Some things for you

So so tonight I signed up for this free one year trial of Onlive, this pretty cool gaming concept. If you are unfamiliar, check out their site: here. I'm actually pretty excited, even if I'm only trying demos and whatnot right away (the free stuff) it should be pretty fun. And with their micro-console coming soon, "onlive" may actually become a legit gaming system. With all of the new games coming out, and technology rising, all you have to do is let them update their servers, and you have an upgraded console! And they have shown that there is support for the same service via mobile, (ipod touch?!) you can take the same games everywhere. I really like the concept, I just don't think I have the money to pay for the $5 a month plus games. Someday though.
So before I talk about an article in Popular Science, I should talk about its iPad app. I have been kind of dying to try it out, but I don't know where to get myself an iPad with it. I like the concept of the really big screen to do things like read a magazine or watch a movie. Toying with them at Best Buy I really begin to appreciate the big screen. It is a lot more fun to do multi-touch things with that huge screen. On to this article. The overall theme of the issue this month was green ideas that could make our country (or others) energy-independent. I found some repeating ideas, some interesting, all of them innovative and great, but one of them really stood out. The idea was to make a replacement to standard asphalt roads. The replacement: Solar panels. Now of course you think you can't drive on glass. But it explains that the surfaces are being tested to find one that could support even the biggest trucks. It also adds features like LED lights that function as the paint and can be changed, self cleaning and self melting, and maybe others. I loved the concept and the staggering fact that if every road was made out of this, that the US would produce more energy then it uses. Check out a better description here.
In other news, I have a very nice new setup in my room, with the bluetooth keyboard and my mouse beautifully setup so I can comfortably use my computer.

For anybody who reads this- if you have a tech-related question that you want me to check out, or even anything you know or feel like sharing, leave a comment or email me. I'm always looking for interesting things.

Quickie for anybody who cares

So today my really cool bluetooth keyboard came. I just ordered it on Monday, so it was really surprising to see it there today. It is made of silicone, and is really flexible. So i can easily store it places and i really don't have to worry about breaking it. I am also typing with it right now, on my ipod. That is the reason i got it, to use thte thing with my ipod. I can type in a flash. It should be really usefull next year for school, to take notes and whatnot on because it is so much easier then writing, and twice as fun. So that concludes this blog, I really now have no excuse not to blog more seeing that i have this flashy new keyboard. I might post pics later from my computer, the iPod doesn't take pictures (yet...)


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPod Touch

Google, facebook, and help?

Today I was directed to by my brother to download chromium. This really early version of google's operating system is sweet. Once I figured out how to run it (off a flash drive, pretty cool, didn't know you could) the login screen was up in about 10 seconds. Fast. Then the browser-like window appeared, I figured out how to connect, and I was surfing. Yes, it ran incredibly slow. There is everything to be considered though- like the fact that it is running off of a flash drive. The concept is awesome. Booting and being able to hop on to the cloud in seconds is amazing. I thought about it, and outside of my iPod/media, everything I do is online. Google's apps make every day to day thing I do really easy. So the idea of putting a running system essentially in the cloud is really cool and smart. I'm really excited for the real thing. If you are unfamiliar with all of this chrome/google stuff- at least watch this.


Just a quickie on facebook and recent thoughts-
I'm on it all the time now. I made it my homepage, it is my most frequently used iPod apps. And I don't quite know what to think, is it bad to do this, if I at least still TALK to people outside of my screen? Is it bad to be connected all the time? Let me know what you think.

Help:
With the chrome on a stick, I learned you can run OSes from usb. Or I at least figured out how to. (I think I tried and failed before) So I am going to try to run XP off of my WD passport. I need to find the actually running system, and figure out how to get it to the hard drive, and make it runnable. I want to so I can re-plug in my old internal hard drive to find a few things then wipe it, and make it usable again. I know most people who read this will have no idea, but you know, thought I'd ask?

-I'm also getting really excited about tablets, especially Google and Verizon's supposed one. Think - all of the coolness of Google's amazing new OS in the making, put in to a tablet, running on Verizon. It couldn't get much better.

Let me know what you think- you can check the contact info on the right.

P.S.
I'm really enjoying this end of the day with a decent storm. Could have been a little louder/brighter.

New post, possible revive to this page

So I thought today that maybe people actually might be interested in all of the things (majority tech) that I think about. So I thought maybe I would start this up again. It should be very connected to my twitter, (), so follow me if you don't. Anyway, I'm thinking I am going to start posting tech things that I think about so it can sink with other people, and maybe get feedback. For now, is there anything people (who read this) want to read about? Let me know, email, tweet, FB, comment. We are living through a revolution here people, lets enjoy it.

My birthday present from my mommy

My night: Went to bestbuy looking for bluetooth headphones. They had NONE. so spent some time looking around looking at nerdy stuff, and it was cool. Learned that it stormed in hastings, got mad. Came to target to look at the headphones i remembered here, and got em. Walked out, looked at the clouds, said okay, here's your chance for redemption, go, and there. Lightning. Now rocking these headphones and realizing how good they sound.

The Cove

Sorry, this isn't tech related.
I saw this movie tonight and it really got me thinking. Not only do I seem to have a deep appreciation for these animals because of their intelligence, but eating these animals with mercury inside them could potentially cause huge problems. The movie addressed many issues, the main one being the murder of these innocent brilliant animals.
Watch the movie sometime if you haven't. It really touched me.