Friday 22 April 2011

Blog Update Progress ...

Blog Update!!!
The Mobile Version of this website should be running :) !!!!!
(I did this by using Blogger Draft and have only tested using iTouch/iPhone, please comment if it works on your mobile device.)


Other Stuff
As you may know this blog is undergoing a large update changing this blog from a demo blog to a full running bigger and better blog.

So far there has been a few drafted articles, an organised schedule for posts throughout the week, a few blog name ideas and a long list of apps that I will review. However the main updates I have been working on have been the layout. I found a few featured post sliders and cool social networking + general blog gadgets for the blog. As well as this I looked into some good blog designs and I am planning to create my own soon.

Earth Day & Air Pollution in London

Today (22nd April) is Earth day. It was created to raise awareness for the surroundings and natural environment. Many millions of people across the world have pledged to be a little more Eco-friendly and see today as a day to improve the environment by reducing waste and toxic chemicals.

However, quite ironically yesterday it was announced that air pollution in London was at it's highest since 2003. It has exceeded the legal EU limit Of poor air quality levels for less than 35 days in the year and there are health threatening air particles that are be bad for people with asthma. The suspects for this poor air quality could be traffic or winds from Europe. Long term exposure to polluted air has caused over 4000 early deaths in London. A green party member said there is need for for 'urgent targeted measures". Despite this the new London buses, commissioned by Boris Johnson, are 40% less polluting.

To read more on air pollution issues in London visit : London Air Pollution - Guardian Article and London Air Pollution - BBC News

For more on Earth day visit : Celebrating Earth Day

(Those websites and BBC news were my main source of information so credit to them :D)

 

Wednesday 20 April 2011

Monday 18 April 2011

First week of blogging finished :D

Google = (Fascinating + Amazing) X 1000


After 1 week of creating this blog I decided I should do a quick review of the week so far.

Since opening I have had 476 blog  views (even though it is likely that a good percentage of that was me editing before I found the don't-count-my-own-pageviews-button :D )

I have had 2 followers, 1 comment and more than 10 reviews off linkrefferal/linkreviewer!
I am posting as many reviews as I can on the Blog Reviews page if you want to check them out!

The blog has been viewed from not just the UK, but the US, India, Philippines, Brazil, Romania, Portugal, Singapore, Indonesia and Ukraine.

Here is a link to the posts throughout this week - 
iPhone App Reviews
Evernote 9/10 





Cool and creative stuff

 Remember to follow,comment and bookmark this blog as well as visiting it otherwise this blog will close down :(

 On a side note this blog will have major updates such as a new URL, layout and more stuff in the future because this blog is the 'demo blog'.Please subscribe/follow this blog and you will see these updates :)
 
 

Thursday 14 April 2011

Blog Poll


This blog will be having some changes in the next few days and it would be great if you took part in the survey to help shape the website.
Some options are:
 
New title & URL, 
New Layout,
Get rid of Read More button, 
Nothing







Blog Update - Read More Button

I am testing a new read more button at the bottom of some posts. This is just to make it easier to look through and find older posts and makes the whole website look a little bit neater ;P

However, this update may not stay because it could stop people from looking at the full post.

Wednesday 13 April 2011

Hats with Headphones ;P


 Headphones & speakers in hats, t-shirts, bags and shoes.

Future predictions reveal that more and more technology will become popular in clothing. My post looks at some of the tech which you can  find in clothes today and where you can buy these items.




What is that?

The iLogic Sound hat and Airwalk Peak Headphone Hat are both hats with headphones that keep your head warm and look cool.

iLogic Sound Hat - £7.99 Pink , £11.99 White on IWOOT.com  
Airwalk Peak Headphone Hat - £6 on Amazon


 

 


The boombox speaker t-shirt sold at firebox.com has built in speakers and a flashing equalizer. But if you think its impossible to wash and will smell louder than it sounds you have to unplug the battery pack before washing :D

Boombox speaker t-shirt    £29.99                                                               



Coolest bag ever?!!!

Plug in your iPod or mp3 and blast your music through your bag!!!
Fydelity - G-force Speaker bag
A similar bag for £22.99 sold online at http://www.candyfusion.com/boom-boom-speaker-helix-p-2003.html

Speakers in your shoes!!!
I have no idea if these are real or for sale....but i do know they are the first shoes with speakers I have ever seen.
???????!!!!!!!!


Tuesday 12 April 2011

50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight

Google Doodle
Today - 12/4/11 - celebrates 50 years since the first human , Yuri Gagarin went into space (in 1961).

Facts :
  • Yuri Spent 108 minutes in space before landing
  • A mannequin called Ivan Ivanovich and a dog were sent into space to test the design before Yuri in the Korabl-Sputnik 5 spacecraft.
  •  A Vostok model capsule was auctioned at Sotheby and sold for $2.9m on the 50th anniversary.
    The Vostok 1 spacecraft
  • The Capsule Gagarin was in on display in a museum

Today's featured iPhone app - PLANTS VS ZOMBIES


ZOMBIES ARE COMING!!!!!!!
There are two kinds of people when it comes to zombie invasions. Those who have played Plants vs Zombies and can easily take on hundreds of zombies, protecting their house,everyone in it and consequently becoming a hero and those people who have no experience and run.

Monday 11 April 2011

Upcoming Posts



 During the rest of the week hopefully there will be these posts and changes:




  • Hats with Headphones
  • Cool iPhone cases ( as requested)
  • Some drafted posts
  • Blog Updates
  • Review area, more pages
  • Maybe a new URL... DUN DUN DUN ;P
  • ZOMBIES....Plants vs Zombies app review :D
  • A new title/logo/layout  
  • Some more cool-and-creativeness stuff

Sunday 10 April 2011

Today's featured iPhone app - Tetris

  Doo do do doo do do doo, do doo doo do doo do , do do do doo do do, do doo doo doo doo do... - Nintendo Tetris theme music lyrics




Electronic Arts have revamped you original arcade Tetris into this classic app. It is ideal to play with as the touch features improve some aspects of the original gameplay in Marathon mode and take it to the next stage with Magic Mode.

Things not to do with your car #1 - Fountains

There are certain things that don't go well together - kittens and sharks, sandals and snow, toothpaste and orange juice - and cars & fountains is another one.

Following the release of this BMW Series 6 Coupe + Convertible advert I have been searching for the funniest and coolest things to do with cars and fountains and reasons why they don't go well together.


Firstly, I should probably explain the crazy picture at the top left. It actually was a piece of art in Rome where a Seat Ibiza looks like it has been pushed up into the air by a jet a of water that was created by Juan Galdeano in 2008.  Also a great example of where not to leave your car parked. Learn from others mistakes ... or artwork.


Secondly, if you decide to park your car in a fountain , do it in a really awesome fountain such as this one in Las Vegas -

I can almost guarantee you would get a little more than a parking ticket fine and a drenched car.

Thirdly, do not act like a crazy fool and try and drive straight down the middle of this fountain in Peru because ..... actually that would be pretty awesome... oh wait this is things NOT to do with your car.... erm...because..you shouldn't do this with your car.


Drive-thru?

Saturday 9 April 2011

Nike Music Shoe

Is it a shoe? Is it an instrument? Is it a shoe with an instrument in it? Is it magic? Is it real? Is it the future? Is this too many questions? What is it?! 

Using technology such as accelerometers and sensors , these Nike shoes are sound controllers that are sent through computer music software and blasted through these speakers. This extremely creative project was created by a musical group called HIFANA in Tokyo. 
The concept - A shoe that you plug in and makes a noise when bent and twisted.
The idea -  To make music with an 'orchestra' of shoes.

The live recording of the HIFANA music group playing the shoes in the NikeFreeRun + advert.
 
Don't believe it? Watch this ...



Unfortunately, these won't be on sale - although they would be pretty cool to wear. The message at the end of the advert reads - The NikeFreeRun+ is absolutely a running shoe. Shoes sold at retail will NOT make music when bent or twisted.


Friday 8 April 2011

Flippin' Awesome. Dell Inspiron Duo



Work. Play. Love. - Inspiron Duo's Slogan

The Dell Inspiron Duo is the laptop that flips into a tablet. It's unique design looks,and is cool. It has a touch screen and keyboard in one laptop/tablet.
The design is very sturdy so there isn't a possibility of you snapping the touch screen off,sticking an apple sticker on the back and pretending its an iPad 3.




The Coolest Cool Cases ever?! Part 1...

Speck iGuy  
Product Website 
 $40

Possibly the most fun iPad case ever?

  This free-standing iPad and iPad 2 case has holdable arms and stands on it's own two feet. The bright colours and soft texture makes this case look interesting and wonderful. It's handle like arms let you tilt your iPad when playing games such as Labyrinth. 



  The Speck iGuy for iPod nano
The iPad Speck iGuy is the successor to the iPod nano Speck iGuy which prices at around £20 depending on the seller. It is sold on Amazon.co.uk but is currently unavailable.
  
P.S.  I haven't seen or used this case so if you have please send in your comments :D




Thursday 7 April 2011

Arcade Area - Update

BLOG UPDATE

 I have added the Arcade Area at the bottom of the blog today and hoping that readers will enjoy playing them in their spare time! :D

To date, the games include - Space Invaders, Snake, Tetris and The Fish Tank That You Never Had!

The games might change throughout time so you don't get bored of completing Tetris up to level 10 every day.

ENJOY :D

Wednesday 6 April 2011

Today's featured iPhone app - EVERNOTE



Evernote is an easy way to make an on-the-go scrapbook, organise your lifestyle and keep notes.



It can be downloaded to iPod touch's, iPhone's and iPad's , most smart phones with an appstore and also your computer. However, you don't have to stick to one device, you can simply press the sync button and access your notebook from any device with Evernote!

The ability to take photo's with your smart phone and sync it ,over the Internet, to your computer is very easy to do. This lets you keep a calender of photo's and you can annotate them with what you were doing when the photo was taken or what is in the photo.

Evernote is free to download from the app store's and http://www.evernote.com/. Also you can go premium and get the full awesomeness!

If I had to rate it.... I would rate it very highly :P 9/10


P.S. I am currently using it to help me collect and keep ideas for my art and design work at school.

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