http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dialdial/id395121987?mt=8

It lets you dial people on your iPhone using google voice!

So figuring I had nothing to loose, I copied the save file from my PS3, opened it up a hex editor, and shockingly found that the there was no check sum in place for the skill points! Using a simple hex editor, I was able to give my self back my skill points!

Here are the steps that I did to fix my player.

1) I played border lands until I earned 2 more skill levels.

2) Put one skill point on your “main tree”

3) Put one skill point on something else, for me this was “Iron Fist”

4) Quit the game

6) copy the save game to an external USB drive

7) copy the save file to your computer

8 ) back up the save file.

9) open the safe file with hex editor

10) search in the safe file for something like this: gd_Skills2_Brick.Brawler.IronFist
In my case I was playing as Brick, but the method should work for any of other classes. Just find the string that looks like the name of the skill that you put your one point in.

11) Look at the hex that follows the name “gd_Skills2_Brick.Brawler.IronFist “, for me it looked like this:
00 00 00 00 01

12) change the 01 to a 04

13) Now save the file.

14) Copy the save file back to your ps3

15) Start the game, load the save file.

16) If it worked, you should now have a 4 points in the skill that you used to only have 1 in.

From here, what I did was went and purchased a skill re-balance in the game, putting 1 point in a bunch of skills.
Then I saved the game, and repeated the process until I had all of my points back.

Hope this helps some people get back into the game

Note, you might be able to get the same done with this tool:

http://blog.gib.me/2009/10/31/borderlands-save-editor-revision-10/

But I’m on a Mac, and can’t run it, nor can I verify that works for PS3.

I posted pictures of my trip to Alaska on facebook.

You can look at them here, without a facebook account:

http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=1058704769&k=Z6G23VU3SV5AUCCBPF35WPV

Check it out here: http://itunes.com/apps/HomeRescue

I’m not investing my time in remembering the pile of special case / hidden pronunciation / inconsistent words that makes up the English language. Who decided that this was the most efficient way to communicate with written letters? If someone proposed something like this- I’d tell them they were nuts. Is this flawed language nostalgic? Artful? I say, keep the nostalgia and the art in the content of the words, not the arrangement of letters that makes up the work.

When you decide to mock someone’s spelling- I think you should consider if you would like them to mock your flawed skills. Spelling is a skill, some have it, and some don’t. It comes easy for you? Great. Not for me.  I could improve my poor spelling skills with lots of practice, and lots of time. I could sacrifice time from things that I actually care about. If you want me to care about spelling, how about you spend time and learn some of my skills.

Don’t push your flawed communication protocol on me.

Here is the “press release” for the app…

Traditional Board Game Designer Turns To iPhone Platform

Chris Handy hasn’t been play-testing with cards and wooden bits recently.  He has been leaving lots of fingerprints on his iPhone while heavily testing his new puzzle game series for the popular gaming device.

The concept is simple.  Chris has developed a volume of games called the “:60 Series”, or “Sixty-Second Series”.  These original puzzle games are fast-paced “brain games” that last exactly 1 minute.  If you are able to solve the puzzle in under 60 seconds, your score is equal to the time remaining on the timer.

The first two games in the series have just been released, with 2 more coming in April.  Kount is a button-mashing counting game in which the user must press 40 buttons in numerical order.  Each game board is randomly generated to offer fresh gameplay each time.

EnterState is a semi-educational puzzler in which you must “enter states” as they appear of the screen.  When “Nevada” appears on the screen, press the state shape on the map.  It’s that simple…or is it?

Think you’ve got an unbeatable score?  Each game in the series has a unique Friend Scores Rank System that keeps track of only YOUR friend’s top scores.

Both Games can be found in iTunes.

More information can be found at http://www.perplext.com

Sadly, until then it will remain not working.