tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59063971181206539952024-03-08T02:02:20.683-08:00Bob Is AwesomeThe incredibly awesome blog of Bob contains many elements for your enjoyment. The major topics of this blog have to do with Gaming, Graphics, Apple products and an Episodic Series of Rants.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02806950668726773945noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906397118120653995.post-23884882932711493862011-08-05T15:49:00.000-07:002011-08-05T15:49:14.207-07:00I'm Not Writing about Mojang Being Sued!You probably have already heard that Mojang is being sued by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.9847222222,-77.1130555556&spn=0.1,0.1&q=38.9847222222,-77.1130555556%20%28Bethesda%2C%20Maryland%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a> for using the name Scrolls for an upcoming <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/industry/Video_Games" rel="wikinvest" title="Video Games">video game</a>. Which is why I'm not writing about something you are already aware of. Instead, I plan on telling you about a cool game similar to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.minecraft.net/" rel="homepage" title="Minecraft">Minecraft</a>. While I play awesome games that include a lot of killing, explosions, blood, magic and piñatas. I do enjoy <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear_gameplay" rel="wikipedia" title="Nonlinear gameplay">sandbox games</a> from time to time. I have recently gotten on a Minecraft binge, and when notch posted on twitter about an interesting game that he totally couldn't fund I went out and pledged a good 10 dollars to the developer.<br />
The game is called Lords of Uberdark and it is made by Aaron Bishop, an <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_video_game_development" rel="wikipedia" title="Independent video game development">indie game</a> developer. His best known games are <a class="zem_slink" href="http://egoboo.sourceforge.net/" rel="homepage" title="Egoboo (video game)">Egoboo</a> and SoulFu, both games I plan on taking a look into. Lords of Uberdark is a mining game with beautiful graphics, anyone who has played Minecraft knows that its always nice to look at the wonderful algorithmically generated scenery. It might be nice to see some of that scenery that isn't pixelated and blocky. While I still plan on playing Minecraft, I have pledged 10 dollars to this project and when he reaches the goal of 20 thousand dollars, I will receive the game starting in alpha. The alpha begins on August 10th unless it gets moved, and pledging $10 at <a class="zem_slink" href="http://kickstarter.com/" rel="homepage" title="Kickstarter">Kickstarter.com</a> will get you the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" rel="wikipedia" title="Software release life cycle">alpha version</a>, as well as all versions thereafter. <br />
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The game is still very much in development and pledging the 10 dollars now will allow you the privilege of being one of the few alpha testers. Who doesn't love being able to say they have been with a game since alpha? The Kickstarter Project will end on August 7th at 9PM EDT, He is very close to the goal amount of pledges but if he is unable to reach 20 thousand dollars by then the game will not be funded. If you pledge toward the project and it does not reach 20 thousands dollars then you will not be charged.<br />
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<li>It is finally back... probably</li>
<li>It totally didn't!</li>
<li>You're crazy.</li>
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When I say the blog is back, this time i totally mean it. More key pressing, more blog posting, more video game thingies, and no more silly updates that I totally can't go through with!<br />
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I'm gonna go write an actual blog post now, probably one about a video game.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><table><tr><td><a href="http://static-bot.appspot.com/w/y_v62VE8a">Visit the Main Wave of the first ever Tidal Wave</a>
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Bob's Pretty Little Flowers<br />
Flowers are pretty, I have been over this. They are a special little gem in a field of green grass. I will be posting a gem that I find online every day. This post will be called <u>The Daily Awesome</u>, and will basically be the most awesome thing you will ever see that day. Stuff gets put on the net every day and some of it is beyond amazing. Remember when you saw that cute dog on a skateboard or when people found out that Mentos candies and Pepsi like each other a bit too much? That is the very essence of the Daily Awesome.<br />
Bob's Hot Weather<br />
The second post every day will be a good bit more heated than some pretty flowers. When I get angry I let people know. If I have something to say people will hear it. When I have something to say I rant! The second daily post will be named <u>The Rant of the Day</u>. I will rant about my views on a topic of interest. Whether that topic be related to gaming, current events or all out geekdom, you can bet it will get pretty heated.<br />
Bob's Gonna Play Inside<br />
If it rains I stay inside. If I am inside I'm normally playing video games. The third daily post will be a video game related post called <u>The Flaming Gay-mer</u>, a post where I share my gaming ventures with the world. Each post will include screenshots, and talk about all out awesome stuff that happened in-game.<br />
These are only a few of the things to come to this site. I have plans for a few other themed regularly posted topics. Stay tuned for all the awesome things to come.
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I have been sucked in to my video games once again and I know it to be unhealthy the way I become addicted to my games so quickly so I need an outlet for non-game activity that I find enjoyable. <u>Bob is Awesome</u> is back!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><table><tr><td><a href="http://static-bot.appspot.com/w/y_v62VE8a">Visit the Main Wave of the first ever Tidal Wave</a>
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I have a ton of ideas always flying through my head. I have so many ideas that I can't always catch them before they disappear. Originally I kept most of these ideas to myself. That was a good bit ago, but around the time I was in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_grade" rel="wikipedia" title="Seventh grade">seventh grade</a> I was getting tired of keeping things to myself. In seventh grade I met avery strange person that was very outgoing and a bit on the odd side. He didn't care what anyone thought of his weird imagination. He would spout stories at the lunch table that were very amusing. There were stories about hippos with rocket launchers and monkeys that sang. He was very outward with all his ideas.<br />
He inspired me to keep a notebook of all my ideas. This would have been a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea" rel="wikipedia" title="Idea">good idea</a>, it was for a while, until I had gotten so used to writing down all my ideas that I began to run through a 70 page notebook in under a week. When I had noticed that i had about ten or twelve notebooks in my bookbag I realized two things. The first thing that i realized was that having that many books could not be good for my back. More importantly, as i looked through them I saw all the ideas I had sketched in the last month to that day, some of these inventions were rediculous. It wasn't all weird but thinking back I realize that something that I thought would be a cool idea was in retrospect a complete waste of paper. But there are so many good ideas I had as well. Things that i should have acted on but didn't things that should have been obvious but simply were not noticed.<br />
If I could have acted on every one of those ideas i would be completely overwhelmed by my work that it would be impossible for me to function. If you have one idea that you want to dedicate your time to then by all means run with it, but there are ideas that are very good ideas but you dont have the time or desire to get on it. Those few amazing ideas should not be dismissed, but dont act on every idea or you are due to end up in a hole. Instead of keeping them to yourself, share your ideas with someone. Maybe your idea will be noticed and somebody will go through with it. When that happens you can quietly say "I came up with that" and be glad that it went through.
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I was reading the new Game Informer when I came across one of my all time favorite video game characters, Razputin "Raz" Aquato, of an amazing game from 2005. Psychonauts, despite being an awesome platformer and one of the funniest games I have ever played, did not do so well on the market. The problem was likely advertising as everyone who ever played it would tell you Psychonauts was the most unbelievable game they have ever played. While this game kicked so much patootie that it would make the Fable trilogy cry and run home to Lionhead, it also however ended up hurting Majesco and Double Fine, almost bankrupting Majesco.<br />
But noticing the character in the magazine I thought it might be a hint as to something more. I thought perhaps they might actually make a new Psychonauts episode. So I Googled Psychonauts and decided to add a 2 on the end just for kicks. Astonished I found a blog posted something only four days ago regarding Psychonauts' Tim Schafer on the topic Psychonauts.<a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/847066-tim-schafer-ready-for-psychonauts-2">(You can find the link here)</a> That can only mean that Psychonauts 2 may in fact be an upcoming title! Tim Schafer said he was ready to make Psychonauts 2. Straight from the big guy himself, it must be coming soon. I'll be first in line!<br />
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I have to post more, I have much less creativity now that i have been playing <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" rel="wikipedia" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a> for so long. Things are looking up though as I am trying to get back into college. I met a guy at a club we messed around a bit in his car and my <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod" rel="wikipedia" title="IPod">iPod</a> fell out of my pocket. We were in there for a while and my friend went looking for me. My friends needed to take someone to get their things from their landlord.<br />
They were in a hurry and in the confusion I left my iPod in his car. I never lose an <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/" rel="homepage" title="Apple">Apple</a> product! Each Apple product has its own beauty in my eyes. They are sacred to me. Thankfully, I have good friends. My <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship" rel="wikipedia" title="Friendship">best girlfriend</a> knows my passion for the fruit-tastic electronics and is bringing me back my iPod very soon. I have invited her over for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween" rel="wikipedia" title="Halloween">Halloween</a> on short notice but she is very whimsical so I may get it back tomorrow. If I can't get it tomorrow I can get it on Monday.<br />
School starts next month and i have yet to receive a call back from the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.8794444444,-87.6238888889&spn=1.0,1.0&q=41.8794444444,-87.6238888889%20(Art%20Institute%20of%20Chicago)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Art Institute of Chicago">Art Institute</a>. On Monday I'm going up there and finding the crazy bitch in charge of re-entry. Excuse the rage but she is never at her desk. I have tried repeatedly to get a hold of her and I have had no success whatsoever!<br />
Tomorrow is Halloween and that means three things. First thing is of course weird looking kids that want candy. In a weird enough costume you may be able to scare them away and keep the candy for yourself. Which brings me to the second thing Adults watching movies and being disturbed every five minutes by "candy beggars". If i can't watch my Mega Monster Movie Marathon in peace I will not be happy. The third thing of course is movies, the kind that disturb you and make you cringe.<br />
There are also the funny B movies that I will be watching:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Strippers-Unrated-Special-Jameson/dp/B001DSNEKQ?ie=UTF8&tag=bobi0e-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Zombie Strippers</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bobi0e-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001DSNEKQ" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0839880/" rel="imdb" title="Lake Dead">Lake Dead</a></li>
<li><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-through" rel="wikipedia" title="Drive-through">Drive Thru</a></li>
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These are only the best of the best in B <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film" rel="wikipedia" title="Horror film">horror movies</a>, I will watch plenty of others tomorrow <br />
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•However you do Halloween be sure to watch a horror flick. Otherwise, you are doing it wrong!<br />
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Oh <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.blizzard.com/" rel="homepage" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard</a>, you may have 12 million players but they are not happy. As I played WOW today my computer repeatedly disconnected. I have checked my pings and apparently I am getting <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack" rel="wikipedia" title="Denial-of-service attack">denial of service attacks</a> by playing <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" rel="wikipedia" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a>. I believe blizzard is being attacked.<br />
If my theory is accurate then some irate gamer has decided to confront Blizzard in a nasty way. It hasn't even been a full day since the patch that has put off so many WOW veterans. Nerfing so many spells and talents (Nerfing: dampening for user or gamer experience) can put off the most loyal gamers. Blizzard just reached a milestone in players if they lose that they are more likely to alter the game so that it is similar to how it used to be. Blizzard may in fact be the victim of a full frontal assault from a hacker or group of hackers.<br />
The attack if I am correct would be sending a pings to blizzard and their players rapidly to make playing the game near impossible. This would put off more and more players. Eventually their player count would decrease and people would unsubscribe. Blizzard cant have that happen. They need that milestone for the release of Cataclysm. If Blizzard does have an attack being put through then they need to take care of it and announce that they were attacked. They need to get the feedback and change the game to suit the veterans more and still be noob-friendly. They cannot prioritize one over the other. The changes in the patch were far too drastic and Blizzard will lose players that have played since the beta of the original game. If they do not change things in a way that pleases all players then World of Warcraft will be doomed to the demise that Sony caused Star Wars: Galaxies.
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<a class="zem_slink" href="http://facebook.com/" rel="homepage" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> has changed overnight yet again but before you punch your screen, cursing out the world for hating you, know that this time nobody should be upset about this. Nobody should hate this one except of course billion dollar online <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_game" rel="wikipedia" title="Casual game">casual gaming</a> company, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.zynga.com/" rel="homepage" title="Zynga">Zynga</a>.<br />
Zynga has many ways of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising" rel="wikipedia" title="Advertising">advertising</a>, but the most abundant and annoying way on Facebook is of course app spam. Zynga is one of, if not, the worst offender of app spam on facebook.They have altogether lost my respect as a casual gaming company. However thanks to last night's update that is a thing of the past.<br />
You now have the option to delete posts from your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed" rel="wikipedia" title="Web feed">news feed</a> and profile wall. Wait it gets better, you can do even more than just manually delete posts. If you delete a post on your news feed you have the option to hide all posts from that source. If you delete an application's post from your wall you have the option not to allow the application to post without your consent. Once you have done that next time you delete that app's post you will have the option to delete it from your applications. Finally, the next time you delete their annoying spam you are able to blacklist that application from your profile. You are even able to report any post as spam.<br />
I am so happy that facebook finally did something about spam. Rejoice in the new and improved facebook. These capabilities are long overdue I wish they had added them sooner.
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<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" rel="wikipedia" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a> took away my chat privelages. I finally have no reason to play it. Thank god now ill be able to pay my bills as there nothing distracting me. Guess what? The world of warcraft blogging crisis is over. It is time to get a job and move on with blogging.<br />
In World of Warcraft there are chat channels one of which is for trade. It was originally for trade anyways. Trade chat is now full of ppl called Trolls. A Troll is an annoying person who spams trade chat. I trolled and a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamemaster" rel="wikipedia" title="Gamemaster">game master</a> took away my chat privelages. Now I can keep my phone. He did me a favor.<br />
He did a favor to you, my readers as well. Distraction-free i can give you more news faster. Thank you stupid game master you helped me out quite a bit! I was a fully functional <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human" rel="wikipedia" title="Human">human</a> being before World of Warcraft. I like the game but its addicting. People make fun of you if you are a casual gamer as well. I am a casual gamer and this site has reviews for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_game" rel="wikipedia" title="Casual game">casual games</a>. I'm done with World of Warcraft.<br />
On to something more productive.<br />
I'm just going to sum it all up in a nut shell :<br />
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<li>Less World of Warcraft</li>
<li>More <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.popcap.com/games/pvz" rel="homepage" title="Plants vs. Zombies">Plants vs Zombies</a> </li>
<li>Im gonna get a job</li>
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Now I'm going outside to see what daylight looks like again!
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Recently I ceased posting and took a long time to gather information. What I ended up with is ketchup. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/" rel="homepage" title="Apple">Apple</a> flavored ketchup and it is actually really good. Quite a bit has happened but I'm gonna give you a good bit of the important stuff.<br />
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<li><u>iPods with New Features and iPods that Look Rediculous</u> Apple has some new toys and they are weird. Some good features, some old features on new items and some obvious features that they forgot to include in the last version.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-touch-Generation-NEWEST-MODEL/dp/B001FA1O1S?ie=UTF8&tag=bobi0e-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" linkindex="2375" target="_blank">iPod touch</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bobi0e-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001FA1O1S" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> The new <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-touch-Generation-NEWEST-MODEL/dp/B001FA1O18?ie=UTF8&tag=bobi0e-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" linkindex="2376" target="_blank">iPod touch</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bobi0e-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001FA1O18" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> looks awesome I'm not gonna lie. It has a front and back camera and a gyro. In <a class="zem_slink" href="http://developer.apple.com/iphone" rel="homepage" title="IOS (Apple)">iOS</a> 4.1 there <i>will be multitasking</i>! You even get the update free with the iPod! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-touch-Generation-NEWEST-MODEL/dp/B001FA1O0O?ie=UTF8&tag=bobi0e-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" linkindex="2377" target="_blank">Get the freaking thing!</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bobi0e-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001FA1O0O" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Graphite-Generation-NEWEST-MODEL/dp/B002M3SO0G?ie=UTF8&tag=bobi0e-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" linkindex="2378" target="_blank">iPod nano </a>The new <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Graphite-Generation-NEWEST-MODEL/dp/B002L6HE9G?ie=UTF8&tag=bobi0e-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" linkindex="2379" target="_blank">iPod nano</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bobi0e-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002L6HE9G" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> is pretty odd. Why? One word, Touchscreen and its tiny. It is extremely tiny and it has <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch" rel="wikipedia" title="Multi-touch">multitouch</a> but you will never ever use it because it is so small that fit more than one finger on it. They also got rid of the camera (I was never really a fan of it because my finger always got in the way). It basically just migrated to the iPod touch.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-shuffle-Silver-Generation-NEWEST/dp/B001FA1NUK?ie=UTF8&tag=bobi0e-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" linkindex="2380" target="_blank">iPod shuffle</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bobi0e-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001FA1NUK" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> There is a new feature, buttons, Apple's page for it even says "Features: Buttons, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/" rel="homepage" title="VoiceOver">VoiceOver</a>". I saw that and laughed my face off. I wonder what they were thinking when they did that?</li>
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<li><u>Ping</u> Apple made a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network" rel="wikipedia" title="Social network">social network</a> and immediately succeded. Ping has been around for a week and has over 1 million users. It was brought to us during the latest update along with a new icon. I will delve into this more later but from what i can tell you can share musical interests and connect with bands in a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://facebook.com/" rel="homepage" title="Facebook">facebook</a>-esque fashion. Apparently there is a bad bit of spam as well, this will go away soon, Jobs likes to keep things tidy.<u></u></li>
<li><u>iOS 4.1 and 4.2</u> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Learning-iOS-Game-Programming-Hands-/dp/0321699424?ie=UTF8&tag=bobi0e-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">iOS</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bobi0e-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0321699424" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> updates have been annoyingly lacking recently these new updates will bring multitasking to the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-touch-Generation-NEWEST-MODEL/dp/B001FA1O18?ie=UTF8&tag=bobi0e-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">iPod touch</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bobi0e-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001FA1O18" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apple-iPad-MB292LL-Tablet-16GB/dp/B002C7481G?ie=UTF8&tag=bobi0e-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">iPad</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bobi0e-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002C7481G" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> platforms. Multitasking, need i say more. You can finally have your digital cake and play <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Plants-Zombies-Game-Year-Limited-Pc/dp/B003O21A2I?ie=UTF8&tag=bobi0e-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Plants vs Zombies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bobi0e-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003O21A2I" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> too. </li>
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Apple did a good lot of things recently but there will always be something amiss with Apple (buttons, multitasking, folders etc.) <a href="http://twitter.com/feeserrm">Follow me on twitter</a> for updates on Apple.<br />
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I am so close to getting this job at Five Below. I may get it this week. It's my birthday very soon and I got <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft" rel="wikipedia" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a>. It is very addicting, I havent blogged since I got the trial account some weeks ago. Now I cant stop playing it. My farm probably looks like junk! <a class="zem_slink" href="http://zynga.com/" rel="homepage" title="Zynga">Cafe World</a> is probably knee deep in moldy grills and ranges by now.<br />
Yesterday I found out about Akinator.com, an amazing <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Questions" rel="wikipedia" title="Twenty Questions">Twenty Questions</a> style game that can guess any character from anything ever with the utmost accuracy. It got The Milkman a delusion of a character in a game called <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychonauts" rel="wikipedia" title="Psychonauts">Psychonauts</a>. It easily got <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_characters" rel="wikipedia" title="List of Star Wars characters">IG-88</a>, the bounty hunter droid from Star Wars. The most awesome thing about the site is that It is hosted by a freaking genie. So check it out and be amazed.<br />
<a href="http://en.akinator.com/">Akinator</a><br />
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My family recently started playing <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd" rel="homepage" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a> again, which got me in the mood to draw some cool things. Today I drew a deadly blazing <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern" rel="wikipedia" title="Wyvern">wyvern</a>. A wyvern is sort of like a flying bug-<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon" rel="wikipedia" title="Dragon">dragon</a>-<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion" rel="wikipedia" title="Lion">lion</a> thing. I gave it spines that come out of its wings so that it can impale any enemy it encounters. The head is a dragon of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" rel="wikipedia" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional chinese</a> shape. A chinese dragon has a head similar to that of a wolf and commonly has whiskers and a beard. Occasionally it has a trailing mane as I drew as flames in this sketch.</div>
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A picture is worth a thousand words. This is my first photo-blog post. Yesterday I went malling with my girlfriends. We had a great time. They got some clothes for school. I found that I look good in a dress. Perhaps I have a future in drag. We are a crazy few, me and my friends. I look fabulous! </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><table><tr><td><a href="http://static-bot.appspot.com/w/y_v62VE8a">Visit the Main Wave of the first ever Tidal Wave</a>
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Some of you may know that <a class="zem_slink" href="http://google.com/" rel="homepage" title="Google">Google</a> has discontinued the Wave project. There may be some confusion on my plans to keep this site afloat. There is good <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News" rel="wikipedia" title="News">news</a> however. As Google is a pro-open-source company the truth is that although <a class="zem_slink" href="http://wave.google.com/" rel="homepage" title="Google Wave">Google Wave</a> is lost the Tidal Wave experiment is not.<br />
Google has in fact posted the source files as a free <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uploading_and_downloading" rel="wikipedia" title="Uploading and downloading">download</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/concept/Open_Source" rel="wikinvest" title="Open Source">open source</a> product for developers. I will in fact be able to do much more with the site. I have downloaded the source and will be implementing widgets and other items as I experiment with the source. There will be a tab for members that allows you to view applications under development. As work progresses the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website" rel="wikipedia" title="Website">website</a> will become much more interactive.<br />
If you are not a member you can join on the sidebar of the blog. At this point I have only just downloaded the source and it will be months before major features take effect. I highly suggest that you subscribe if you are interested in the project. If you have any ideas send me an email entitled [yourName]"Tidal Wave Idea" i.e. Bob Tidal Wave Idea. I will send emails to members about the progress on the site.<br />
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It is a free site that quickly jailbreaks your device. It is well designed as well. the site looks like the lock screen and it say slide to jailbreak on the slider. Once you do so and it does its thing you're done. Thats it, I didn't even have to sync first ( I recommend you back up your files though).<br />
I have been playing with my ipod since this morning and right now there are not many iOS4 supported jailbroken apps so download at your own peril as with all jailbreaks. <a href="http://jailbreakme.com/">Visit JailbreakMe.com</a> on your iphone or ipod touch to jailbreak your device.<br />
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It sounds too unreal but how it is paid for is actually quite simple. You first need to purchase a bid pack. Bids cost 60¢ ($.60) each and are bought in packs of 45 75 and 300 bids.<br />
While you can get things like an <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/" linkindex="60" rel="homepage" title="iPad">iPad</a> for $20, Quibids wants users to come in to an auction with <u>realistic expectations</u>, it is likely that it will cost more. I highly suggest reading the articles in the QuiBids 101 section on the site and take advantage of the beginners only auctions. You can join QuiBids <a href="http://www.quibids.com/?refer=1765081" linkindex="61">here</a><br />
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Today the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com" title="Apple" rel="homepage">Apple</a> store went down for a good bit. Don’t fret though everthing is fine, in fact it is better than fantastic.</span></p><p style="font-size:11pt; line-height:115%; margin:0pt"><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none"> </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none">Apple brought in some new playthings. A new <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchpad" title="Touchpad" rel="wikipedia">trackpad</a> that is about the same height as the keyboard allows you to better manipulate the items on your new <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_%28Intel-based%29" title="IMac (Intel-based)" rel="wikipedia">iMac</a>. Yes, I said a new iMac. Remember those reports about the outrageously powerful i7 processor that can set fire to a macbook unless you use it on its side? <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_News_%28musical%29" title="Good News (musical)" rel="wikipedia">Good News</a>! They are now in the new iMac. The best part is <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/imac/" title="IMac" rel="homepage">iMacs</a> are vertically designed to enable it to not explode. </span></p><p style="font-size:11pt; line-height:115%; margin:0pt"><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none"> </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none">For an extra $69, the cost of the magic trackpad, you are able to customize the iMac to come with the new touch-tastic toy as well as the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/" title="Magic Mouse" rel="homepage">magic mouse</a> that it automatically includes. Honestly I half expected it to cost more than that, you can’t expect apple to sell you the thing for an <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_equipment_manufacturer" title="Original equipment manufacturer" rel="wikipedia">OEM</a> price on the first day it is available.</span></p><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bobi0e-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B002C74GOK&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><p style="font-size:11pt; line-height:115%; margin:0pt"><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none"> </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none">To top it all off they have announced a new more powerful <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/" title="Mac Pro" rel="homepage">Mac Pro</a>. The new <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh" title="Macintosh" rel="wikipedia">Mac</a> will include a 12 core structure and I’m willing to bet that there might be a few different ports on it as well (specifically <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394_interface" title="IEEE 1394 interface" rel="wikipedia">Firewire</a> 1600 and 3200). Don’t be expecting them too keep the recent 800 ports.</span></p><p style="font-size:11pt; line-height:115%; margin:0pt"><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none">   </span><span style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none">Start saving up because these things are not cheap. Stock up on new cameras and camcorders if you plan on getting the new Mac Pro because those old firewire ports are as good as gone now. If you are a casual user I highly reccomend the Magic Trackpad and it might be a good idea to save up for that iMac as your next Mac purchase. I can’t wait until August. 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<p> I promised myself I would get more me time. Now all my time is spent on that crazy game Frontierville. I have been neglecting my blog and haven't written anything for two days. There is app spam all over my Facebook page and I don't know how to get rid of it.</p>
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I just read an intriguing post about the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone" rel="homepage" title="iPhone">iPhone</a> coming to T-mobile. It sound's farfetched but I absolutely believe this will happen.<br />
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According to the highly praised <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/" rel="homepage" title="Apple">Apple</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_journalism" rel="wikipedia" title="Citizen journalism">news blog</a>, <i><a class="zem_slink" href="http://cultofmac.com/" rel="homepage" title="Cult of Mac">Cult of Mac</a></i>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/t-mobile/4505-6454_7-32137728.html?tag=nefdprod.rev" rel="homepage" title="T-Mobile">T-Mobile</a> leaked that there is an 80 percent chance that they will start selling the iPhone in the third quarter. This information is very specific so there must be a bit of truth behind it. </div>
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Before I left <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.radioshack.com/" rel="homepage" title="RadioShack">Radio Shack</a> my T-Mobile representative said that they were getting rid of all their <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.htc.com/" rel="homepage" title="HTC">HTC</a> phones to make room for something awesome. She said that they were bringing in a better phone than the EVO <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G" rel="wikipedia" title="4G">4G</a>. This was before the EVO 4G was released. What is an EVO 4G other than a bigger version of the iPhone 4 with the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://code.google.com/android/" rel="homepage" title="Android">Android operating system</a>.<br />
I look forward to using the iPhone on <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/concept/3G" rel="wikinvest" title="3G">3G network</a> that is ten times as fast as Sprints tiny 4G "area-lets" that they advertise as a network<br />
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</td><td>This is no joke, you can now keep your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon" rel="wikipedia" title="Melon">melons</a> fresh using science. Yet another unusual oriental invention, or is it. No this is actually an object dreamt up by a man in North Carolina. Which is really only place that you could find something like this. Apparently North Carolina is obsessed with the big green fruit. They even have an official license plate of the juicy goodness.</td></tr>
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The goal of the contest was to create a game that was of a combination of genres. My brother chose the genres:
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b>Mental-illness treatment</b> not dissimilar to the objective of psychonauts</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b>side-scroller </b>I shouldn't need to tell you what that is. If I do think "<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario" rel="wikipedia" title="Mario">Mario</a>".</li>
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He did very well making the game scare the bejeezus out of me. The game, named Ascendaphobia, is about a mental patient who faces his <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobia" rel="wikipedia" title="Phobia">irrational fear</a> of ladders in an area designed to pit patient against fear. If he doesn't win the contest then it is rigged because I am still shaking.<br />
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He got me to finally commit to making games for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone" rel="homepage" title="iPhone">iPhone</a> and iPad and I actually made my first application today. It wasn't hard and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/" rel="homepage" title="Apple">Apple</a> makes it so that I don't have to do any coding. My next step is to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design" rel="wikipedia" title="Design">design</a> my own basic game for the Mac.<br />
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I have been spending so much time on this blog that I decided to take a me day today.I went to get my hair done, then I sat down and watched Shrek 3, which is actually pretty funny.<br />
I managed to find out some interesting things.<br />
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<li><a href="http://wwwery.com/3351-swype-on-windows-7-tablets.html">Androids now live in our Windows 7 </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2010/02/11/mwsf-2010-demo-ten-one-designs-inklet/">And Ten One Design made my Mac a window to my imagination</a></li>
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I have the trial of Ten One's program and it hardly works. While it is able to tell whether my finger or my <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylus_%28computing%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Stylus (computing)">stylus</a> is on the trackpad. It sometimes thinks that my stylus is my finger and vice versa. I would rather use a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wacom.com/" rel="homepage" title="Wacom">Wacom tablet</a> for photoshop than my tiny trackpad. It does open up great possibilities for the iPad. I expect to see applications with this technology very soon.<br />
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