Thursday, October 30, 2008
The Lombardo Doctrine
Watch out for upcoming articles on crappy reality shows and mass media. You've been warned.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Where are you Killer App?
I must agree with Apple Inc. on that the iPhone 3g is the most advanced mobile device on the market right now. The addition to of the App Store within iTunes gives the iPhone the ability to gain additional features that are not originally shipped on the device. The thing is I have yet to to see an app that really solves any of iPhones missing features such as MMS messaging and the ability to record video. Don't get me wrong I really like being able to log into my MySpace account when I'm on the toilet and even play a little texas hold em, but i really want that killer app to appear or, better yet be allowed by Apple to appear, in The App Store. I remember reading about Net Share, an app that tethered iPhone to a computer so the computer can use iphone to get on the internet, and thinking wow, I'm sold, I'm buying an iphone! To my dismay as, soon as i got the phone, WHAM! Apple pulled the app with out giving a reason for weeks. Bummer. I read in magazines such as MacLife and Macworld, that apps getting pulled mysteriously is common practice, or at least was, it the rest of the makes me wonder how many killer apps were rejected or pulled out of the app store before anybody really got a chance to see their awesome power. I just think its a bummer that there are people making apps that can complete the missing goodies on iPhone, but get their work rejected or pulled. Were are you killer app?
Blog Press
I'm using a new mobile blog app called, Blog Press hopefully it'll work. This blog was posted using Blog Press. My old I used, Shozu stoped working.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Good Bye Old Friend
Today I sold my 30Gb 5th generation iPod to my boss for $100.
For the past three years, "Pod" has been there to play me my favorite Beatles track to the occasional Office episode, but now she will provide years of service to a new owner. I've always felt secure knowing that your white plastic face and shiny metal back was waiting for me in my jean pocket.My iPhone 3g will be her permanent replacement but I'm also thinking about getting an iPod touch to add to my Apple arsenal. I'll never forget my first iPod. 5th generation iPod, this buds' for you.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
12 days until the last shadow people show ever....
On Noveber 7th we(The Shadow People) will play our last and final show as a group. The show will be in Olympia, Wa, in support of the Wallpaper record release show.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Most Overrated
I have compiled a list of the top 8 most overrated celebrities. I have no idea why these people get as much credit as they do. From strung out pop stars to dull dim witted arises, these people really make me want to drive my car into oncoming traffic when ever i see their stupid faces. Man am I angry (can you sense the sarcasm?).
8. Hugh Hefner. Sadly the man every man wants to be, has went to from a sexual revolutionary to a dirty old man. Tell me, if you were a young curvy blonde or even three young curvy blondes, would you seriously date an 82 year old man? Sure you would if he had deep pockets. Hugh's relationship with Holly, Bridget, and Kendra has as much realism as Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie's. Playboy's photos still look like they were taken in 1984 and are so doctored that I don't know if I'm looking at a woman or an X-rated Pixar movie.
7. Brooke Hogan. Yeah the name speaks for it self. I saw this daddies girl's face 22 times in 45 minutes on Vh1 once. If her reality show, Brooke Knows Best, doesn't make your skin crawl her Music will, check out her album, Undiscovered, if you still think popping ecstasy and lower back tattoos are still in fashion.
6. Amy Whinehouse. With a voice similar to Nina Simone and a drug habit like Courtney Love, a falling star burn out is nothing new to the media's eye. But people still eat up. Check out her album Back to Black.
5. The bitches from The Hills. I don't see why people think these girl's lives are glamourous. The show really has no entertainment value, real lowest common denominator type stuff. The drama that unfolds is very high school like and juvenile. The characters lack depth and therefore, are very shallow. The thing that I find disturbing the most is when I see my 40 year old cousin so in tranced by this mind numbing show.
4. Nickelback. Nothing sums up cheese rock like a Nickelback song. With a strong following of late 30 to mid 40 year olds that swear they are hip cause they listen to Nickelback , the band seems to be the poster boys generic mainstream rock and roll. They make their bank by portraying themselves, musically, as working class rockers with a grunge influence but lack any depth or originality. They have a lead singer that looks like a golden retriever and macho rock song titles like "Animals" and "Rockstar". Every time my boss blasts a Nickelback song on the radio a little part of me dies. Thats how bad they are.
3. Pamela Anderson. Wake up world! Its the 21st century and Pamela Anderson is not hot anymore. She has the hep, more rock stars have inside of her than the Whiskey a Go Go, and if you've seen a close up photo of her, you can see that the passing years of the 90s have not spared her beauty. She should leave the roll of the blonde bombshell to a much younger qualified woman and grow out of her passé image. But hey, if she still gets a pay check out of it, more power to her.
2. Bill O'reilly. Conservative, Loud, Narrow Minded, Short Tempered, Splotchy. You do the math. Bill, who once was an anchor for Inside Edition, claimed that he and Inside Edition won two Peabody awards. Well they won a Polk award and it was a year after he left the show. On his dumb ass show, The O'Reilly Factor, he cuts off anyone who disagrees with him and resorts to shouting when some one is trying to prove their point in the "NO SPIN ZONE". He leans pretty far to the right and defends it with every word he speaks even if it makes him look ignorant asshole. yuck. For fun YouTube "Bill O'Reilly freaks out on Inside Edition".
1. Paris Hilton. This girl is such a bitch that she needs a reality show to find a herself a best friend (My New BFF). Never in my life have I seen a celebrity promote being stupid as a cool thing. Why in the fuck is she even famous? She has absolutely no talent in anything, Can't act, can't sing, the bitch can't even fuck (ever seen her sex video?)but everyone acts like she's fucking god. I really don't know why young girls want to be and look like her, personally I think she looks like a drag queen. Remember that clip of her crying in court when the cold hand of reality threw her dumb ass in jail for D.U.I.? I thought it was fucking hilarious.
8. Hugh Hefner. Sadly the man every man wants to be, has went to from a sexual revolutionary to a dirty old man. Tell me, if you were a young curvy blonde or even three young curvy blondes, would you seriously date an 82 year old man? Sure you would if he had deep pockets. Hugh's relationship with Holly, Bridget, and Kendra has as much realism as Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie's. Playboy's photos still look like they were taken in 1984 and are so doctored that I don't know if I'm looking at a woman or an X-rated Pixar movie.
7. Brooke Hogan. Yeah the name speaks for it self. I saw this daddies girl's face 22 times in 45 minutes on Vh1 once. If her reality show, Brooke Knows Best, doesn't make your skin crawl her Music will, check out her album, Undiscovered, if you still think popping ecstasy and lower back tattoos are still in fashion.
6. Amy Whinehouse. With a voice similar to Nina Simone and a drug habit like Courtney Love, a falling star burn out is nothing new to the media's eye. But people still eat up. Check out her album Back to Black.
5. The bitches from The Hills. I don't see why people think these girl's lives are glamourous. The show really has no entertainment value, real lowest common denominator type stuff. The drama that unfolds is very high school like and juvenile. The characters lack depth and therefore, are very shallow. The thing that I find disturbing the most is when I see my 40 year old cousin so in tranced by this mind numbing show.
4. Nickelback. Nothing sums up cheese rock like a Nickelback song. With a strong following of late 30 to mid 40 year olds that swear they are hip cause they listen to Nickelback , the band seems to be the poster boys generic mainstream rock and roll. They make their bank by portraying themselves, musically, as working class rockers with a grunge influence but lack any depth or originality. They have a lead singer that looks like a golden retriever and macho rock song titles like "Animals" and "Rockstar". Every time my boss blasts a Nickelback song on the radio a little part of me dies. Thats how bad they are.
3. Pamela Anderson. Wake up world! Its the 21st century and Pamela Anderson is not hot anymore. She has the hep, more rock stars have inside of her than the Whiskey a Go Go, and if you've seen a close up photo of her, you can see that the passing years of the 90s have not spared her beauty. She should leave the roll of the blonde bombshell to a much younger qualified woman and grow out of her passé image. But hey, if she still gets a pay check out of it, more power to her.
2. Bill O'reilly. Conservative, Loud, Narrow Minded, Short Tempered, Splotchy. You do the math. Bill, who once was an anchor for Inside Edition, claimed that he and Inside Edition won two Peabody awards. Well they won a Polk award and it was a year after he left the show. On his dumb ass show, The O'Reilly Factor, he cuts off anyone who disagrees with him and resorts to shouting when some one is trying to prove their point in the "NO SPIN ZONE". He leans pretty far to the right and defends it with every word he speaks even if it makes him look ignorant asshole. yuck. For fun YouTube "Bill O'Reilly freaks out on Inside Edition".
1. Paris Hilton. This girl is such a bitch that she needs a reality show to find a herself a best friend (My New BFF). Never in my life have I seen a celebrity promote being stupid as a cool thing. Why in the fuck is she even famous? She has absolutely no talent in anything, Can't act, can't sing, the bitch can't even fuck (ever seen her sex video?)but everyone acts like she's fucking god. I really don't know why young girls want to be and look like her, personally I think she looks like a drag queen. Remember that clip of her crying in court when the cold hand of reality threw her dumb ass in jail for D.U.I.? I thought it was fucking hilarious.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
My replacement!
My girlfriend and I were at a Seattle porn shop where she met her new BFF. It takes a talented girl to pull that off!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Hell Yeah, time to get political!!!!!
In light of the final Presidential Debate (by the way this is one of the rare occasions I talk politics), I decided to post a very interesting article I found in Parade magazine. The article highlights each canidate's tax plan and how it effects you in terms of how much money you save based on your annual income. If you make $111,600-more than $2.87 million it seems like you will save more money with John McCain's tax plan and if you make $111,600 and below you will save less. If you make anywhere from below $19,000 up $161,000 will save more with Barack Obama's tax plan.
Just a little food for thought.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Apple unveils long awaited MacBook update!
Today at 10am in Cupertino, Cailfornia, Steve Jobs and company presented the new line of MacBooks, Macbook Pros' and MacBook Airs' with a new 1066 frontside bus and blazing fast DDR3 memory. In addition to the new updates under the hood, the Macbook sports an all aluminum shell. This aircraft grade metal is cut out of a single piece of aluminum greatly reducing the weight and overall size of the notebook. We personally want one really bad. With the new Macbooks available, Apple also droped the price of their plastic white Macbook to $999 just in time for the holiday shopping season.
The first three months with the iPhone 3G
After passing up the original iPhone for its lack of features, I finally gave in and got myself an iPhone 3g about two weeks after it was released. After using the device for two months i find myself satisfied with my purchase but also wanting more.
First of all, the upgrades done to the device are well worth the new price point. $199 for the 8 GB version and $299 for 16 GB, of course these prices include an at&t 2 year contract and an added unlimited data plan, let alone being qualified for an upgrade. If not qualified for upgrade pricing, the iPhone 3g will set you back $399 for 8 GB and $499 16 GB.
3G connectivity is the biggest upgrade ( Apple claims twice as fast as the original). Although I only really see the speed difference 90% of the time compared to my old Edge cell phone. Also remember that 3G connectivity is not as abundant as your normal cell connection so check with you network provider. Another hardware upgrade to the "wonder phone" is an actual GPS receiver. This new addition, along with current use of cell towers, makes pin pointing our exact location a lot more accurate, when I moved the little blue pin on the screen would move along with me (so cool). I've heard a lot of people tell me the GPS systems on the phone routinely losses the signal and sometimes takes up to 20 minutes to find your location. However, I have yet to see this type of behavior with my unit. A big selling point for me was the addition of the app store. Now 3rd party developers can design apps that range from games, utilities , social networking , and even voice dialing (a feature that the iPhone 3g does not support right out of the box) to be downloaded via app store and run native on the iPhone. This feature is also available to the first generation iPhone done with a simple firmware update. The App Store has become an unexpected controversy with Apple pulling and denying apps from being sold in the App Store showing little or no reason.... from what I've read. Although i see a lot more time wasting games than actual useful apps, I think the App Store still gets an A+ for giving users the ability to customize their iPhone 3G.
With all the extra goodies on board for the second generation iPhone, there still is a few qualities M.I.A. The same two megapixel camera can only shoot still images. You would think some one would write an app to utilize the camera to take video or at least Apple would allow such an app to be in the App Store. I don't know why Apple would overlook such a now basic feature to be added to the iPhone. For a lot of people I spoke with this was a real big deal breaker. For they were sold on the idea of having YouTube come standard on the iPhone but let down by the fact that they couldn't record video on to it and then uploaded on to their YouTube account. Bummer.
Compatibility with Microsoft's Exchange comes standard on the iPhone now, but still no MMS messaging. For all the photos your iPhone can hold, there still is no simple way to send them to another cell phone within a text message. Although you can email a photo to another cell phone by using the recipient's wireless carrier info( check out this web link to find out to do this........http://iphone.macworld.com/2007/08sending_and_receiving_mms_on_y_1.php), this is hardly a solution and requires you find out who your contact's wireless server provider is.
Apple, once again, decided to leave out cut and paste functionality. Although I myself never found it to be a real thorn in my side, it like a proper 2nd generation feature to include. Oh yeah, you can also view but not edit your text and word documents, once again I myself has never had a real desire for this feature but I'm sure the ability to work on your documents while on the road would be a welcomed one.
All in all I think this is a well rounded all in one gadget sure to sell like hot cakes. Apple has once again set technology trend with multi-touch screens, accelerometers, and wireless music downloads. Although I wish there was just a little more "2.0" to go with the 2nd generation iPhone(which I'm totally satisfied with), oh well guess I'll have to wait for next wonder phone from Apple.
4 out 5 stars. Nik Yambao
Monday, October 13, 2008
Nik in Translation
well my band, The Shadow People hav split due to differences with our lead singner. Since i dont have any musical commitments as of right now, I will be writing about ther local bands from the south puget sound. Maybe once in awhile post something random about my own life well anyways toodles
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