One Bad Apple

i love apple! but there is just one thing that i really dont like. its the fact that they have 4 different adapters for all different macs. for example, i have a mini DVI to DVI adapter for my macbook so i can plug my mac into a projector, but if i have to connect to something through VGA and i have to borrow an adapter from someone else i cant borrow from someone with the new macbooks because they use a micro DVI adapter and not a mini DVI. its retarded! and if i have to connect to an apple display i have to use a mini display adapter, and theres also a VGA display adaptor. i really dont get it. why cant apple just come out with one standard adapter? or better yet, just put a VGA or DVI port right on the mac! i still love macs tho, so dont get me wrong.

if your looking to buy and adapter for your mac hopefully this will help you:

Mini DVI Adapter:

Macro DVI Adapter:

VGA Display Adapter:

Mini Display Adapter:

App of the Week

ok, i know i said i would get this up on friday, but a lot was going on. give me a break, its not like you look forward to this all week. or do you? any ways, this weeks app is "School Days Countdown". its a very basic app, but hey, it counts down the days/hours/minutes/seconds till graduation! and even if your not a cool senior like i am you can use it to count down till the last day of school, or till your birthday for all i care. there's also a setting where you can count the days till school starts, but who would want to count the days till that? idk, not me. this app is free in the app store, just search "School Days Countdown".

While i was writing this post there was:
-55 days, 4 hours, 46 minutes, and 14 seconds
-55.1988 days total
-1,324.7706 hours total
-79,486.2333 minutes total
-4,769,174 seconds total

Trip to Yap - Spring of 2010

after the teen retreat i went strait home. i had already packed most of my stuff before the retreat so i just had to throw some stuff from my overnight bag into my suitcase. every time we go down to Yap we take the Zimmers a ton of food that they cant buy on the island, so i had a bunch of random food items stuffed in my suitcase and carry-on bag. i felt weird going through security cause i had bags of cheese and stuff in there... we also took two coolers of frozen meat and other refrigerated foods.
we arrived in Yap late that night so we didnt do much that day. Sunday morning was our first church service. for their song service they had 2 guitars, a few ukes, and a violin! it actually sounded pretty good, and the people there sing really loud and from the heart. the church there is smaller than our youth group and they still sing louder than us! that afternoon we just chilled at Zimmers house until the Bible study that night. the Bible study took place in a village with no power or running water called Mop. one of the Bible study members owns a house there and hosts the Bible study every Sunday night even though he was unsaved, but that night we were there he came to know the Lord as his Savior! it was so cool! later in the week we went to see the christian radio station they have there. it was really cool to see how they ran their radio station there in Yap. we walked around and wrote down a few measurements for future work on the tower. when we were all done i found the four wheeler out the back and drove around till we had to leave. later that night we drove down to a beach on the other side of the island and had a BBQ. we had chicken, hotdogs, and i bunch of other local food. everything was SUPER good! we waited for the sun to go down till we packed up and headed home. the next day we had some tough work ahead of us. it was really really hot that day. before we came, Mr. Zimmer had cut down some trees toward the top of his property. now these werent little trees, they were huge! he had cut them into three sections so it would be easier to pull down. our job was chain each section of log to a rope and pully system and drag them down using a four wheel drive van from Japan (yeah, i had to throw that in there. most of the vehicles there are from Japan). for our last main event we went on a boat trip. our first destination was through a channel in between two of the main islands. it was so beautiful! at our final stop we jumped out and swam for a bit. the current was pretty strong and we drifted away from the boat pretty fast so the swim back was really tiring. right before i got back in the boat i cut my foot on some coral =( thursday was our last day there, which is why there was no app of the week last week, but early friday morning we flew back to Guam. it was a great trip! Click here to see more pics!

BTW: since i posted this today the app of the week will be posted tomorrow. lemme know if you have any suggestions for it.

Teen Retreat Spring of 2010

this years teen retreat was pretty legit, i had a pretty good time. we started out on friday by taking a boat trip to see dolphins and swim and all that fun stuff. the VCA group went with us, i think they had a pretty good time too. after the boat trip we went to Niko to take showers and get ready for the rest of the night. first we had some free time, some guys played volleyball and some people chilled in there rooms and i just stood on the beach by myself, watched the sunset, and just thought about stuff thats been goin on... wow, that sounded emo... anyways. we had our first session later that night and it was our last time to hear Pastor Schettler speak. :( after we finished we said goodbye to the VCA group and headed back to our rooms. me and a few other guys stayed up late playing risk witch was super fun. wen we finally finished at like 1 in the morning me, jeff babin, and arren bower went to our room to sleep. it was pretty bomb cause all of us actually wanted to sleep and not stay up and be dumb enough to prank. so i made sure the door was locked and got in bed. at like 2 in the morning i felt something tug on my sheets, as soon as i realized it i jumped out of bed witch freaked arren quezada out (who was pulling my sheets) and he threw a cup of water on me witch did nothing but get my shirt wet, so i just took it off... Arren and the other guys that were in there all ran out and screamed like girls down the hall(no joke, it was hilarious). whoever was hiding in the closet broke the door when they ran out. if i wasnt tired i woulda just laughed at them but it was 2 and i was pretty ticked. later they came back and tried to get in again but the door was bolted shut so i ran and flung the door open. once again, they all freaked out, threw water on me (witch did nothing again cause i didnt have a shirt this time) and ran down the hall screaming. their last attempt was around 2:30. i saw a shadow on the ceiling coming from the balcony (remember, we're on the 7th floor of a hotel). i walked to the glass door and flung open the shutter and when miles saw me standing there he screamed and jumped over the rail to the balcony next door. later he told me he almost fell off! i never thought i would ever hear miles scream... haha. anyways, the next day was pretty much a repeat. we chilled, had a few more sessions, ate good food, and played risk. i had to leave the retreat early cause i flew out to Yap that night, but that story is in the next post. click here to see more pics.

App of the Week

Sorry this is a day late guys, but last night was nonstop. but anyways, this weeks app is actually a useful one and not one of those pointless games, and its none other than iStat. now the app is pretty sweet and i cant describe it in my own words so im gunna take it from the app store. you can remotely monitor your Mac or Macs server. see your iPhones stats for battery, memory, disk space, Wi-Fi and cell IP addresses, uptime & load averages. in order to connect to your mac with this app you need to download the driver here. this app only costs a doller in the app store. it's defiantly worth a buck, trust me.

App of the Week

The app of the week is yet another pointless game, or is it? If you think you're super smart you need to try out the "moron test".This is another one of those games you would only play to waste time in the office or pass time during government class. Its really fun to play with friends too. Once you master the test you can pass it on to a friend and watch him fail as much as you did. This game is pretty much a test with a ton of really easy or trick questions. Your goal is to see how far you can get into the test and ultimately to complete it. There are three different sections of the game with 100+ questions in each. This app only costs a buck in the app store.

Airsoft With the Freshmen

So today me, mike, and ryan took sam, rio, and jeremy airsofting, and they all did really well. There were a few times we played Seniors vs freshmen and surprisingly they beat us a few times! The first time was when me, ryan, and mike were defending the second floor. I was standing up on the roof and saw jeremy and rio try to lift sam up to the second floor. As soon as i saw that i told the other guys and we all rushed to shoot them out before they got up. We shot jeremy and rio out and ryan was out on our team but sam just disappeared. Me and mike both freaked out cause we left the stairs totally open so anyone could just walk up. I ran back and had my gun pointed right at the stairs incase sam ran up, but there was no sign of him. Mike said something behind me so i turned around to talk back when *pack* i was hit in the arm! I was like, "dude mike, did you hit me?" , and right after i said that he got shout out too! then sam just walked up and called game... we lost... to freshmen... *sigh*

In another game me, sam, and jeremy were on a team and we were

playing in the old flee market part. Sam was up on the roof, jeremy was moving in from the right, and i was moving in from the left. As i was moving up house by house i saw rio come out, look around, and go back in. I could have hit him but i didnt want to give away where i was so i tried to get closer. As i got closer mike shot me out -.- He was hiding in a bush right in front of me =(

In our last game it was Me, mike, and ryan again and we were playin in the flee market on last time. As i was trying to find a place to snipe i found the perfect spot. It had a hole about the same size around as a quarter and it was right next to a window, so i could look through the hole and see what was going on and where people were before i looked out the window for a shot. I had my scope on rio at first but he moved a refrigerator in front of him before i could hit him, but later in the game i saw him in the door on the opposite side of the house facing the other way. I quickly shot him in the back and right as he moved out jeremy moved to the same exact place facing the same exact way! so i shot him out to. The only one left was sam, and none of us knew where he was. I slowly went in each house one by one looking for him until mike signaled to me that he found him. I ran around the house and me and mike pined him in. Sam was hiding in the closet on the side so i ran right in front and tried to shoot him but he got me first. Not knowing mike was there he let his guard down and mike came in from the side and got a mercy kill, but sam freaked out and didnt know where he came from or what to do so he pulled the trigger and shot mike point blank in the hand! we felt so bad for mike, i just wasnt his day cause earlier rio got a mercy kill on mike and rios gun was on safety! haha, poor mike =P