Study Shows Gaming Improves Vision; Again

A new study proves gaming can improve vision (so sit close to the tv). A study to years ago found this with "high action" games.(games like Halo 3 or Unreal Tournament) This new study finds that games, especially shooters, help "contrast sensitivity", which helps with things like night driving. This is surprising because scientists say that you can't increase your contrast sensitivity by training it. These new findings suggest that you can actually train your eyes to have more acute contrast sensitivity. All you have to do to increase contrast sensitivity is play action games, such as Halo. Even better is the effects will last for years to come, even if you don't play an action game for years. So, now you have an excuse for playing Halo 3 until three o' clock in the morning.

How Many Words Were in Fable 2

Apparently there are 370,000 words in the Game of the Year RPG. That explains why I felt like I learned when I played it.

What could Conficker C do?

This very prolific and enigmatic virus has been waiting. Conficker C is a worm, it infects many PC's. After studying the code, experts have concluded that something is going to happen on April 1st. It may shut down a computer or cause a flood of spam, we don't know yet. Just be careful out on web, you can see more info from Symantec. Be careful out there.

Cool Gadget(?) 3/25/09: Boxed Water

Boxed Water is, well, water in a cartons, like milk or juice comes. So, this begs the question: Why get water free through a tap when you can buy it for a few bucks? Boxed water's packaging though, does have an 80% less carbon footprint then traditional plastic bottles. Also, 10% of its profits go to reforestation, and another 10% go to water relief. You can see the absurdity at boxedwaterisbetter.com

Weekly Time Waster: Music Catch 2

The first Music Catch was fun, but the sequel brings it to a whole new level. The object of Music Catch is to "catch" music notes with you mouse. You have to avoid red notes, they take away your score multiplier. Yellow notes give you a score multiplier and purple notes make your mouse a note "magnet". Well have fun playing Music Catch 2.

A Little "Note" on Commenting

There is problem with commenting with the theme I am using (almost ruined the site trying to fix it a couple of days ago...oops). So, to comment (unless you are signed in to a Google account) you must click comment in a new window to comment. So lets just put a bandaid on the problem .(aka geekspeak for political satire)

Cool Site of the Week 3/23/09: Picnik

Have you ever needed to edit a photo but you're at a friend's house or at some Marriott. Well, probably not, but Picnik is still cool. Picnik is an online photo editting tool that allows you to adjust the color of a photo, resize it, crop it, a whole ton of stuff. (and more if you fork over $25 a year) Once you upload a photo (no need to sign up for anything) you can play around with it a little. Picnik has a nice, calm, easy to use interface with lare buttons that always seem to be right where you look. It has tons of good effects (even for free users) and is good for touching up an old photo or resizing a family portrait. You can save images you edit in a variety of formats (jpeg, gif, tiff, the list goes on). You can also make collages and scrapbooks using Picnik's easy to use editor. There are even more advanced stuff I haven't covered but if you want to check them out go to Picnik.com.

The Super Nintoaster: It can't make you a snack but it can play games

This is one of the best uses of an Super Nintendo I've seen (besides turning one into a lunchbox). You can actually play games on, one side has the controller port and the other has the cartridge port. But, it can't make you toast so I guess it's only mildly cool.

GE Augmented Reality is WAY Cool

GE, as part of their effort to show they're green, and to expand their Ecomagination have released a cool little site (you need a webcam to use it though). On it, you print out a special "solar paper" (you can use any paper, so don't fret). Then you choose to have a Wind Turbine or Solar Panels. When you make your choice a window will pop up. You then allow your webcam to be used and you see the magic appear. Wait, is that a 3D wind turbine appearing from out of the paper! It also moves as I move the paper! And...well, that's why I think this site is awesome. Now, if you exscuse me I'm gonna go fool around with it for a few more hours. You can see the magic here.

Funny Pics and Vids: 3/18/09

Sorry for it being a tad late.