Today, it was nice and cold (but not too cold) outside, so I decided to take some photos of the frozen waterfront in Kingston just around the university. I was somewhat inspired by this photo, taken by a fellow Kingstonite, so I wanted to capture my own view of it.
If you’re looking for an easy-to-use, well-designed and functional PC gamepad that works well across many games, the Xbox 360 Controller is a good choice. Besides fitting well in your hands, and offering the standard feature set, it’s got the backing of Microsoft, ensuring that it’ll work well in all of the games that come out with the new Games for Windows branding. Quality is top-notch, (as expected, since the controller is in wide use with the Xbox 360 system), and it’s available in both a wireless and wired version. I decided to buy the wired version over Christmas, and here’s my quick review on how it’s been since then.
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After a grueling last semester, followed by a relaxing break, the new semester has started. Because this is the last semester of my undergraduate studies, I wanted to free up as much time as possible to allow me to pursue “real-life” activities, such as, deciding what to do after university.
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Christmas has come and gone, and with it, the opening of new gifts for a new year. I got some nice presents this year, and also decided to splurge and get myself a few things having saved up some money over this past year.
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Despite the phrase “World-Wide Web” being as dated and passรฉ as claims of Al Gore “inventing the Internet”, the term persists today as the most popular and unnecessary subdomain for websites. Should it really be necessary to type “www” before every domain name? Furthermore, does it even have any more relevance?
Since the major use of Internet is for accessing websites, the “www” prefix shouldn’t be needed anymore. It is an archaic holdover from a previous era, one where browser wars meant IE vs. Netscape and where Geocities was the place to be. Thankfully, the folks over at no-www have been aiming to improve this for some time.
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Well, actually, it’s been done for a week now – I had my last exam last Tuesday (Dec. 19th), but have been spending the last week unwinding, shopping, and then unwinding again. And, the rest has been sorely needed. This past semester was probably the toughest I’ve had in all my four years of undergraduate study here at Queen’s. But that was by design – my next (and last) semester ought to be somewhat easier.
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By now, you’ve probably heard of the Dove “Evolution” YouTube marketing video. Having been out for a month, it’s made its way around the Internet, and even got a mention in the Globe and Mail yesterday. In addition to being an impressive spot on what really goes into making a billboard model (and thus continuing their “Real Beauty” campaign), what’s even more engrossing is how Dove decided to distribute the it – the ad was only made available online.
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I finally caved and bought a Nintendo DS Lite a few weeks ago after seeing a few of my friends play with their’s. All I can say is that I’m totally impressed with it. Arstechnica’s review gets it right – the DS Lite is almost perfect, and is much better than the original DS, (which I do not own), it seems.
The DS Lite is not only a lightweight and portable gaming platform, it’s almost a revolution of sorts. The the touchscreen input and microphone allow for games to be much more intuitive and easy to learn, which is good for attracting the non-hardcore gamer crowd. (Most of the population). And, the price is right, being just around $150 CDN before taxes. This has allowed for a whole new breed of games to become popular, in addition to the console classics such as Mario Bros. and Mario Kart.
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With all the hecticness of everyday life, which mainly consists of school work for me, it’s easy to forget that the liberties we have are not shared by everyone. Indeed, injustice and oppression continue to this day in many areas of the world. Living in Canada, we are very fortunate that our basic rights are not infringed upon, thus allowing us to pursue our hopes and dreams. Many people do not have this opporunity. Continued
It’s really quite amazing how digital media, (or specifically, the lowered cost of flash memory and ultra-portable HDDs) has revolutionized the portable music player market. In just under eight years, we’ve gone from the most basic MP3 players to portables small enough to fit in your pocket, yet hold more music than most people have in their entire collection. Furthermore, MP3 players are starting to become the norm in other personal devices, such as cellphones and some PDAs.
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