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Shared on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 22:16Iron Man Viewing count is up to 2. I went and saw it last night with my same friend. We went to a better theatre this time, as the Thursday night premiere one was quite lacking in the niceness for a 9 dollar ticket. The other theatre had DLP projectors and a great sound system. The second time around, I got to kick back and enjoy the action scenes even more, not having a total geek out anytime the Iron Man was on screen. I also got to see a preview for the Incredible Hulk. That's gonna be sweet as well. It's a great time for movies, it seems. with Indiana Jones, the Hulk, Prince Caspian...my my my, I may actually go to the movies again. The last one I saw in theatres was Spider Man 3.
I've got alot of time in on Mario Kart for the Wii. It's definitely worth it to expand your library. The gameplay is just the same as the older games, so it's nothing new to you. Except for the bikes and tricks system. Which I love! The tricks do nothing but give you extra boosts, which is really useful if you can hit 3 in a row, it could rocket you to the front of the pack. The feel of the bikes using the wheel is kind of frantic, but still works well. The online does a good job too of keeping the action going. I tried placing in the tournament, but my time sucks. I also love the fact that you can race against other people's ghosts that have been submitted to the Kart Channel. It really gives you a good chance to improve your track time. Eventually, I think people will discover easy ways to communicate with it and setup Kart Parties. i'm still experimenting with different ways to set this up, cause I'd like to get a Kart Party of my own going on.
I downloaded XFire, for no other purpose than to test out it's voice chat feature. I'd like to see if this would be a viable solution for voice chat while playing on the Wii. me and my friend tried using an Xbox360 while playing the wii, but my poorly configured router (since fixed) crapped out the connection. I'm looking into other solutions now, and see if this is something worthwhile. My ID is: johnnnyringo if you'd like to sign me up.
While checking out XFire, I thought about all the apps and web stuff I use on a daily basis that is useful for me. I figured that since I'm dragging tail on the Jericho Files finale, I could post my top (web) apps, [note: not all are web apps]
These are not in favorite order:
1. www.twitter.com : It's called a microblogger service, but it's main purpose is to answer the question "What are you doing?". It's a serivce that allows you send small updates to it and is then posted on your webpage. If you have friends who are following you, they can receive either emails or txt msg updates about your current status. Some use it just so their friends will know what is up with them, others use it as a mini blog, writing small thoughts out instead of earth-shattering articles.
2. www.rememberthemilk.com : the ultimate to-do list. I used this quite often because you can add tasks via text message. That doesn't require an always available internet connection. You can organize them in any way possible. And other companies are slowly but surely adding integration for it. There is already a module for Gmail and Thunderbird. They also have an iPhone friendly portal, but you gotta pay for it. $20 a year isn't bad though, because you get other things too.
3. www.textonphone.com I know I mentioned this before when I was plowing through "jumper" but this site really is great. It's only for the iPhone or iPod touch, but they carry countless numbers of books that are really worth reading. Their ability to cache pages on your system so that you can keep reading if you get out of internet range is really nice as well. It's good to have a book reader that thinks ahead.
4. www.portableapps.com: I love this site. It's a colleciton of portable programs that fit on a USB drive and can be carried for computer to computer, no installation required. My favorite is Portable Firefox. I like this one because it's themes and addons stay with it, so I've built a really nice build of firefox at work with quick click shortcuts to all my commonly visited sites and some useful addons as well, and then dumped it to my network share folder, so it's always available no matter what school I am at. I highly recommend you check out the site, as they have some interesting portable apps (including Portable GIMP and Portable Office)
5. www.jott.com : A unique service that I love using. I constantly require the need to remind myself of stuff, so Jott helps with that. Simply put, it's a voice to text transcriber. You call a number and can leave yourself a message. The system then analyzes your voice, turns it into text, and emails you the message. You can also have reminders set, which can be delivered by text message. I had this setup with my cars OnStar service, if I remembered something while driving, I could call the Jott service, leave my note, and get a text message reminder without ever taking my hands off the steering wheel. You can also setup contacts and have them be emailed your messages or even have txts sent to them. Very nice.
These are just a few of the apps I use in my daily life. I read www.lifehacker.com quite a bit, so I'll be sure to post more if I find something else worth the time. Feel free to send me your favorite apps as well.
Good night all, let the countdown begin.
I've got alot of time in on Mario Kart for the Wii. It's definitely worth it to expand your library. The gameplay is just the same as the older games, so it's nothing new to you. Except for the bikes and tricks system. Which I love! The tricks do nothing but give you extra boosts, which is really useful if you can hit 3 in a row, it could rocket you to the front of the pack. The feel of the bikes using the wheel is kind of frantic, but still works well. The online does a good job too of keeping the action going. I tried placing in the tournament, but my time sucks. I also love the fact that you can race against other people's ghosts that have been submitted to the Kart Channel. It really gives you a good chance to improve your track time. Eventually, I think people will discover easy ways to communicate with it and setup Kart Parties. i'm still experimenting with different ways to set this up, cause I'd like to get a Kart Party of my own going on.
I downloaded XFire, for no other purpose than to test out it's voice chat feature. I'd like to see if this would be a viable solution for voice chat while playing on the Wii. me and my friend tried using an Xbox360 while playing the wii, but my poorly configured router (since fixed) crapped out the connection. I'm looking into other solutions now, and see if this is something worthwhile. My ID is: johnnnyringo if you'd like to sign me up.
While checking out XFire, I thought about all the apps and web stuff I use on a daily basis that is useful for me. I figured that since I'm dragging tail on the Jericho Files finale, I could post my top (web) apps, [note: not all are web apps]
These are not in favorite order:
1. www.twitter.com : It's called a microblogger service, but it's main purpose is to answer the question "What are you doing?". It's a serivce that allows you send small updates to it and is then posted on your webpage. If you have friends who are following you, they can receive either emails or txt msg updates about your current status. Some use it just so their friends will know what is up with them, others use it as a mini blog, writing small thoughts out instead of earth-shattering articles.
2. www.rememberthemilk.com : the ultimate to-do list. I used this quite often because you can add tasks via text message. That doesn't require an always available internet connection. You can organize them in any way possible. And other companies are slowly but surely adding integration for it. There is already a module for Gmail and Thunderbird. They also have an iPhone friendly portal, but you gotta pay for it. $20 a year isn't bad though, because you get other things too.
3. www.textonphone.com I know I mentioned this before when I was plowing through "jumper" but this site really is great. It's only for the iPhone or iPod touch, but they carry countless numbers of books that are really worth reading. Their ability to cache pages on your system so that you can keep reading if you get out of internet range is really nice as well. It's good to have a book reader that thinks ahead.
4. www.portableapps.com: I love this site. It's a colleciton of portable programs that fit on a USB drive and can be carried for computer to computer, no installation required. My favorite is Portable Firefox. I like this one because it's themes and addons stay with it, so I've built a really nice build of firefox at work with quick click shortcuts to all my commonly visited sites and some useful addons as well, and then dumped it to my network share folder, so it's always available no matter what school I am at. I highly recommend you check out the site, as they have some interesting portable apps (including Portable GIMP and Portable Office)
5. www.jott.com : A unique service that I love using. I constantly require the need to remind myself of stuff, so Jott helps with that. Simply put, it's a voice to text transcriber. You call a number and can leave yourself a message. The system then analyzes your voice, turns it into text, and emails you the message. You can also have reminders set, which can be delivered by text message. I had this setup with my cars OnStar service, if I remembered something while driving, I could call the Jott service, leave my note, and get a text message reminder without ever taking my hands off the steering wheel. You can also setup contacts and have them be emailed your messages or even have txts sent to them. Very nice.
These are just a few of the apps I use in my daily life. I read www.lifehacker.com quite a bit, so I'll be sure to post more if I find something else worth the time. Feel free to send me your favorite apps as well.
Good night all, let the countdown begin.
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