Prince of Persia

I’ve been extremely nervous about the new Prince of Persia movie since it was announced. As you know, there really hasn’t been a good video game movie so far, at least a live-action one(Yes, I’m looking at you, Advent Children and Pokemon). Among the best on Wikipedia’s list of films based on video games appear to be Tomb Raider, Max Payne, and Mortal Kombat, and that’s not saying much. Among the worse ones, if I can actually narrow it down, are Silent Hill, Doom, and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. So naturally, I’m nervous about Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

My Favorite Apps

So I’ve had my iPhone for about 8 months now, and I’ve gotten a lot of apps. My iTunes library has 181 in it, but I don’t keep them all on my phone, I keep the main page just as Apple set it up, then 4 more pages of Apps of my choosing. My organizational skills with my apps are amazing, arranged my color and functionality, but that’s due to my OCD. This is a list of Apps I may not use daily, but I can’t see myself ever deleting.

Now on to what I planned for this write-up to be, my favorite apps and why I like them. These will be in order that they appear on my phone.

1. Tweetie 2 – I actually just downloaded this today, as I’ve used Twitterfon(now Echofon) since I got my phone. I loved Twitterfon and how simplistic it was, even if it took it’s feel from the original Tweetie. Twitterfon did some things first though, such as landscape, and now it syncs with my desktop app, but after using Tweetie 2 for ten minutes i can say it has a much better feel to it and it is easier to navigate. Things such as swiping downward to refresh just seem natural.

Apple, Google, and Skynet.

Ever since Eric Scmidt joined Apple’s board of directors I’ve had a feeling that the combination of Apple and Google would become Skynet. The friendly ties between Google and Apple led into a still ongoing investigation of the two companies, as if two companies are closely linked for profit, it is considered illegal.

While Apple does tend to have a slight amount of information leaked, it is usually not 100% accurate. Take the 09 iPod event for instance, There was huge speculation, leaked pictures of cases showing off camera holes in the top centers of the Nanos and Touches, there ended up being no camera in the touch, as that would be competition for it’s own iPhone, and there was a camera in the Nano, in a different spot than the cases had shown. The innovations that come out of Apple are groundbreaking, they deigned batteries for the MBPs with square cells instead of cyllindrical ones, utilizing around 30% more space that was otherwise wasted. The multitouch trackpad was an incredible innovation, and after using Heather’s MBP consistently, I actually prefer it to a mouse.

Razer Pro|Type – line out does what?

Last year I got a Razer Pro|Type keyboard and mouse for my iMac. The keyboard is based off of the Tarantula they offer of Windows machines, and the mouse off of the Copperhead.

The keyboard is very responsive, has iTunes controls on the side, and oddly enough, an apple universal dock in the top middle. It plugs into the computer with 2 USB cables, one for the keyboard and one for the dock. It isn’t so much gaming oriented as it is media, there are zoom and rotate buttons to one side that you can set to work with a specific image editor. It does not however have Control, Option, and Command labeled properly, they are Control, Start, and Alt, Control being Control, Start being Option, and Alt being Command, which is pretty confusing to get the hang of. You can change these defaults by going to System Preferences>Keyboard>Modifier Keys, I’ve done this to make it more user friendly, but the fact that option and command aren’t printed on the keyboard still messes with me sometimes.

Skullcandy FMJ Review

Skullcandy.com has a coupon code right now for 50% off your entire order, the code is SKU124LL9021, enter it during checkout, its good until the end of the month. I decided because of this to finally invest in some Full Metal Jackets. They retail for $70, but with the coupon and free shipping, I got them for a few cents under $35.

I went with the red ones, seeing as red is my favorite color, and the color of the Nano I will eventually use them with. I knew I was buying the 11mm version, as the 9mm is discontinued as it seems, but there are two versions of the 11mm. Version A as I will call it from now on, has a white cable, a white carrying case, 3 silicon tips, and an inline volume control. Version B has a clear cable where you can see the aluminum wrapping inside, an extension cable, 3 silicon tips and 2 comply foam tips, and a black cloth drawstring pouch.

Apples to iPods

It’s safe to say I’m an Apple fanboy. I own an iMac, and iPod Classic, an iPhone 3G, owned and lost a second-gen Shuffle, and along with that, and convinced my dad to buy my mom an iMac and an Airport Extreme Base Station.

My first Apple product was a fourth-gen iPod with clickwheel and dock connector, the version before the photo, but with the same appearance. It quickly replaced my minidisc player (I had been loyal to the MD since I had first gotten one, it had the appeal I had wanted, pocket-sized with the ability to hold more than one CD). The iPod was a christmas gift from my parents, my brother and sister both got one as well. I was sold almost instantaneously on it when I plugged it in to my then gateway desktop, and imported my 500+ songs in just a few minutes. The clickwheel was something amazing to me, it was so easy to learn and use, and I still prefer it to the touch interface of the iPod application on my iPhone. I didn’t take the best care of this iPod, I had no case on it, I left it in my car in the heat plugged into the power socket and my top mounting iTrip(remember those?). It eventually got to the point that even though I had conditioned the battery initially, since I kept it plugged in all the time, the battery life was an hour at most.