Living the Vive-a Loca

Hey guys. Yesterday I had the privilege of going to a family friend's house to try his new HTC Vive. He has it connected to an awesome gaming computer and has an Oculus Rift coming in the mail. Y'all know what time it is, Dope or Nope. The moment that helmet fell into place over my eyes, I was completely immersed, in a menu. I'm nopeing that I had to do a menu first. The game was a demo called The Blu. I used the wands, which I am dopeing for being such an intuitive interface, to select a whales tale, I had seen this one on a screen before, and at the time it seemed cartoony, so I figured it would be a good one to see first, because I knew what was coming. After a brief loading screen (Nope), I realized I couldn't be more wrong. I was standing on the surface of a boat, a bit animated looking (Nope), but within seconds I forgot that this was not how the world looked (Dope). I walked around the ship, with a feeling of needing to swim and to hold my breath. I bent down to examine a fish that was awesome, unconsciously reaching out to touch it, it freaked and swam away. (Dope) I looked up, and a school of fish, accompanied by a manta ray, was swimming in front of the sun. A whales swam up beside me and my sunken ship, I walked up to it and looked it in the eye, I then realized that I had walked off the boat and jumped back, scared, to the boat. The whale got even closer, the eye filled my vision and it blinked. As it began to swim away, I watched, leaning on the railing, I fell forward, as there was no railing. The whale swam away, tail flashing before my face. This was ten minutes of my several hour experience, and the least cool part of it. I won't waste your time by telling you the rest of it, all I will say is the whale was nothing. Dooooooooope is the end result with an experience well worth the hefty price tag.

First tech review

Hey guys. So I feel it is about time for me to review something. This will be based on a dope or nope basis. To explain this reviewing system, it is first impressions only, and each attribute of the product or program is awarded a point dope or a point nope. They are not directly correlated with the end result, only taken into account.
Quizlet recently came out with a new thing called Quizlet live. Quizlet was previously only a great online flashcard making and sharing service. Dope for branding. Quizlet live allows an instructor to quiz a whole class on their knowledge of the material in form of a fun game. It divides the class, all using their own devices, into teams of about 3. This of course is after they pick their name to be shown as each game, which teachers can remove if inappropriate. Nope for not having an adoption to go solo, dope for team dynamic of random team assignment, which is a constant.  Dope for naming system. The teams are randomly named after animals by the system and the game begins. Each team member is shown a set of answers that their team doesn't have. A question is shown simultaneously on all team members screens, and the one with the answer clicks it, and then they have one less answer to choose from in the future. Nope for not being able to answer every time. Dope for having it be like a checklist for each person. If anyone misses a question, their teams progress is reset. Dope for high stakes on each question. When all of the questions have been answered or cards have been paired by one team without error, they win.

So, overall first impressions, it is still in the works and they have a lot of improvements to make. However, even now it is a very useful tool for studying as a group and is very enjoyable for everyone. Overall, it is a dope. Dope as an end result just means it seems better than it is bad, so go check it out yourself. Nope would be I don't even recommend giving it a look.

Real Plan

Hey guys! So what is actually going on right now is I don't know how often I will be able to write entries and posts for either blog. I will, of course see what I can do but for now no schedule will be maintained. Keep looking on both for updates, or follow by email on the right of the page. I will post fun things about science, history, and literature on this one as well. I hope that will help me be able to post more, and to be able to write entries faster. Please excuse the ads, they are something new I added to pull in just a bit more income, if you could just give one a click now and then, it would help a lot. See ya and allons-y.