The reality, unfortunately, is that while it works beautifully on an ipad, and even on the Nexus 7, it is completely incompatible with my HTC One X, and on my Nexus 10, it looks like this:
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| I can just make out the text if I squint real hard... |
Friday, November 30, 2012
Distro, you're so tiny...
I hate to call specific websites out, but one of my favorite websites to get tech-related news is Engadget, and they have a nifty, magazine-like publication called Distro, which essentially puts all of the week's biggest articles into an easy-to-read format that I could browse on my phone or tablet using the app. At least, that's the theory...
The reality, unfortunately, is that while it works beautifully on an ipad, and even on the Nexus 7, it is completely incompatible with my HTC One X, and on my Nexus 10, it looks like this:
The reality, unfortunately, is that while it works beautifully on an ipad, and even on the Nexus 7, it is completely incompatible with my HTC One X, and on my Nexus 10, it looks like this:
[SPOILER] ____ was a traitor?
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have any plans to finish Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and/or Revelations (and have not done so already).
I've been playing through Assassin's Creed 3 (love it, but I'll write about the whole experience at a later date) and during one of the first sequences in the modern timeline you start talking to the other members of your party about Lucy Stillman. Particularly, one conversation with Desmond's father where Desmond talks about how he (again, SPOILER) killed Lucy at the end of Brotherhood. But what specifically surprised me was when he said that although Juno took control of him, he agreed to kill Lucy because Juno showed him what would happen were she allowed to live.
I've been playing through Assassin's Creed 3 (love it, but I'll write about the whole experience at a later date) and during one of the first sequences in the modern timeline you start talking to the other members of your party about Lucy Stillman. Particularly, one conversation with Desmond's father where Desmond talks about how he (again, SPOILER) killed Lucy at the end of Brotherhood. But what specifically surprised me was when he said that although Juno took control of him, he agreed to kill Lucy because Juno showed him what would happen were she allowed to live.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Remember that time Microsoft said we could use the XBox Smartglass app as a keyboard for our Xbox 360?
So, after getting my entertainment system set up in my new apartment and hooking up my various gaming consoles, I decided to try out the new Xbox Smartglass app that I had heard so much about. I figure, I've got an Android smartphone (HTC One X), a Nexus 10 tablet, and both a laptop and desktop both running Windows 8. Plus, I use my Xbox for media streaming all the time, so this should be a GREAT thing.
And, really, it is. Using my phone as a surrogate controller actually works really well, and there was a specific instance when I was watching TV with my family over Thanksgiving and my Dad wanted to show me an episode of Duck Dynasty, which I was able to find on my phone and then bring up on the Xbox with zero menu navigation.
And, really, it is. Using my phone as a surrogate controller actually works really well, and there was a specific instance when I was watching TV with my family over Thanksgiving and my Dad wanted to show me an episode of Duck Dynasty, which I was able to find on my phone and then bring up on the Xbox with zero menu navigation.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
This is Why You Shouldn't Prank Call Me
Be forewarned, this story has nothing to do with gaming or technology, it's just a story that find amusing...enjoy.
I was at a wedding recently where I met a friend of my cousin's (the bride) - okay, I'm just going to call her Becky now, to avoid constantly repeating "my cousin" - anyways, I met a friend of Becky's, who I had talked to previously over the phone and online but had never met. A couple years back...actually, several years back, the school year of 2005-06, to be exact, during my freshman year of college, a group of Becky's friends were going through her phone looking for potential victims for prank calls. They came across my name and decided that Becky's cousin would make a great target for prank calls.
I was at a wedding recently where I met a friend of my cousin's (the bride) - okay, I'm just going to call her Becky now, to avoid constantly repeating "my cousin" - anyways, I met a friend of Becky's, who I had talked to previously over the phone and online but had never met. A couple years back...actually, several years back, the school year of 2005-06, to be exact, during my freshman year of college, a group of Becky's friends were going through her phone looking for potential victims for prank calls. They came across my name and decided that Becky's cousin would make a great target for prank calls.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
More Cool Things...
Google is awesome. They may eventually take over the world, and when they do, rest assured that I'll fight alongside the other rebels to take down the evil giant and regain our freedom. But until that time comes you really should take a look at some of the stuff brewing in Google Labs. Or, if you need more guidance than that, check out Chrome Experiments, which basically consists of a collection of small projects done by programmers working with the Chrome API. There's one called Browser Pong which lets you play pong with actual browser windows. There are some useful experiments, but most are just fun and silliness.
Feed
I forgot to mention this in my first post but another part of my inspiration to start a blog (apart from the usefulness for future jobs) was a book I read called "Feed" by Mira Grant. It takes place in a world where bloggers have become the dominant source of news...and there are zombies. It's unusual because there are zombies, but it's not quite post-apocalyptic, because there's still civilization....in fact, the story takes place while two bloggers are following a presidential campaign around the country. But anyways, it's very good, so if reading's your thing, you should check it out. And because I'm big on visual aids, here's a nifty picture of the cover, with a link to the Amazon site so you can read a real description.
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