Just got news from Mozilla, their download day succeeded. They set a world record for the most software downloads in 24 hours.
"From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3"
Nice to know I was part of it. Just like 8 million other people. Firefox 3 is awesome anyway though.
My friend and I used our past two days to make a short film. The plot is half-decent, but most of it consisted of us seeing how well we could do certain effects. Anyway, go watch it for yourself and see what you think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgfT9-uPQWQ
I have recently started working on an animation. It started as just messing around with hand drawing every frame using my Wacom tablet. After I made about 40 frames, I figured I might as well try and go somewhere with it. I do not have a full plot in my head, just a meager premise. When I am done, I am going to submit the animation to the Red Stick International Animation Festival. Currently, I have spent about 3 hours completing 194 frames or 12.9 seconds.
Last Monday my family got the game Wii Fit. When you first get it, you have to make a profile. First, you have to tell it when you were born and how old you are. After that, you stand on the balance board with your feet spread apart equally. It will then measure you for approximately two seconds. After it measures you, it shows you your center of balance during that time. Then you can look at your BMI and your weight. Last, you do two balance tests, which can be anything from walking in place to staying as still as you can. After all this, the game presents you with your Wii Fit Age. It uses your real age, your BMI, and how you did on the tests to calculate your Wii Fit age. After you complete your first body test, you can go on to play some games, or do exercises.
The games and exercises are divided into four categories: Yoga, Strength, Aerobics, and Balance. In yoga, you have a trainer demonstrate how to do a pose, and then you do it. You get points for how still you keep during the pose in yoga. In strength, you do various strength-based workouts such as lunges or pushups. In strength, you are ranked on how your center of balance shifts, and timing. Done correctly, the workouts in strength can actually be difficult. Aerobics gets you moving more than any of the other categories, but there is only so much moving you can do with a video game. Aerobics contains activities like Hula-Hoop and running in place. The last category, balance, is filled with games that require you to be able to control your balance, such as skiing and tightrope walking.
Overall, Wii Fit is fun. It provides a Top 10 high score list for each game, so you can compete against your friends or family members. You can do the body test each day, and it will track your change in BMI and weight. I am glad to have Wii Fit; I was just surprised at how hard it is to get it in the US.
Today is the download day for Firefox that I mentioned in an earlier post. So go download.
I got back from Camp Orr last night. It was a lot of fun, as I ended up doing a BSA lifeguard certification course. I swam one mile two days in a row, and got to jump off a cliff.
I planned on going to camp to get Merit Badges; I was doing four badges with one free period during the day. Only one of my Merit Badges was Eagle required, and the other three were somewhat boring, so during my free period I went down to the waterfront to see what it took to be a BSA lifeguard. I got signed up without ever saying I wanted to be, but it all worked out nicely.
During lunch, I found all of the staff teaching my different classes and told them I would no longer be attending. Then I got on to lifeguarding. I knew most of what I had to do and know from Lifesaving, but some was new. It was very enjoyable, and the Staff Members were awesome. During the second half of the week, my days mostly consisted of helping teach some very big classes at the waterfront. On Friday, I had to take a test, which I passed, and from then on, I have been a BSA lifeguard. The requirements for BSA are about the same as Red Cross, I just have to know stuff about Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat.
Overall, I had a ton of fun at camp. The food was good, the Staff was awesome, and I had fun with my troop. However, it is nice to be back home.
Turns out, I was wrong about cell phones and swimming. They can swim, they just cannot do it for very long, and they have to rest when they are done.
About an hour ago, I went back to my phone and figured I would try it once more before I left for Arkansas. I put the battery in, and it did not vibrate, which was either a good or a bad sign. It could mean that there was less water, thus causing it to stop vibrating. It could also mean it was so messed up, it could not even vibrate. I hoped it was a good sign, and I left to try again in about an hour.
I came back in an hour, and put the battery in. It did not vibrate, so I figured nothing had changed. However, just in case something had, I tried to turn it on. To my great surprise, it turned on. I was so happy I was jumping and running around. This was a huge load off my back, because I did not lose any phone numbers, or pictures, and phones without plans are very expensive. I had to put the SIM card in before I could test if everything still worked. It all worked as if nothing had happened, except my speaker. It is now quieter, and has somewhat of a tinny sound, but it is still damp. I am hoping sound quality will improve as the speaker dries out.
On a side note, my phone is tougher than I thought. It's been dropped to the concrete over six times, fallen in a ditch full of water, and gone swimming for twenty seconds, yet it still works.
I am leaving for Arkansas tomorrow at 3 in the morning, and I'll be gone for a week. I am not going to have access to a computer, so I am not going to be posting anything. Since I am leaving at 3, I plan on just staying up all night and sleeping in the car.
My phone is still broken. I talked to Samsung about it, and they are going to see if they can repair it. It is still under warranty, so I think they might do it free, even though it is my fault. I am shipping it off tonight, and I will see what happens when they get it.
