Posted by the simian | Under gadgets, games
Wednesday May 28, 2008
if you want to green up your tunes manufacturers are beginning to capitalize on the energy in the world that is just hanging out and not being optimally used. Somewhat like the cranking mp3 player featured before, Thanko has created a personal media player that can charge with a little less effort your part. Without the suggestive cranking, the solar powered PMP gets about 30+ minutes of play for every hour of charge. If you jam the tunes all day you might need to get a couple of them. It has some games preinstalled and an SD expansion slot for those long walks.
4GB for $95 and you never have to buy batteries or a replacement charger.
Posted by the simian | Under games
Thursday Apr 24, 2008
Being accustomed to hit a button and have everything I read show up instantaneously so I can see if there is anything neat for me to post today, I am upset but hopeful since i use netvibes and they are down for maintenance . Normally when the service goes down, it means they are upgrading something, but I am still sad during the downtime because I keep funky hours and any sites downtime is usually when I am surfing.
I guess this gives me free reign to talk about my newfound love for Army of Two. I did not update yesterday because I played that for HOURS. If you have a 360/know someone with a 360 and have not played it yet…do it now. I am very impressed by the coop features.
Posted by the simian | Under games, weird
Sunday Mar 30, 2008
So you want your kid to learn to program. And you want to force gently persuade your child as soon as possible to take that path. Make Have them play C-Jump, its designed to teach kids Java, C, and C++. Check out some of the facts from C-jump.com:
c-jump facts:
This game is not only about teaching and learning: it’s fun and entertainment for the whole family!
Skiing and snowboarding is a perfect programming analogy.
c-jump game is ideal for home school education.
The game is based on the code of a real computer program!
Enough people pick this thing up and there will be a reality show about it.
So I seem to have found myself addicted to a Shockwave game called Twang. Its one of the free ones you can play online, so have at it. I kind of feel terrible for not posting something better, but I really want to beat the game.
Posted by the simian | Under games
Thursday Feb 21, 2008
Sweet little indie game named Fez. I cannot describe it any better than Boing Boing Gadgets, but the concept is cool. To get the gist you are way better off watching the video.
