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NASA Finds New Life?

T minus 2.75 hours until NASA hits the stage to talk about a newly discovered life-form. nanu nanu Stay tuned…this is a good day.

Food Slash Math Meme

I like Cheetos, mathematics, and memes, for the record. nomnomnom Regular Cheetos have nothing on jalapeno Cheetos, also for the record.

Droid 2 Must Have Games

Games kick ass, am I right? Am I right? (****Spoiler…YES!*****) Since I haven’t blathered about how awesome Android stuff is in a while, I figured I would ramble about games for a while. So far, I have found four games that are pretty much “must-have.” I hate that term, but it gets me search engine traffic. And traffic is a must-have. (Sorry.) You can find these must-havers on Android Market, but you probably knew that. Let’s begin. In order of most-must-have, to still-must-have-but-not-as-much-as-most-must-have… Angry Birds – Q. Why so angry, birds? A. Those egg-stealing pigs, that’s why. mofo Robo Defense – Tower defense, FTW. I got really, really sucked into this one, keeping it in the two spot. All acheivements, check. joke fail Fruit Ninja – Chopping the shit out of fruit…this game is as fun as it sounds nacho ninja Doodle Jump – Pretty sure this (like Angry Birds) made some waves on iStuff. You jump a doodle…it is amusing as hell. stupid flanders I’m still waiting for the non-advertisment-laden version of Angry Birds to drop. Right now, the free app is all that is out there on the Android Market. I’m not entirely sure, but I think I spent less than 3 bucks for the other three apps. Robo Defense has a pretty solid trial version, FWIW. Well, in any regards, get Angry Birds. Meetings at work become little workday vay-kays. Little bird flinging vay-kays. If you come across anything that I should check out, hit me with a comment. Or, Tweet that crap over to @swantron. Plug.

Droid 2 Must Have Games

Games kick ass, am I right? Am I right? (****Spoiler…YES!*****) Since I haven’t blathered about how awesome Android stuff is in a while, I figured I would ramble about games for a while. So far, I have found four games that are pretty much “must-have.” I hate that term, but it gets me search engine traffic. And traffic is a must-have. (Sorry.) You can find these must-havers on Android Market, but you probably knew that. Let’s begin. In order of most-must-have, to still-must-have-but-not-as-much-as-most-must-have… Angry Birds – Q. Why so angry, birds? A. Those egg-stealing pigs, that’s why. mofo Robo Defense – Tower defense, FTW. I got really, really sucked into this one, keeping it in the two spot. All acheivements, check. joke fail Fruit Ninja – Chopping the shit out of fruit…this game is as fun as it sounds nacho ninja Doodle Jump – Pretty sure this (like Angry Birds) made some waves on iStuff. You jump a doodle…it is amusing as hell. stupid flanders I’m still waiting for the non-advertisment-laden version of Angry Birds to drop. Right now, the free app is all that is out there on the Android Market. I’m not entirely sure, but I think I spent less than 3 bucks for the other three apps. Robo Defense has a pretty solid trial version, FWIW. Well, in any regards, get Angry Birds. Meetings at work become little workday vay-kays. Little bird flinging vay-kays. If you come across anything that I should check out, hit me with a comment. Or, Tweet that crap over to @swantron. Plug.

Are Pajama Jeans Awesome?

Remember Pajama Jeans? I posted about them a while back, stating that society had hit a new low, due to the sheer level of WTF of which Pajama Jeans reek. Even sexy robot lady can’t make these look less than WTF. pj jean Well, I can’t tell you if people are still making these things. I too can’t tell you if people are still buying or wearing Pajama Jeans. I can say, with 100% certainty, that people are searching the webs for these retarded things…and en masse. Check the snapshot from Google Webmaster Tools: no way Un. Fricking. Believable. Well, I do get a kick out of the fact the Pajama Jeans would-be shoppers ended up here. I have a feeling they would appreciate the last post about the junk food in my desk drawer at work.

Important Work Items

You have to fuel the machine… work_food I guess if this particular software developing machine starts to run on E, it can make a make-shift sandwich out of crackers, peanut butter, Doritos, and EZ Cheese. Maybe smash some jalapeno Cheetos in that sucker…

Awesome Droid Apps Redux

Guess what? I’m posting this via my Droid 2, since Verizon’s 3G is faster than my Bresnan high-speed. Maybe one of their sys admins knocked some servers offline…I bet it is really hard to get around those racks with GIGANTIC CLOWN SHOES. Fuck Bresnan…whatever. Here is a pic of an angry bird: soooo mad I feel your pain, angry bird. I’m picking up what you are angrily putting down. Now to the point of the post. I’m bringin Droid Apps back. You Apple fanboiz don’t know how to act. Back in the day, I posted a little gem about the Android apps that I deemed must haves. Well, as fate would have it, my title brought me a bit of traffic. SEO FTW. Here is another (hopefully) perfectly titled post, that is dually of value for my fellow Android users. Here we go…my top 5 Droid apps as of right now. 1) ATK, again. Battery life is still a perpetual issue. Blast your junk processes, and blast them often. 2) Angry Birds. Those birds are angrier than I. Best game I have seen on this damn thing. Bar none. Tie, 3/4) Nesoid/GameBoid. Emultating the crap out of NES and GBA games. I found a bunch of stuff I used to play when I was a youngster. +1 usage of younster. 5) WiimoteControl. You know what…this will assuredly jump to the number two spot, once I can chop up the code and figure out the motion control aspect. Perhaps number one…who needs a ton of battery life when you can map the crap out of motions and use that as your input scheme I bet ten minutes with that interface combo will sufficiently blow your mind. Grab one of these phones, root it, and grab those ^ apps. Good times will ensue.

Airsoft Hack Kickoff

I’m working on a project to control an airsoft pistol via my Arduino. The end result is to enable web control of this thing… pew pew pew So far, I have checked off one step of two. My steps are as follow: Step 1) Tear apart item Step 2) Hack the crap out of said item Stay tuned…

Uses for Old Cell Phones

I remember how excited I was when I picked up my first BlackBerry Pearl. My new, shiny, metallic, trackball-having, Brick Breaker playing, T9 is history-making-me-say, Blackberry Pearl. That bad boy had a two inch screen, if you measured it diagonally. I swear. Actually, I have it sitting on my work bench right now. One second… I was wrong…it is easily two and a quarter. Diagonal. So the question at hand is quickly becoming an age-old question. What do we do with all of this tech once it hits the end of the road? For phones, this is increasingly hard…the older unit is too nice to toss, but too slow to hit paydirt on eBay. Now what? I’d like to be coy and say something like “two words…[two words here]”…but URLs cross me up. So…here you go….check out sellcell.com. They can solve the problem of which I speak. cool new phone We still have a big ol’ tube TV upstairs. What do you do with a cathode ray tube? You can toss it in the trash, dropping heavy metals in the water table. You could bring it out to the sticks, and use it for target practice with a rifle. Or shotgun, equipped with slugs. Not that I would know, but that may make for a good target, albeit another way to pollute the crap out of the water run-off. Fortunately for us (and quite unfortunately for the gun toting hillbillies) there are options when it comes to cell phones. I am proud to say that the cellular market has become pervasive enough to allow for cell phone recycling to take root. Even if you are completely over your cell phone, there are people willing to recycle it for you. They will give you far more loot for your old unit, provided it has a market value…i.e. it is not a Zach Morris phone. Or a BB Pearl. Snaps. Well, I would say long story short, but my story was long to begin with. Long story in summation, a reputable EU company is extending their service to the US. They provide the best option out there, as far as uses for old cell phones are concerned. They are doing so well, that they can pay me to write about their launch in the States…dang. Hit one of those links to see what is up. I’m still looking at my old BlackBerry…how pathetic does that little sucker look? Plus, nothing happens when you push on that screen…ghetto as hell.

Got Bags?

I am not a huge fan of my gigantic Dell backpack that I was issued at work. It is way too boxy, way too uncomfortable, and way too weird looking. Long story short, I ended up online looking at Laptop Cases. There was some good stuff. My personal favorite that I found was this guy: swimmy swammy swanson samsonite Suffice to say I have been called Samsonite. A few times. Anyhow, on the search I ran into a site called gotbags.com. I was frankly impressed by their prices…a lot better deals than I expected to find. From Laptop Bags For Women to Britto Luggage, they have fancy stuff in addition to the more basic laptop bags I was hunting for. Take a look by hitting one of those links.