http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/23338/Bethesda-Announcees-Elder-Scrolls-V-Skyrim/
FUCK YEAAAAAHHHH!
I dumped 80+ hours of my life into Oblivion. I intend to do similar things to this.
Due date: 11/11/11. Well, wouldn't you know it?
Anyhow, something about the Nords of Skyrim being at war with eachother, and some ancient foe that was said to be destroyed, but "only delayed." Oh well, it'll be epic regardless. I can't wait!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Super Cool Games: Urban Terror
I guess to add content every so often I'll talk about a sweet game. Well, I'll start it off with one I play pretty often, Urban Terror, also known as UrT.
I guess that doesn't give a good idea of the game itself... so...
No, your reticle doesn't have to be big, green, and obnoxious, and there isn't normally that many people. I just googled "Urban Terror" and pulled a picture. Although that picture IS from the best map, Uptown.
http://www.urbanterror.info
So what it is is a first person shooter that's like half-Quake, half-Counter Strike. It has the shooter realism of Counterstrike, such as hitting someone in the head will USUALLY kill them [maybe two shots if they're wearing a helmet], whereas the legs or arms won't do as much. However, if they start bleeding in the legs, they can't sprint, for example. [you can bandage yourself up, don't worry]
Now, where Quake comes in is that the engine is the Quake engine. The movement is what gets a tad unrealistic. Jumping correctly and skilfully will have you flying across the map, off of walls, and confusing all of your opponents. That is, if you're REALLY good at jumping, which takes awhile. But when you get used to it, it's pretty useful. Anyhow, the game has unique messages for when you kill someone with certain weapons/methods, and it's just an overall fun game. Pretty quick to jump in to, with not that big of a learning curve.
But don't use the Remington SR8. It's a noob sniper rifle that kills in one hit if you hit in the head, torso, and I THINK arms. I know the legs deals 50% damage, not sure about the arms. But torso and head are instant-kills, which takes zero skill. Just aim and shoot.
Recommended servers: |Alpha| Uptown 24/7, |WC| Wildcat Uptown 24/7, NRG Uptown 24/7... Basically any dedicated 24/7 servers on Uptown, playing Team Deathmatch.
There are other decent maps, too, like Algiers, Streets, and Riyadh, but... Uptown's the best.
So if you play it, search for me and hit me up. I'm {CoTP}Twitch.
No, your reticle doesn't have to be big, green, and obnoxious, and there isn't normally that many people. I just googled "Urban Terror" and pulled a picture. Although that picture IS from the best map, Uptown.
http://www.urbanterror.info
So what it is is a first person shooter that's like half-Quake, half-Counter Strike. It has the shooter realism of Counterstrike, such as hitting someone in the head will USUALLY kill them [maybe two shots if they're wearing a helmet], whereas the legs or arms won't do as much. However, if they start bleeding in the legs, they can't sprint, for example. [you can bandage yourself up, don't worry]
Now, where Quake comes in is that the engine is the Quake engine. The movement is what gets a tad unrealistic. Jumping correctly and skilfully will have you flying across the map, off of walls, and confusing all of your opponents. That is, if you're REALLY good at jumping, which takes awhile. But when you get used to it, it's pretty useful. Anyhow, the game has unique messages for when you kill someone with certain weapons/methods, and it's just an overall fun game. Pretty quick to jump in to, with not that big of a learning curve.
But don't use the Remington SR8. It's a noob sniper rifle that kills in one hit if you hit in the head, torso, and I THINK arms. I know the legs deals 50% damage, not sure about the arms. But torso and head are instant-kills, which takes zero skill. Just aim and shoot.
Recommended servers: |Alpha| Uptown 24/7, |WC| Wildcat Uptown 24/7, NRG Uptown 24/7... Basically any dedicated 24/7 servers on Uptown, playing Team Deathmatch.
There are other decent maps, too, like Algiers, Streets, and Riyadh, but... Uptown's the best.
So if you play it, search for me and hit me up. I'm {CoTP}Twitch.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
New Monitor, Song Loadout of the Week
So I got a new Acer 20" Widescreen monitor for my birthday/Christmas today. :D Resolution is 1600x900. It's quite sexy. Here's a screenshot.
See how huge that is? The window width of that Firefox window is roughly the same as my old monitor [a normal 1024x768 one]. So it's added on the width on the left and right. Not so cramped. AWESOME.
When we figure out an outlet/power strip situation I'll use both this AND my old monitor. It'll be awesome. But see only 2 followers? That number should be bigger...
So yes. The songs I'm NOW addicted to:
Zac Brown Band - "As She's Walking Away" - This is just an absolutely beautiful song, the harmonies in it are excellent, and it's just a neat song idea. The melody is awesome, and I can't stop singing it right now.
Them Crooked Vultures - "Warsaw or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up" - Long name, I know, but it's a sweet song with a really groovy riff. The chorus is sort of weird [it reminds me of circus music], but the main guitar riff is awesome. There's a breakdown that's like 3 minutes long of Josh Homme just messing around, and it slowly gets faster as he goes. It's really awesome.
Them Crooked Vultures - "Elephants" - This is one SEXY riff. I just imagine, right at the song's start, three guys bursting into a party in slow motion wearing tuxedos and stuff. I don't know. Tons of energy, I love it. The bridges are weird, but it's great.
For now I guess that's it, but, hey... It's something to try out. Go for it, I hope you'll be pleased
See how huge that is? The window width of that Firefox window is roughly the same as my old monitor [a normal 1024x768 one]. So it's added on the width on the left and right. Not so cramped. AWESOME.
When we figure out an outlet/power strip situation I'll use both this AND my old monitor. It'll be awesome. But see only 2 followers? That number should be bigger...
So yes. The songs I'm NOW addicted to:
Zac Brown Band - "As She's Walking Away" - This is just an absolutely beautiful song, the harmonies in it are excellent, and it's just a neat song idea. The melody is awesome, and I can't stop singing it right now.
Them Crooked Vultures - "Warsaw or the First Breath You Take After You Give Up" - Long name, I know, but it's a sweet song with a really groovy riff. The chorus is sort of weird [it reminds me of circus music], but the main guitar riff is awesome. There's a breakdown that's like 3 minutes long of Josh Homme just messing around, and it slowly gets faster as he goes. It's really awesome.
Them Crooked Vultures - "Elephants" - This is one SEXY riff. I just imagine, right at the song's start, three guys bursting into a party in slow motion wearing tuxedos and stuff. I don't know. Tons of energy, I love it. The bridges are weird, but it's great.
For now I guess that's it, but, hey... It's something to try out. Go for it, I hope you'll be pleased
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Minecraft: Floating Peninsula
So in my Minecraft world, I have been mesmerised by a certain structure in the landscape.
That's the distant shot. Upon closer inspection...
Yeah. Pretty sweet, eh? Well, I took it upon myself to sever it from that which it was connected. A floating island in the sky. Well, after a bit of doing so...
Yeah, that's only partway done. On the other side of that, behind me, is a wall. Like this.
I gotta dig through that. Well, actually, I succeeded in doing so.
I'm pretty proud of myself. I also had to light up basically everything underneath the island, because the shadow cast by it was so immense that it was essentially nighttime on the ground, and monsters were spawning like crazy. Trees couldn't grow, anything. It was cool, but annoying.
There's snow on top of it and everything. Now, what I should do is make a river flow off of the side of it closest to the water, so I can skyboat up to it. :D
Skyboat: (Verb) The action of abusing a glitch in Minecraft, allowing one to ride up a waterfall at extreme speeds while in a boat.
Yeah, that's only partway done. On the other side of that, behind me, is a wall. Like this.
I gotta dig through that. Well, actually, I succeeded in doing so.
I'm pretty proud of myself. I also had to light up basically everything underneath the island, because the shadow cast by it was so immense that it was essentially nighttime on the ground, and monsters were spawning like crazy. Trees couldn't grow, anything. It was cool, but annoying.
There's snow on top of it and everything. Now, what I should do is make a river flow off of the side of it closest to the water, so I can skyboat up to it. :D
Skyboat: (Verb) The action of abusing a glitch in Minecraft, allowing one to ride up a waterfall at extreme speeds while in a boat.
Friday, December 3, 2010
18th Birthday!
So today' my 18th birthday. Legal adult. Woo! I hung out with my girlfriend all day after school, it was quite nice.
I celebrated by buying some scratch cards, but lost all 3 of them [$1 each]. Meh.
I'm chronicling my adventures in Minecraft, I'll try to get an article on here about that. Something about separating a piece of land jetting out from a cliff from said cliff. Into a floating island in the sky. Oh yeah.
Have a good night. :D
I celebrated by buying some scratch cards, but lost all 3 of them [$1 each]. Meh.
I'm chronicling my adventures in Minecraft, I'll try to get an article on here about that. Something about separating a piece of land jetting out from a cliff from said cliff. Into a floating island in the sky. Oh yeah.
Have a good night. :D
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Let it Snow, Let it Snow
FINALLY, it snowed today. It's Michigan, for God's sake. It should've been snowing half a month ago, a month ago, whatever. But, I got my first taste of driving in it in my car instead of a heavy 4-wheel drive truck. Quite different. XD.
I slid twice, almost hitting a car once, on my way to school this morning, and upon leaving, when I was done brushing my car off to leave, I decided to brush off two cars next to me. I don't know why, I was feeling generous or something [I left a note saying I felt nice on their hood, written by my suddenly frostbitten finger].
I then went to my dad's where my step-mom is non-existent for 3 days while she's in Texas. Thank God. So it was just my dad and I until my grandpa came over [he lives next door]. He has Alzheimer's, and is quite a... character, to put it nicely. I'm surprised he didn't hit my car as he was leaving. Seriously. This guy has no passenger mirror [he broke it off hitting his motorhome as he was backing up one day] and yet... still uses his passenger mirror. Yeah. That either takes skill or something else. Nothing like seeing a 70-something year old guy [75 maybe?] using a mirror that doesn't exist.
And so I'm back home, listening to music, watching SportsCenter, and talking to my girlfriend and best friend. Trying to decide when I should do my daily calculus homework. Or that powerpoint for nutrition ed., although that might not be due until Friday, so...
I need some more humor in this blog. Most of it comes from Minecraft, which I haven't played in a couple days...
I slid twice, almost hitting a car once, on my way to school this morning, and upon leaving, when I was done brushing my car off to leave, I decided to brush off two cars next to me. I don't know why, I was feeling generous or something [I left a note saying I felt nice on their hood, written by my suddenly frostbitten finger].
I then went to my dad's where my step-mom is non-existent for 3 days while she's in Texas. Thank God. So it was just my dad and I until my grandpa came over [he lives next door]. He has Alzheimer's, and is quite a... character, to put it nicely. I'm surprised he didn't hit my car as he was leaving. Seriously. This guy has no passenger mirror [he broke it off hitting his motorhome as he was backing up one day] and yet... still uses his passenger mirror. Yeah. That either takes skill or something else. Nothing like seeing a 70-something year old guy [75 maybe?] using a mirror that doesn't exist.
And so I'm back home, listening to music, watching SportsCenter, and talking to my girlfriend and best friend. Trying to decide when I should do my daily calculus homework. Or that powerpoint for nutrition ed., although that might not be due until Friday, so...
I need some more humor in this blog. Most of it comes from Minecraft, which I haven't played in a couple days...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Dentists Make My Cheek Hurt
I had to go to the dentist after school today to have 5 cavities on my right side [4 on the top, 1 on the bottom] filled in. God, now that the anaesthetic has worn off, it hurts like a BITCH! I hope it feels better tomorrow. But guess what? On January 10th, I have to go back in to get the other damned side filled in [4 cavities]. Bah! My mother didn't get me an appointment in 4 years, so I guess that's what happens.
At first, though, the numbness resulted in the right half of my face being completely dead. My girlfriend found it quite funny, as did her mom. Eating is WEIRD, man. I basically couldn't use my right side. I mean, I couldn't even feel the food that was ON the right side.
So I went on Patrick Stump's website [http://www.patrickstump.com] [ex-singer of Fall Out Boy, one of my favorite bands and vocalists] and he uploaded two versions of a song from his February-bound album called Soul Punk. The song is called "Spotlight," and the versions are renamed "Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)" and "Spotlight (New Regrets)." He wants people to listen and vote on which they like more.
I chose "Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)," as did most other people [it's about 60-40 in the voting right now]. It's less electronic, and... I dunno. Sounds less solo artist-y, which for some reason I don't care much for.
Calc homework. >_<.
So I now have this class, independent reading. Essentially, read a book every 2 weeks and do stuff about it. My first book:
Courtesy of my girlfriend. It's about Bill, who hikes the Appalachian Trail, and his adventure along the way. I've only finished chapter 1 so far. She says it's good, so I'll take her word for it. Suggest some good books? [they CAN NOT have been turned into movies.]
At first, though, the numbness resulted in the right half of my face being completely dead. My girlfriend found it quite funny, as did her mom. Eating is WEIRD, man. I basically couldn't use my right side. I mean, I couldn't even feel the food that was ON the right side.
So I went on Patrick Stump's website [http://www.patrickstump.com] [ex-singer of Fall Out Boy, one of my favorite bands and vocalists] and he uploaded two versions of a song from his February-bound album called Soul Punk. The song is called "Spotlight," and the versions are renamed "Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)" and "Spotlight (New Regrets)." He wants people to listen and vote on which they like more.
I chose "Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)," as did most other people [it's about 60-40 in the voting right now]. It's less electronic, and... I dunno. Sounds less solo artist-y, which for some reason I don't care much for.
Calc homework. >_<.
So I now have this class, independent reading. Essentially, read a book every 2 weeks and do stuff about it. My first book:
Courtesy of my girlfriend. It's about Bill, who hikes the Appalachian Trail, and his adventure along the way. I've only finished chapter 1 so far. She says it's good, so I'll take her word for it. Suggest some good books? [they CAN NOT have been turned into movies.]
Monday, November 29, 2010
CALCULUS, BAAAHHHH
Allow me to reiterate.
Look at this crap.
FAR from the worst stuff we've had this year, and I know it's only 7 problems, but you have to think about them.
Look at this crap.
FAR from the worst stuff we've had this year, and I know it's only 7 problems, but you have to think about them.
- The sum of two nonnegative numbers is 20. Find the numbers if:
- The sum of their squares is as large as possible; as small as possible
- One number plus the square root of the other is as large as possible; as small as possible
Sunday, November 28, 2010
God, Sometimes I Hate Football.
Packerfan here.
There hasn't been a close game this season that we've won. Besides, arguably, the first Vikings game.
Fucking hell. God damnit.
There hasn't been a close game this season that we've won. Besides, arguably, the first Vikings game.
Fucking hell. God damnit.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Explaining the Burst of First Posts
So yeah. I come out of nowhere and have like 6 posts out of nowhere? Well, that's because before I was using Tumblr. However, I grew weary of the site, how to find other blogs, who it was geared towards, so I switched over.
I literally just copy/pasted the ones I have on Tumblr, save a couple I'll have to post myself.
So anyhow, here I am, on Blogger, now. I like it more here anyway.
While I'm here, enjoy a comic about our favorite Minecraft character.
XD. God, I love and hate those guys.
I literally just copy/pasted the ones I have on Tumblr, save a couple I'll have to post myself.
So anyhow, here I am, on Blogger, now. I like it more here anyway.
While I'm here, enjoy a comic about our favorite Minecraft character.
XD. God, I love and hate those guys.
Steam Can Only Burn You [Why Steam Blows]
You know what? I feel like doing that Steam rant right now. Two quick posts in a row.
Steam. Valve’s little baby. Good god, now I hate this service. Let me explain for those who don’t know.
Valve. They make video games. Good ones, too, like Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, etc. Their computer games can’t just be installed. Even if you buy the CD. They have a service called Steam, for which you make an account and it keeps track of all of your installed Valve games, and you can buy and download games through it. Sounds alright. But like I said, you can’t just install a game, even from CD. The CD just tells Steam that you bought it, and allows you to download it from the internet. So me and the other… was it 36?… dial-up users are completely shafted, because we have to DOWNLOAD the entire game. Yeah, that could be anywhere up to 4 gigs in size. Which would literally take weeks.
I just opened up the calculator. 4 gigs at 2.5 kilobytes/second would take you between 19 and 20 days. Fun, fun.
So that part sucks [the good part: the CD is no longer needed to play the game. That’s about it.]. Also, Steam automatically checks for updates to the game. And if there is one, you can’t play it until you get the update. Well, guess what? Updates must be downloaded, and can be quite large. So until you wait out the download, you’re shafted.
The only way to avoid this is keep Steam in offline mode, which means it can’t keep track of your achievements and whatnot. Which is what I do. That way, it can’t check for updates to keep you from playing.
One convenient thing they tried to do was to make it so that it’s easy to install a game across multiple computers, by logging into Steam on the same account on the different computers. It would download and install whatever games you wanted that you had previously purchased. Cool and all, but not worth it, sorry.
Steam also offers an in-game friend service and such, providing chat rooms and voice chat, which is nice and all because it’s integrated into the game. They got that part right.
Wait, no they didn’t. Half-Life 2 crashes instantly on my computer when I have the in-game Steam Online service running. I have to turn it off in order for it to work. Sorry, strike 3, Valve.
So, Valve, you make some of the best games I’ve ever played, but you sure do make me suffer a lot to be able to play them. You deserve a Gordon Freeman crowbar to the face.
Steam. Valve’s little baby. Good god, now I hate this service. Let me explain for those who don’t know.
Valve. They make video games. Good ones, too, like Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, etc. Their computer games can’t just be installed. Even if you buy the CD. They have a service called Steam, for which you make an account and it keeps track of all of your installed Valve games, and you can buy and download games through it. Sounds alright. But like I said, you can’t just install a game, even from CD. The CD just tells Steam that you bought it, and allows you to download it from the internet. So me and the other… was it 36?… dial-up users are completely shafted, because we have to DOWNLOAD the entire game. Yeah, that could be anywhere up to 4 gigs in size. Which would literally take weeks.
I just opened up the calculator. 4 gigs at 2.5 kilobytes/second would take you between 19 and 20 days. Fun, fun.
So that part sucks [the good part: the CD is no longer needed to play the game. That’s about it.]. Also, Steam automatically checks for updates to the game. And if there is one, you can’t play it until you get the update. Well, guess what? Updates must be downloaded, and can be quite large. So until you wait out the download, you’re shafted.
The only way to avoid this is keep Steam in offline mode, which means it can’t keep track of your achievements and whatnot. Which is what I do. That way, it can’t check for updates to keep you from playing.
One convenient thing they tried to do was to make it so that it’s easy to install a game across multiple computers, by logging into Steam on the same account on the different computers. It would download and install whatever games you wanted that you had previously purchased. Cool and all, but not worth it, sorry.
Steam also offers an in-game friend service and such, providing chat rooms and voice chat, which is nice and all because it’s integrated into the game. They got that part right.
Wait, no they didn’t. Half-Life 2 crashes instantly on my computer when I have the in-game Steam Online service running. I have to turn it off in order for it to work. Sorry, strike 3, Valve.
So, Valve, you make some of the best games I’ve ever played, but you sure do make me suffer a lot to be able to play them. You deserve a Gordon Freeman crowbar to the face.
The Woes of Dial-Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1AQcGGSec
Yeah, it still exists. And I have it. It sucks, and it sucks hard.
Let me elaborate. My parents are divorced. So you’d think that since that means two houses, that means DOUBLE the chances of ONE of them having high-speed internet. Yeah, well, not when one moves into the woods and one into the boonies. [Dad in the woods (he just got his first deer of the year this morning) and Mom in the boonies (my primary parent)] So, I don’t really use it anymore, but that’s because I got my wonderful Droid phone. I can use my phone’s internet on my computer, which is WONDERFULLY faster. 3G, baby. Not quite good enough for (most) gaming, but it makes audio streams like MySpace [or My_____ or whatever] Music possible, and YouTube videos…kinda possible. It’s become very nifty, nevertheless.
However, it’s still not good enough for some things. My dial-up download speed tops at about 3 kb/s, and my phone can go anywhere from 20 kb/s to 120 kb/s, depending on the day and time. This isn’t quite good enough for, say, updating games on Steam [stupid service in the world, I’ll do that post another day…], running large updates on Ubuntu, or for that matter, downloading any Linux distro. iTunes needs an update? Well, iTunes is a 90mb update. Not really great to do on either of those connections.
So basically all of these things pile up, and then I have my best friend, whom I shall refer to as Trogdor.
One of our favorite old videos, that was. He uses the moniker on various games [you can guess what mine is]. So anyhow, I stay over at his house occasionally and always lug over my wonderful computer so that I can mass-update basically everything. Anything high-speed that needs to get done gets done at his house. I did this just last night [which explains my lack of posting for the past 24 hours], and did quite a bit. Updated Ubuntu and upgraded it to 10.10, updated my Steam games [and now that I realize it, forgot to set Steam back to offline mode… crap. (I’m on my dad’s laptop because my computer is sitting on the floor, waiting to go back to mom’s to be hooked up.)], updated iTunes [which I like, by the way]… You name it. Watched some Pure Pwnage. Played some Urban Terror.
So anyhow. I am one of the 37 people who still have dial-up, basically. It’s not enjoyable in any way, shape or form, except for nostalgia. I’m a sucker for nostalgia. The ’90s = greatest decade ever. But now’s cool, too.
Anyhow… Yeah. What fun. Oh, and I showed Trogdor my Minecraft world. He was impressed with my Skyboat; it wasn’t as sketchy as he thought it was going to be.
Yeah, it still exists. And I have it. It sucks, and it sucks hard.
Let me elaborate. My parents are divorced. So you’d think that since that means two houses, that means DOUBLE the chances of ONE of them having high-speed internet. Yeah, well, not when one moves into the woods and one into the boonies. [Dad in the woods (he just got his first deer of the year this morning) and Mom in the boonies (my primary parent)] So, I don’t really use it anymore, but that’s because I got my wonderful Droid phone. I can use my phone’s internet on my computer, which is WONDERFULLY faster. 3G, baby. Not quite good enough for (most) gaming, but it makes audio streams like MySpace [or My_____ or whatever] Music possible, and YouTube videos…kinda possible. It’s become very nifty, nevertheless.
However, it’s still not good enough for some things. My dial-up download speed tops at about 3 kb/s, and my phone can go anywhere from 20 kb/s to 120 kb/s, depending on the day and time. This isn’t quite good enough for, say, updating games on Steam [stupid service in the world, I’ll do that post another day…], running large updates on Ubuntu, or for that matter, downloading any Linux distro. iTunes needs an update? Well, iTunes is a 90mb update. Not really great to do on either of those connections.
So basically all of these things pile up, and then I have my best friend, whom I shall refer to as Trogdor.
One of our favorite old videos, that was. He uses the moniker on various games [you can guess what mine is]. So anyhow, I stay over at his house occasionally and always lug over my wonderful computer so that I can mass-update basically everything. Anything high-speed that needs to get done gets done at his house. I did this just last night [which explains my lack of posting for the past 24 hours], and did quite a bit. Updated Ubuntu and upgraded it to 10.10, updated my Steam games [and now that I realize it, forgot to set Steam back to offline mode… crap. (I’m on my dad’s laptop because my computer is sitting on the floor, waiting to go back to mom’s to be hooked up.)], updated iTunes [which I like, by the way]… You name it. Watched some Pure Pwnage. Played some Urban Terror.
So anyhow. I am one of the 37 people who still have dial-up, basically. It’s not enjoyable in any way, shape or form, except for nostalgia. I’m a sucker for nostalgia. The ’90s = greatest decade ever. But now’s cool, too.
Anyhow… Yeah. What fun. Oh, and I showed Trogdor my Minecraft world. He was impressed with my Skyboat; it wasn’t as sketchy as he thought it was going to be.
DROID
So, I have a Motorola Droid. Great phone, by the way. I love it [although I do wish it had a front-facing camera]. And I thought I’d show a couple apps, the most relevant ones to this since it’s the first post like it.
Firstly there is gReader. This is a third-party app used to sync with your Google Reader RSS feeds and whatnot, viewable right from your phone. Some feeds can show the whole article on the phone, others just a snipped and you must view them in the browser. Not a big deal, really.
That’s the screen showing the 4 feeds I follow. When one is clicked, in this case, Droid News…
And Voila, news right on my phone. Beautiful. I’ll probably get more feeds as I go along, but my 3 most frequent visits are right there now. I may add like… Sci/Tech on Google News or something.
EDIT: Here, there was the Tumblr app, but since I'm switching from Tumblr to Blogger, well... not needed anymore.
So now I can post from my phone if I need to, which is nice. I may post about more apps if any particularly awesome ones come up. Or if I need content and am coming up short. ^_^
Firstly there is gReader. This is a third-party app used to sync with your Google Reader RSS feeds and whatnot, viewable right from your phone. Some feeds can show the whole article on the phone, others just a snipped and you must view them in the browser. Not a big deal, really.
That’s the screen showing the 4 feeds I follow. When one is clicked, in this case, Droid News…
And Voila, news right on my phone. Beautiful. I’ll probably get more feeds as I go along, but my 3 most frequent visits are right there now. I may add like… Sci/Tech on Google News or something.
EDIT: Here, there was the Tumblr app, but since I'm switching from Tumblr to Blogger, well... not needed anymore.
So now I can post from my phone if I need to, which is nice. I may post about more apps if any particularly awesome ones come up. Or if I need content and am coming up short. ^_^
Current Music Loadout
Currently, for whatever reason, these songs have been infiltrating my mind:
Fall Out Boy - “America’s Suitehearts” - I used to hate this song SO much. It was my least favorite on the album [Folie à Deux], but it has come back and kicked me in the face for some reason. Something about the chorus, it just seems so powerful. Especially just before the last one, the power of the Patrick’s vocals singing “Let’s hear it for America’s Suitehearts” with no other instruments. I dunno.
Foo Fighters - “Come Alive” - Another song I used to not care for, but this song builds up with such intensity that I just can’t help but love it. Foo Fighters have been my favorite band for 4 years now, and they’ll probably stay there for a looong time. I love Dave Grohl.
Wolfmother - “New Moon Rising” - First heard this when I went to see Due Date [good movie, by the way]. I’ve never listened to Wolfmother really, minus a few songs. “Woman” in Guitar Hero 2, and “Vagabond” in the soundtrack for (500) Days of Summer [another amazing movie]. Great song, though. Andrew Stockdale’s vocals are WAY strong. Great to rock out to, anyhow.
Toby Keith - “Beer for My Horses” - Not a recent song, really, but definitely a great one. The super-cool bluesy guitar riff is second only to Toby and Willie Nelson’s great vocals during the chorus. Just a badass song, really.
I could come up with a few more, but I think that’s fine for now, haha.
I try to keep my music tastes as open as I can, but there’s some music I just will never like. Gangsta rap is the stupidest shit on earth, for example. And Kesha. Ugh. She’s made some nice music, too, before she came out with drunk-piece-of-shit-trashy-whore music she came out with. I can’t stand that stuff. Is it catchy and not bad musically? Yeah, it’s alright musically. But the message, the lyrics… Ugh.
While I’m talking about music…
That’s my baby, her name is Elle. She is beautiful, and she sings like no other.
Fall Out Boy - “America’s Suitehearts” - I used to hate this song SO much. It was my least favorite on the album [Folie à Deux], but it has come back and kicked me in the face for some reason. Something about the chorus, it just seems so powerful. Especially just before the last one, the power of the Patrick’s vocals singing “Let’s hear it for America’s Suitehearts” with no other instruments. I dunno.
Foo Fighters - “Come Alive” - Another song I used to not care for, but this song builds up with such intensity that I just can’t help but love it. Foo Fighters have been my favorite band for 4 years now, and they’ll probably stay there for a looong time. I love Dave Grohl.
Wolfmother - “New Moon Rising” - First heard this when I went to see Due Date [good movie, by the way]. I’ve never listened to Wolfmother really, minus a few songs. “Woman” in Guitar Hero 2, and “Vagabond” in the soundtrack for (500) Days of Summer [another amazing movie]. Great song, though. Andrew Stockdale’s vocals are WAY strong. Great to rock out to, anyhow.
Toby Keith - “Beer for My Horses” - Not a recent song, really, but definitely a great one. The super-cool bluesy guitar riff is second only to Toby and Willie Nelson’s great vocals during the chorus. Just a badass song, really.
I could come up with a few more, but I think that’s fine for now, haha.
I try to keep my music tastes as open as I can, but there’s some music I just will never like. Gangsta rap is the stupidest shit on earth, for example. And Kesha. Ugh. She’s made some nice music, too, before she came out with drunk-piece-of-shit-trashy-whore music she came out with. I can’t stand that stuff. Is it catchy and not bad musically? Yeah, it’s alright musically. But the message, the lyrics… Ugh.
While I’m talking about music…
That’s my baby, her name is Elle. She is beautiful, and she sings like no other.
First Post and Minecraft
I’m gonna skip the intro and get into my first thing.
For those who play Minecraft, don’t you love it when this happens when you turn the corner while exploring underground?
I certainly do. I’m coming up like “Oh hey, Creeper, what’s up?” But then he’s all like “Hey yeah, so uh, remember how you were having a good time exploring down here?” I reply, “Yeah, it’s pretty fun, everything’s how I wanted it, all my stairways and stuff.” Until the Creeper is like “Yeah, so, uh, fuck you.”
That particular one I managed to get away from by climbing up a waterfall to my left.
And then was attacked by these guys.
So I had to kill both of them without a sword [my weapon of choice: the torch], which only took, you know, 5 minutes.
All’s been well since then. I found my first obsidian, too.
I REALLY found my first obsidian. The stuff takes forever to mine, I tell you, diamond pickaxe or not [there is no not; since it can only be mined with diamond…].
Oh, and if anyone who sees this and knows would like to tell me what those two peach-y orange-y colored things by the mouse pointer are, that’d be great. XD
If anyone’s interested in this game, http://www.minecraft.net is the way to go. This version [the cool one] costs 10 Euros for now [about $14], but it’s super worth it. And if you like it, follow this guy: http://notch.tumblr.com for updates and such.
So anyhow, Happy Thanksgiving to anyone who sees. :D I shall keep Minecrafting until I eat my bird.
CUT MY BIRD IN TO PIECES. THIS IS MY KNIFE AND FORK.
[Written on 11/25/10]
For those who play Minecraft, don’t you love it when this happens when you turn the corner while exploring underground?
I certainly do. I’m coming up like “Oh hey, Creeper, what’s up?” But then he’s all like “Hey yeah, so uh, remember how you were having a good time exploring down here?” I reply, “Yeah, it’s pretty fun, everything’s how I wanted it, all my stairways and stuff.” Until the Creeper is like “Yeah, so, uh, fuck you.”
That particular one I managed to get away from by climbing up a waterfall to my left.
And then was attacked by these guys.
So I had to kill both of them without a sword [my weapon of choice: the torch], which only took, you know, 5 minutes.
All’s been well since then. I found my first obsidian, too.
I REALLY found my first obsidian. The stuff takes forever to mine, I tell you, diamond pickaxe or not [there is no not; since it can only be mined with diamond…].
Oh, and if anyone who sees this and knows would like to tell me what those two peach-y orange-y colored things by the mouse pointer are, that’d be great. XD
If anyone’s interested in this game, http://www.minecraft.net is the way to go. This version [the cool one] costs 10 Euros for now [about $14], but it’s super worth it. And if you like it, follow this guy: http://notch.tumblr.com for updates and such.
So anyhow, Happy Thanksgiving to anyone who sees. :D I shall keep Minecrafting until I eat my bird.
CUT MY BIRD IN TO PIECES. THIS IS MY KNIFE AND FORK.
[Written on 11/25/10]
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