34 posts tagged “technology”
Part of the fun to browsing through thrift stores is seeing all the obsolete technology for sale, you never know what you'll find. A scroll through memory line and a tech museum all rolled into one.
Okay so anybody who has ever shared more than fifteen minutes of conversation with me has probably come to the realization that I am a technology maniac. To an degree we all are, ("we" because you're obviously reading my blog). We can't escape the ever improching technical advances in our society. For the most part it has prolonged the lifespan of our species and made life generally more enjoyable. But when does convenience turn into obsession? This is probably where those under age fifty are tuning me out and the elders start to agree, but don't get me wrong. I was the first generation (the Nintendo generation) to be born with a joystick in my hand. I did more studying of Zelda maps and strategy guides as a child then my grade school geography books. This isn't my point either. Let's fast-forward twenty-two years later and examine the pro's and con's of technology in our lifes and ask ourselfs "Are we obessed?"
Of course Nintendo wants parents and fitness buffs to think of their newest console as a revolutionary fusion of technology and personal finesse. Not to take away credit where credit is due. The Wii has changed the way games are played and studies have shown that playing multi-platform games on the Wii versus their counterparts on on the Microsoft 360 or PlayStation 3 have shown gamers lose forty percent more calories flapping their hands around in the air like they just don't care on the Wii.
Wondering what the top anti-flab games are on the Wii: Wonder no more...
- Wii Bowling 78 Calories Per Hour
- Wii Boxing 360 Calories Per Hour
- Wii Tennis 341 Calories Per Hour
- Wii DDR 480 Calories Per Hour
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Qik introduced a Windows Mobile version of their soon to be hit mobile application today, allowing a greater number of mobile Smart Phones and Pocket PC users to take advantage of their free social networking and video blogging service that allows users to stream video from their cell phones to the internet. Starting today I'm going to integrate the Qik service into this blog by providing a live streaming link on the bottom left column sidebar. Look for the "WarrenFX.com LifeCast Video Stream" which will provide live streaming video podcasting whenever I'm broadcastings, and/or the last video podcast transmission I've sent over the Qik network.
I discovered this awesome game for fans of Katamari Damacy that never
bothered ponying up for the came on the consoles. Enter, "The Wonderful End of the World" An nearly 1:1 ripoff of Katamari Damacy, only this time for your PC. The game is available as a download through the popular Steam service. You play the role of a rather calm and casual looking goddess who sees that the earth is being destroyed by an ancient fish-headed god. She can't intervene and stop this from happening so she must save everything on earth to be transported elsewhere. You control her puppet that can bond with
anything, and eventually everything, around it and that is how she is going to save the world. You start out tiny, and only the smallest of random objects may stick to you. As you grab items that are no bigger than the puppet, it gets bigger and can suck in bigger objects. Eventually it can get so big that nothing in the game world won't stick to it. The larger it gets the harder it becomes to control. Where its footsteps originally make no noise at all when you get big enough each footfall sounds like thunder and the puppet becomes a little more unwieldy. You run against a timer and based on your score you get a letter grade. You must get a certain letter grade or better in order to open new areas. There are only 12 levels all together and the 12th only becomes available after you score an "A" or higher rating in the first 11 levels.
Fun way to kill a few hours for ten bucks.
I remember back in elementary school being envious of the kids that had the Sega Game Gear on the bus. I grew up on a strict Nintendo diet so I was restricted to the mono Game Boy screen.
Qik is a new service that allow you to stream live video from your phone to a blog or friend & family members. Once you complete a live stream from your mobile device the Qilk will then archive the video directly on their site like You Tube. Today, Qik officially entered public beta. As long as you have a smartphone running Windows Mobile and a data plan, you're ready to share whatever your little heart desires.
Qik is a very cool service. Basically, if you're a mobile video fanatic, you need to sign up. I shoot video using my cell phone all the time. Transferring it to other sites was a major pain until Qik came around. Using Qik, any video you shoot is streamed live, and also archived at the same time, so you can watch it again later. For those who need to share what they see and don't think picture messages or MMS messages are enough, this is the avenue you need to take.
According to the Qik blog, the service supports several Windows Mobile devices and about two dozen S60 smartphones from Nokia. Qik is working to add more phones to the list of devices it supports, and currently has a private alpha available for the iPhone. Even if you have a phone that is not supported, you can sign up and join in the community aspect of Qik.
The beta program is free, and requires users to have a data plan with their carrier. I suggest you check it out.
As of today only four windows mobile phones are supported, Motorola Q9c, Motorola Q9h , Samsung Blackjack II , and the Samsung SGH-I600, with promised support the HTC Shift, HTC Touch, HTC Touch Diamond, and the HTC TyTN II. I can't see why anyone with a Window Mobile 5/6 phone can't post the cab and expect it not work with most other WM devices.
Since my last techrage rant about Gmail's IMAP status with Windows Mobile users I'm happy to say Google has managed to resolve whatever technical glitches they had in their email servers. Serveral bloggers have indicated that images now appear correctly in emails and I'm more than happy to retact my pervious statements and once again bless Gmail as one of the best values for e-mail service (its free after all). My transition to AOL email hasn't been without fault, I learnt they have a sneaky practice of deleting mail stored on their severs have a set number of days have pasted. Not the best archival source dispite their advertised 2GB of mail storage disclaimer. So thank you Google for finally getting off your collective asses and doing what needed to be done. Well done.
This isn't breaking news by any means. If you're a technology enthusiast you knew about that months ago, but I just happened the Smyrna Target shopping center where the CompUSA once held a predominate location and noticed someone left the store lights on. The facility was been entirely gutted as you can tell. Maybe we'll get another Fry's Electronics? Wouldn't that be lovely.
