New Burger King Fries

I'm still upset about Wendy's fries and how they changed and (in my opinion) they now SUCK! I was hoping they would have changed them back by now, but doesn't look like that's gonna happen. My ban is still on...

In other fast food news, it seems that Burger King (whose fries I rank equal or even lower than Wendy's) will be coming out with a new fries next week. They say the new fries will be flufflier, taste more potato-like, and be full of deliciousness, or something like that. I don't frequently go to Burger King, but this will definitely make me more inclined as their fries were horrible. I will absolutely be going to Burger King next week to try the new ones out and if they are good I'll probably go more often.

That is all.

Life Update and ZELDA!!!

Just need to say that last weekend, going to Dallas, was one of the greatest times we've ever had. The Cowboys blew the Bills outta the water and gave us one of Dallas' greatest victories in 11 years. We will never forget it and it was absolutely a blast!

Moving on... came back to work on Tuesday, worked all week and now it's Friday. Woo Hoo!

With all my GTA 5 hype, I almost missed another game that is actually coming out this Sunday... Zelda: Skyward Sword... I can't friggin' wait! My plan is to, perhaps, play some older Zelda games tonight... maybe Ocarina, or at least some Twilight Princess and maybe the new DS games... tomorrow I will try to do the same and Sunday I will head out and buy the new game (after the Dallas/Washington game, of course.)

That's all... I'm excited!

F*@# 3D!!

I think I wrote a post awhile back about 3D, but I just wanted to restate my opinions. I believe that just as it was in the 70's/80's... 3D will be another fad of the 10's that will likely go away.

Some directors were coming out and saying that they believe 3D will be the only way a film is shot in the future, but that's bullshit.

Sure, 3D is pretty neat and all, but it's annoying as fuck. You have to wear dark glasses at the theaters or buy a 3D TV to watch at home (and also wear glasses.) There are some sets that don't require 3D glasses, but that 3D is straight up ASS.

It just pisses me off, that's all... I dunno. I am predicting that 3D will stay a niche little thing and most people won't give a fuck.

Geez, why does this get me so mad. I dunno....

I think that true innovation and the real next step of film and tv will be holographic imaging... think Star Wars when that fucked up orange dude is showing the weak points of the Death Star... and of course Princess Leia's message... that will be a big next step. All this 3D shit is just the pop single of the week.

Dallas Trip

Muahahaha.... this Saturday, Jen and myself are heading to Dallas to see the Dallas/Buffalo game on Sunday, Nov 13 (our anniversary.)

I couldn't be any more excited, and as the date gets nearer and nearer, I'm starting to look up all kinds of information regarding the city, the stadium, prices for food/beer, etc...etc... I'm not even sure what all I'm going to take either...

There are a few things that I need to get before we go down... a new big white undershirt for under my jersey... some kind of charger/battery for my iPhone (maybe one of those battery cases,) perhaps snacks for the plane, umm... there's probably more but I'm too excited.

GTA V!!!!

Rockstar has (sorta) announced the newest installment in the Grand Theft Auto series... GTA V!

There was a simple Tweet this morning from @rockstargames that simply said #GTAV and including a link to their homepage which features the picture to the right. As you can see from the pic, GTA V's first trailer is due next week... and well, that's pretty much all we know.

We could try and dissect the way the 'V' looks like it's cut out of a $5 bill, but there really isn't enough information to form any kind of basis from. People on the forums are saying it has a vibe similar to San Andreas, or maybe even Washington DC, but we really won't know anything until next week when the trailer is released.

All I can say is.... YAY!

This exciting news may just spark my interest to go back and start playing GTA games all over again (well at least since GTA III.) In fact, it is GTA III's 10th year anniversary and they are soon to be releasing an iOS version for iPad 2 (and maybe iPhone.) That would be a great place to start... and if I actually play through all the games and try to achieve 100%, the next GTA may be released by the time I finish.

- SPECULATION -

OK, if we base the release of the trailer on the release of the trailer for GTA IV... IV's trailer was released March 07... the release date for the game was supposed to be October 07 but was delayed and didn't come out until April 08. So it was supposed to be about 7 months away, but ended up being 13 months... I'll cross my fingers and hope that they are aiming for 6 or 7 months away which would put GTA V's release date approximately May or June. I hope we find out a bit more about the release next week as well. I'm Hype!

**UPDATE**

Last night I started playing through GTA III on Xbox and after about the 3rd mission I had to move on, simply because I've played through III about 20 times and it felt old... still great but old nonetheless...

I moved on to Vice City and again, it was nice returning but I had already played it a few dozen times so I moved on to San Andreas.

San Andreas did feel a bit more fresh and I got through about 5 missions... I have already beaten San Andreas a couple times and I've played it probably even more than III or Vice City, but I wanted to jump to the next gen console, so I put in...

GTA IV... This game I only beat twice in the past and I have played a bunch of times too, but it still feels very fresh, so I stuck with this and got through about 4 missions... I will continue playing through it until I beat it, also aim for getting 100%. After that's done, I'll play Lost and the Damned expansion and The Ballad of Gay Tony expansion. That will be tough enough to get through all of them, and probably last until the new game comes out... depending on how much free time I actually get to play.

Things I Wish Siri Could Do

I've been playing with Siri on the iPhone 4S since I got it, and it does remarkably well at a number of tasks, however there is room for improvement. Here is a list of things that I wish it could do and hope that it might eventually do.

- If you ask Siri "Do a Google search for Pandas" it will comply, but it would be nice if you could ask "Do a Google News search for Occupy Wall Street" or "Do a Google Image search for Scarlett Johannson."

- Sports Scores! Enough Said... I would love to ask "What's the score of the Notre Dame and Purdue game?" and have Siri say "The Score is Notre Dame 27, Purdue 3, it is the 4th quarter with 5:23 left to play."

- There were some features in the Siri App that have not (yet) made the transition to the 4S such as booking reservations for restaurants and looking up movie times (also possibly purchasing the tickets for you.) I think these things will come, but I want them NOW.

- App Accessibility. Siri will currently set an alarm (which uses the Clock App) or plot directions (using Google Maps,) but it'll be nice when and if it can at least open up other apps. "Siri, open up my Twitter app." or "Siri, open Youtube."

- Search. I think if you ask Siri to find something on your iPhone, some things it can, like contacts, but it would be nice if you could do a spotlight type of search with all media on your phone like "Find all pictures of me in Photos."

- Twitter, Facebook, etc... It would be nice to just say "Please Tweet the following, the traffic on 83 is horrible right now!" or "Please update facebook status to say, I just won the lottery suckers" or even if you just took a picture say "Please send picture to Facebook"

- Control Settings. How awesome would it be to simply tell Siri "Please turn off wifi" or "enable Bluetooth." This would be too sweet.


That's all I can think of right now... I'll try to think of more and make a similar post in the future...

iPhone 4S Review

Now that I've had 4 days to use my new iPhone 4S, I think it's about time to write a review. There are many new features, some were new to the iPhone 4 and some are new to the 4S... but they are all new to me because I am coming from an iPhone 3GS. Let me break it down.

The Retina Display:

I marveled at the Retina Display when it was announced for the iPhone 4, but the only glimpses I got of it were from my brother-in-law who had one. Actually having this display on my phone is amazing. The pictures are crystal clear, the app icons jump out at you and the text is the main highlight and looks as though the words are printed in a glossy magazine. It's spectacular.

Camera Enhancements:

The iPhone 4 made big strides with it's camera, upping the 3GS's 3 megapixels to 5 megapixels, 4 lenses, adding enhanced sensors, an LED flash, and a front facing camera. The 4S ups the ante and brings a whopping 8 megapixels, 5 lenses, even better sensors, 1080p HD video recording with image stabilization and the same LED flash and front facing camera. This camera puts this near the top of all smartphone camera available today. It is phenomenal to take such clear pictures, and it takes them fast too.

Processor Improvements:

The iPhone 4 utilized the iPad's A4 processor and the iPhone 4S now uses the iPad 2's A5 processor. Both had 512 MB Ram and have sped things up considerably. The 4S is remarkably fast and going from page to page and app to app is snappier than I've ever seen.

SIRI:

If those changes weren't enough, Apple is throwing in a little thing called Siri, which could simply be defined as a digital personal assistant. Siri uses voice recognition (licensed by Nuance,) to listen to your commands and questions and it uses Siri's artificially intelligent brain to figure out the meaning in your words and help out as needed. Siri is occasionally hit and miss, but for the most part it does what you need it to do and understands reasonably well. I've already used it a lot to text while driving, set up reminders, look up information, take notes, and just plain ask it silly questions. There is a good likelihood that voice control technology will be the newest interface. First computers needed keyboards, then mice, then touch, soon...voice.

Overall:

I Love It! Nuff Said.