2 posts tagged “lego”

Plenty more screengrabs of my fav apps in action and with a brief description/overview including:

Another look at the drum machine program Hydrogen
Miro - a great way to get quality video on the go
Mixxx - beatmixing mp3s on a pair of virtual turntables
What PDFs look like using Rough Guide's PDF version of New York City Directions
GIMP image editor
Super Nintendo on an Eee using ZSNES.  Super Mario All Stars on the go!
Super Monkey Ball a-like Neverball
Zattoo - a strange bunch of streaming TV channels

Oh, and I'm gonna try making a (very) short stop motion animation on my Eee using a Skypephone, Lego and the aptly named Stopmotion app.  I've just got to find something that'll work as a tripod!

Lots of tech gifts were bought/chosen by me this year for friends and family and most were hits rather than misses.  I myself am typing this on my favourite present, the Eee PC.  It's been difficult to drag me away from it!  I got mine a few weeks before the big day as originally it was a present for myself... ;o)

Biggest hits: Eee PC, Guitar Hero 3 (Wii), Skypephones, Homersapien and Roboquad.

My niece received an Eee PC and loves hers as much as I love mine.  Hers has barely been out of her sight since Tuesday.

My eldest nephew can't get enough of Guitar Hero on the Wii.  He has three siblings and they have one Wii between them so even UN peacekeepers would have their work cut out for them!

My two youngest nephews were rather pleased with their robots.  My favourite is the Homersapien as unlike Roboquad, you can pick up stuff and throw it.  Silly fun and a fraction of the retail price (don't you just love it when retailers have unadvertised clear outs that people spot and post about online!)

Then there's the Skypephones.  We bought a pair for a young couple who are, for all intents and purposes, family.  Wasn't sure what they'd make of them but it was clear they liked them the moment they unwrapped them!  And they've actually been using them.  Unfortunately the Skype service was a bit flaky Christmas Day.  Couldn't set up a Skype account for one of them, but they managed it later that evening.

Word of advice, don't ever buy any big Lego or K'nex set if there's any chance that you'll be the muppet putting the thing together.  Words can't describe the feelings I went through building the K'nex rollercoaster/ferris wheel.  I did most of it with few problems but then came the rollercoaster bit - that's the bit that truly made me loopy (if you excuse the pun).  Suffice to say the 'coaster is still sitting there unfinished days after I nearly completed it.