I saw a new mag at Costco that lists the games and rates them for people like me interested in added this dimension to their Iphones.
As there are over 10,000 apps for the Iphone its hard to know which ones are good and which ones are not even worth the 99 cents.
Looking through this mag/book I found a few that look pretty promising. Each one is a real winner.
There is one called ipingpong. Its a very neat 3d program that lets you play ping pong with an imaginary player. You can select the level of competence of the player that you play. There are practice choices and game choices. You finger moves the paddle on the sceeen. Its cool its worth it.
I found an interesting game shooting ducks as in a carnival for the second game. The directions were not too intuitive.. but tilting the iphone around and taping the screen when the circle was over the ducks seemed to work just fine. Its a winner.
The third one is called Removem. The book recommended the free one..but for a very small fee you lose the adds and the constant do you want to purchase the paid one reminders. So do it you will like it. It is one of those games that you try to pick the dots that are continuously the same color and double clicking on them eliminates them and allow the next rank or color drop into place, There is a tote for accumlated scores and other cool features.
All three of these are winners. There are somewhat in the roll the bb around the dots kind of game that you get at the 5 and 10 cent store.. but still.. maybe thats really what you want when you are killing time with your iphone.
Best wishes for a great holiday season.
Pat
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Setting up a New Iphone is Daunting
Sue got a new Iphone.
There were certain requirements that she had to have.
It had to be red.
It had to retain the photo of fassie.. or Maffsa the cat we lost two years ago. A photo on her flip phone was the last remaining daily photo.
It took the people at ATnT, (3) of them, 30 minutes to do it. The phone that Sue had been using was one of the first "pink" flip phones. It was rather unique because it was made half of one run that had one color of pink and the start of another that used another color of pink.
Its day was over since we are now more into texting. Having to sort through the triad of letters to pick out the best one was slowing her down.. and limiting her responses. She has also wanted to have wiki power in her pocket. So.. she was playing the martyr, mom is always the last to get the cools stuff.. Yeah but mom is the first to say.. I like it the way it is.. plain food! Ha!
The problem was that the photo was not contained in the sim or memory chip. It resided deep within the memory of the phone itself.
It was accomplished.
As for the red portion.. the cover for the phone was much more to her liking with a slim pink one. So she was happy with the hot pink cover that was silicon based.
Then the battle began to get this phone come capability.
All of my ITunes purchases and choices sync right over to her phone as we were use the same Itunes account. The facebook account was anothe matter.
As I registered her up for facebook, They needed a unique email account for her registration.
I signed her up for a g mail account through google. That worked out rather quickly. The only problem then was to get the Iphone to recognize the email for gmail and not the mail from the pac bell account. That had to come from eliminating my email account from her phone and selecting the banner with google as the supplier and then it worked.
So after a little bit of configuration, Sue is has her own email account and her own facebook account. I have been recommending many of you to her as friendss,
: ) Pat
There were certain requirements that she had to have.
It had to be red.
It had to retain the photo of fassie.. or Maffsa the cat we lost two years ago. A photo on her flip phone was the last remaining daily photo.
It took the people at ATnT, (3) of them, 30 minutes to do it. The phone that Sue had been using was one of the first "pink" flip phones. It was rather unique because it was made half of one run that had one color of pink and the start of another that used another color of pink.
Its day was over since we are now more into texting. Having to sort through the triad of letters to pick out the best one was slowing her down.. and limiting her responses. She has also wanted to have wiki power in her pocket. So.. she was playing the martyr, mom is always the last to get the cools stuff.. Yeah but mom is the first to say.. I like it the way it is.. plain food! Ha!
The problem was that the photo was not contained in the sim or memory chip. It resided deep within the memory of the phone itself.
It was accomplished.
As for the red portion.. the cover for the phone was much more to her liking with a slim pink one. So she was happy with the hot pink cover that was silicon based.
Then the battle began to get this phone come capability.
All of my ITunes purchases and choices sync right over to her phone as we were use the same Itunes account. The facebook account was anothe matter.
As I registered her up for facebook, They needed a unique email account for her registration.
I signed her up for a g mail account through google. That worked out rather quickly. The only problem then was to get the Iphone to recognize the email for gmail and not the mail from the pac bell account. That had to come from eliminating my email account from her phone and selecting the banner with google as the supplier and then it worked.
So after a little bit of configuration, Sue is has her own email account and her own facebook account. I have been recommending many of you to her as friendss,
: ) Pat
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
A Story that left us Rolling on the Floor at Lunch
We have a crazy lunch time group and sometimes we are really out of control. We are loud and we have too much fun for a therapy session.
Today's topic took us out. We read the story in our local Sun Star and the implications just drove us over the edge.
Now you have a chance to do the same:
Merced County Main Jail inmate's stashed 'shank' is surgically removed
Prisoner had hidden the weapon inside his body cavity.
By VICTOR A. PATTON
vpatton@mercedsun-star.com
Don't try this at home -- or in jail.
An inmate at the Merced County Main Jail had a homemade knife surgically removed from his body cavity last month, according to Merced county Sheriff's officials.
He now faces concealed weapons charges.
This 5-inch plastic weapon was recovered from Rance Johnson, a prisoner at the Merced County Main Jail, after surgery at a Modesto hospital.
The inmate, 19-year-old Rance Johnson, approached corrections officials Nov. 18, complaining about an item stuck inside his rectum, causing pain, according to Deputy Tom MacKenzie.
Even worse, Johnson told deputies the improvised weapon -- known in jailhouse slang as a "shank" -- had been inside his body for three weeks.
He was taken to an emergency room in Modesto, and the 5-inch-long plastic shank was surgically removed, MacKenzie said.
"The taxpayer money does cover actual stupidity; hence this guy did have to have this surgically removed," said Sheriff Mark Pazin. "It's unfortunate, but it's a mandated surgery."
MacKenzie said Johnson told investigators he had no idea what the item was, that he'd found it in an interview room and tried smuggling the weapon by inserting it into his rectum. The item was wrapped inside tissue paper and placed in a sandwich bag before it was inserted, MacKenzie said.
Johnson is being held at the jail on suspicion of shooting a 17-year-old male near Castle Airport in September.
In addition to the concealed weapons charges, Johnson is facing an enhancement for allegedly committing a crime while participating in a criminal street gang.
My additions:
Yes the poor Dr, that took it out.. he didn't know sh
The defense attorney. " He didn't know..."
The jury.. Listening to the details
The judge.. trying to keep a straight face
Today's topic took us out. We read the story in our local Sun Star and the implications just drove us over the edge.
Now you have a chance to do the same:
Merced County Main Jail inmate's stashed 'shank' is surgically removed
Prisoner had hidden the weapon inside his body cavity.
By VICTOR A. PATTON
vpatton@mercedsun-star.com
Don't try this at home -- or in jail.
An inmate at the Merced County Main Jail had a homemade knife surgically removed from his body cavity last month, according to Merced county Sheriff's officials.
He now faces concealed weapons charges.
This 5-inch plastic weapon was recovered from Rance Johnson, a prisoner at the Merced County Main Jail, after surgery at a Modesto hospital.
The inmate, 19-year-old Rance Johnson, approached corrections officials Nov. 18, complaining about an item stuck inside his rectum, causing pain, according to Deputy Tom MacKenzie.
Even worse, Johnson told deputies the improvised weapon -- known in jailhouse slang as a "shank" -- had been inside his body for three weeks.
He was taken to an emergency room in Modesto, and the 5-inch-long plastic shank was surgically removed, MacKenzie said.
"The taxpayer money does cover actual stupidity; hence this guy did have to have this surgically removed," said Sheriff Mark Pazin. "It's unfortunate, but it's a mandated surgery."
MacKenzie said Johnson told investigators he had no idea what the item was, that he'd found it in an interview room and tried smuggling the weapon by inserting it into his rectum. The item was wrapped inside tissue paper and placed in a sandwich bag before it was inserted, MacKenzie said.
Johnson is being held at the jail on suspicion of shooting a 17-year-old male near Castle Airport in September.
In addition to the concealed weapons charges, Johnson is facing an enhancement for allegedly committing a crime while participating in a criminal street gang.
My additions:
Yes the poor Dr, that took it out.. he didn't know sh
The defense attorney. " He didn't know..."
The jury.. Listening to the details
The judge.. trying to keep a straight face
Sunday, November 29, 2009
New Situations for Dialog Day
Dialog day for my students is Thursday.
Here is a list of situations that could be used as a content piece for some of these days. I have borrowed heavily from Warm up Exercises Calisthenics for the Brain by Rita Kisner and Brooke Knowles Book 2.
You are about to have the last piece of pie when three friends drop by.
Someone keeps copying your paper
Your at the check stand at the supermarket and you realize that you left your money at home
You have invited to a pool party and it starts to rain
You loaned someone your ipod but you can’t remember who
You are doing your homework but you don’t understand the assignment
Your friend has borrowed some money from you and he hasn’t paid it back
A friend invites you to a party and you don’t want to go
A friend asks to borrow something that you don’t want to loan.
A date wants to see a movie that you’ve seen and didn’t like
You just got your hair cut and you don’t like it.
Ask a friend for a ride home from school
Ask a friend if you could join the group for lunch
Ask where he got the new jacket
You need a pencil for the next class, ask your classmate
Ask directions to a party from a person who is also going
You meet your teacher at the mall
You have to break an important date that you made weeks ago.
You need someone to help you move furniture.
Here is a list of situations that could be used as a content piece for some of these days. I have borrowed heavily from Warm up Exercises Calisthenics for the Brain by Rita Kisner and Brooke Knowles Book 2.
You are about to have the last piece of pie when three friends drop by.
Someone keeps copying your paper
Your at the check stand at the supermarket and you realize that you left your money at home
You have invited to a pool party and it starts to rain
You loaned someone your ipod but you can’t remember who
You are doing your homework but you don’t understand the assignment
Your friend has borrowed some money from you and he hasn’t paid it back
A friend invites you to a party and you don’t want to go
A friend asks to borrow something that you don’t want to loan.
A date wants to see a movie that you’ve seen and didn’t like
You just got your hair cut and you don’t like it.
Ask a friend for a ride home from school
Ask a friend if you could join the group for lunch
Ask where he got the new jacket
You need a pencil for the next class, ask your classmate
Ask directions to a party from a person who is also going
You meet your teacher at the mall
You have to break an important date that you made weeks ago.
You need someone to help you move furniture.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
New Word- Eponyous
In reading a review for Sin Nombre a movie made in 2009 regarding a group of people making the move into the US from Honduras on the top of a train, the reviewer mentioned the next project for the producer of this movie was going to be Jane Eyre.
The reference here is that the movie will be named after the character. It is therefore an eponymous work.
officially:
eponymous
adj [ɪˈpɒnɪməs]
adj
1. (of a person) being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc., is named the eponymous heroine in the film of Jane Eyre
2. (of a literary work, film, etc.) named after its central character or creator The Stooges' eponymous debut album
eponymously adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 6th Edition 2003. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
The reference here is that the movie will be named after the character. It is therefore an eponymous work.
officially:
eponymous
adj [ɪˈpɒnɪməs]
adj
1. (of a person) being the person after whom a literary work, film, etc., is named the eponymous heroine in the film of Jane Eyre
2. (of a literary work, film, etc.) named after its central character or creator The Stooges' eponymous debut album
eponymously adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 6th Edition 2003. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Fall Music
New Music for the Walk each morning:
Eva Cassidy- Somewhere- Eva was known for her technical ability to sing in any genre and make it distinctively hers. What a voice! She died in the 80's of melanoma. She was in her 20's. I heard her songs being played in the local Starbucks and used shazam on the Iphone to find out who she was. My emusic only has her paired with others in albums. I looked her up on the Wiki because someone commented in the Emusic review how when she recorded one song.. songbird she was already losing it.. or rather was almost gone. Her local familiarity was in the DC area. After her death she was very popular in the UK.
Norah Jones, the daughter of with some musical linage has issued a new album for the fall. On ITunes it comes with about 5 bonus tracks. She plays the piano and comes in rather understated.
I downloaded the soundtrack from Sleepless in Seattle. Its been a good companion on the trail. Its got some Jimmy D and some Louis Armstrong. It even has one by Joe Cocker, a new friend of Francisco's in Rome. He took him around the sights last week.
I down loaded a selection from the sound stage that commemorates the chick films. It had 50 songs not from the original artists that came from various "chick"films. On those they charge off 12 of your monthly selections for the actual download of 52 cuts.
Blaine Larson has been downloaded for the country fans. He has some interesting songs.
I ran into the group "Train". There new songs have several that reference the Bay Area. Its nice to hear some contemporary that is not rap. They have a very nice full sound.
These songs and songlists are hitting the road with me each morning. If I start early I can hear the songs the entire way. If I wait a littel and do not hit my 5:30 wakeup and and the road mark, they have to accompany me on the quiet residential side of the trip.. the last half.
I thought that I would share my playlist with you! In this forum.
Have a great weekend!
Pat
Eva Cassidy- Somewhere- Eva was known for her technical ability to sing in any genre and make it distinctively hers. What a voice! She died in the 80's of melanoma. She was in her 20's. I heard her songs being played in the local Starbucks and used shazam on the Iphone to find out who she was. My emusic only has her paired with others in albums. I looked her up on the Wiki because someone commented in the Emusic review how when she recorded one song.. songbird she was already losing it.. or rather was almost gone. Her local familiarity was in the DC area. After her death she was very popular in the UK.
Norah Jones, the daughter of with some musical linage has issued a new album for the fall. On ITunes it comes with about 5 bonus tracks. She plays the piano and comes in rather understated.
I downloaded the soundtrack from Sleepless in Seattle. Its been a good companion on the trail. Its got some Jimmy D and some Louis Armstrong. It even has one by Joe Cocker, a new friend of Francisco's in Rome. He took him around the sights last week.
I down loaded a selection from the sound stage that commemorates the chick films. It had 50 songs not from the original artists that came from various "chick"films. On those they charge off 12 of your monthly selections for the actual download of 52 cuts.
Blaine Larson has been downloaded for the country fans. He has some interesting songs.
I ran into the group "Train". There new songs have several that reference the Bay Area. Its nice to hear some contemporary that is not rap. They have a very nice full sound.
These songs and songlists are hitting the road with me each morning. If I start early I can hear the songs the entire way. If I wait a littel and do not hit my 5:30 wakeup and and the road mark, they have to accompany me on the quiet residential side of the trip.. the last half.
I thought that I would share my playlist with you! In this forum.
Have a great weekend!
Pat
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Vets Day 2009
Its veteran's day 2009.
Again we are at war.
Someone that graduated from one of my high School's was killed this week in Iraq. His Humvee flipped. He was sitting on top.
It seems such a waste to put our military at risk for every pot shotting cook to try to take them out. So we run humvees up and down the territory.
Our mission in Afghanistan started out to get Osama Bin Laden. Now we are there to seems to be a change in the mission. We are after the Taliban, their drug trade and rebuilding a country with infrastructure that doesn't want it. Again we think know best.. I hate that attitude.
In the US we are having to deal with our own fundamentalists. Will it ever end? Captured by the grip of an entire TV network these folks do not listen to reason because they heard it from Rush. They spew out crap that they are sure is true but was mainly designed to get people to fear and by extension hate.
We really do not need to waste our resources and the blood of our strongest in a far away land. We need to think of our military as part of the agency they serve.. the department of DEFENSE. I don't think the military is the proper agency to give countries new governances. We should not be training the world's policemen or training the world's armies.
Love to All.. Pat
Again we are at war.
Someone that graduated from one of my high School's was killed this week in Iraq. His Humvee flipped. He was sitting on top.
It seems such a waste to put our military at risk for every pot shotting cook to try to take them out. So we run humvees up and down the territory.
Our mission in Afghanistan started out to get Osama Bin Laden. Now we are there to seems to be a change in the mission. We are after the Taliban, their drug trade and rebuilding a country with infrastructure that doesn't want it. Again we think know best.. I hate that attitude.
In the US we are having to deal with our own fundamentalists. Will it ever end? Captured by the grip of an entire TV network these folks do not listen to reason because they heard it from Rush. They spew out crap that they are sure is true but was mainly designed to get people to fear and by extension hate.
We really do not need to waste our resources and the blood of our strongest in a far away land. We need to think of our military as part of the agency they serve.. the department of DEFENSE. I don't think the military is the proper agency to give countries new governances. We should not be training the world's policemen or training the world's armies.
Love to All.. Pat
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