iPhone 4!

WOOT! the fourth iPhone was announced today! XD i am TOTALLY getting one this fall when i come back to the states for college! this morning it was announced at WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference). there, steve jobs introduced a few of the new apps and features. the first thing he brought up was the three lines found around the body of the phone, this confused viewers both there and online. the three lines around the phone show the three parts to the antenna, so the actual case of the phone is the antenna! the iPhone also has a front facing camera as expected and is used for video calls. the back camera is a 5 megapixel camera, has a flash, has a new sensor to improve quality, and shoots HD video at 720p at 30 frames per second. the new hardware on the inside includes the new A4 processor and a bigger battery. the smaller graphics chip + the bigger batter = longer battery life! :D apple also added a new gyroscope to improve gaming experience, so now you can not only tilt your iphone to move something in a game, but turn it to get a different point of view ( its hard to explain, but watch the keynote at apples website for it to make more sense). the resolution was also upgraded to 4x what it was before! thats 326 pixels per inch! obviously since theres a new iPhone there is a new OS to come with it. introducing "iOS 4", the new operating system coming July 1st for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad. this new OS comes with a ton of new features like, iMovie, folders, and FaceTime (the new video chat app for the iPhone). the 4th gen iphone comes out june 24th but is available for pre-order on the 15th.

i am TOTALLY getting an iPhone when i go to college! but since im goin back to Guam before i go, im probably gunna wait untill i get back in august to buy one. =/

Ocean Wide

"Look outside
It's already light and the stars ran away with the night
Things we're said, words that we'll try forget,
it's so hard to admit I know we've made mistakes
I see through all the tears but that's what got us here

If love is an ocean wide
We'll swim in the tears we cry
They'll see us through to the other side
We're gonna make it
When love is a raging sea
You can hold on to me
We'll find a way tonight
Love is an ocean wide

I'll stay right here
It's where I'll always belong
Tied with your arms
Days like this, I wish the sun wouldn't set
I don't want to forget
What made us feel this way
You see through all my fears
And that's what got us here

If love is an ocean wide
We'll swim in the tears we cry
They'll see us through to the other side
We're gonna make it
When love is a raging sea
You can hold on to me
We'll find a way tonight
Love is an ocean wide

Love is an ocean wide enough to forget
Even when we think we can't "

By The Afters

I thought i would be like ruthie and post a song by The Afters. This is one of my new favorite songs. I've had it for only a few days and I've listened to it 20 times already...

WOW! its been a week since graduation! i thought it would slow down after i graduated, but i was wrong! summer is finally here and ill be leaving to the states on monday. i think this summer isgunna fly by so fast! i wanna fit so much into this summer, but i know it all wont happen =/ its gunna be a summer full of lasts. last camp, last time seeing some of my high school friends, and whole lot of other lasts =( im kinda nervous about college too, but im sure ill be fine. i know a bunch of people that go to NIU already andim tryin to get to know the NIU guys on the camp team this year. anyways, i just wanted to get a quick post up so you know im still alive. im gunna try to put some more posts up soon! heres a few pics i stole from harvest of graduation but you can see the ones i took here:

A Bit Behind...

ok, im sorry i havent been updating as much as i used to, but this happens a lot doesnt it? theres a point where you (i know im not the only one... *cough*ruthie*cough*) have like 20 updates a month and then the next month you have 1... so im writing this post to apologize. most likely the rest of what your about to read is everything that pops into my mind... just to warn you:

so..there has been a TON going on lately and i have had no time to write. exams are comin up, i had to finish up some school projects, i had to design my grad party invite, im sick, i just started a 500 page book, and i graduate in a WEEK! thats just a few things that are goin on in my life right now... i just finished a book called Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung. SUPER good book! its all about Gods will and its been a hugh encouragement with all the choices im making with college and stuff. speaking of college, i just got my acceptance letter from NIU last night! i know its no surprise, but hey, i have proof that i am going to college now! i just sent my ACT score to Northland and all i have left is my final transcript and a shot... i hate shots O.o speaking of shots, its kinda trippin me out that i only have a few days left of high school. with it being my last week as a senior you would think its the best week of my life, but theres some stuff goin on that i wish i didnt have to graduate with. but its all in Gods plan. Mr. Fremont gave an example in chapel today about christians bein like hot dogs. weird analogy i think, but it made a good point. christians like bein comfortable in there package with all their friends, but when God pulls us out and puts us on a fire, we're not to happy about all the pain, but at the end when we're done we're a whole lot better than what we used to be. the fire hurts, but in the end its worth it. im pretty sure im still on the fire... i'd rather be a brat instead of a hotdog (brat as in the thing you eat, not some punk kid). *sigh*

I hope to write another post after graduation sometime. graduation is the 21st, my party is the 22nd, and im free up until the 31st witch is when i leave for the states to see family! then i get back on Guam sometime late june and im here for a few weeks. then i leave for college the 27th of august. ahhh! this summer is gunna fly! i hope things get fixed =/

App of the Week

hey everyone! im back from Japan! SEN10R trip was awesome! but thats for another post. this post is all about the game "We Rule". its a pretty basic game. you plant stuff to make money, build houses to collect taxes, construct buildings to sell products, and if you have friends you can hire team up with them to make more money. the whole time your playing this game you try to expand your kingdom and build your castle bigger. this game is from an online source which is why you can play with friends, but since its online you have to be connected to the internet any time you want to play. its easy to learn and its free in the app store. the best games are free games :) if you do download this or you already have it, add me as a friend. my screen name is littlejediman.

iPad Release

Hello everyone, its April 3rd 2010 which means two things. one, the Apple iPad comes out today, and two, my birthday is in 5 days including today. just sayin... ok, since the iPad comes out today i thought i would post what i think about it, both good and bad.

Pros:

1. it looks cool. i mean, if you had one of these and you walked into a coffee shop and started browsing the web people would most likely want one to. even tho it looks like a big iPod or iPhone it still catches my eye.

2. iBooks. apples built in e-reader is the best looking one on the market. its easy to use and has tons of book already in the book store. now, i would never want a kindle or any type of e-reader, but the iPad kinda makes me wanna buy a few digitized books...

3. cost. starting from 500 bucks!??! thats like the best thing ever! now if it just had a few more things i would totally buy one... but there are a few cons...

Cons:

1. multitasking. there is no multitasking whatsoever. what happens if i want to listen to pandora while checking my email or browsing the web. whatever it is, you cant do it on the iPad.

2. flash. another thing the iPad doesnt have. 50% of the internet today is made up of flash, but the iPad wont be able to load the page if it has a flash based ad or video on it.

3. camera. the iPhone has one, why cant the iPad? i can think of many reasons you would need a camera on the iPad, but i guess apple couldnt think of any. =/

so thats where i stand. if i were you, i would wait till the second gen comes out. most likely it will have multitasking and/or a camera...

App of the Week

Aight, so i picked this app before i knew we couldnt take iPods on our Senior trip and the main reason i picked it is cause were going to japan! but anyways, this weeks app it called Units. its very simple and easy to operate. its basically used to convert temperature, currency, distance, and different measurements like that. i thought it would be nice to be able to convert yen to US dollars to see exactly how much it would cost, but now since we cant take iPods i cant use it =( but for some reason we can take iPhones, so i dont get it. if you have an iPhone i suggest you get this app, or if you're a rebel and you're gunna take your iPod anyways you can download this too. And the best part of this is its free in the app store! and btw, since the senior trip is next week there will be no App of the Week =( i know, you all hate me. deal with it.

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: