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iOS Game: Army of Darkness Defense – Free this weekend!

chrisallen — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:34:49 +0000

So I was perusing TUAW like I usually do, and I saw this post, which mentioned some iOS games on sale for this Father’s Day Weekend. They show a picture of a great game called Army of Darkness Defense, and the best news is that it’s FREE this weekend only!

So I grabbed it, because I like trying out full versions of games when they are free, and oh boy, did I spend some quality time with this one!

I started playing at about 10pm; I usually try some new things or read some articles before I go to sleep, but sleep was nowhere in sight until 2am!

It’s kinda like Tower Defense meets Plants vs. Zombies, to me anyway. The different thing is that in this horizontal scroller, both you and the enemies move toward each other. The main character also shoots a shotgun and has a melee attack when you get close to an enemy. Kinda neat! Of course you can upgrade your infantry and the enemies get stronger as each level progresses. Good luck getting past Level 41!

Oh well, grab this game for your iOS devices and do it quick while it’s free!

Maybe I shouldn’t be teaching my dog this trick…

chrisallen — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:11:47 +0000

Oh well, she only does it sometimes

Mute button

chrisallen — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:35:53 +0000

Sometimes I wish life had “Mute” button… I would press it a lot!

Sky – HDR

chrisallen — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:05:02 +0000

Tried doing an HDR without a tripod haha with a 100-400… crazy.

Hoisin Chicken Salad Sandwich!

chrisallen — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:09:59 +0000

This has been my lunch for a few days out of the past week!

It’s basically a char-siu-esqe sandwich and the chips have a little bite to them. 711 rules!

Lightning Pics

chrisallen — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:52:24 +0000

Most of these were shot at f/2.8, 1/6th, ISO 100. The buildings were getting overexposed with the long exposure times, so I just went to fast drive mode (hahaha “fast” on the 5d) and got lucky! Took about 350 pictures, majority which were black, and these 12 came out nice.

Pics from Chinatown celebration 2011

chrisallen — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:33:10 +0000

I guess I want to become a photographer because I keep getting more camera gear. It’s pretty fun and something I’d like to get better at. So much to learn…

Anyways, here’s some pics from Chinatown last night.

Click here to see the full set.

The Veggie Grill

chrisallen — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:42:28 +0000

I think everyone should eat here at least once in their life. Everything is vegetarian – mock chicken, beef, etc. – but everything is amazing and good! Best Mac n Cheese ever.

I had a chipotle burger and it was so freakin good!

I’m in LA!

chrisallen — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:32:19 +0000

It’s NAMM time again, and I just landed at LAX. Heading to Anaheim tonight to get some nice rest I hope, then a workshop all day tomorrow, then the actual show from Thursday through Sunday. I’ll be taking lots of pictures and hopefully I can get to upload them this time. Networks here are so overloaded since there’s many people. Alrighty, till next time!

Eye-Fi to enable Camera to Smartphone uploads!

chrisallen — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:34:09 +0000

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/04/eye-fi-announces-direct-mode-link-between-digital-cameras-smart/

I haven’t talked much about tech stuff on here yet. I use an Eye-Fi X2 Pro card with my cameras. They are so awesome! You just shoot your pictures, and it wirelessly transfers to your computer either in a folder or to a specific photo editing program. This is great so you can just keep shooting and when you’re done, the photos are on your comp ready to go.

You can also do instant slideshows while you’re shooting at an event. I’ve done this at a few parties and it’s a hit.

Anyway, so with most of the cards, you need some sort of wireless network going on, and with the pro card, you can make an ad-hoc network, which means the computer makes a wireless network and the card submits to that one… really nice for outdoor events.

Now they just announced that soon they will have an app for your smartphone that will create some sort of link between the card and your phone, so you can have your photos land directly there. Since most phones have a data network on it, you can then upload all your pictures straight from the phone, no computer required!

This will change the way photographers do their shoots. They can shoot their assignment, while simultaneously uploading low-res (for speed) proofs to the office or editor, and when they get back to their computers, they know exactly what they want already.

I can’t wait!