http://www.bwana.org Gaming, Technology, Social Media, and Fun Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:48:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You may have noticed that I haven't blogged in a while. If you didn't, then it's true. My last blog post is from December 2009. That's last year man! I've been lacking motivation to do new media all around. The only schedule I've been keeping ... http://www.bwana.org/2010/02/14/writers-block-maybe/ Yeah, I'm serious. Community member, Seshan, shared with us on the Bwana.org Forum a disturbing trend that's occurring within the popular game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Apparently, on the Xbox 360, there is a troubling glitch: The Modern Warfare 2 Mods in this video are taken on the Xbox360. ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/12/15/warning-your-console-may-soon-get-viruses/ Thanksgiving. My favorite holiday, ever. Seriously. Family gets together and fellowships together and gives thanks to God. It's a beautiful thing. During these times, family tends to utilize technology as well. Often I bring my laptops and let my siblings, nieces, and nephews use them. I ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/11/25/create-a-kiosk-this-thanksgiving-with-chrome-os/ Just kidding. But seriously, I'm selling a bunch of stuff so I can raise enough funds to upgrade my main PC to a powerhouse that is able to do High definition (HD) videos, HD live streaming, and expand my other projects. Here's the list: My current PC [pics] (Specs: AMD FX57, ASUS A8N ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/10/15/its-a-firesale-everything-must-go/ No one likes losing control. Hence the backlash to Google's new Sidewiki product. Sidewiki is described as follows: Google Sidewiki is a browser sidebar that lets you contribute and read information alongside any web page. Sounds familiar? Well there are several sites out there which allow you to "annotate the web" ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/09/24/google-sidewiki-shakes-up-the-web/ Who would have thought we'd ever be uttering the words "Sony is making a comeback"? 5 years ago, we would have been laughed at. Hard. But this is our current reality: Nintendo is still winning in overall sales, Microsoft is second, and Sony is in third. ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/09/08/ps3-slim-jolts-the-sony-camp/ I've always been a big fan of real-time information on the internet. Ever since the early days of IRC and Usenet, I would prefer IRC since the entire experience was live and real-time. Usenet and forums had the delay factor. Yesterday, I read about the decision Wordpress made to ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/09/08/rss-cloud-is-exciting-news/ The usefulness of Twitter trending topics has declined for me personally. All too often, I see people trying to "game" or "manipulate" the system to gain popularity. To me, the whole thing is null and void if it is contrived. Now that Twitter has brought these terms ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/08/05/twitter-trending-topics-are-they-useful/ This weekend, I put in a good amount of hours playing Killzone 2 on PS3. This was mostly due to the new DLC (which I don't have yet) and Guerilla Game's (GG) double experience points announcement. I've been having blast, but there is a glaring bug with their ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/07/26/killzone-2-pwnz-my-weekend/ Microsoft and Federated Media have partnered to create an interesting mashup called BingTweets. This site is in beta and offers a hands free experience on the latest trending topics on the web. After seeing this, I have a bit more respect for the efforts Microsoft is putting behind ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/07/15/bingtweets-mashes-up-twitter-trends-and-search-results/ Today, I found yet another reason why I prefer discussing tech topics on FriendFeed over another popular social site, Twitter. FriendFeed's search is a big reason why you should move your Twitter conversations there. The above example shows the value in retaining search data. Twitter search only goes ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/06/14/friendfeed-still-reigns-as-conversation-king/ Pun intended. So Palm had it's big day yesterday (June 6th) with their release of the Palm Pre and early reports are that they had a good day in terms of sales. Most stores were sold out by noon and others followed later in the day. Early reviews of ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/06/07/will-apple-kill-palms-hype-prematurely/ It boggles the mind. I use social networks to share what I like. Sometimes people like what they see or hear and they decide to keep up with me. I post news links, blog posts, video posts, podcast posts, general thoughts, rambles, LOL cats, tech deals, and even the ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/06/01/why-are-you-still-following-me/ It's that time! I would say again, but this is the first time I've done it here on Bwana.org. I want to thank our very first advertising sponsor, Atomic Powered. Atomic Powered offers a variety of iPhone applications, some of which I have reviewed. Here is ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/05/28/thanks-atomic-powered/ Having come from Ustream.TV, I found Justin.TV to be a different live streaming experience than what I was used to. Thanks to the help of seasoned users such as jrblaze, I was able to create a decent channel of my own. I used Justin.TV in the past, but ... http://www.bwana.org/2009/05/18/from-ustream-to-justintv-pro/