Sunday, June 10, 2012

Head Coach of the St. Louis Rams an Actor?

Jeff Fisher is the current head coach of the St Louis Rams in the NFL. Before this he was the head coach of the Tennessee Titans. You can say that most of his jobs were in the football industry. But however, if he was not offered an opportunity to coach the Rams, he could have taken on a future in acting. In ThePostGame Staff’s article NFL Head Coach Stars As Music Video Villain (2012), it talks about how this coach was the villain in the music video of Goodbye June - Microscope (p. n. d).
In ThePostGame Staff’s article, it also says an opinion that I agree with. After viewing the video I can say it does not par with the great movie villains but then again, he isn’t a professional, he is a football head coach. I would have expected another coach to be a villain such as maybe Rex Ryan or a Bill Belichick (2012, p. n. d).


Thursday, May 31, 2012

Nintendo 3DS replacing Audio Tours

The Louvre Museum in Paris recently replaced the old audio tours with Nintendo 3D’s. Because this game console is 3D, you can browse through the museum just like you would in real life in the console. Because the DS has 2 screens, the top one is the map of the entire museum and it’s like a GPS because it shows you where you are going and where the nearest best attraction is. The other screen has audio tour options. Deborah Netburn in her article How the Louvre and Nintendo are reinventing the museum audio tour says that the device comes preloaded with 700 commentaries about works of art at the museum (2012, p. n. d.).
Dan Nosowitz in his article The Louvre Replaces Old Boring Audio Tours With Nintendo 3DSes says that the device costs $6.50 to rent for a couple hours and if you get bored you can play a game on it if you have the game. Games are not included with the rent. And maybe, we can replace the 3DS with Google Glasses (2012, p. n. d.)!




Wednesday, May 30, 2012

American Idol Winner


On the night of May 23, 2012 Philip Phillips was announced the winner of Season 11 American Idol. After a record breaking number of votes, the intensity grew between winner Philip Phillips and runner-up Jessica Sanchez (Laura Prudom, May 23, 2012, p.n.d.). I personally did not follow the show because the program becomes monotonous and boring at one point but the second it is narrowed down to the finale, I join the bandwagon. Being Filipino myself, the hype for Jessica Sanchez was tremendous. Her lost was not a surprise at all however due to the fact that the South where Phillip Phillips came from has a very loyal fan base. Who did you want to win and why?



Monday, May 28, 2012

Suits

- picture of the cast



Well it that time of the year again . When old and new summer tv shows are placed for our entertainment . If you like the Law and Order series then you  might like Suits. In A Legal Mind, one of Manhattan's top corporate lawyers sets out to recruit a new hotshot associate and hires the only guy that impresses him - a brilliant but unmotivated college dropout (USA Network,tvrage.com,2011). Though he isn't actually a lawyer, this legal prodigy has the book smarts of a Harvard law grad and the street smarts of a hustler (USA Network,tvrage.com,2011) . It gives you the idea of what’s life is like if you work in a law firm . Some cases go to court . Some do not . And like most shows it’s a drama . So be prepared .

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Project Glass

We all know Google as a search engine but a lot of people don’t know that it is much more than that. You can have an email through Google, upload pictures to the internet through Google, and write documents and do everything you can do on Microsoft Office one Google! Google is an amazing tool you can use but Google is also a device. That’s right, Google also creates devices such as phones and soon, they will be making glasses!
Glasses you say? Yes glasses; but not any type of glasses but head mounted display. This project is still in development and currently it is known as Project Glass (2012, Google, p. n. d.).  These glasses will basically be a smartphone on your head! You will be able to get directions to any place, call people, and do anything you can do on Google with these! Employees known as Google X have been testing these glasses out for more than a month says Nick Bilton in his article Google Begins Testing Its Augmented-Reality Glasses (2012, The New York Times Company, p. n. d.). In his article, he also says that they will not be tested in a facility but however in public! So in case you see someone wearing something that looks like it’s from Star Trek then do not worry; its just Project Glass.
In his article, he also says that a Mr. Parviz says that Project Glass could end up into Project Contact Lense because he has created a tiny contact lense that has embedded electronics and can display pixels to someone’s eye. In Martin LaMonica’s article First app for Google’s Project Glass: Sharing Photos, it is revealed that they have already created an application for the glasses that can take a photo and share it on Google + (2012, CBS Interactive, p. n. d.). I don’t know how excited you are but I am very excited for this new product!


Wednesday, May 23, 2012

You only live once and therefore you must enjoy your time while living. The word ‘Living’ is open up to many interpretations but to truly live is to genuinely enjoy life itself. My few takes of living the life is to live in the moment and take it one day at a time. Do not look to back in the Past except when you’re reminiscing but also do not look too far in the future. I live by the motto to never in life say ‘ I should’ve.’ Here are simple steps to enjoy life ( Dave Crosby, 2012,  p.n.d.) :
1. Think Positive and stay tranquil ( at peace ).
2. Stay healthy and strong.
3. Devote time with Interesting people
4. Reduce Stress
5. Smile Often!
6. Learn New things.
7. and live by the quote “ Do not holdback of what can be enjoyed today for tomorrow”




Sunday, May 20, 2012

Headphones By Artists

Dr. Dre came out with his brand of Beats headphones and everyone had to have them. They had to have them because #1 they were by Dr. Dre and #2 because Dr. Dre wanted the common people to hear music the way it would sound in the studio. Many athletes and other artists are associated with the Beats brand and some names include LeBron James, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber. But, competition started to rise after a couple of years which was expected. Of course there are the Bose headphones but my opinion is that the Beats are much more marketable because they by Dr. Dre but, other artists started to come out with their own line of headphones.
Ludacris came out with his brand of headphones called Soul by Ludacris. CNET Editors have reviewed the Soul’s on 9/27/11 and they said that are comfortably padded but they are also overpowered by the bass which decreases clarity. Overall they said that it was better than the competition because of the padding and the noise cancellation factor (2012 CBS Interactive p. n. d). Later on that year, another artist 50 cent came out with his brand of headphones with SMS Audio. Jason McCoy reviewed the Street By 50 headphones on 2/17/12 and he said that he was very impressed with the headphones and he said you get what you pay for (2012 Nerd or Geek p. n. d). Rene Zelada who reviewed them on 3/8/12 and she said they sound good at home, not so good on the airport and not good at all on an airplane.
She said this because of the fact that these headphones do not have a noise cancelling system. She said if you go out it doesn’t sound bad but if you go to a crowded area, then sound starts to leak in and you have to higher the volume. Another problem she said was that they do not fold up which can be a problem because they are not very portable however, they do come with a nice carrying bag (2012 NYP Holdings p. n. d).