Saturday, June 30, 2007

Allergy Season Is Destroying My Respiratory System

For those of you that have allergies, I am sure you can relate in some way to the picture to the left. 

Man, I thought that this summer I was going to make it through without any sinus headaches, or any sneezing, and itching, but I guess I was being facetious.

Usually, every May I get really bad sinus problems/itching issues. Last May before I left to teach in Italy, I had a sinus headache literally for 3 weeks straight. I am not even being sarcastic. Literally when I woke up and when I fell asleep I would have a throbbing headache...for 3 straight weeks. Finally, right before I left for Italy, something snapped and it went away. But, I remember being so scared because I thought I was going to get on the plane and my head was going to explode. That's how it has felt the last couple of days too.

For those of you that are reading this and have serious sinus issues like I do, let me recommend a product that actually seemed to work. Now it could have just been that my sinuses were finally clearing up anyway because I had been dealing with them for about a week and a half now. But, yesterday I ran up to Wal Mart and I saw Benadryl Severe Allergy and Headache. I came home and took one pill and ate a sub from Subway and literally in like 3 hours I had NO sinus pressure in my head. It was amazing. I wish I would have known this last summer because I was literally crying every night because my head hurt soooo bad. 

Now, before this year, I was usually taking Allegra for my allergies/sinus issues, but it didn't really ever help. I think my body sort of built up a tolerance because it worked the first time I used it and then never again. Hopefully I have helped someone out by posting this. I would hope that I would run across a blog like this if I were up in the middle of the night with an excruciatingly painful headache to help me out too.

Also, for the record I think that Danny, Jackie, Kim, and I will be traveling to New York City near the end of July, so that is going to be fun. I hope that Kim reads Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by then because I am going to want to talk to someone about it. 

Anyway, if you are having allergy problems I wish you the best of luck. Maybe my advice will end up helping someone out! 

Peace the FUNK out ya'll!

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

My Thoughts On "The RG"


Well it has been a little over a week since I posted the first episode of "The RG" on YouTube, and so far it has been a raging success. As of this post there are only two episodes created, but if you're a fan, stay tuned because the last 3 episodes from this season are going to electrify your mind, and blow you away! ;)

As of this post, Episode 1 has received 145 hits in 1 week, and of my 17 videos on YouTube, is only 9 hits away from becoming the No.6 video. My No.1 video is of course "Chucky - Touch," which at this time has a choke hold on the No.1 position of my videos with 1,755 hits in the 11 months it has been on YouTube. Not far behind Episode 1 is Episode 2 which was added a day after Episode 1, and has 131 hits. 

Based on this I really think that "The RG" will end up being the top videos. They seem to hold everyone's interest a lot more than the Chucky video. That being said, look out for the next Chucky video in the coming days. Danny and I have a lot of REALLY amazing ideas to build on. The Chucky phenomenon has really been amazing. I've been out with Danny a few times and people have stopped and asked him if he is the one from the Chucky video. It's kind of insane really but it's so much fun to watch people laugh and be entertained by something that I absolutely love! 

I can't say much about the last 3 episodes of The RG. I have written out the storyboard for the last 3 episodes and not even the actors know what's going to happen. But, it will be really exciting, let me tell you that.

I've linked all of the media, throughout this post, so if you are wondering what the hell I am talking about just click on the links. 

Is it fair to call you all my fans!? I think I can.

So, to my fans...stay tuned because there's lots more in store! :)

-John

Monday, June 04, 2007

World Wide Developers Conference

So, as a Mac enthusiast, I feel that it is my duty to have an opinion about what will be happening at the upcoming World Wide Developers Conference on June 11. Below are some of my predictions about new things from Apple.

iMac - I think we're definitely overdue for an upgraded iMac. I think the price points will probably stay the same, but I expect a brand new industrial design. Macrumors.com and Appleinsider both have had tips on a new design, and what a better time than now to release a new model. I'm excited to see what it looks like.

MacBook Pro - Recently, Apple updated their MacBook line with larger hard drives, and faster processors. I expect that we will see a new 2.33 standard, and a 2.4 for the top MacBook Pros. Maybe we will see something new in the application department, but I doubt it.

iPod - In light of the new iPhone, everyone believes that the newest iPod will be a touch screen, wide screen display. I disagree. In the past Apple has gradually built up its products, instead of just throwing up the ABSOLUTELY newest technology...for instance the iPod photo that was out for like 5 months, and was upgraded to the iPod video. Because of this, I believe that we will see a new widescreen display iPod, but not with touch sensitive controls - probably at the 50, 80, and 100 GB models. I do, however, think we will see the touch sensitive displays by November, just in time for the holidays. Also, the fact that Apple has released iTunes Plus, seems like a new iPod would just make sense.

Leopard - Mr. Jobs has already said that the first Leopard Betas will be available at the WWDC, so I expect that there will be a lot of focus on this OS. I expect some new "top secret" apps to be at least mentioned, if not displayed. Because Steve has said that we won't be seeing Leopard until October, I really don't know what else he could mention or bring up as regards Leopard...but then again he's always full of surprises. Maybe he'll give us an early present, and say it's going to be released in July!? We'll see!

iPhone - As of today, the iPhone has been officially slated for June 29. This information is via the ads posted on Apple.com. That being said, I think we'll get some more info about 3rd party developing as well as other specifics that Jobs never really hit on during the Keynote introduction in January.

Apple TV - I'm not sure what could be left to talk about as regards Apple TV. A few days ago, a 160GB hard drive option was released, which makes me a little more excited about it. When they released the 40GB hard drive, I wondered exactly how serious they could be introducing a product that has less hard drive space than some iPods. I do expect new things in the regard of its future (upcoming apps that can be installed, accessories, etc.).

MacMini - I believe the end of MacMini is near, based solely on site rumors. The fact that they are still using Core Duo with much slower processor speeds, makes me think Apple is digging itself a hole as regards the Mac Mini. Compared to the idea of adding $400 and getting an iMac with brand new, up to the market specs, just makes me think the MacMini is either going to get severely upgraded, or discontinued. I guess we'll see.

iLife '07 - A few days before MacWorld was set to begin, Amazon.com had 4 pre-orders available, titled: "MacWorld Announcement Product No.1" through 4. Most people thought that it was iLife, iWork, and maybe some other stuff. However, neither of those products were released at MacWorld, and soon thereafter, the pre-orders were taken off of Amazon. I think that we'll see the intro of iLife '07, but I also believe that it will be named iLife Leopard. This just makes more sense to me. Maybe we'll also see iWork Leopard.

New Product! - At first I thought that maybe there would be a new product or something we have never seen, but I really doubt that now. There just seems to be too much going on at Apple, with the Apple TV, iPhone and Leopard all being launched within a 9 month period it just seems like adding something new to the mix is very unlikely. However, that being said, it IS Apple, and we are to expect the unexpected.

In closing, I just want to point out that Apple DID just upgrade their MacBooks with faster processors, and larger hard drives, and did the same thing last week with the Apple TV. Why would they do this so close to WWDC? My thought is that they have so much to talk about during the Keynote, that they wanted to get the little things out of the way! That's just me though. I'll post again after the Keynote on June 11, to analyze my thinking.

P.S. My MacBook Pro will be here tomorrow! WOOOOOO!