irishblogs – Page 40 – Something Odd!

I draw something

Ah, so I draw something along with another 34,999,999 people apparently. On the day that the game’s developer, OMGPOP was sold to Zynga.

It seems to be everywhere today. Ryan twittered about it and I downloaded it to see what it was all about, then a few games later I saw a few more people mention it, this time on Facebook. Feels like the rush when Google Plus launched. Hope it doesn’t fizzle out like, errr, Google Plus…

I wonder why it is that I manage to get 10 words in a row right with one opponent while I struggle to get 2-3 with everyone else? Luck of the draw I suppose.

Humbly going Android

The last Humble Bundle added support for Android games and the latest bundle does the same with even more games!

I already had a number of the games on pc and to be honest this bundle isn’t the strongest line up of games ever but I bought it for Swords and Soldiers as it’s a fun game. The others were a nice bonus for me.

Also released recently is their own app for managing downloads. It works well enough but downloads using your phone’s browser and uses the system installer in the same way that the Amazon Appstore does. Unfortunately apk files are left in your download directory after install so clear that out if you need the space.

While on that topic, go into Settings->Applications->Manage Applications and move some of those games to the SD card. Swords and Soldiers and Cogs were both around 150MB each!

Happy gaming!

The Awesome Captain Mack

It’s a pity they disabled embedding but it’s worth watching Captain Mack at least once. Parents, sssshhh!

It takes skill my monkey! Almost as much as holding back a 40ft tidal wave while dodging a couple of hungry killer whales. Now that’s a real skill!

Free Xbox Live Gold from Vodafone

If you have Ideal or Ultimate broadband with Vodafone Ireland and an Xbox 360 you can get a year of Xbox Live Gold membership for free.

Login to the Vodafone website, go to Living at Home and then add ons. You’ll find the form there offering free XBL Gold for a year! Handy as my Gold subscription ran out recently. (via boards.ie)

Departure from outward office of exchange

I’m playing the waiting game on an order from Chinese website focalprice.com. I suspect the package is coming via sail boat as it’s already been 3 weeks since my order was made and the China Mail website still has the same message:

Departure from outward office of exchange

When it works that is, most of the time it just says this:

?????????????? ??

Loosely translated as “Due to the use of too many users, again returned by the query”. Thanks Google.

I bought myself a JXD A1000 when it was on sale a few weeks back. It’s a handheld gaming machine that plays old games from the 90’s. Apparently it’ll play most GBA games which is great because the collection of carts for my original GBA is lying idle in the attic and I won’t feel too bad looking for replacement roms online ..

Killer Bean on Android

Remember Killer Bean? He now features in an 85 minute long film but I remember watching his hilarious and entertaining online shorts years ago so I was excited to see a Killer Bean game on Android. It’s free too!

I suspect it’s got in-app purchases and I’ve only played a few minutes of it. So far it’s a slick looking 2D platform shooter and controls aren’t too bad. (via)

Windows screenshots on a Macbook Pro laptop

Creating a screenshot in Windows is normally simple. Press Print Screen, fire up paint and paste it in. However what do you do when you have a laptop keyboard without a PRT SCN button?

It’s rather simple actually, thanks macrumors people.

To create a screenshot on a Macbook Pro laptop press either fn+shift+F11 or fn+ALT+F11. The latter one grabs a single window. Fire up paint and CTRL-v those pixels in!

The end of Australia

Worth reading: Climate Change and the End of Australia and then read this “rebuttal” on The American Spectator.

Further reading and videos at Daily Kos. (via Glinner)

Install Ubuntu on your Android Phone

With this app you can install Ubuntu on your Android phone. It has to be rooted obviously and it’s definitely not this.

It looks like this installs Ubuntu in the same way as in the video above. It’s an app that runs in the background and you use a VNC client to connect to it. You could of course use VNC on a local desktop machine to connect to it too making it more useful but I think this is more a curiosity for those who like to tinker with their phones …

Pity he couldn’t get WordPress running on that Ubuntu install. That would have been fun to see!