Ok stop kicking the walls and shouting boys, and SIT DOWN. I will explain to you in words that even the young male readers will understand. If you can’t see what the iPad will do to the world in the future right now, then you just don’t have the vision for it. Not everyone can be a techno visionary, like me. It’s ok, it probably isn’t your fault. It’s most likely you just don’t have enough IQ points for imaginative thinking. I’ll explain it to you. When something new is invented by Apple they put out the first version of it, and then they let their elite, yes I said it, elite cadre of technophiles buy it. Like actor Stephen Fry says in his blog about the iPad, this group of savvy geeks then “salivate, dribble, coo, sigh, grin and bubble with delight”. The end result of that process is what will become general consumer products.
The rest of the world, might not be able to imagine the iPad future, but at this point they are pretty sure they felt something big drop yesterday. I’ve seen Steve Jobs revealing the iPad on the Weather Channel  alone twice this morning. Now it’s on the Ellen Show. One of the most significant impacts that the iPad has is the iBooks Store Launch announcement. The Kindle which I have bashed in detail before, now looks like the piece of yard sale junk that it truly is, up against the elegant iPad. On it, books look like books. Using the if – then formula, if Kindle is Amazon’s number one selling product, and Amazon sells more stuff than anybody. Then, Apple will sell more iPads and iBooks than anybody. Time will tell. If you have been waiting for a device to replace your bookshelf, or your eyes have been burned in by the monochromatic Kindle then you don’t have to wait anymore. Oprah needs to get with the program. Read more
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From the Engadget Live Blog here is the new baby from Apple and ohmygod is it ever sweet!

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There are many different types of Apps available for the insomniac. If you have the new iHome, they have come up with a new free App. It will work with iPhone and iPod Touch. iHome + Sleep isn’t so much a sleep App as it is a sleep organizer. If you are an over the top type A personality you will love it. It takes the iHome up a notch to tweaked geekdom. If you need data about your sleep habits, then this is the way to get it. One feature is the Sleep Stats which keeps a running record of your sleep habits, including how many times you hit the snooze, your average bedtime, and the number of hours you sleep. You’ll set up Sleep Cards as a deck of prefernces each one is different alarm template that you customize with time settings, music, and alerts. You can set advanced alarm intervals for work days or weekends. It’s ideal for those times when you have to get going on a special day and you need your morning to go perfectly. Read more

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Bayonetta PS3 Review

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Bayonetta is a game about a so called witch. I had to investigate the game because of prolific use of the word ‘witch’ throughout the game. Sorceress would be a more appropriate word since Bayonetta has nothing to do with the Wiccan religion. The tall  imposing female avatar resembles several anime characters.  Though her long deadly hair can be found in so many anime and Asian martial arts films,  her look is unique to a video game offered in the US. She has guns in her shoes, gets nude when she transforms, and purple butterflies come out of her when she jumps. They didn’t have to make it quite so purple to make it purple. None the less, we have our first appearance of a playable female avatar worth mention for 2010. Read more
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Jan

21

A Great Geek Gone

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Some of you may have seen my sad, pathetic Tweets last week when I received the news that my older brother had been found dead on a cliff off a hiking trail in California. He was an expert hiker, in great shape and it was a total shock to have him suddenly gone. The guy that was responsible for my geek-ness is now leading the way to the final frontier for me too. When I was a little girl he was teaching high school and college, but he always made time for his annoying little sister. He had masters in Physics and in French. With a penchant for building electronics and an unending thirst for knowledge he passed many interests on to me. Read more
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Jan

14

Nagomi MahJong Lite Game App Review

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If you are an anime fan and you’ve watched Saki or Nana and wondered what the heck was up with Mah Jong, it isn’t easy to find out. Mah Jong isn’t just a match two solitaire game. It’s a complex poker like game that originated in China. These days the Japanese version of the game is the most complicated and most incomprehensible. In my quest to understand manga and anime I’ve gone to many lengths in the past. I’ve attempted to learn to read kanji and hiragana and learn the Japanese language. For mah jong I’ve had to learn to read the characters for numbers 1-9, the four seasons, and the four directions. I’ve read several books on the game and spent hours online playing various versions of mah jong against bots and computer AI. Read more

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Jan

14

Tap Tap Revenge 3 iPod Touch / iPhone Game App Review

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This is the third edition of the popular music game from Tapulous.  It works like Amplitude did on the old PS2. The game is so much better these days on the touch screen of the iPod Touches. There is an avatar you can customize and it looks like this music game married Mees from PC.  The tactile sensation from the game resembles the fingering of a guitar. The falling balls and droplets which you need to tap in time to the music as they reach a target aren’t always mapped to the guitar though. Each and song is different, and the musical target jumps around within the song from percussion, drums, vocals, bass and occasionally guitars too.
Without the friction of a DS or the resistance of hard wound guitar strings to cut your fingers,tapping along to the music is fun and seems natural. There are no blisters from playing a real instrument, and no extra junk in your living room, like big plastic fake guitars. Listening to the music with ear buds or head phones is good. It’s a fun way to check out new music. There are many tracks which seemed to have been generated by a house band for the game. But there are many licensed tracks by well known artists. Read more

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Jan

12

Dragon Age Origins PS3 Review

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Looking at the trailer featuring Marilyn Manson and scanning the top reviews on Google for Dragon Age : Origins led me, and perhaps you as well to take a look at the game. I rented it, and I hope you did too. Here was a game with a good pedigree from Bioware. Expectations were high for this, perhaps it would be as good or better than Oblivion. No. Not even close. Read more

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Jan

9

Aion Tower of Eternity PC Review

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This new MMO from NCSoft made it’s debut in the fall of ‘09. You can find several articles about it here on the site. I’ve been playing it for a while now and I am still enjoying it enough to recommend it. If you got a new PC recently and you are looking for something fun to play then this might be it. We gave Aion Best Female Avatar for ‘09 and Best MMO. Now that the tinsel is settled it’s a good time to take a look at the game overall and it has scored very high. Read more

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