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8Aug/090

Guitar Fav’s From Youtube



Every loves Youtube including myself. I also love playing the guitar so I thought I would post a few videos of some cool cover songs on an acoustic guitar along with a few guys are pretty sweet when it comes to their own innovative guitar sound. So enjoy listening to the melodic guitar favorites and originals.
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Bon Joiv- Livin' on a Prayer

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Acoustic Super Mario Medley

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Guitar Impossible: Funny and creative

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Andy McKee: Drifting

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Don Ross, Andy McKee and Michael Manring

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1Aug/090

New Wii Sports is Wii-Tacular




Today I had a chance to play the new and improved Wii starter game: Wii Sports Resort! When Wii first hit the scene a few years back, Wii Sports seemed to be one of it's most popular games. Thankfully Nintendo decided to take their original hit and kick it up a few notches. The new Wii Sports Resort game consists of 12 different games that include basketball, archery, skydiving, fencing, frisbee golf, along with a few other originals like Wii golf and bowling.

Wii Frisbee Toss with dog:
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Wii 3 point shoot out
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Wii Skydiving
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The new Wii Sports Resort game also uses the new Wii Motion Plus adaptor which helps the Wii's remotes wii-motion-plussensitivity. The only catch to the new Wii Motion Plus adapter is that all four players who are playing in the Wii Sports Resort game must have one! This is frustrating unless you don't mind spending an $60 to buy 3 extra Wii Motion Plus adapters. The reason I only say 3 is because one automatically comes with the game when you buy it.

Overall the new game is great! I am a big fan and plan on buying the game very soon. I think it will be a crowd favorite at any party or gathering that one may have and its easy and fun to play. So if you own a Wii, definitely a great buy!

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27Jul/090

Steve Jobs Does It Again With The iTablet?




So here it is, the phantom, rumored iTablet! This is something that has been floating around now for a little bit but is starting to look more and more like a for sure thing. Some sites say its possible that the iTablet could hit stores even as soon as September. Some of the features that they say the iTablet could have are these:
-10 inch screen
- Internet connectivity
- The ability to run iPhone apps
- Book-reading abilities
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It seems that it is possible that the iTablet would have the same basic functions as the iTouch. The ability to do a lot of neat things but not as fully capable as the iPhone. BUT... none of this information is confirmed. You never know what Apple will come out with next but you know it will be good. So until Steve Jobs drops the bomb on us, we will patiently anticipate Apple's new invention that will knock our socks off! For fun are some mock-ups of the product. Check it out!
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25Jul/090

Twitcam: Stream Live Video On Twitter

Once again Twitter has found another great way to help people connect to others through open dialogue with their new, free tool called Twitcam. Twitcam is a website that allows you to stream live video straight from your computer. All you have to do is enter your Twitter account information and you are good to go! Next you send out through your twitter that you are broadcasting and those who are interested in what you have to say can connect directly to your page that you are broadcasting from and allow you can now openly dialogue with your through their twitter. This is a great way to allow users to connect with you on different topics that you are passionate about and will provide opportunity for you, the streamer, to expand your thoughts that a normal tweet would not allow.
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I personally think this tool would be great for teachers, pastors, small group leaders, basically anyone who is interested in a Q & A time with anyone who is interested in digging deeper on a certain topic! Now days it's so hard to make it to small group because life can get busy. This is a great way to allow people to still connect even though they aren't physically there. Just pop open your Macbook, point it at the group and as discussion hits, they will be able to dialogue with the group! This tool is extremely similar to USTREAM but is a little bit more user friendly because if you already have a twitter account then there is no more set up involved! Just log in and go. So try it out and see if Twitcam is for you!

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22Jul/090

Lebron James Gets Dunked On!



A few weeks ago in the sports realm, there was talk of Lebron James getting dunked on by a 20 year old at his basketball camp. Allegedly Lebron told Nike to take away all the video of the incident due to the embarrassment that it would cause. Because Lebron acted the way he did, everyone's assumption of him getting dunked on must of been pretty brutal because why else would he ask to have all the tapes taken away. Well, below you will see the video of the dunk of 20 year old Jordan Crawford dunking on Lebron James. Unfortunately it was NOT worth all the hype. IAll though Lebron did get posterized, it was all blown out of proportion in my eyes. So way to go Lebron... making this issue huge when in reality it was lame! Take a look for yourselves.

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20Jul/090

Blackberry Desktop Manager Soon Coming to Mac Computers



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For all you Mac users out there that use a Blackberry, there is some good news on the way. In September, RIM plans on releasing a Blackberry Desktop Manager for Mac computers. Currently the only way to use your Blackberry Desktop Manger is through windows on a PC. Kind of annoying if you are like my family and friends and are only operating on Macs. So now, through your Mac, you can sync your Blackberry with your iTunes, update your O.S., add or remove apps. Just a few things that makes the Desktop Manager nice to have around. So in September, be on the look out from RIM for Blackberry's Desktop Manager on Macs!

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