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Rainy Day Games: Classic Games Take a Turn Into Cards

2010-01-03T23:48:00.000-08:00

Recently I had a chance to play some indoor games with some friends. Rain and the cold make for great gaming nights. I enjoy Scrabble, but I hate the Monopoly board game. If you want to play a game of Monopoly, set aside 4-24 hours and get ready to battle into the night! Parker Brothers came out with a spinoff to their highly successful Scrabble game called Scrabble SLAM. Basically you

Long-Term Product Review: Samsung SGH-A877 Impression

2010-01-01T17:05:00.000-08:00

AT&T's Samsung SGH-A877 Impression After a half year of using the phone, I can say I've learned a lot about the capabilities and shortcomings of the SGH-A877. Also known as the Impression. The software engine and display look almost identical to the Samsung Eternity (SGH-A867), the main difference being the lack of AMOLED screen and physical keyboard. I was about to get the Eternity but the

Cellphone Radiation

2010-01-01T13:24:00.000-08:00

When you think radiation, you think glowing green ooze that can give you incredible ninja powers right? Or perhaps nuclear disasters like the Russian Chernobyl power plant incident. Whatever it may be, I doubt cellphone radiation is the first thing that comes to mind, if at all. It has only been the last few years where cell phone radiation studies have been giving any type of attention. Symptoms

Bring It On '10

2010-01-01T12:24:00.001-08:00

Photo credits: sobriquet.net No that isn't a picture of myself. Typed in conquered on Flickr, and there it was. LOL. It has already been brought! I entered the New Year uneventfully as can be. Junk food and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Awesome game, not my ideal way to bring on the new decade. I want to some day go to New York for the ball drop, something I want to do before I die, or go

Finding Motivation

2009-12-30T20:46:00.000-08:00

Starting the new year always motivates people to do things; finding a new hobby, losing weight/getting in shape, learning a new language, getting back into "blogging."The hard part is to maintain some sort of consistency and finding long-term motivation. I miss blogging but it always comes in spurts.Speaking of... all of those things I mentioned above are things I have interest in. Now only if I

Medal watch

2008-08-21T18:36:00.000-07:00

Olympics continue to bring dazzling finishes and big upsets and I continue to watch. I think it has been too long since my last update to cover everything so I wont go over what has happened except for one thing. The women's softball team. In my last Olympics oriented blog I brought up an article that stated that the team was much too good for their own good, and yes they are yet they couldn't

Automobiles: Best Fuel Economy... a Honda Fit?

2008-08-14T12:42:00.000-07:00

The Honda Fit was introduced in other regions before the US as the Jazz. Well it depends on how you look at it. Consumer Reports announces that the Honda Fit is the best "price per MPG" car out there. No I didn't say best MPG rated car. I'm sure this report only includes cars that use gasoline including hybrids. It doesn't mean you should go out there and buy a cute Fit strictly from this

Changes to the Olympics

2008-08-13T19:26:00.001-07:00

This will be the last year softball will be an Olympic event. I enjoy recreational softball and although it is a bit different in women's professional softball (slow vs fast pitch) I don't want to see it go. I then do what I always do, try to think from a universal perspective. Maybe as an American... err United Statesman, I enjoy seeing highlights of my country's dominance over the other

I got a new old Curve

2008-08-12T14:31:00.000-07:00

Blackberry Curve taken with my SD500. My main photo-blogging weapon of choice. So I bought my friend's old cellular phone from him replacing my aging Samsung Blackjack 1. I really want a touch-screen phone but I really don't feel like forking up too much money when I don't have steady cash flow. $85 for a slightly scratched Curve, not bad especially when I can sell my old phone for the same

Canon ELPH SD500

2008-08-11T21:04:00.000-07:00

My well used SD500 still going strong along with the high speed 1GB card. LOL! How it looked new: Canon PowerShot ELPH SD500 sold as IXUS 700 elsewhere 7MP 3x Optical Zoom 2 inch LCD monitor I've had my digitial camera for a couple of years now. I bought it mainly because I wanted to upgrade my camera for my trip to Vietnam. Every time I buy a camera I tell myself, I'll splurge and get

Beijing Summer Olympics 2008, Bye bye Xanga

2008-08-11T18:09:00.001-07:00

Moving on from Xanga to Blog was a strategic move. I enjoy blogging from time to time, but I also enjoy reading feedback. Writing to yourself isn't as fun as talking to yourself. I tend to do that from time to time. I had a lot of friends on Xanga but they slowly lost interest, and with that I lost readers and eventually enjoyment of having a blog. Also I'm not a very good writer, but writing