Bully: Scholarship Edition
This entry was posted on March 16, 2008
Ever since I got my Wii at Christmas, I’ve been determined to have fun with it. One of the reasons the novelty of my PS2 wore off was that it just wasn’t enough fun. Eventually, I got bored. With my Wii, however, I have not once been bored with it.
One of the first things I did on my Wii was make my Mii, and you can see MiiRachael over on the right. It’s almost like looking in the mirror, except I have better proportions in real life.
Over the past few months I’ve bought some new games for my Wii, the newest being Bully: Scholarship Edition. The trailer for the game makes it look quite violent and at first I was a bit unsure about the game, but after having played it for a little while I have completely changed my mind.
The game centres around the character of Jimmy who is the new kid in a boarding school. He has a past reputation of being a bully and thus some of the students at the new school have it in for him. It’s all rather fascinating.
One of the things that shocked me with this game was just how easy it was to be violent. It’s quite a ‘free’ game in that you’re free to roam around the school grounds and interact with other students. The nunchuck and the wiimote are both used in this game, and as such, you can literally walk up to anyone and punch them in the face. I’m not a violent person, and I don’t like violent games, so that was a bit shocking for me to experience. However, if you punch people it’ll get you in trouble. Punch enough people and the school prefects will come and lynch you.
I’m now on a mission to make Jimmy be a reformed bully. From now on he’s going to be nice and not get in trouble. He’ll defend himself, yes, but he won’t go looking for fights. Well, unless I’m bored and need to release some stress, but that’s just horrible. Violence is wrong. Don’t hit people.
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More LG Viewty tips and tricks
This entry was posted on March 14, 2008
I get a fair amount of traffic from people in search of information on the LG Viewty. Let’s tackle some of the most popular searches and try and help some people out.
Viewty mac software
As far as I know, the Viewty software is only compatible with windows. It also comes on a tiny disc which might get eaten up by your Mac. However, you can tell the Viewty to behave like a USB memory stick, which should work with the majority of OSs out there, including Mac.
Viewty software
LG will tell you that their software is great. As a viewty user, I will tell you that their software is awful. It doesn’t offer much more functionality than by using the viewty as a plain ol’ memory stick, and I don’t mind sacrificing that functionality for the sake of usability. The software crashed every single time I tried to use it.
Deleting text message with the viewty
One of the features the viewty doesn’t have is an obvious way to delete all text messages. However, all hope is not lost. By clicking what I call the “right click” button (or what you might call “the button in the bottom left with the three horizontal lines on it”), it’ll bring up a list of options. Scroll down to “Mark/Unmark” and it’ll turn your inbox into a list with radio buttons. Check the radio button right at the top of the screen (next to “Inbox”) and then hit the “delete” button down at the bottom. That’s how you can delete all your text messages!
Viewty delete key
The delete key on the viewty is actually a button (surprisingly). At the bottom of the handset you have a green phone icon, a red phone icon, and a central button which looks like a “C”. That central button is the delete button. What looks like the touch-screen delete button is actually a “return to previous” button. This feature seems to be a problem for a lot of people - I know I first got confused the first time I used my viewty and tried to delete text on it.
Viewty O2 button
This button on the homescreen of the viewty is the easiest way to access your web browser. The long way is “menu” -> “extras” -> “O2 active” -> home. I’ll cover some of the features of the web browser at a later date.
If you have an LG Viewty, I hope this helped. If you don’t have an LG Viewty, I highly recommend you go and get one. They’re much more user-friendly than an iPhone, and I’m not just saying that because I hate Apple. I’m actually a massive Apple fan. Let that demonstrate how fiddly the iPhone is.
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Top 10 web apps of 2008
This entry was posted on March 12, 2008
The lovely people over at Carsonified have just published a survey about people’s favourite web applications of the year. The results were interesting to say the least.
#1 Gmail
Gmail is something that I’ve always disliked for various reasons. Maybe it’s just me not appreciating it enough. Whilst I do have a gmail account, I rarely, if ever, check my mail online. It’s all served up nicely in Thunderbird for me. I get a total of 2 emails per day via gmail. One is a copy of my google analytics stats, the other is a news update for ’simple plan’.
#2 Flickr
Again, flickr is another web app I’m probably not using correctly. I much prefer hosting all my pictures myself, and maybe I don’t take enough pictures regularly enough to update my flickr account (yes I do have one). Then again, maybe I have too many pictures and should really upgrade to a pro account.
#3 Twitter
I seem to go through phases with Twitter. Sometimes I love it, other times I can’t stand it. I think it all depends on how I’m feeling at the time. Right now I’m liking “twitter what you eat” which, despite being a completely ridiculous idea, is actually kind of fun. I need to find more people to keep up with though, so feel free to add me if you know me.
#4 Facebook
Where to begin with facebook? For the most part I love it, but there are also times when I hate facebook, especially when it comes to the applications you can have on your profile. Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with people, especially because we often forget to do this away from the computer.
#5 Ravelry
Ravelry is one web app I’ve never actually heard of. I’m not a member so I can’t really comment on it. According to their about page, though, Ravelry is “a place for knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, and dyers to keep track of their yarn, tools and pattern information, and look to others for ideas and inspiration.”
#6 Wordpress
Ah, trusty Wordpress. I don’t really think of this as a web app anymore. It’s so much more than that. You have so much control over it, and I love that. If you really want to, you can download and install it on your ipod. Wordpress shouldn’t be on this list - it’s in a league of its own.
#7 Mint
Mint seems to be causing a bit of a craze in the world of statistics. Personally I prefer clicky, and I’m gutted that clicky isn’t on this list. Mint is very useful, yes, but I don’t like the interface at all.
#8 last.fm
If you’re a big music fan, then you need last.fm. It’ll take notes on everything you listen to on iTunes and display it in your last.fm profile. There’s also an application that lets you listen to your own radio station with last.fm. Type in the name of an artist you like, and last.fm will introduce you to similar artists. It’s a brilliant way to discover new music. My username is “calmbanana” if anyone wants to be my musical friend…
#9 Basecamp
I currently have no need / use for basecamp, which is a “smarter, easier, more elegant way to collaborate on your internal and client projects.” However, if I ever do get into that area of work, basecamp will be top of the list of apps to use.
#10 Livejournal
I’ve never really used livejournal as a blogging tool, though all my posts here are cross-posted to my livejournal account. I mainly use it for posting / commenting in some of the hundreds of thousands of livejournal communities.
Whilst I don’t use / like / recommend all of the apps on this list, I can see why they are in the top 10. Do you think any are missing?
