Worlds Hardest Game

My student Cody, says this is the hardest game ever. Especially when you get to the level with crushing alternating rows.

My question is, "What does it say about someone who would play it enough to get good at it?"

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

So the new video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, came out Tuesday night at midnight. I had a couple of student, Michael and Charlie, who spent the night playing it and then tried to come to school with no sleep. Needless to say, they were useless on Wednesday.

The game is set to have record breaking sales. So there must be a lot of people buying it and loving it. I've been told the graphics are very life like.

There's also some controversy about how violent and bloody it is. And the story line is too close to what our soilders are actually experiencing in real life (terrorism, Afghanistan, etc). The Blizzard Company is using some revenue to help our fighting men and women

Certainly it's a funny thing to talk about today, on Veterans day.

How does video gaming violence effect us in the long run?

Posting Google Docs to my Blog

I am learning about Google docs.  It is like Word, only your files are stored in the "cloud" (somewhere, up there) and you can access them from any computer, anywhere.  No more need to email yourself documents from home/school.  No more need to carry around a USB drive.

 

If you see this, then I was successful in sharing it via the "post to blog" option.
 

Bing Maps is my new favorite mapping software

Bing Maps has the usual satelight view, but it also has a birds-eye view that is much clearer and is updated everytime you refresh (I think?). You should check it out. Go ahead, type in your address, that's what I did.

Next time you're outside, be careful what you look like!!! Do you think this is a little too invasive? Or is the information worth the lose of some privacy?

Google outdoes Microsoft again

Between Google Voice and Google Wave, Google is the new monopoly to look after. They seem to have a vision way beyond Microsoft these days.

Google Voice is taking on the phone companies. Offering free phone calls. The only problem is they have to block out some numbers because they are carried on rural lines that are allowed to charge more. And advertisements can only pay for so much.

Google Wave is combinging email, instant messaging, social networking and wiki's into one massive communication tool. It's too early to tell where this technology will go, but I'm guessing it will be far!!

What other cool things does Google do that you use?