Sunday, February 11, 2007
Monday, February 5, 2007
The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Code Lyoko Secret
Are any of you hans of Code Lyoko???
There is a secret message in the Code Lyoko Opening Theme Song-A World Without Danger when played backwards. See if you can find it. I think i heard "Have you got more bacon?"
See what you can find.
Saturday, January 6, 2007
Apple Store 5th Avenue Offensive to Muslims.
A Middle East research organization reports that Apple's flagship retail store on 5th Avenue in midtown Manhattan (between 58th and 59th) is offensive to Muslims. The report cites an Islamic Web site urging Muslims to spread the word in hope that "Muslims will be able to stop the project."
The report by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a 501 (c)3 organization based in Washington, D.C., states that some Islamic Web sites take exception to Apple's cube-shaped building design (pictured above) and that it "constitutes a blatant insult to Islam."
The reason? Because the building resembles the Ka'ba in Mecca (pictured below), is called "Apple Mecca," (by whom?), is open 24 hours a day like the Ka'ba, and "contains bars selling alcoholic beverages."
Ka'ba means cube. It is the first place Allah was worshiped. From the outside it does not look very exciting. It is made of concrete blocks. Inside it is decorated with texts from the Qu'ran.
I was just at the Fifth Avenue Apple store in NYC and don't remember them serving alcohol. The report appears to have misunderstood the intent of the "Genius Bar" and the "iPod bar." The group which "explores the Middle East through the region's media" only appears to have two valid facts in their complaint - that the Apple store is in the shape of a cube and that it's open 24 hours a day.
UPDATE: MEMRI is not suggesting that the Apple store is offensive, they merely cite "an Islamic Web site." Their function is to translate existing news reports from Arabic, not endorse or agree with those reports.Apple Store 5th Avenue Offensive to Muslims.
Report: Islamic site finds Apple store offensive by ZDNet's Jason D. O'Grady -- A Middle East research organization reports that Apple's flagship retail store on 5th Avenue in midtown Manhattan (between 58th and 59th) is offensive to Muslims. The report cites an Islamic Web site urging Muslims to spread the word in hope that "Muslims will be able to stop the project."
The Genius Bar and iPod don't sell Beer.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Macbook Opening
Fun is not sold separately
Unpack your new PC and you’ll be amazed at what it offers. A bundle of mismatched software and that nagging feeling that your desktop has just been sold to the highest bidder. Of course, it does have that cool calculator. Oh, and a clock. That’ll come in handy when you’re ticking off the hours it takes you to uninstall all the software you don’t want and buy all the software you do.
Bring home a new Mac and you bring home an OS with more than 200 built-in features — including Dashboard widgets, Mail, and iChat AV, among other cool things — and the award-winning suite of iLife applications.
All that makes the Mac the center of your digital life from get-go. Just ask Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal. “Out of the box,” says Mossberg, “the Mac has better photo, music, video, and DVD-creation software than any Windows computer I’ve seen.” That’s because Apple’s iLife applications are built upon the same technology as pro applications like Logic Pro and Final Cut Studio. And unlike some media management software that only offers cookie-cutter clip art, iLife features gorgeous, professionally designed themes and templates that truly complement your baby album, vacation movie, family podcast, pop culture blog — anything you create on your Mac.
And creating stuff on your Mac is a mere matter of plug and play. Connect your digital camera, and iPhoto automatically launches and begins importing your photos. Open iChat and instantly start your own videochat with your iMac or MacBook Pro’s built-in iSight camera. Watch crystal-clear, HD video — no installation required — with QuickTime. Compose your own songs using nothing more than your computer keyboard and GarageBand loops. It’s all there, right from the moment you turn on your Mac. (Before that, even.)
So forget the fine print. With a Mac, fun is not sold separately.