Nov 15, 2011
Posted by guestauthor in Online services | 0 comments
Since Christmas music is already being piped through the air-streams and into our just-off-halloween-sugar-buzzed-ears, it seems like a good time to start preparing for the excitement of holiday shopping.
We all like a good deal. Many of us head out into the dark waaay before morning on Black Friday to stand in line in hopes of purchasing our favorite items at the cheapest price. Well, our experts have spoken and shared with us a few pointers on how to beat the holiday rush – or at best, increase our chances of getting that deal.
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Jan 18, 2011
Posted by angie in Mac App Reviews, Mac App Store | 1 comment
Green pigs, always laughing at me. Always taunting me. They hide in their crudely-fashioned yet surprisingly sturdy structures thinking they have outsmarted me. Laughing.
But, with a variety of fowl weaponry at my disposal, I will eradicate these evil pigs and defend the bird’s nests.
I know this isn’t new, but I think the first step is admitting I have a problem. Hi, I’m Angie. I can’t stop playing Angry Birds. Two apps on my phone and one on my computer – it’s a real problem. But do I want help?
Only from the occasional walk through video when I’m hopelessly stuck.
This is just a quick note to say, if you like the iphone app, it’s definitely worth checking out the desktop version for Mac. It’s especially fun on my big external monitor. Giant birds, giant pigs. Giant fun! I think the desktop app has the same levels as the phone version, but I really don’t care. I just like eliminating pigs.
There were some issues with older non-Intel Macs and the desktop apps, but I saw an update come through that said it fixed that. So get your Angry Birds on and watch your productivity hit an all-time low!
Jan 15, 2011
Posted by geekgirl in iPhone | 0 comments
The only good thing about going to the pediatrician as a kid was Hilights for Children magazine. And the best thing about Highlights magazine was the hidden pictures game.
Now take the hidden pictures game, give it a timer and music and put it on your iPhone. Pictureka! Ok it’s not exactly hidden pictures, but it may as well be.
When Pictureka asks me to find 5 things that are cold, or noisy, for some reason mild panic sets in. It’s harder than it looks people.
This is really a game for all ages, at least that’s what I tell myself as I spend an hour at a clip spotting as many kitties as I can and arguing (sometimes outloud I won’t lie) that you would find a bone in the kitchen once in a while so I should get credit for it.
The only thing I can say I don’t like about Pictureka is that you have to start from the beginning each time when you lose. I’d love to be able to choose where to start from, or at least earn the ability to begin in the middle or near the end. Starting from the first screen over and over can be a little annoying.
For those of you with children, Pictureka for iPhone would be a good grocery store line/restaurant pacifier, and for those of you without, relive some childhood as you work your way through the levels that demand more of your object-finding prowess and give you less time to find them. I recommend for anyone who enjoys a good puzzle game.
You’ll find Pictureka in the iPhone app store for $1.99. iPad version also available – $4.99.
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Jan 13, 2011
Posted by angie in Free Mac App, Mac App Reviews | 0 comments
My iPhone is a lot of things – I probably use the phone app less than any the others, but now it’s also a mouse? Yes but I’m already greedy…
I just installed my first app from the new Mac App Store (get it if you haven’t yet – software updates). It’s called Remote Mouse and it basically turns your phone into a wireless mouse. This is already great for a few things but I’m also already wishing for more features.
The app performs the basic functions of a mouse…left click, right click, scroll. But I find myself trying to use it like my Magic Mouse, which died an unfortunate early death and I miss it. The face of the phone makes it feel like it should work like my Magic Trackpad. I feel like it should be able to do all the gestures I can do on the trackpad, but it doesn’t. So I end up going back to my laptop trackpad.
The free version is limited to half the screen and you don’t get full keyboard, but I don’t see keyboarding much with it anyway – we all know how much fun it is to try to text from the tiny iPhone pad. So I don’t think I need to get the full version anytime soon. I was sort of hoping it would be enough of a mouse replacement that I could skip bringing mine back and forth to work, but until it does gestures that won’t work for me.
They say it’s meant for doing presentations etc., and I guess I could see that. It has a teeny tiny keyboard as well – I can’t see using that unless I have to.
I don’t know if it works on the iPad, but if it does it’d be a great app to use with a computer that’s hooked into a tv, and it would be nice as a companion to my Mac, if I had an iPad. I have my Mac Mini attached to the big screen and I control it from my laptop, but I can see how using it with the phone or iPad would be a much easier and cooler experience.
So overall I give it a thumbs up – it’s worth the price (free 
) but if I were to get the paid version I would want the gestures.
To get RemoteMouse free (obviously not an affiliate link) just click here.
