr| Leave a comment

Dooors walkthrough and guide for the iPad, iPhone and Android devices. The Dooors app is created by 58works Games. This guide for Dooors contains help, hints and tips for completing the puzzles, there are some spoilers.

Welcome to the complete Dooors guide and walkthrough for iPad, iPhone and Android.

Dooors. A floor escape game by 58 works games. This is the Dooors written walkthrough. If you like the guide, please leave a comment saying thanks!

Dooors level 1. Simply open the door!

Dooors level 2. Tilt your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch to the left. The door will open automatically.

Dooors level 3. Tilt your device to the left. The ball will move and you will see a key behind it. Use the key to open the door.

Dooors level 4. Pull the chain down. The door will rotate. When you see the black part behind the door tap on it.

Dooors level 5. Tap the left light stand. Under it you will find a door handle. Select the door handle and attach to the door hole to open.

Dooors level 6. Press the yellow light switch to turn on the lights. Keep pressing it on and off again until all lights are green. Then nerd reopen door to exit.

Dooors level 7. Match the pattern on the door using the speaker lights. On left you want B,W,B. On the right you want W,B,W.

Dooors level 8. On the left plant tap the red berry to get a pin. Select this pin and swipe right to left on the door.

Dooors level 9. When the right wheel is near the bottom, tap the right wheel to start it rotating. The goal is to see the green part on through both holes at the same time. Tap the door when both are on green to open.

Dooors level 10. Shake your iPad, iPod or iphone to put out the fire. Tap the ashes to lift it up, then again to get the turning handle. Tap the left plant pot until it is way over to the left. Now attach the handle to the hole in the wall. Tap the handle once in the hole in the wall to rotate and open the dooor.

Dooors level 11. Tap the red pin you picked up earlier. Attach to the hole at the top of the middle door. The middle dooor is now the exit.

Dooors level 12. The code for the left is: Black, Red, Red. On the right the code is Red, White, Black.

Dooors level 13. Tap the left fire to get the stick with fire. Now tilt your device left and right. Repeat until all lights are green. Use the fire stick to remove the cobwebs.

Dooors level 14. Make a diagonal line using the sliders like the mark on the wall. Left slider all the way to the top, right slider at the bottom. All others arranged so they all make a diagonal line.

Dooors level 15. Orange ball. Pick up the bowling ball in the lower left. Select the ball and place at the front of dooor 15. Light it with the stick on fire. You will see a code. Left, Right, L, L, L, R, R. Pull the handles in this order to escape.

Dooors level 16. Notice the sign above the door. iPhone = man. The man is lying on the floor, face down. Lift your iphone, ipad or ipod touch above your head and the light will turn green.

Dooors level 17. Tilt your game device left and the rock will slide to the other side. Turn off the light. E contains 11 squares, T contains 7 squares. Set the left clock to 11 and the right clock to 7.

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Famous Faces Badly Drawn Walkthrough – iPad, iPhone and Android

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Nerdr| 7 Comments

Famous Faces Badly Drawn Answers Walkthrough. This is part 3 of the Badly drawn faces cheats guide. We will cover the last 4 pads:

  • Badly Drawn Faces Halibut Pad.
  • Badly Drawn Faces Capelin Pad.
  • Badly Drawn Faces Wolffish Pad.
  • Badly Drawn Faces Sea Lion Pad.

You can find part 1 of the Famous Faces badly drawn walkthrough here. Part 2 of the famous faces app walkthrough is here.

Famous Faces Badly Drawn Halibut Pad.

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Homer Simpson
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George Jetson
Stan Laurel. nerdr.com.
Smokey the Bear
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Jason Voorhees
Steven Tyler
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Jar Jar Binks
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??? – who is this guy?!
Doctor Zoidberg
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Will Smith. The fresh prince of bel-air.
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Winnie-the-pooh
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Marilyn Manson
Queen Elizabeth I
Usher
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Fozzie Bear. From the Muppets TV show.
Tom Cruise
Godzilla
The Thing
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Beetlejuice
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Sitting Bull

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Badly Drawn Faces Answers – iPad, iPhone and Android

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Nerdr| 10 Comments

Badly drawn faces answers guide part 2. Part 1 of the Badly Drawn Faces guide with Algae, Krill, Plankton and Shrimp pads is here. In this part of the cheats guide we will cover the answers to:

  • Badly Drawn Faces Cuttlefish Pad.
  • Badly Drawn Faces Squid Pad.
  • Badly Drawn Faces Flatfish Pad.
  • Badly Drawn Faces Cod Pad.

Like before, if you know the answers with ??? please leave a comment below and I’ll add it to the guide! (with your name).

This guide contains the cheats and answers for famous badly drawn faces. An app and game by Sporcle games. Here are the answers we have so far for Badly drawn faces.

Badly Drawn Faces Cuttlefish Pad

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Barack Obama
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Dorothy Gale
Link
Bane – Bad guy from batman
Yosemite Sam
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Pikachu
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Tintin
Gargamel – The bad guy from smurfs
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Robin Hood
Mitt Romney
Stay Puft Mashmallow Man
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Macho Man Randy Savage
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Jackie Chan
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Cleopatra VII
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Jack Nicholson
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Al Capone
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Princess Leia
Henry VIII
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