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Google’s new top black bar

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 at 7:18 pm

As Google+ has been released, at least in closed beta, I notice they’re generally doing design upgrades to Google products. Good for them…sorta. See, as much as I think Google might be TOO simple…I really hate the new top black bar they have. They have a clean, white, simplistic design…it goes well with theme-less browser colors. But this black bar, it appears between the browser and the page…and it’s just…argh, I hate it.

I’m hoping the backlash causes them to revert back….but if they don’t, I should update my GMAIL theme(s) to follow suit. It’s an easy change, and I want to/could implement it now…..but I’m hoping Google gets smart and changes it back.

Anyways…I was supposed to spend all day working on warrenshea.com…but I haven’t done anything :/ I spent almost an entire hour re-doing my Gmail labels. What can I say, I like to be organized.
Hopefully, I’ll be productive tonight. African Lion Safari tomorrow!

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Accomplishments – July 2011 Edition

Friday, July 1st, 2011 at 11:59 pm

What I accomplished in June
Shows / Movies
X-Men First Class – Done
Green Lantern – Done
Cars – Done
House – Done
Glee – Done
X-Men Cartoon – Done

Books & Manga

worldofwarren.com

warrenshea.com

Gaming
Zelda: Ocarina of Time (3DS) – Done

Web Development and Design

Other

Notes
Wow, I caught up on a LOT of shows and movies this month. Not too much else was completed. Went out a lot, which is good….worked on warrenshea.com but have slowed down lately. I have to remember to keep motivated because someday soon, I’m gonna get hit with “I need a change”….

What I want to accomplish in July
Shows / Movies
Cars 2 – To Do
Jersey Shore – In Progress – S02E09
Game of Thrones – To Do
Breaking Bad (Rewatch, before the next season starts) – To Do
The Office (last season) – To Do
Captain America – To Do

Books & Manga
Azumanga Daioh – To Do

worldofwarren.com
Remove Portfolio and Resume

warrenshea.com
Complete this site – To Do

Gaming
Finish Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Master Quest (3DS) – In Progress
Finish Zelda: Majora’s Mask (N64) – To Do
Finish Kingdom Hearts (PS2) – To Do

Web Development and Design
Start Smashing Magazine Book 1 – To Do
Start Smashing Magazine Book 2 – To Do
Start ASP.NET 4.0 book – To Do
Start my HTML5 book – To Do

Other
Learn my Mac OS

Notes
Not much to do this month. Hopefully I can use the time to get focused back on web work.

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Zelda in 3D – How the 3DS works?

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 at 1:50 am

Wow. I did not think this would work.

To explain: Basically, the way the 3DS works is that you must be a certain distance away from the screen to see the 3D. Also, each of your eyes receive a different sensory input. You’re looking at the same screen, but it’s giving off different lights. Anyways, when you look at the screen, from afar, your eyes immediately go cross eyed to “match” the images. And thus, you get one of those 3D puzzles in which you cross your eyes to solve it.

The images above are an example of this. However, in the image above, you really have to cross your eyes a lot to see the 3D. Obviously your monitor, and my skill, prevent me from doing a better job. But if you cross your eyes on the image above, you should see the 3D.

I will get a better screenshot (or picture). This was just testing the theory out…and I’m a bit surprised, but it works. It’s the fundamental process that allows 3D.

I beat Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the 3DS today. I spent about 5 or 6 days playing the game, just like last time but my play time must have been a lot shorter. It was faster as in the sense that I wasn’t puzzled by the puzzled, the fights were easier, and I wasn’t going after all the Gold Skulltula tokens. I finished the game with 72, not bad w/o and guide. I don’t really think I wanna go back for them, not much point, despite being a completest. I’m more interested in Master Quest, but I promise to take my time with that. Need to focus back on real life again.

I leave you with an interesting read: Ocarina of Time 3D: Development Staff. It’s a 6 part story regarding the development of the game….as a developer, it was quite interesting…..tho I didn’t read it all…maybe tomorrow.

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The tagline isn’t quite as captivating as Heroes.

Monday, June 27th, 2011 at 10:12 pm

Not quite as interesting as “Save the Cheerleader. Save the World”…as this tagline is quite standard a obvious. Anyways, this was one of those spontaneous thoughts that I sometimes get, combining unrelated things. Like

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Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3DS + Nintendo 3DS

Sunday, June 26th, 2011 at 1:27 am

I got my Nintendo 3DS earlier this week. I wasn’t sure if I’d use it much, if it was worth it but right now, I’m playing it like mad. I’m having a lot of fun re-playing Zelda: Ocarina of Time again. This time, I’m not using any guide at all and I’m basically just playing off of memory.

I’m playing things really differently this time around, I’m actually really pleased with what I’ve done.

I got my regular 3 spirit medallions as child Link, as usual. But as soon as I turned adult, I mixed it up a bit.

As an adult, the first thing I did was the Ice Temple. Why? No Boss…but really, I wanted a free Blue Flame.
The Blue Flame was to thaw out King Zora to get…Biggeron’s Sword. Yes, I got Biggeron’s sword before doing any adult dungeons. It made the Forest Temple, which I did after, very very easy.
I did the Water Temple next to get Longshot and also, to experience how improved the Water Temple is on the 3DS. Let me say, it’s improved SOOOOO much. The transition of boots to metal boots, and back is as simple as hitting a button twice. It’s so easy…it makes Water Temple pretty fun. :D
After that, I did Gerudo Fortress, freeing the 4 carpenters. But really, I wanted to see how the Horseback riding arrow game would be, with the improved bow and arrow usability. I got 1520 in the first game, 1430 the second, and 1510 the third. Basically, it was WAY easier than doing it on the Wii.

I’m at 43 Gold Skulltula tokens, without using any guide or going back to a dungeon I’d done already. I only want 50, for the heart piece. I’ll get all 100 eventually but I don’t really care right now.

Next, I guess I’ll finish Fire and Shadow and Spirit Temples. I don’t really care…I’ve done the fun stuff I wanted to do.

I really like the new Boss Modes that they have. One of my favorite fights was Phantom Ganon. Because of the way bow and arrow usability is, I stood in the center of the room in the game, and stood in place in my condo. I would personally rotate around, like Link, to fight Ganon as he came out of the paintings. It was really really cool. I love how the 3DS does shooting. It makes Shooting Gallery really easy too.

I was saying, I don’t need 100 Gold Skulltula anymore. I don’t need money. Basically, I found Skull Kid in the Lost Woods and he started attacking me. I took him out and got…a Huge Rupee, 200! He dies in 3 hits of Biggeron’s sword…and he respawns as soon as you leave the cube he’s in, you don’t even have to zone out of anything. So it’s a really easy, infinite way for money. You can get 600 in less than 2 minutes. Also, I like to kill him as much as possible for all the trouble he causes in Majora’s Mask….Yes, I find some karmic justice in it -_-;

Anyways, off to play more!

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