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A Youth Geek's Flash Games
http://sites.google.com/site/ctfdoh/downloadareaThere is much more to the internet than just memes. Here is a list of the most epic flash games out there...
Super Chuck Norris Bros--Okay, sure, this isn't a 'flash game', but I dare not exclude it from the list.
Onslaught TD--Not everyone likes tower defense, but this has to be one of the coolest.
wpnFire--There's a ton of side-scrolling action shooters our there, but this is the best of them all.
Bowman 2--This game is like Champion Archer, but a lot more precise.
Shopping Cart Hero--Hours of nonstop fun.
Virtual Rubik's Cube--Here's the cube that's a lot like the app.
Depict1--The most horrible flash game ever, you should never play it.
Splitter--After I finished the game, I found a walkthrough. I used two of the things the walkthrough said to do.
That's pretty much it. There's a ton more TD games I play, but Onslaught is the best.
--Michael W.
Super Chuck Norris Bros--Okay, sure, this isn't a 'flash game', but I dare not exclude it from the list.
Onslaught TD--Not everyone likes tower defense, but this has to be one of the coolest.
wpnFire--There's a ton of side-scrolling action shooters our there, but this is the best of them all.
Bowman 2--This game is like Champion Archer, but a lot more precise.
Shopping Cart Hero--Hours of nonstop fun.
Virtual Rubik's Cube--Here's the cube that's a lot like the app.
Depict1--The most horrible flash game ever, you should never play it.
Splitter--After I finished the game, I found a walkthrough. I used two of the things the walkthrough said to do.
That's pretty much it. There's a ton more TD games I play, but Onslaught is the best.
--Michael W.
A Youth Geek's Profile
So, now you pretty much know everything about my interests, though not quite enough to steal my identity. Let's resolve that here and now. Here is my official Facebook biography:
I can hike the 1.5 miles from school to home carrying a 30 pound backpack, no matter the weather/road conditions, and still beat the bus home. I used to be able to ride that same 1.5 mile on a bicycle in under 6 minutes, despite traveling on semi-busy city streets. One time while making that run, I took a turn too wide, slammed into a ditch, gave myself moderate whiplash and multiple cuts on the arms. Church was half a block away, so I went in, and got patched up. I still went to school. Only after school with a thoroughly disabled bicycle and a throbbing headache did I call my parents to pick me up.
I'm an avid airsofter, capable of taking on half a dozen people wielding automatic and spring rifles while carrying only a semi-automatic, 7-round Colt .25. I can solve any Rubik's cube in under 15 minutes, and my average time for the 3x3 is 70 seconds. I'm the reigning champion of foosball, and second place in ping pong. I collect any coin minted in the 1970's or earlier, since they're bound to be worth something in 20 years. I was homeschooled until my freshman year in high school, when I enrolled in the online school after both of my parents had to work. My sophomore year, state funding for the online school was cut, so I enrolled in public school for the last three classes of the year. My current, junior year, I'm completely public schooled except for Latin II online. I could theoretically have graduated after first semester my junior year, had I taken four hours of English courses and two hours of PE. Even then, due to my birthday being after the July 31st cutoff date, I should technically be in my sophomore year. So, essentially, I could have graduated high school halfway through my junior year. I'm no prodigy, but that's not entirely normal.
Despite all of this, I give everything to God. On my own, the only thing I would've accomplished up there would be the bike wreck.
--Michael W.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, introvert Michael Walden now resides in the bucolic locale of Salem, Missouri (not Massachusetts, Oregon, or any of the other 47 states). Despite his personality idiosyncrasies, he provides significant contributions to the Salem community through his work with organizations including, but not limited to church, Boy Scouts, and school. When not striving to ameliorate society, he excels his ratiocination via vehement Socratic dialogue, principally executed on unwary ménage and associates. In order to achieve an equalized capacity of actuality, Michael exacts himself to a Spartan exercise regimen, which typically includes mowing the yard in boots without socks, sprinting barefoot to and from mailboxes on steaming asphalt or 2-foot snow, extreme typing-cut/pasting-Google triathlons, and watching his sister strive to keep pace when racing to vehicles. For more information, contact Michael during his office hours, which are posted below.That pretty much hits it on the nail. I'm 16, but I don't have a license yet. I don't have a cell phone, and I'd rather avoid it as long as possible. I knew in what field my major in college was going to be (engineering) when I was 7 years old. I scored a 32 on the ACT and a 2200 on the PSAT the first time I took each. When I was 13, I hiked 100 miles in ten days with 30 pounds on my back through the New Mexican wilderness, at altitudes ranging from 8000 to 12000 ft. at Philmont Scout Reservation. I plan to do the same thing again in summer of 2012. I've been Senior Patrol Leader of my Boy Scout troop for two terms, the first because only one other person ran, and the second because no one else ran. I'm going to get paid 30 cents an hour staffing summer camp this June (hopefully, they haven't gotten back to me after the interview yet). I used to carry my Bible and chord sheets to church in a draw-string backpack, though I now have a fancy carrying case with a shoulder strap.
(Opens at 9-10 am, most days, though available by noon. Closing bell at 7 pm, unless Man vs. Wild is on. No Sunday contact or Wednesday evening contact. Saturday by appointment only. For appointment, call the number on your screen anytime on a weekend. Persons with last names A, D, G, I, J, L, N, P, R, V, W, X, and Y can call now, persons with last names B, C, E, F, H, K, M, O, Q, S, T, U, and Z may begin calling tomorrow. Standard 1-900 rates apply.)
I can hike the 1.5 miles from school to home carrying a 30 pound backpack, no matter the weather/road conditions, and still beat the bus home. I used to be able to ride that same 1.5 mile on a bicycle in under 6 minutes, despite traveling on semi-busy city streets. One time while making that run, I took a turn too wide, slammed into a ditch, gave myself moderate whiplash and multiple cuts on the arms. Church was half a block away, so I went in, and got patched up. I still went to school. Only after school with a thoroughly disabled bicycle and a throbbing headache did I call my parents to pick me up.
I'm an avid airsofter, capable of taking on half a dozen people wielding automatic and spring rifles while carrying only a semi-automatic, 7-round Colt .25. I can solve any Rubik's cube in under 15 minutes, and my average time for the 3x3 is 70 seconds. I'm the reigning champion of foosball, and second place in ping pong. I collect any coin minted in the 1970's or earlier, since they're bound to be worth something in 20 years. I was homeschooled until my freshman year in high school, when I enrolled in the online school after both of my parents had to work. My sophomore year, state funding for the online school was cut, so I enrolled in public school for the last three classes of the year. My current, junior year, I'm completely public schooled except for Latin II online. I could theoretically have graduated after first semester my junior year, had I taken four hours of English courses and two hours of PE. Even then, due to my birthday being after the July 31st cutoff date, I should technically be in my sophomore year. So, essentially, I could have graduated high school halfway through my junior year. I'm no prodigy, but that's not entirely normal.
Despite all of this, I give everything to God. On my own, the only thing I would've accomplished up there would be the bike wreck.
--Michael W.
A Youth Geek's TV Shows
As previously promised, here is a list of TV shows and channels I watch, with commentary on why I watch them...
Channels:
CBS--NCIS and NCIS LA, mostly. Plus they have good movies every once in a while.
ESPN--Sportscenter, and any baseball game that happens to be on.
FSN--Final Score, and more MLB.
USA--NCIS re-runs, Burn Notice, and the frequent showings of the Bourne movies.
DSC--Man vs. Wild, How It's Made, etc.
DISNEY--Phineas and Ferb, Tom & Jerry, occasional good movie.
HIST--Modern Marvels, Battle (or Patton) 360, etc.
TVLAND--Andy Griffith, Everybody Loves Raymond, etc.
Shows: (not necessarily in order of preference)
Everybody Loves Raymond--My parents got me addicted to this. I don't go out of my way to watch it, but it's always there when nothing else is on.
Man v. Food--I mean, seriously, who doesn't love watching a 300 lb. man scarf down 10% of his body weight in one sitting? One of the things that got me hooked was the fact that the first episode I watched was him at Central Dairy in Jefferson City, MO, which is close to where I live.
NCIS--I love this show. I have seen every episode in every season, and it's a very rare day that I miss a new episode. In that case, I'm on tvblinkx.com faster than you can, well, blink.
Phineas and Ferb--You know all those old cartoons that contain nuances that you never understood when you were 8? This is that type of show, but now you get to understand it all. The only reason I don't like it more than NCIS is the stupid music sequences.
Modern Marvels--This is essential for any geek/nerd in the universe. I mean, right now it's "Guns of the Russian Military". Seriously, what could be more epic than that???
Mythbusters--On no other show do you watch a bunch of geeks get together and construct such mayhem. I mean, attaching phone books to an SUV and shooting the heck out of it with sniper rifles, assault rifles, etc? Geez. This ain't no pansy myth busting show.
NCIS: Los Angeles--The original NCIS can't last too much longer, so LA will give me something to watch after Gibbs retires. Again.
Burn Notice--This is the most epic show I've ever watched. Imagine the carnage of Mythbusters, the technical aspect of Modern Marvels, the humor/drama of NCIS, and the characterization/plot line of no other, all in one. Can't wait for the next season.
Well, that's pretty much it. Not all of what I watch, but that's most of it.
--Michael W.
Channels:
CBS--NCIS and NCIS LA, mostly. Plus they have good movies every once in a while.
ESPN--Sportscenter, and any baseball game that happens to be on.
FSN--Final Score, and more MLB.
USA--NCIS re-runs, Burn Notice, and the frequent showings of the Bourne movies.
DSC--Man vs. Wild, How It's Made, etc.
DISNEY--Phineas and Ferb, Tom & Jerry, occasional good movie.
HIST--Modern Marvels, Battle (or Patton) 360, etc.
TVLAND--Andy Griffith, Everybody Loves Raymond, etc.
Shows: (not necessarily in order of preference)
Everybody Loves Raymond--My parents got me addicted to this. I don't go out of my way to watch it, but it's always there when nothing else is on.
Man v. Food--I mean, seriously, who doesn't love watching a 300 lb. man scarf down 10% of his body weight in one sitting? One of the things that got me hooked was the fact that the first episode I watched was him at Central Dairy in Jefferson City, MO, which is close to where I live.
NCIS--I love this show. I have seen every episode in every season, and it's a very rare day that I miss a new episode. In that case, I'm on tvblinkx.com faster than you can, well, blink.
Phineas and Ferb--You know all those old cartoons that contain nuances that you never understood when you were 8? This is that type of show, but now you get to understand it all. The only reason I don't like it more than NCIS is the stupid music sequences.
Modern Marvels--This is essential for any geek/nerd in the universe. I mean, right now it's "Guns of the Russian Military". Seriously, what could be more epic than that???
Mythbusters--On no other show do you watch a bunch of geeks get together and construct such mayhem. I mean, attaching phone books to an SUV and shooting the heck out of it with sniper rifles, assault rifles, etc? Geez. This ain't no pansy myth busting show.
NCIS: Los Angeles--The original NCIS can't last too much longer, so LA will give me something to watch after Gibbs retires. Again.
Burn Notice--This is the most epic show I've ever watched. Imagine the carnage of Mythbusters, the technical aspect of Modern Marvels, the humor/drama of NCIS, and the characterization/plot line of no other, all in one. Can't wait for the next season.
Well, that's pretty much it. Not all of what I watch, but that's most of it.
--Michael W.
A Youth Geek's Apps
Somehow, this was deleted the first time I posted it. Oh, well. I guess I get to alphabetize them for you now.
Basically, you've already seen Parker's top apps. Only problem, he's not a youth geek, per se. These are the apps of a true youth geek. Here are all the icons for the apps, in order...
AP Mobile--This app doesn't give you too much more than any other news app, but it updates much faster, so you can get alerts under an hour after the event occured.
BBC News--This is like AP Mobile, and it lets you listen to BBC News Radio, in all is accented epicness.
Bloons Tower Defense 4--This is one of two gaming apps I'll reccomend. Don't get the full version, since the lite version has everything but multiple maps.
Chord Play--This app does cost a dollar, but it gives you two main functions: a playable guitar (acoustic, electric, distorted electric, palm-muted acoustic, or piano) in addition to a database of tabs for virtually any chord. It may not replace your Ibanez for youth worship, but it's still pretty cool. Especially for those 12 hour long bus trips to conferences.
Crazy Remote Lite--This has to be the utility app I use the most. It's free, but it gives you a trial of the full version that costs $20. Whenever you have a strong Wi-Fi connection, you can access your desktop at home. You just need to download the Crazy Remote server from their website, which is also free. This app is perfect for when you need to use flash on the go, or if you have the sudden urge to play Minecraft after Wednesday night youth.
Cube Wizard--Ah, the infamous Rubik's cube. As of January 2011, I can officially do the Rubik's Professor, but it's still nice to find faster ways of solving the original cube. This app gives you very short solutions to any cube configuration.
cubie--This app is essentially the original Rubik's cube, but it's free. 90% of the other cube apps out there cost money, and only a small handful of the free ones actually work decently well. If you've ever used Princton University's Virtual Rubik's Cube Java applet, you're already familiar with how this works.
Dilbert--This is your ticket to being a geek. The only flaw I've seen is the lack of a function to share comics on Facebook. That would make this top my list of best apps ever.
Disaster Alert--This app is one of the news apps I use the most. It gives you almost instantaneous updates for natural disasters occurring around the world. It plots everything from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to tropical cyclones and blizzards on Google Earth.
Facts--This app doesn't care if you prefer Bruce Willis to Bruce Lee or Chuck Schultz to Chuck Norris. Just plug in the name of your beloved persona, and it gives you unlimited access to thousands of facts about that person without even needing internet. It even lets you mark your favorites and then post them to Facebook.
foursquare--This is a social app. While that may be an oxymoron for people like me, it's pretty cool. It's a lot like AroundMe. It gives you the locations of virtually every restaurant/business in your town. When you're at a location in its database, you can check in. If you check in enough, you become 'mayor' of that location. It's pretty cool competition for those in smaller towns.
FOX News--This doesn't have radio or anything, but it does give you a more conservative outlook on recent events.
FOX Sports--The only reason I still have ESPN ScoreCenter is the fact that it updates very quickly. This app doesn't update, but it gives you a far superior experience when actively monitoring a game in progress.
Garfield b--There's apps for pretty much every cartoon out there. Garfield is a classic, but it's up to you on what cartoons you like.
MyRadar--This is a weather app, but it doesn't give you a forecast or current conditions. The only thing it does is give you up to the minute radar. It never crashes, unlike TWC's radar, which is the entire reason I have it.
NPR News--This app gives you radio, just like AP and BBC, but it gives you access to NPR's entire, nationwide selection of stations and programs.
Pandora--This app isn't much different from the other internet radio apps, but it's free, and you can use Pandora on your computer too.
Physics 101--The full version of this app does cost a dollar, but it's invaluable for a physics student, or anyone else who likes to mess around with equations.
Quick Graph--This app is a 3D graphing calculator, though it only gives you the shape of the graph instead of the data. It has a 2D option as well.
RedLaser--There are dozens of apps that let you scan barcodes, but RedLaser is the only one I've found that gives you prices from the internet, prices from stores close to you, and nutritional information for scanned food products. What's not to like?
Shopping Cart Hero--This gaming app costs a dollar, but it's a ton of fun, at least until Apple includes flash with the iPod.
SoundHound--This app is a free, exponently more epic version of Shazam. Shazam only lets you tag 5 songs a month before you have to pay for a subscription, SoundHound lets you tag unlimited songs for free. Shazam only recognizes the artist's original track playing through speakers, while SoundHound lets you sing, hum, or play the music on an instrument, and it will still likely give you as good results, depending on how close you hum to the original song. It claims to even be able to recognize raps, "if they have a distinct melody."
textPlus--As 90% geek, 10% nerd, I am slightly socially inept. As yet, I do not have a cell phone. Still, there are many instances in which texting would be nice to have, so this is perfect. While this app does need Wi-Fi, it gives you free, unlimited texting to virtually any carrier.
TV Guide--Really, the only reason I have this app is to keep track of my favorite television programs (which I will talk about in a later post).
The Weather Channel--TWC is almost always right in its forecasts, though it only gives current conditions for a region, instead of your actual city.
Ultimate Guitar or OnSong--If you're a youth ministry music geek, you probably need one of these two apps. Ultimate Guitar costs $3, but it gives you access to multiple version of chords, tabs, and music for other instruments. OnSong is free, but it only gives you chords and tabs, and it has a smaller selection.
VEVO--This is pretty much Hulu for music videos. It doesn't have everything, but it is a nice resource for a free app.
Weather HD--This app is more aesthetic than anything, and it does cost a dollar. However, it is pretty neat for comparing short-term forecasts.
WeatherBug--This app gives you spot-on current conditions, though its forecasts are usually a little quirky.
That's pretty much it. I'll probably have monthly posts on newer apps I get, but this is the core of what I have.
--Michael W.
Basically, you've already seen Parker's top apps. Only problem, he's not a youth geek, per se. These are the apps of a true youth geek. Here are all the icons for the apps, in order...
AP Mobile--This app doesn't give you too much more than any other news app, but it updates much faster, so you can get alerts under an hour after the event occured.
BBC News--This is like AP Mobile, and it lets you listen to BBC News Radio, in all is accented epicness.
Bloons Tower Defense 4--This is one of two gaming apps I'll reccomend. Don't get the full version, since the lite version has everything but multiple maps.
Chord Play--This app does cost a dollar, but it gives you two main functions: a playable guitar (acoustic, electric, distorted electric, palm-muted acoustic, or piano) in addition to a database of tabs for virtually any chord. It may not replace your Ibanez for youth worship, but it's still pretty cool. Especially for those 12 hour long bus trips to conferences.
Crazy Remote Lite--This has to be the utility app I use the most. It's free, but it gives you a trial of the full version that costs $20. Whenever you have a strong Wi-Fi connection, you can access your desktop at home. You just need to download the Crazy Remote server from their website, which is also free. This app is perfect for when you need to use flash on the go, or if you have the sudden urge to play Minecraft after Wednesday night youth.
Cube Wizard--Ah, the infamous Rubik's cube. As of January 2011, I can officially do the Rubik's Professor, but it's still nice to find faster ways of solving the original cube. This app gives you very short solutions to any cube configuration.
cubie--This app is essentially the original Rubik's cube, but it's free. 90% of the other cube apps out there cost money, and only a small handful of the free ones actually work decently well. If you've ever used Princton University's Virtual Rubik's Cube Java applet, you're already familiar with how this works.
Dilbert--This is your ticket to being a geek. The only flaw I've seen is the lack of a function to share comics on Facebook. That would make this top my list of best apps ever.
Disaster Alert--This app is one of the news apps I use the most. It gives you almost instantaneous updates for natural disasters occurring around the world. It plots everything from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to tropical cyclones and blizzards on Google Earth.
Facts--This app doesn't care if you prefer Bruce Willis to Bruce Lee or Chuck Schultz to Chuck Norris. Just plug in the name of your beloved persona, and it gives you unlimited access to thousands of facts about that person without even needing internet. It even lets you mark your favorites and then post them to Facebook.
foursquare--This is a social app. While that may be an oxymoron for people like me, it's pretty cool. It's a lot like AroundMe. It gives you the locations of virtually every restaurant/business in your town. When you're at a location in its database, you can check in. If you check in enough, you become 'mayor' of that location. It's pretty cool competition for those in smaller towns.
FOX News--This doesn't have radio or anything, but it does give you a more conservative outlook on recent events.
FOX Sports--The only reason I still have ESPN ScoreCenter is the fact that it updates very quickly. This app doesn't update, but it gives you a far superior experience when actively monitoring a game in progress.
Garfield b--There's apps for pretty much every cartoon out there. Garfield is a classic, but it's up to you on what cartoons you like.
MyRadar--This is a weather app, but it doesn't give you a forecast or current conditions. The only thing it does is give you up to the minute radar. It never crashes, unlike TWC's radar, which is the entire reason I have it.
NPR News--This app gives you radio, just like AP and BBC, but it gives you access to NPR's entire, nationwide selection of stations and programs.
Pandora--This app isn't much different from the other internet radio apps, but it's free, and you can use Pandora on your computer too.
Physics 101--The full version of this app does cost a dollar, but it's invaluable for a physics student, or anyone else who likes to mess around with equations.
Quick Graph--This app is a 3D graphing calculator, though it only gives you the shape of the graph instead of the data. It has a 2D option as well.
RedLaser--There are dozens of apps that let you scan barcodes, but RedLaser is the only one I've found that gives you prices from the internet, prices from stores close to you, and nutritional information for scanned food products. What's not to like?
Shopping Cart Hero--This gaming app costs a dollar, but it's a ton of fun, at least until Apple includes flash with the iPod.
SoundHound--This app is a free, exponently more epic version of Shazam. Shazam only lets you tag 5 songs a month before you have to pay for a subscription, SoundHound lets you tag unlimited songs for free. Shazam only recognizes the artist's original track playing through speakers, while SoundHound lets you sing, hum, or play the music on an instrument, and it will still likely give you as good results, depending on how close you hum to the original song. It claims to even be able to recognize raps, "if they have a distinct melody."
textPlus--As 90% geek, 10% nerd, I am slightly socially inept. As yet, I do not have a cell phone. Still, there are many instances in which texting would be nice to have, so this is perfect. While this app does need Wi-Fi, it gives you free, unlimited texting to virtually any carrier.
TV Guide--Really, the only reason I have this app is to keep track of my favorite television programs (which I will talk about in a later post).
The Weather Channel--TWC is almost always right in its forecasts, though it only gives current conditions for a region, instead of your actual city.
Ultimate Guitar or OnSong--If you're a youth ministry music geek, you probably need one of these two apps. Ultimate Guitar costs $3, but it gives you access to multiple version of chords, tabs, and music for other instruments. OnSong is free, but it only gives you chords and tabs, and it has a smaller selection.
VEVO--This is pretty much Hulu for music videos. It doesn't have everything, but it is a nice resource for a free app.
Weather HD--This app is more aesthetic than anything, and it does cost a dollar. However, it is pretty neat for comparing short-term forecasts.
WeatherBug--This app gives you spot-on current conditions, though its forecasts are usually a little quirky.
That's pretty much it. I'll probably have monthly posts on newer apps I get, but this is the core of what I have.
--Michael W.
A Youth Geek's Bookmarks
First off, it goes without saying that any true geek uses Firefox. Safari is cool for a person sick of Internet Explorer, and Internet Explorer is cool for someone who is okay putting up with twenty meaningless toolbars.
Anyway, here is a list of my Bookmarks on Firefox...
http://aventalearning.com/login
--Not many of you may be taking Latin II online, but that is one of my bookmarks.
http://cheezburger.com/sites
--I love this place. Seriously, the only place that trumps ICHC is 4chan, and it's still pretty iffy.
http://geeks.thedailywh.at/
--I don't care if this is already in the Cheezburger Network. This and the original TDW are your window into everything going on in the universe.
http://xkcd.com/
--Dry, usually clean humor. A steady collection of memes mostly directed at social networking and the 'interwebs'.
http://cgi.darwinawards.com/cgi/random.pl
--A random story of some person cleaning up the gene pool.
http://www.google.com/search?q=app+site%3Aapple.com&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
--Yes, that's just a google search, but it's the fastest way to find any app.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
--I see no reason why anybody wouldn't have this bookmarked.
http://www.biblegateway.com/
--There are other Bible websites out there, but this is the most reliable. I actually don't have it bookmarked, since it's my home page.
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/news/?cat=4
--DVDvideosoft is the most epic program studio I've ever seen. It's worked wonders when I've needed to download youtube videos, dub audio/video, convert audio/video, etc.
http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index?sid=396545211&link=list
--I'm more of a physical sciences person than a natural sciences person, and it's nice to be able to help other people cheat on their homework every now and then.
http://www.ptable.com/
--As a first year Chem student last year, this was invaluable. I still prefer it over any other periodic table on the internet.
http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/
--I miss the day when Parker used these during Wednesday Night Youth...
http://www.christianguitar.org/
--Hundreds of chords you can't find on Ultimate-Guitar.
Well, that's pretty much everything I love on the internet. Enjoy!
--Michael W.
Anyway, here is a list of my Bookmarks on Firefox...
http://aventalearning.com/login
--Not many of you may be taking Latin II online, but that is one of my bookmarks.
http://cheezburger.com/sites
--I love this place. Seriously, the only place that trumps ICHC is 4chan, and it's still pretty iffy.
http://geeks.thedailywh.at/
--I don't care if this is already in the Cheezburger Network. This and the original TDW are your window into everything going on in the universe.
http://xkcd.com/
--Dry, usually clean humor. A steady collection of memes mostly directed at social networking and the 'interwebs'.
http://cgi.darwinawards.com/cgi/random.pl
--A random story of some person cleaning up the gene pool.
http://www.google.com/search?q=app+site%3Aapple.com&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
--Yes, that's just a google search, but it's the fastest way to find any app.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
--I see no reason why anybody wouldn't have this bookmarked.
http://www.biblegateway.com/
--There are other Bible websites out there, but this is the most reliable. I actually don't have it bookmarked, since it's my home page.
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/news/?cat=4
--DVDvideosoft is the most epic program studio I've ever seen. It's worked wonders when I've needed to download youtube videos, dub audio/video, convert audio/video, etc.
http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index?sid=396545211&link=list
--I'm more of a physical sciences person than a natural sciences person, and it's nice to be able to help other people cheat on their homework every now and then.
http://www.ptable.com/
--As a first year Chem student last year, this was invaluable. I still prefer it over any other periodic table on the internet.
http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/
--I miss the day when Parker used these during Wednesday Night Youth...
http://www.christianguitar.org/
--Hundreds of chords you can't find on Ultimate-Guitar.
Well, that's pretty much everything I love on the internet. Enjoy!
--Michael W.
Happy New Year! Yay apps!
Happy New Year!
Let's start the year and this blog off with some of my favorite apps for the iPhone/iPod!
Shazam Music ID
Super easy! Just point your device toward the music source and identify it.
Pandora Radio
Free streaming radio. Select the artist or genre.
Urbanspoon
Don't know where to eat? Use this app to find any type of food you want.
Red Laser
Very accurate barcode scanner. Find a better price on all kinds of items.
Zombie Farm
Farm, grow and harvest your own zombie farm!
Angry Birds
Physics based strategy desctruction game. Get your eggs back!
That's all for now. A good way to start the blog. More will come later!
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