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Get “Soaked” at Lake Eola

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Olloclip iPhone Camera Lens

by on February 7, 2012 at 5:30 pm

 

Olloclip iPhone Camera Lens

 

 

 

Checking emails, brewing a cup of Dagobah Green Tea, hanging up your collection of ThinkGeek t-shirts, putting on Wild Cherry Pepsi lip balm, using PorkKleen Hand Sanitizer to protect yourself from germs, refilling your red Swingline stapler, eating Tribbles n’Bits cereal, reading the newspaper… everything is cooler through a fisheye lens.

But the Olloclip doesn’t stop with just a fisheye lens. Compatible with both the iPhone 4 and 4S, the Olloclip is a quick-connect lens system that includes fisheye, wide-angle, and macro lenses in a tiny and convenient package. It was a huge hit on Kickstarter, where the project blew past its $15k production costs goal and ended up raising a whopping $68,201.

Using Olloclip is easy! Slide it on over your iPhone’s rear camera lens and you’re ready to take amazing photos and videos. The fisheye lens captures a nearly 180 degree field-of-view. The wide-angle lens doubles the field of view of the iPhone camera. Finally, the macro lens lets you focus the iPhone within 12-15mm of your subject and applies roughly a 10X multiplier. Olloclip’s storage bag even doubles as a microfiber cleaning cloth for the ultimate in convenience.

Product Specifications

  • Quick-connect camera lens for iPhone 4 and 4S
  • Three lens options: fisheye, wide-angle, macro
  • Slides on to the corner of your iPhone and automatically aligns itself
  • The camera will autofocus as normal with the Olloclip on, don’t worry!
  • Works for still photos, videos, even Facetime
  • Lenses made with precision ground glass multi-element optics
  • Barrels made from aircraft grade anodized aluminum
  • Soft plastic material on clip protects your iPhone from scratches
  • Included in the Olloclip package:
    • Fisheye lens
    • Wide-angle lens
    • Macro lens
    • Lens caps for both ends
    • Microfiber lens cleaning cloth storage bag
  • Note: The Olloclip is specifically designed for the shape and size of the iPhone 4 or 4S. It will not fit any other device.
  • Dimensions:1.37″ tall x 1.22″ across at the widest section
  • Weight: 0.7 ounces

Read more here:  http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/eba9/

 

An App called Last Night…?

by on January 24, 2012 at 1:53 pm

An App called Last Night…?

Have you heard about an app called Last Night…?

This is a generation of smart phone, tech savvy, app users.  Those who have smart phones have probably already downloaded apps at least once even if  it was just out of curiosity.  I personally have tons of apps.  I always check the weather before I go out.  It’s part of my prep work before I leave the house.  Who has the patience to wait for the weather channel to finish playing commercials to show my city to tell me the weather for my neighborhood?  We are living in the age of instant gratification!  Weather app!  If I am on a long commute and I need to figure out what to eat, I can find a restaurant or recipe in a jiffy!  Who needs a cookbook or McDonald’s, unless I want it.  My options are limitless and quick.   My ADD doesn’t even kick in anymore.  It doesn’t have a chance to because I have more apps than my phone answering, email sending, texting, tv watching, Shake & Spell in 3D playing, self can keep up with.  So I actually appear highly focused these days.

   

There is a new app however, that I worry invades my privacy a bit too much!  Last night…?  is an app that tracks everywhere you go so the following morning you can look back and see where you were.  GPS shows me how to get where I want to go.  It can even tell others my current location if used properly.  This is different though!  It doesn’t just say I went to this address or where I am presently.  It silently records my location, my route to my next destination, how long it took me to get there and how long I stayed.  It records all of this as I comfortably go about my daily routine and lets me use the phone as I normally would.  When I am ready I can open the app and analyze the data.

This may be a great app if I am going on that first date with a person I met online and am worried he will slip me a “mickey” and take advantage of me.  If I were to get drunk and lose my memory I can open the app and see my whereabouts from that night!  It is also a wonderful app to trap your cheating girlfriend or track your child’s activities.  This app can be  AMAZING in the search for missing people.  How wonderful would it be if a missing woman used this on her phone.  If when they found her phone it would be able to show exactly what her whereabouts were before she went missing.  It would give the precise location of everywhere she visited right down to the place where she sat.  How helpful would that be to the authorities?

Note:  In order for this app to record, you must remember to turn on the app the night before. If you are using this on someone else’s phone you have to be certain that you will have access to it the following day.

With that said, for the very cautious parent, the paranoid employer, the jealous mate, or avid runner this app is well worth the $1.99 that it costs.  For the majority of the world, I am not so sure it’s necessary.  Then again, my dad always says you cannot predict an emergency, you can only wish you prepared for it.  So you tell me.  Take our poll and let us know what you think of Last night…?

 

 

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Answer The Call! Noob!

by on November 7, 2011 at 1:20 am

 

 

 

Answer The Call!  Noob!

 

Okay, this is mainly for all of you undercover geeks.  I understand how easy it is to get  caught up in multi-level graphics, in depth story lines, and exhilarating actions sequences, combined with realtime P2P communication with individuals you’ll never meet in person, but are willing to go to war with and die for, figuratively speaking of course.  But I guess those are all of the things that have made Call of Duty: Modern Warfare the best selling first-person actions series of all-time.   So it’s no surprise that the release of this epic sequel is probably one of the biggest events of the season next to Thanksgiving.  But I digress, for I bring good tidings.  It has come to my knowledge that the Ocoee Best Buy will be hosting a special release event beginning at 8pm tonight leading up to the midnight release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.  The good news is that a few lucky early birds will have the opportunity to play the game before its scheduled release.  Artis Woodard, General Manager of the Ocoee store, has informed us that he’s lined 3 XBoxes, Peer 2 Peer Networks, and of course big screen TVs for the game’s release, but no online connectivity, sorry.  However, they will be a store hosted competition, giveaways, and opportunities to test drive the host of accessories that have been released to elevate your interactive experience.  My advice…get there early.  I’m sure the freebies will disappear fast.  Maybe I’ll see you there, if you’re not scared to accept the challenge.

 

OCOEE BestBuy

9537 West Colonial Drive  Ocoee, FL 34761

(407) 822-8919

 

Gadget Fan

by on November 1, 2011 at 2:29 pm

 

 

Allow me to introduce myself.  I am Gadget fan and I am a fan of gadgets.  I don’t discriminate with the type of gadets I enjoy.  If  it is a gadget I am usually researching  it, testing it or  demolishing it so I can see what makes it tick.  Check back this Sunday and read about my first victim/gadget.  Oh and make sure to give me your perspective on the gadgets too.  Maybe we’ll agree.  Maybe you will change my mind. 

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