Archives for September, 2012

iOS 6 Maps, Transit & Vancouver

Since the announcement of iOS 6 I’ve been worried about the fact that Apple’s default map application won’t have Vancouver’s transit information available within it like the original Maps application that was powered by Google Maps. I even started familiarizing myself with the Translink mobile site that I had previously ignored because maps was good […]

0 Comments. Posted by on Monday, September 24, 2012 at 10:26 pm.

Filed under iOS, technology.

Star Wars Trilogy: The Radio Play

At Emerald City Comic Con this past year Billy West, Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, John DiMaggio, Kevin Conroy, Jess Harnell and Rob Paulsen did a reading of Star Wars in some of the voices that they’ve done over the years and it’s amazing. Pinky as a Storm Trooper talking to Bubbles as Darth Vader nearly […]

0 Comments. Posted by on Monday, September 10, 2012 at 8:33 pm.

Filed under animation.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

I’ve been playing The Simpsons: Tapped Out for a couple of weeks now and I’m on the fence about this type of social gaming. In true Simpsons fashion, the premise for the game is a parody of Smurfs’ Village, a popular iOS game, that infamously cost a parents around the world thousands of dollars of […]

0 Comments. Posted by on Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 4:09 pm.

Filed under iOS, Video Games.

“Lies Dominate US Election”

I’m really amazed at how common lying is during this US election cycle and this newscast by the CBC really nails the visible lack of care by either party. But then again corporations are people, and pizza is a vegetable. How on earth did “untruth” become acceptable?

0 Comments. Posted by on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 10:29 pm.

Filed under Uncategorized.