Date archive for August, 2009
Moxie (0)
8/19/09 •
If you are looking for a different kind of word game, you’ve found it. This iPhone app is full of promise. Moxie promises “No Pressure”, “Quick to Play”, “Quick to Learn”, “Ergonomic”, “Rewards Strategic Thinking”, and “Wholesome”. I’ll put each of these to the test while giving you a runthrough of this original iPhone app. ... Read More
Doom Resurrection (0)
8/18/09 •
It’s gaming week on Appstruck and despite my bias toward the simplistic puzzle and cutesy adventures games available in mass numbers on the iPhone, I felt like starting this week with a bang, covering a PC turned iPhone game that manages to successfully compartmentalize a monster game with massive system requirements that choked enough people ... Read More
FunBoard (2)
8/18/09 •
I’ll be frank. I’m a little confused by FunBoard. Created by CoolKidSoftware and available for free on iTunes, this kids app is purported to be educational and catered toward younglings from the age of 18 months to roughly 4 years of age, but after some thorough tinkering on my part, and on the part of ... Read More
Trivial Pursuit (1)
8/18/09 •
Trivial Pursuit by Hasbro has long been a favorite of mine. Nothing like the pursuit of random factoids, general knowledge, popular culture and current events, I say! It’s nice to know that even those who possess little to no skills for those otherwise mentally challenging games of strategy, those who read and retain information on ... Read More
Block Drop (1)
8/17/09 •
Epiphany came amidst my overwealming stress of keeping my two jobs and my sanity in the kind of balance you achieve while sparring with a bear. This delightful moment of clarity: one advantage of having an iPhone is an immediate escape from reality through apps. One way to do so is become immersed within one ... Read More
Lingolook MEXICO (0)
8/14/09 •
“Hola! Como estas?” “Bien, bien, gracias. Y tu?” The above word exchange is only one of many first things you learn in a beginning Spanish language course, but it is probably one of the most crucial foundations of speech – the ability to exchange a simple greeting. Learning a language beyond those beginning stages of ... Read More
Sit or Squat (0)
8/14/09 •
One of my biggest chagrins is walking into a business and desperately asking for a bathroom, pleading eyes and bambi lashes in full effect, only to have the owner purse her lips and coldly say, “Sorry, we don’t allow customers to use the rest room.” Now, I like to pride myself on being a camel. ... Read More
LocalEats (0)
8/12/09 •
Supper time! When traveling, as in Mexico say, I tend to frequent the spots where all the Mexicans are eating in numbers, rather than where all the straw hat, madras short-wearing tourists are eating with relish. Sure, some digestion indiscretion may ensue for gringos without the hardened, intestinal bellies of Mexican heritage and upbringing, but ... Read More
Postman (0)
8/12/09 •
I am fortunate to have two fabulous friends who still find it chic and in classic good taste to find a curious local postcard in their travels and write a simple note, in pens of all colors, with an odd sticker or drawing, and send the card on its merry way to me. I usually ... Read More
FREE French Tutor 24/7 (0)
8/12/09 •
No matter how deep it may lay, each of us has a certain something within that we share, and that something is connected by the thread of communication: language. If the world were as romantic as history’s writers and artists have attempted to portray it, we would all speak the same language, mais il n’est ... Read More
