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Parasailing, Golf, and Dinners
This past weekend was an eventful one. Friday night we went to Yardhouse at Spectrum for Duncan and Elizabeth’s Spring Break celebration. Yes, we celebrated something that I haven’t had in a while by going to a busy restaurant at an incredibly busy mall on the worst possible night. But it was fun anyways! And the food was good of course. There were a couple people I hadn’t met before, so that was fun as well.
Saturday we went to Balboa to go parasailing! It was a ton of fun! Things started off a little troublesome. Besides the fact that it was very cloudy, we misinterpreted our Living Social coupon. We thought it was for two people, but it was only for one. In addition to owing extra money, there wasn’t room for me due to regulations. Luckily, they let me on the boat by utilizing a nice loophole and considering me a lifeguard in training. Yay? Watching them unfold the parasail wing was scarier than watching the other group go up, which was scarier than going up myself. It would have thought it would have been the other way around. I guess when I’m doing it, I’m more concerned with doing things properly and enjoying it! Leaning back and looking up to see parasail wing while in the air was very disorienting though. It was incredibly fun, and I’d love to do it again.
Afterwards we walked around the waterfront and had some lunch. We found a tasty pizza shop and got a gyro and slice of pizza. Then we headed to a dessert store called Sweet Tooth (that wasn’t related to the Twisted Metal character at all!) where I had a delicious chocolate covered banana. Watching Arrested Development again gave me a craving for a Bluth Banana, I suppose.
Sunday I went golfing with my stepdad, boss, and coworker. You can see my stepdad in the photo. It was my first time, and I was terrible like I suspected, but it was still a lot of fun. I was pretty relieved that it was fun actually. After all, I did already put a bunch of money into this and agree to play in Toshiba’s league. My arms got sunburned, but Pete had it the worse; he felt something hit his leg only to soon after realize that what he felt was in his leg. He was in pain and had trouble walking, but he finished anyways. Hopefully it isn’t anything major, but I can’t imagine how that would be possible.
Monday night we went to a new Korean BBQ place we hadn’t tried with Collin. It was expensive, but we had another coupon. There were a bunch of delicious things I’d had previously as well as some new things. “Beef marrow gut” (cow intestines) was new to me. It tasted pretty good, but it felt terrible.
My weekends aren’t normally this exciting, but I wouldn’t complain if more of them were! Okay, honestly, I would complain. But I’d enjoy it in the end.
The Hunger Games: Girl on Fire
The Hunger Games: Girl on Fire | iPhone/iPod, Reviews, Action Games, Platformer
The Hunger Games is quite popular lately, so it seems like a great time to review the new iOS game, Hunger Games: Girl on Fire. First it was a book, then it was a movie, and now it’s what the publisher is calling a “teaser game.” Published by Lions Gate Films, Inc. and developed by the creator of Canabalt, it’s a simple game with lots of polish. The character runs forward constantly, and you swipe to jump and tap to shoot!
It’s no surprise that there’s a game now that The Hunger Games has become such a phenomenon. It started as a trilogy of teen novels that I thoroughly enjoyed. I don’t want to give too much away, but they’re about the Hunger Games – an event in which the government puts a group of kids into an arena, forcing them to fight to the death. More abstractly, the books are about social status, class wars, government’s role, control, independence, manipulation, and love. As movies usually do, The Hunger Games movie lost some of the character development of the novel and focussed on visual action scenes. The film also shows many great scenes not seen in the book and does a terrific job. How does the game hold up to the novels and film? Excellently.
It’s no surprise that there’s a game now that The Hunger Games has become such a phenomenon. It started as a trilogy of teen novels that I thoroughly enjoyed. I don’t want to give too much away, but they’re about the Hunger Games – an event in which the government puts a group of kids into an arena, forcing them to fight to the death. More abstractly, the books are about social status, class wars, government’s role, control, independence, manipulation, and love. As movies usually do, The Hunger Games movie lost some of the character development of the novel and focussed on visual action scenes. The film also shows many great scenes not seen in the book and does a terrific job. How does the game hold up to the novels and film? Excellently.
Hatchi
Hatchi, iOS Pet | iPhone/iPod, Reviews, Simulation
Hatchi is a virtual pet game for the iOS created by Portable Pixels. It’s very much like a classic Tamagotchi. In fact, if you’ve ever used one, you’ll know exactly how to use Hatchi. It has very simple graphics and sound by intention to feel like the older virtual pets. You take care of your Hatchi, let it evolve over time, keep it satisfied, and then release it!
Just what I’ve been looking for!
Five tablets that beat the new iPad
Five tablets that beat the new iPad | iPad Atlas – CNET Reviews
The Toshiba Thrive is kind of the anti-iPad, with features that would be much more appropriate on a laptop than a tablet, while retaining a tablet’s touchscreen convenience. It’s a honking behemoth of a monster though, measuring a thickness nearly twice that as the iPad 2. As for those laptop-y features? How does a full USB port, full SD card memory expansion, and a full HDMI port strike you? Not good enough? Alright, well the removable (and replaceable) battery should destroy your last remnants of resistance.
While the Thrive ships with Honeycomb, Toshiba says to expect an Ice Cream Sandwich update by the “end of spring”, 2012. Still, while at its current $400 price, it could stand a discount, the Thrive can easily claim a feature set the new iPad can’t.
While the Thrive ships with Honeycomb, Toshiba says to expect an Ice Cream Sandwich update by the “end of spring”, 2012. Still, while at its current $400 price, it could stand a discount, the Thrive can easily claim a feature set the new iPad can’t.
In case you don’t read the actual CNET article, Eric Franklin, the author, does state that he intends to purchase the new iPad. However, he says that each tablet discussed in the article beats the new iPad in different ways. (And he talks about the THRiVE first.)
Android How-to Videos
I’m the voice of Toshiba in three new how-to videos on Android.
Toshiba How-to: Connect Your Toshiba Tablet to a Wireless Network
Toshiba How-to: Connect A Bluetooth Keyboard to a Toshiba Tablet
Toshiba How-to: Toshiba’s Android Service Station
DIY Laptop Unable to Boot
Toshiba Support – Troubleshooting
Besides monitoring social networks and responding to customers, I also work with my team and various online support projects. One of them was recently posted publicly. We added the “no boot” troubleshooting for PCs to the DIY tool. Select “Laptop Troubleshooting,” and then select “My laptop will not start or display is blank.” The first few steps of this flow were already in place, but we fleshed it out a great deal, making it much more useful.
Duck Sauce
Duck Sauce – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In another dance hit 2011 have submitted the song “Big Bad Wolf” is the name of the new duet song Duck Sauce. “Big Bad Wolf” was released on BBC radio, the tune used in the sound of wolves howling, similar to that shown in movies of suspense and terror. Duck Sauce, the band formed by American DJ Armand Van Helden and A-Trak and last year launched the hit “Barbra Streisand”, debuted her new clip for “Big Bad Wolf”. The controversial video shows two people who have a kind of deformity in his legs also made howling over the issue. To discover is that they are the heads of the two DJ’s, and have a life. During development of the clip are appearing more characters with the same “problem” to interact with other heads and even women. The video, which for some can be fun and other unpleasant, also has a high sexual content. The creators worked to surprise all the time but even more in the end, with a quite controversial.
Thank you, Wikipedia. You truly are the encyclopedia of the new generation.
Plants vs. Zombies KFC Bucket!
PopCap in the News | blog.popcap.com
Lastly, just for fun. A fan mentioned to us that Plants vs. Zombies is available as a KFC Bucket Meal in the Philippines. We looked it up and it’s true. Look at this amazing meal – do you think they’d deliver to the U.S.?
Wow, that’s awesome. If that was being sold in the States, I’d definitely have KFC tonight.
JAZZ: Trump’s Journey
JAZZ: Trump’s Journey | iPhone/iPod, Reviews, Platformer
JAZZ: Trump’s Journey is a new platformer provided to me by BulkyPix and Egg Ball. When you think platformer, you think saving the princess, collecting coins, grabbing rings, and getting emeralds, right? In the future you’ll be thinking playing jazz trumpet. Trump’s Journey tells the story of Trump as he struggles to make it as a musician in 1920’s New Orleans. The game was inspired by the life of Louis Armstrong and is definitely a lot of fun.