Skip to main content

Blogger Having Problems

Hey, everyone. I have had a tough week with lots going on. Pressing business matters, among other things. This has prevented me from seeing Thor, which is a major drag. I hate it when life and responsibilities interfere with fun and recreation.
I have been having problems with the Blogger service. I couldn't post because I kept getting this spinner, like it was loading the page. Fortunately, a nice lady on the blogger help page posted a comment that helped me. If you use blogger to post your own blog, do the following until Google fixes the issue.
1. Sign in.
2. Go to settings.
3. Go to basic.
4. Go to the place where you select "old editor" or "new editor".
5. Select "old editor" until they fix the problem.
Speaking of Thor, I read on the web that a lot of people are opting to view it without the 3d feature. That saves you a few bucks and the 3d thing seems to bother me just a bit. Of course there are twice as many show-times for 3d. Make your own decision about that. The movie seems to be poised for a smash hit.
Hey, speaking of 3d, the Apple rumor mill, which never stops spinning, is abuzz with the possibility that I-Pad 3 will be 3d. I guess that they can't allow themselves to be upstaged by the 3DS manufacturer.
My wife, the puzzler, has a new game called Blastoff Addiction which she likes pretty well. She rates it 4 stars out of five. I watched over her shoulder as she played it, lest I be contaminated with puzzle fever and lose my shooter status. You have these brightly colored space ships of differing hues that are on grids. You have to fling them along tracks to match with a like color. When you do, the spaceship blasts off with a cool animation. I mean, the game would be much better if you could blow stuff up, but it's pretty good. Seriously, she likes it and there is a free version, which is very generous of the developers. She liked it enough to go back and buy the paid version after she tried it out. The paid version is a modest 99 cents.
I found some more debris in the woods today from the tornadoes that ripped through the southern U.S. This was a piece of aluminum trim made to go around a window. I stood there in the woods, behind my house and held it in my hand. I wondered where it came from and if the owner of the house had survived. What awesome power there is in nature!
You have doubtless noticed that I changed the picture at the top of my blog. I was playing around with the editing function and messed something up to the point where I was only getting about half the picture on the original. I was kind of tired of the picture of the creek, anyway. The new picture was taken with the I-Pad 2, and is looking west, here at the green retreat. This was taken before the leaves came out. I hope you can get a feel for the loneliness and the beauty of this place. When you stand outside at night, you have to appreciate nature's wonders without forgetting to be vigilant. There are mountain lions, timber rattlers and other things to watch for, here at the green retreat.
I'm CE Wills.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Shadowgun: Killing The Windbreaker

    Hey, everyone. I thought it might be a good time for a bit of an update on the riveting game called Shadowgun. Consider this your spoiler alert and tune out if you want to.     Once you get past the dreaded Driller, things get better but you are certainly not out of the woods. You will want to make sure you keep a full clip in your gun as you stroll through the realm of the evil and crazy Dr. Simon. But hey, you're John Slade, the Shadowgun, and wherever you set your foot is the place to which your authority extends.      I love the way that some of the barriers disintegrate under the impact of bullets. I didn't learn this at my mother's knee but I darn sure know it now. I have learned that there are certain places it is good to plan on using the rocket launcher. Keep your stock of those filled. There are these transporter guys who are aggressive punks. The only way they respect you is if you kill them, so that's the way I roll. As you know by now, their strategy

Shadowgun: Crushing The Driller On Level 4

      Hey, everyone. Let's talk about the game called Shadowgun, the I-Pad game with which I have a love-hate relationship. Most of you who made it past the evil Cyber Lobster are doubtless locked in a death struggle with the Driller at the end of level 4. At this point you have been in the cave for a long time. The Driller breaks through the rock wall and chases you through the tunnel as you try to shoot out the green lights which slows the Driller down. If you are slick enough to shoot out all the lights and emerge from the cave, a rolling door crashes on the Driller and crushes his aggravating carcass. I have tried and failed to beat the Driller at least 250 times. I hate the Driller to the heights and depths my soul can reach. I hate it like a plague. I hate it with intensity of feeling. I hate it like a rich man hates taxes. Excuse me, I got carried away.       We had a big dinner here at the green retreat and my friend Trevor was here today. He is my gaming consultant. I tol

To Kill A Lobster (Shadowgun)

    Hey, everyone. I had not planned on posting tonight but I have to make something right. I gave Shadowgun a good review last night but I didn't do it justice. Tonight I got past the vicious Cyber Lobster and went on to play a lot more. This is a terrific game! Last night I would have rated it 4 stars out of 5. Tonight I give it 5 stars out of 5. By the way, here's a spoiler alert. If you don't want to know how to kill the lobster, don't read any further. I say this because I had several people come to the blog that were looking for the silver bullet ( figure of speech from old Dracula movies, not literal weapon for lobster) to kill this behemoth.      When the monster appears, he starts firing missiles at you out of his mechanical mouth. Don't run and hide behind a barrier. Get close to him and run back and forth, dodging missiles until you can blast the lime colored ball of light that appears periodically over his head. I suspect that this is his AI, but Cybe