Ah, so I draw something along with another 34,999,999 people apparently. On the day that the game’s developer, OMGPOP was sold to Zynga. It seems to be everywhere today. Ryan twittered about it and I downloaded it to see what it was all about, then a few games later I saw a few more people mention it, this time on Facebook. Feels like the rush when Google Plus launched. Hope it doesn’t fizzle out like, errr, Google Plus… I wonder why it is that I manage to get 10 words in a row right with one opponent while I struggle […]
Android , Games
Humbly going Android
The last Humble Bundle added support for Android games and the latest bundle does the same with even more games! I already had a number of the games on pc and to be honest this bundle isn’t the strongest line up of games ever but I bought it for Swords and Soldiers as it’s a fun game. The others were a nice bonus for me. Also released recently is their own app for managing downloads. It works well enough but downloads using your phone’s browser and uses the system installer in the same way that the Amazon Appstore does. Unfortunately […]
Humour
The Awesome Captain Mack
It’s a pity they disabled embedding but it’s worth watching Captain Mack at least once. Parents, sssshhh! It takes skill my monkey! Almost as much as holding back a 40ft tidal wave while dodging a couple of hungry killer whales. Now that’s a real skill!
Games
The JXD A1000 Arrived!
Tweets have been flying around all day as people get their shiny new iPads but the postman delivered something I was looking forward to for a few weeks. Yes, the JXD A1000 arrived this afternoon. I tried a few games and videos on it and it works quite well! The bundled 720p trailers were a bit jumpy but lower resolution DVD rips were fine. The GBA games I tried, F-Zero and Rayman Origins (original carts in the attic) played perfectly and it’s a pleasure to play them on a decent screen! The original GBA screen is notoriously dark. The screen […]
Games
Free Xbox Live Gold from Vodafone
If you have Ideal or Ultimate broadband with Vodafone Ireland and an Xbox 360 you can get a year of Xbox Live Gold membership for free. Login to the Vodafone website, go to Living at Home and then add ons. You’ll find the form there offering free XBL Gold for a year! Handy as my Gold subscription ran out recently. (via boards.ie)
Games
Departure from outward office of exchange
I’m playing the waiting game on an order from Chinese website focalprice.com. I suspect the package is coming via sail boat as it’s already been 3 weeks since my order was made and the China Mail website still has the same message: Departure from outward office of exchange When it works that is, most of the time it just says this: ?????????????? ?? Loosely translated as “Due to the use of too many users, again returned by the query”. Thanks Google. I bought myself a JXD A1000 when it was on sale a few weeks back. It’s a handheld gaming […]
Android
Killer Bean on Android
Remember Killer Bean? He now features in an 85 minute long film but I remember watching his hilarious and entertaining online shorts years ago so I was excited to see a Killer Bean game on Android. It’s free too! I suspect it’s got in-app purchases and I’ve only played a few minutes of it. So far it’s a slick looking 2D platform shooter and controls aren’t too bad. (via)
Podcasts
Free audio books at podiobooks
Now this is interesting. podiobooks.com offer free author-read audio books. I haven’t listened to any yet but I like that the site indicated which are family friendly. You can of course give a donation to encourage the authors and keep the site running! The interesting bit is that books are serialized as podcasts and they deliver them using a personalised feed. Via Scott Sigler who was interviewed on The Skeptics Guide podcast.
Travel
Reykjavik Time Lapse
A short time lapse video I shot from the temporary Polldaddy HQ in Reykjavik, Iceland. I shot it with my Android phone over the course of about an hour. My battery hit 9% remaining charge by the end of it! I’ve never seen the weather change so fast or so often as it does here in Reykjavik. Do not adjust your volume, there is no sound! Krista posted a timelapse video from the same window!
Apple
Windows screenshots on a Macbook Pro laptop
Creating a screenshot in Windows is normally simple. Press Print Screen, fire up paint and paste it in. However what do you do when you have a laptop keyboard without a PRT SCN button? It’s rather simple actually, thanks macrumors people. To create a screenshot on a Macbook Pro laptop press either fn+shift+F11 or fn+ALT+F11. The latter one grabs a single window. Fire up paint and CTRL-v those pixels in!