Thursday, January 28, 2010

Google Streetview

I think Google Street View is good and bad. I will say that there are more bad things then good thing. I'll start with the bad things. GSV, disrespects people's privacy. Someone could be walking down a street thinking nobody is looking and do something embarrassing they'd be ashamed if someone saw, only to have a snapshot of it taken from Google satelites and posted on the internet. I'm sure nobody would like that. Here's another bad thing. What if you happen to leave you window blinds up and start changing. Google could take a snapshot and people around the world could see you changing. That's just embarrassing. So really, the only good thing is that you can find certain stores on certain streets without actually going outside. So it could help as a better map for traveling.

Google Street View was really good for one of my Tech. Design units. We had to design out house sing Google Sketchup and i used GSV to help me. Those are pretty much all the good thing GSV has to offer. But not everyone will agree with the bad things I mentioned. So that's all I can pretty much say about Google Street View.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Videos Games are so Awesome

In my opinion video games have took an amazing turn over the past few years. It's amazing to see how games that look like pong, look like real life now. For example, shooting games from back in the 80's are really pix-elated. Now if you look at a game like Modern Warfare 2, everything in that game looks close to real life. Super Mario Bros was released about 20 years ago, now after all the different sequels and remakes, it looks so clean and polished. Even the Mario games on hand held consoles look better than the ones for the NES and SNES. Everybody nowadays owns at least one video game console. You have the Xbox 360 and PS3 for the more serious gamers. Then you have the Wii for the long time Nintendo fans and casual gamers.

Video games are a really fun thing to do when your bored or just when you feel like it. I've been playing videos games since the PS1 and N64. I had such a fun time playing those game and watched the evolution of them as the years passed. I got the PS2 and was amazed by the graphics. In 2007, i got my 360, in 2009 i got my PS3. The graphics and gameplay are so much better than they were before. Racing games in terms of looks were pretty bad. Now, in 2010, Granturiso 5 is coming out and it looks realistic. If you have an HDTV, you play these games and they'll look even more stunning that on an SDTV.

Look at the difference: