Cool Download: Yod'm 3D (Windows)

As crazy as the name of this program is, Yod'm 3D is one of the coolest and usable programs I've found. It allows you to manage four desktops at once. You can shift through these desktops like a rotating cube, allowing you to have way more workspace than you've ever thought. It's simple and easy to use, and I highly suggest trying it out. YOD'M 3D ROCKS THE HOUSE!

Screenshot:

Download at: http://chsalmon.club.fr/index.php?en/Yod-m-3d-about

I Heart Web 2.0

Web 2.0 sites rock. I love all of dem. Sites like Kyte, Zude, Piczo, Blogger, Wikispaces, YouTube...they all rock so much. I wish I could use them all! One of the sites I like that organizes all well-known Web 2.0 sites is Go2Web20.net. And sites are added all the time. You can browse them, see reviews on them, organize them by tag... This is one of the best sites out there.

Time for school!

Erik Says HI!

My friend Erik has finally decided to get a web site! YES! But I'm still not making any progress with him getting an email address. I'll update later. :-)

53 is a Wonderful Number

I believe I'm getting a terrible cold. My throat started burning yesterday and now it's more agitated than ever.

So what's going on with you? I'm doing fine. No homework thankfully. I have some drawings to sketch and books to read. For my school's art club, I'm making this drawing of a hand. I'm not sure what to do with it. Maybe make it reach from a pile of snakes, or a sheet of paper, or some other thing. Gotta decide by tomorrow. Then I can make money off my work! That's the cool thing about it.

Life's gone on. I've listened to more podcasts, eaten a bunch of granola bars, and have spent much of my time finding more sites with StumbleUpon. That site rocks.

Agh. I'm feeling worse. Better rest my eyes now. Time to lie in bed and sleep away this illness.

My Bad...

Sorry about forgetting to post the last few days. School's started back up and I've gotten more stuff to do. We're doing some state-wide testing called the WASL, which is tedious and probably the most intimidating test I've ever taken. We did the Science WASL today, and it was hard. Some stuff we had never ever gone over so I had to just guess. I hate short and long answer questions. If only everything was multiple choice. What if all your decisions in the world were multiple choice, like some sort of box popped up every time you needed to make a decision. A list of options for your life. Hmm... Ponder that.

I think I'm gonna switch to Firefox. I'm actually typing this post in Firefox. I've had it, but I've never used it much. There are lots of useful things. Themes, styles for web pages to remix a few things, simple tabbed browsing, versatile toolbars, it's all great.

Finally done with that algebra. It's not due till Friday, so I'm happy. See my happy dance. Oh. That's right. You can't. Oh well. TTYL!!!

Home At Last, and Web Cam Fun!

I'm finally home and safe. My grandfather will hopefully be okay, though he may need a wheelchair for the rest of his life. That's sad because he walks a lot. You should have seen how long he walked on the beach.

I've taken an interest in web cam games. You may have heard of EyeToy for PS2. I found a free alternative on the web. Sites like Newgrounds have web cam games. There are some you can download too. Just search "web cam games" in Google and you should find some choices. The only requirement: a web cam (DUH!). So I've been getting lots of exercise.

I'm done typing now. Time to get going with WEBCAM MANIA!

Links:

• http://mika.tanninen.net/Ohjelmat_Webcam_en.shtml
• http://www.extendedreality.com/webcam_games_info.html
• http://www.newgrounds.com/game/webcamgames.html

I Don’t Know What To Feel…

This is another blog post for today. Another. It’s an emergency blog post, if you will. Roughly thirty minutes ago, my 82-year-old grandfather collapsed on the floor and started shaking, mumbling utter nonsense. My dad and Grandma helped keep him on his knees and stay still. He continued to babble and struggle against my grandma and dad. A minute passed, and he had stopped shaking. 911 had already been called, and soon enough more than a dozen people were in the cramped condo, including us. A few tests were taken, jokes were exchanged (ironically), and I stood behind Grandpa as he reported the symptoms: a buzzing in his head, everything blurry and moving around in his vision, and not many other noticeable things. Information was written in a notepad. The directions to the hospital were mentioned. So much happened in those thirty minutes that I remember. Soon Grandpa was lifted and placed in a wheelchair, causing him to feel really dizzy and lightheaded. It caused him to puke. Thankfully, there was a garbage can under him and I wasn’t looking. But still, I can smell that horrid stench in this room. I believe I have emetophobia, or fear of tossing the cookies. Sorry to make this post sound a little more cheery, though there are many, many ways to say “puke.” Continuing on with my grandpa, he was whisked away to the hospital with Grandma. Welcome to now, where I’m trying to get Internet to post this. Yes, I’m typing this in a Word document. I’m definitely not going to sleep tonight. (Sigh) We at first think he had a stroke or some sort of seizure, but it’s possible it was some sort of reflex or something…I can’t remember the name of it, but it was a highly scientific term.

One little joke:
When they were testing Grandpa, they were asking him questions like “How old are you?” “Is that your wife?” “When was your anniversary?” That third question was posed and a conversation started about when everyone got married and how some couldn’t remember the year. Then I heard this:

Medic 1: Yeah, I got married right before 9-11.
Medic 2: So because you married, you threw the whole universe off balance.
Medic 3: (Examining Grandpa) Yeah, he’s a little off balance.
(Chuckles float around the room…Yeah, I know, it’s a little lame, but the way it was spoken just makes you laugh.)

ANOTHER UPDATE: We just got a phone call and we now know it was a stroke.

Movie Madness and a Wet Beach

Sorry about yesterday. I never got an Internet connection yesterday and couldn’t post. A lot has gone on since then. I’ve been to the beach numerous times, seen two more movies (“Are We There Yet” and The “Day After Tomorrow”), and I’ve been to an all-you-can-eat buffet where I almost threw up :-P. We’re going to the beach for the last time before we leave tomorrow. My jaw hurts from chewing on beef jerky. Oh! Time to go! I’ll update later.

UPDATE:
The beach was cool. The tide was at its lowest yet. So we could go really far out! The only downside was the wailing, rishing wind and piercing rain. The journey down to the beach was fine, and we looked for lots of agates, but when we got back, there were winds so powerful, it caused sandstorms, and the rain drenched my coat. So much for waterproof.

When I got back I had a running nose, sand in my socks, shows, face, and pockets (I have no clue how it got in my socks and pockets), and I couldn't feel my hands. It's still a little hard to type right now. This has been perhaps the worst day we've been here.

Okay. It's time to get caught up now with the Internet. Taking time off has had an effect on me. Here's a question to think about until tomorrow (hopefully). Why does it rain so much in Oregon and not so much in other areas on the west coast? I mean, this is worse than Seattle. Go figure.

That's a Tall Lighthouse

I am bored. Bored. Bored. Bored. I'm probably going to mess with the camera soon, but I just thought I'd get this blog post out of the way. I found the ideal place in the condo that I can get Internet access from, so it's not really a huge hassle though. And now to continue with a summary of TODAY!

• Another comfortable night. I tried listening to some stuff on my mp3 player in bed, but the batteries went dead five minues after I turned it on. Dissapointing.
• When I got up, I was fairly tired and wanted my mommy. Just kidding. I just wanted to make sure you were alert. Anyway, my brother was barely awake and I roused him (the fun part in my day).
• We had breakfast, watched TV, my Mom went to the doctor, I watched a movie, then we wne to the lighthouse nearby. I got a few pictures of it. Here's one:

• We then went to the pool for about an hour. Now we're here and I'm sitting upstairs on a chair typing.

Short and brief, but that'll have to do. My brother wants to use my laptop right now. Later.

I Need a Gorgonzola (Don’t Ask)

This will probably the only post in my blog where the title has no relation to the detail in the post. I’m just going to talk about my friends now and what they do that make them…them. My friends Erik and DJ have all sorts of cool ideas. They made up this cool game called Waging War, have designed cool PowerPoint animations, and play a game or two of Improvised Jeopardy, where you can suggest instead of “Famous Poetry for $800,” “Magical Sticky Tape for Aaron’s nose.” It is one fun game to play. And don’t even get me started on Mr. Chub Chub, the Confederation of Furry Creatures (CFC), and the demonic Mr. Snuggles. “Randomosity” reigns in the land of DJ, Erik, Aaron, and company. You gotta love it.

So what else should I talk about? Hmm… My night was weird. I fell asleep at like 11, then I woke up around 7 today. I tried accessing the Web one last time, and thankfully, it works! So I’m happy today this wonderful Easter morning. My mother is going to set up an egg hunt, but that’s mostly for my brother. I want to have breakfast, but I’m at risk at losing my Internet access by moving the laptop only a few inches. Guess that’s a risk I’ll have to take. See ya!

Oh, and One Last Thing

Happy Easter!

Oregon: Is It Really What It’s Cracked Up To Be?

I’m on vacation in Oregon, and unfortunately, my wireless Internet goes on and off haphazardly. So every time I want to use the Internet, I have to take my laptop to the main building, so my posts will possibly be delayed by a day or so. So I’m typing all my posts in a Word document and I’m going to paste one each day into Blogger! Yay! Anyway, about Oregon: Newport, Oregon is rainy and wet. At least for today. I want to see how the weather is in the summer. Then I won’t have to use prejudice towards this city. We’re staying in a condo right next to the ocean and we’re spending most of the time inside. It can sometimes be a little boring, but I find ways to make things interesting. So here’s a rundown of today…

• In the morning I got up around 7:30 and felt unbelievably tired. My brother is the one who disturbs me, of course. I managed to get out of bed and get dressed, and by around 9 we were ready to go.
• In case you didn’t know, I live in Washington. So the trip is roughly four hours long from my home to Newport. I brought along the ordinary: my laptop, mp3 player, two books, and some DVD’s to pass the time. The only problem was the battery running out. So we ended up stopping at Radio Shack to buy a $30 adapter to plug my laptop into the cigarette lighter. It worked very nicely!
• Hours pass, a movie is watched, a few chapters of Alex Rider are read, and episode of Knoxkast Radio is listened to, and we finally reach our destination. My legs are stiff, although we did stop at a Burger King earlier, and we first see Grandma waving at us on a balcony high up in one of the condos. So we run up and get acquainted with our home that we’ll be living in for the next four days and finally are settled.
• I get my laptop set up and I become thrilled that I get wi-fi in our room. I use it for a while, but then instantly after ten minutes, the Internet turns off and I can no longer access it no matter where I am.
  We have a dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes, rolls, and broccoli. I become stuffed and go up to the one room upstairs: my bedroom.
• Boredom starts to set in and I start messing with the video camera and some paper coasters. I become crazed about the coasters and how their curvy edges interlock into each other. I plan on making a coaster montage when I get home. Serious.
• I get cookies and bring them upstairs, eating them in front of the camera. I’m seriously becoming delusional here. But I manage to eat all the cookies and rest on the bed.
• We plan on going to the beach, only to get there and have it start pouring down rain lightly but in vast quantities. The sand here is a brownish tan. We have grayish sand back in Washington. Plus their beaches are a lot cleaner. It sort of forms a scale. Washington has messy beaches, Oregon is intermediate, and California is perfect. That’s what you get with the equator.
• We come back to find that Grandma and grandpa came back before us, and I do some more stuff and keep trying continuously to get my connection back. To no avail, of course.
  We decided to go to the pool. We observed it earlier, and it was murky. But we thought it was okay so we went in for about an hour and then became tired. We came back and got back into our clothes.
• When we got back from the pool, Castaway was on (that movie with Tom Hanks) and we watched the last half of it.
• Welcome to now. I’m typing on my laptop while Grandpa, Dad, and my brother Kevin watches the beginning of Castaway (it showed again right after it ended). My Mom has taken a shower and I’m about ready to go to bed. Oh, and it’s 10:21 right now. Feels like 9 though. Grandpa, Dad, and Kevin are planning on watching Castaway until the plane crashes, and then it’s time to snooze. Zzzzzzzzz…

And there you have it. My day in a nicely organized bulleted list. And I managed to make a reasonably long post today. Oh my gosh! Now Grandpa, Dad, and Kevin are watching this thing about these animals attacking! And there’s this woman who was attacked by a cat in a drug store! OH! SO GRAPHIC!!! I’m mentally scarred now. So good night!

I Love RSS

The cool thing about RSS and Atom feeds is that you can easily get info from many sites at once and read them all like articles of a newspaper. It's all there, clean and simple. For my RSS feeds, I use Google Reader, which is really reliable and easy to use. I've subscribed to 11 sites, and in case you're interested, here they are:

• Discovery News - Space
• Engadget
• Giveaway of the Day
• Good-Tutorials.com: Newest Tutorials
• Lifehack.org
• Lifehacker
• MAKE Magazine
• Official Google Blog
• Photoshop Tutorials
• TechCrunch
• The Show with ZeFrank (no longer active)

Tada! So I'm still adding to my library starred stuff that I think is cool, and you can find the newest ten items in the sidebar where it says "Kyle's RSS Finds." Or you can subscribe to the feed at http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user/00023257290211230434/state/com.google/starred. My old method was rarely used and only had about 100 items, but my starred items list is HUGE. Like in the 5,000 huge. So you can surf all that right there. Be happy.

What I Don't Like About Life, Computers, and Other Miscellaneous Things

• Homework
• Viruses
• Poorly written books
• Bad grammar and punctuation
• People who betray you behind your back
• Glitches in cool programs
• Being late
• Not being able to have the patience to learn how to play an instrument
• Not being able to have free time
• Having to stay up late
• Shopping on the Internet
• Hacking
• How batteries run out when you least expect them
• People who have no sense of creativity
• Show-offs
• Being falsely accused
• finding out you're wrong
• Not being able to think up of blog ideas
• Being told it's time to go
• Getting lost
• Having something of value that's yours crushed or broken in front of you
• Being forced to act like the opposite gender
• When your headphones break and only one side works
• That I can't lucid dream
• When everything falls apart
• When your water bottle has a leak
• Power outages
• When you "accidentally" throw our Wii remote at your TV
• When your alarm clock doesn't go off
• Loosing something you wish you used earlier
• Being ignored
• Then your pictures don't turn out
• How messed up our world is today

Yes, I Know It's Late

Don't fret! I haven't forgotten you! I've just been unbelievably busy with the new trimester at school. I'm starting a new resolution: post once a day. It's gonna be anything, and I've found some nice blog ideas that will kickstart this blog into the untimate gathering of awesome info. So I'm going through this list of blog ideas one by one.

So because it's 11 at night I'm gonna have you leave you hanging. It will start tomorrow though! I promise!