Redsox and Orioles game – extra innings.

Posted on July 1, 2009, 3:10 pm, by Karol and received Comments.

End score: Redsox, 6 – Orioles – 5, in 11 innings.

The redsox scored 4 runs in the top of the ninth to tie up with the Orioles, now Orioles have a chance to win it.

Dustin Pedroia had a chance to drive in some runs with the bases loaded, but it turns out he failed by popping up the pitch into the air, and the catcher handling it with ease.

I will update you with the game, and give the final score when the game ends.

Updated: Orioles had a chance to win the game, but it was a 1-2-3 inning. The game now goes to the top of the tenth inning. Jason Bay had a nice diving catch to end the bottom of the ninth.

Updated, top of the tenth: Kevin Youkilis pops out to center field, one out. Next batter, Jason Bay. He striked out, currently 2 outs. Next batter, David Ortiz. He grounds out into the shift, three outs.

Updated, bottom of the tenth inning: Pitching change to Ramon Ramirez. Gregg Zaun is batting, he grounds out to first base. Next batter, Robert Andino, he pops out to right field. Next batter, Brian Roberts, 1-3 with a walk, he scored 2 runs. He strikes out. Three outs.

Updated, top of the eleventh: Jason Ellsbury hit a double down the left field line. Sac fly, and Ellsbury gets to third base. Julio Lugo is up to bat. Base hit, drives in Jason Ellsbury, game is now 6-5 redsox. J.D. Drew gets a base hit, Julio Lugo advances to second base, Drew to first. Up next, Dustin Pedroia. He grounds out, and that’s the end of the top of the eleventh. 

Updated, bottom of the eleventh: Pitching change to Jonathan Papelbon. So far 1 out. Nick Markakis is batting. He pops out to left field. 2 outs. Aubrey (sp) Huff is up. He pops it up to short left field. Game over.

Karol

Posted via web from Karol’s posterous

Added integration for wordpress, too.

Posted on July 1, 2009, 1:22 pm, by Karol and received Comments.

I have added Wordpress integration for Posterous, so it can update my website, http://karolw.net/ whenever I make a post here. Pretty cool, eh? For now, this is just a test and we’ll see how it gets posted on my main blog. Who knows, maybe I’ll completely switch to Posterous. :)

[Insert stuff here.]

Karol

Posted via web from Karol’s posterous

What’s your favorite URL shortener?

Posted on June 21, 2009, 3:38 pm, by Karol and received Comments.

Today on twitter, I asked all of my friends, what’s your favorite URL shortener?

Now, there’s many URL shorteners out there, and I only use a couple. But I asked YOU (the user). And below are the replies:

From twitter -

Snakeyes1123: @karolw I have a few. Bit.ly & popurl & is.gd

Great choices, although I haven’t tried popurl yet.

Dragon_Heart: @karolw I like tinyurl

Tinyurl is alright, but can also contain infections, and malware. To prevent that, I’ll post what Tales told me what URL shortener he uses and how to prevent infections.

From IRC –

Duffy: Karol, My favourite url shortener is ri.ms as it shortens urls to 16 characters long :) for a list of the most popular services + the about of characters they use see http://paste.tuts4tech.net/?page=view&id=1245615804

I haven’t heard of ri.ms but it looks really good. Also thanks for the links!

Bayliss: karol mine is urli.ca my buddy mike made it.

Cool, I’ve never used it, but will try in the near future.

Tales: Karol in reply to your tweet, tinyurl.com It is longer then other tinyurl services, but you can add preview.tinyurl.com/thelink to see where it really redirects to.

This is a great addition that I didn’t know about. Thanks!

And if you didn’t reply to me either on IRC or twitter, you can post a comment and I’ll include it into this post.

Karol

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

My review of COD4

Posted on June 21, 2009, 12:08 pm, by Karol and received Comments.

From 247fixes.com –

What would you think when you heard Call of duty 4 Modern Warfare? War game? Right! Call of duty is a single and multiplayer game that you can play on xbox360, computer, and the ps3. You can pick through guns that you like, from small Mini-Uzi’s to light machine guns. You can play with or against the British forces, opfor, and the marines, on multiplayer. You can pick through perks such as stopping power, deep impact, iron lungs for increased breathe capacity for sniping. You can have frag x3 to blow up other players and have martyrdom to kill enemies right when you die.

You can pick all sorts of maps including, crash, creek and many more! Call of duty has been played all over the world! I strongly recommend you get this game and try it for yourself!

Recommended system requirements:

Processor: 2.4 GHz Duo Core or faster
Memory: 1.0 GB RAM (XP) or 2.0 GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card: GeForce 7800 / Ati Radeon X1800 or better
Hard Drive: 8GB

Minimum system requirements:

Processor: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or faster / AMD64 2800+ or faster
Memory: 512 MB RAM (XP) or 768 MB RAM (Vista)
Video Card: GeForce 6600 / Ati Radeon 9800Pro or better
Hard Drive: 8GB

Screenshots:

Karol

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

iPhone 3.0 is out!

Posted on June 17, 2009, 2:03 pm, by Karol and received Comments.

Today, Apple released its latest software version, 3.0. 3.0 has many features added in the latest version.

These features include:

  • Cut/Copy/paste ability
  • Parental controls
  • Landscape keyboard for emailing
  • Spotlight search which enables you to search through your iPhone
  • Shake to shuffle songs

There are many more features, but I just included some of them.

Here’s a very small tutorial on how to upgrade to 3.0:

1. 

2.

3.

There you go! You can click “Learn More” to see its features and how to buy it.

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Gaming

Posted on June 17, 2009, 9:52 am, by Karol and received Comments.

Hi everyone,

To start this off, it looks like I’m going to be sick all week, bleh. But nonetheless, I will still blog.

My blog post today is about gaming. Now, it’s a very general category, and there are hundreds, if not thousands of aspects of gaming. I do like gaming, I have the ps2, which I have some MLB and guitar hero games. It’s nothing special. I also have a few gadgets/devices that I play around with, including the iPod Touch and the Blackberry. Just last friday, I got the blackberry, and I must say I do like it, but I’d much rather prefer the iPhone.

There are many gamers out there, that play non-stop. I can’t do that :s, hehe. I will wrap up this blog post by giving the link to the forum I’m on, which I post the inside scoop of games, game trailers, news/updates, and support. Links will be at the end, which has already come ;) .

Signup for the forum here: http://www.247fixes.com/forums/forums.html

Gaming section: http://www.247fixes.com/forums/Gaming-f81.html

My twitter: http://twitter.com/karolw/

As always, take care everyone.

Karol

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Tweetdeck for iPhone

Posted on June 16, 2009, 9:54 pm, by Karol and received Comments.

Today, Tweetdeck has released an iPhone application, which is pretty important to much of the Tweetdeck users out there. It has introduced many features to it, including:

1. Managing multiple accounts

2. Shaking the device to refresh the app

I encountered a problem when trying to install it. When I went to the app store, I searched the term “Tweetdeck” and it wasn’t there. I’ve never saw an app be in the app store and not being in the app store at the same time.

The multiple account feature is very important. It’s rare to find a free twitter app have the multiple account feature. It’s a great addition, which will drag users to the app. It has other basic features as uploading pictures to TwitPic and Yfrog.

Overall, I think it’s a great twitter app and I recommend you getting it. I’ll post the links to everything at the end, but here’s a screenshot:

Links:

http://tweetdeck.com/

http://tweetdeck.com/iphone/

http://twitter.com/karolw/ for all updates concerning my opinions of the new Tweetdeck app.

http://twitter.com/tweetdeck/ for all official updates from the Tweetdeck team.

Karol

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Heading to Philly and twitter updates

Posted on May 18, 2009, 7:12 am, by Karol and received Comments.

Hello guys,

As of tomorrow, I’m going to Philadelphia for one day. It’s a class trip. What we’re going to see there varies. We’re going to the Betsy Ross house which is haunted. The haunting was confirmed by the Ghost Hunters, which has a show on SciFi every Wednesday, 9PM to 11PM. Great show.

Secondly, we’re going to the US mint which there, money can be produced. But, they don’t allow cameras, or any miscellaneous items like that. It’s alright, it’ll still be fun. On the way home, we’re going to stop by a McDonalds or Burger King. I prefer Burger King, but McDonalds still has good food. Like last year, I’m going to order a triple quarter-pounder. And yes, I’m a fatass ;) .

I’ll be gone from about 6AM to 9PM. Just don’t miss me too much!

And here are the twitter updates for today, enjoy:

Awake.
About 10 hours ago from TwitterFon

Aww, the celtics lost last night. Oh well, there’s always a next season.
About 10 hours ago from TwitterFon

Off to the shower, as I’m very tired and still sleepy. This will help out, alot.
About 10 hours ago from TwitterFon

Back from the shower. I feel a bit more refreshed, yay. I’m ready for the day!
About 9 hours ago from TwitterFon

@Knunez Heh, lucky. But I’m going to philly tomorrow from 6am to 9pm :) . So, I’m sure there’s no school, lol.
About 9 hours ago from TwitterFon in reply to Knunez

@Knunez I know, they did terrible last night. Both offense and defense.
About 9 hours ago from TwitterFon in reply to Knunez

Oh, and I forgot to mention. If you have Call of Duty 4 on the PC, you can play with us and all of the WyldRyde staffers and regular users on #games which is on irc.wyldryde.org. Need help finding an IRC client? http://wyldryde.org/software/

Enjoy your day everyone, and safe browsing!

Karol

Tags: , , , , , ,

Google launches first tv ads and twitter updates

Posted on May 11, 2009, 7:10 am, by Karol and received Comments.

Hello there peeps,

I stumbled upon something interesting today in digg. Google has launched new TV ads in Japan. The google team in Japan decided to post it on youtube, but has grown in popularity and has now been featured in TV ads.

To me, it sounds cool, google making TV ads. I wish my blog was on a TV ad, then, I would be rich and famous. Well maybe not rich, but you have an idea ;) .

Here’s the youtube vid:

Oh, and did I mention, I hate mondays. Just too much work, and it starts a new week off. Blah!

Here are today’s twitter updates (if you’re interested!):

Awake.
About 10 hours ago from TwitterFon

I’m heading to phillidelphia next week =).
About 9 hours ago from TwitterFon

Off to the shower.
About 9 hours ago from TwitterFon

Eating breakfast.
About 8 hours ago from TwitterFon

@Rockbuddy aww, i wish the best for her. She’s in my prayers.
About 8 hours ago from TwitterFon in reply to Rockbuddy

Off to school later all.
About 8 hours ago from TwitterFon

@jgboghos no problem :) .
About 1 hour ago from TwitterFon in reply to jgboghos

Have a good one, and safe browsing!

Karol
Karol@karolw.net

OHAI ALYSSA! =)

Tags: , , , , , ,

Twitter updates, and oh, spiders might be causing global warming

Posted on May 8, 2009, 1:51 pm, by Karol and received Comments.

Hello there peeps,

Stumbled on digg and found somethin’ cool to show you fine people 8). Spiders might be causing global warming! Everyone run! Attack of the spiders!!!

The species that was studied, Pardosa glacialis, can grow to as long as 1.6 inches. For now. But the study revealed that the average size of the spiders had grown by 2% over the last ten years. That’s a significant growth rate, according to researchers.

The precise cause of the trend is still a mystery, but the growth was strongly correlated with hotter, longer summers. For instance, in years when spring came 30 days earlier, many spiders grew exoskeletons which were 10% thicker than usual. Translated for the squeamish: that means the spiders were bigger, hairier and more difficult to squash.

And they aren’t just getting larger, they’re increasing their numbers too. The study also discovered that most of the species growth happened among females. Since larger females tend to produce more offspring, that means more spiders overall.

Scientists speculate that the reasons for the enlarged, more populous arachnids may have to do with an extended hunting season. Their prime hunting season occurs during the summer months, and the longer warm period means more time to feast. Another hypothesis could be that the extended summers allow the spiders to molt more often.

More research needs to be conducted to determine if the spiders are actually being born larger. If so, then the trend could be evolutionary rather than just seasonal.

Whatever the cause, the news highlights how many of the effects of global warming could be unexpected, and it’s not yet clear how the larger, more numerous spiders could effect local ecosystems. Or human psychology, for that matter.

This information is via http://ecoworldly.com/2009/05/07/giant-spiders-could-be-a-result-of-global-warming/ and NationalGeographic.com

Interesing, eh?

Now for today’s twitter updates! Hoo-rah?
Actually, I’m not even going to bother, tweeted too much today, and lazy to post them, =D.

Take care,

Karol
Karol@karolw.net

Tags: , , , , , , ,
« Older Entries