Cartman Sings Poker face

Wednesdays episode of south park featured Cartman singing Poker Face by Lady Gaga in Rockband. I couldn't stop laughing and i think It was one of the best clips from the season. Check it OUT!

Virtual Box for Mac OSX

Sun Microsystems just released Virtual Box 3.0.10 for Mac OSX. This is an awesome program that I suggest to people who need to run windows programs on a Mac. the program allows you to install an OS into the program and can be uninstalled at any moment. It runs a windowed OS inside your OS. This allows people running Linux or Mac Operating systems to use windows programs without having to set up new partitions. Awesome program, but it doesn't support 3d acceleration so you cant play PC games on your Mac yet, Sorry! Well check it out here.

A spooky Halloween from Valve

They updated Team Fortress for Halloween. I love that they did this for a special occasion. They adapted the community made map harvest but added a few new entities. Now they have pumpkins everywhere (some with explosive charges attached that kill people when exploded, which is an awesome achievement to include) and also a ghost that makes you scared and sends you into third person. They replaced all the taunts with the move from thriller. They also replaced health packs with candy and pies. sometimes when people die they drop a bucket o candy that gives you critical hits for a short period of time. I love that Valve updates TF2 as much as they do. This is my personal favorite in the FPS genre and I suggest if you are a PC gamer to pick up this title immediately ( its only 20 bucks!).

Slope causes death

Just read this post on Japan Probe.

Apparently many japanese train platforms have slight slope of about 1%. This is to prevent pools of rainwater from collecting on the platform. One station, Tamagawa, has a slope of 2.5%. This slope caused the death of a wheelchair bound lady. She fell on to the tracks and died. Maybe they should flatten the platforms and install drains. The picture shows how she left the elevator and rolled down the slope. She was with her daughter leaving the elevator when er daughter left her for a second. The thing that shocks me is that the nobody was able to stop her from falling in. Most stations are incredibly packed.

Adorable kitty video

Just saw an adorable video on youtube. 3 cats 1 steak (not a shock video) is pretty cute. These cats are all munching on a piece of steak at the same time. The steak is taunt from the pull from the cats. This video is just adorable.

Fall of The Golden Arches

Everybody has been hit by the recession. Iceland's Economy has been hit pretty hard. Mcdonalds in Iceland no longer exists. The Franchise owner decided to part ways with serving up Big Macs because it would cost to much to import the ingredients from the Europe. Im going to Iceland This winter so im excited to not see any golden arches. There on every corner here in Los Angeles.

Internet around the World

Found this Link that shows the cost and speed of internet through out the world. Of course, heavily wired Japan cost the least at 27 cents a month for an average of 61mbps. Second is korea, which is also a heavily wired country, they get an average of 46mbps at 45 cents. U.S. comes at 15! We get an average 4.8mbps at 3 dollars and 33 cents. Greece has the worst speeds in their study. They didnt do much of Africa though and I was interested in seeing what they got. Interesting study.

Google Doodle

Just found Googles archive of doodles. Love the design of a lot of them. There are many there that we have never seen because they only released them in other countries. Theres a ton of them! Check it out! This is probably my favorite.

Eric Carle Design

NIntendo teams up with Nvidia

Not that it would interest most of you, but nvidia (computer hardware company) is in line to work with nintendo on there next handheld system. The processor they intend to use is the Tegra processor. It has a Ge-force graphics core. Basically this means that by winter 2010 nintendo should be releasing a handheld console capable of full 1080p HD. This can help deter the rising competition from the itouch and fend off any competition from the psp. I personally think this will be a fantastic gadget.

Think about this though. Many people are in the market for mobile media players as well. If Nintendo offers users large amounts of storage for video files, people could watch high quality HD videos on the go. If this device had internet access everywhere people could stream high quality video on there gaming device. This product could give Nintendo the ability to fend off competittors and hold dominance as the top handheld console. I think they deserve this spot due to all the great handhelds they have made over the years (gameboy, gameboy color, gameboy advance, nintendo ds). It would also be cool to see what kind of handheld gaming graphics nintendo could muster up with this hardware. Hopefully a new Super Mario title.

Gamefly and USPS stuck in legal battle

Gamefly, the online video game rental service, is in a legal battle with United States Postal Service. Gamefly is claiming that there 1% of broken discs that come through the mail is due to the mishandling by the U.S. Postal Service. They claim that they handle Netflix and Blockbuster rentals by hand and with more care. USPS claims that Gamefly uses poor packaging. The legal battle ensues. Maybe this is a sign to leave the disc behind and use some sort of flash storage. One that you plug into your computer and it formats and puts a new game on to the device when connected through a secure server. This device would work through usb and could hold as much memory as you wanted to.

Beneath A Steel Sky for IPhone

Beneath a Steel Sky is a game the runs on the Scumm engine that was developed by Revolution software in 1994. The game is a great point and click adventure that is similar to Lucas Arts' game Monkey Island. The game has a great story and is definitely one of my favorite scumm engine games (besides Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis). The game is being released in the app store for the iphone. Hopefully they will release more scumm engine games for the iphone. Other wise people will have to jailbreak their iphones to play a scumm game on it.

L.A.'s new conductor

This weekend i watched a performance by the new conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Gustavo Dudamel is only 28 years old. This weekend he played at the Hollywood bowl. I didnt see his performance there but I saw him on television. The kid is a prodigy of our time. He lead a youth orchestra in a masterful performance. I hope I can see him live one day