CE Wills

    Hey, everyone. I stopped by Best Buy the other day and had a nice chat with a rep from Samsung. He was a pleasant bloke and he had his own display there at the store, devoted mostly to tablets. He had a thick piece of magic glass there on the counter and told me that if he hooked an I-Pad to it, that the device would sense the apps contained on the I-Pad and install the Android equivalent on a Samsung tablet, free of charge.     This is brilliant marketing by Samsung, because many people believe themselves locked into the Apple system once they have the gear and the attendant apps, music and games. Apple is King of tablets, but the competition grows more fierce as each day passes.     I walked down the tablet isle at Best Buy and marveled at the variety and prices. There were tablets as low as $47. I started to buy a new tablet myself, just for something new to mess with. My son has been showing me his new tablet ...

   Hey, everyone. For the last few weeks I have been investigating the high-stakes, live on the razor's edge world of gaming. It happened on this wise.     I have been just a tad aggravated with I-Pad gaming for reasons that I have talked about at length on these pages. So, I borrowed an X-Box 360 for the purpose of ascertaining if it would be a feasible source of amusement for a guy with 60 plus years under his belt. I had tried it once before but the controls seemed difficult compared to my Padster. In fact, the tech seemed, dare I say it?) shrouded in the mists of the past compared to touch screen controls on my I-Pad Air.     This time around, I was determined to give it a fair try and play it for a few days or weeks until I decided whether or not to invest in a PS4, a PS3, an X-Box One or an X-Box 360. True to form, I exhaustively read reviews and sought counseling about the matter. My gaming mentor, the doughty Trevor, said tha...

    Hey, everyone. It has been a slow, laid-back day at the green retreat. Don't believe me? Well, allow me to share. We woke up early, though neither of us worked. Carley fixed a big breakfast, bacon, biscuits and gravy, eggs. We did a few chores, then we went to Wal-Mart. I wanted to see how long it took them to sell out of the new X-Box One. She wanted to buy two big turkey ovens to cook the Thanksgiving meal. She does a turkey and a ham.     I was informed that the only X-box Ones they sold were those pre-ordered on line and picked up at the store. I didn't want one but I was interested to see if this was going to be another will-of-the-wisp, a Tech Unicorn. Probably.       I flirt with purchases and never pull the trigger, as you know. I read on my Padster this morning an article about one of the flagship games for the new system. It's called Rhys of Rome , I think. It sounds impressive. It's about a Roman General who is trying to sa...

     Hey, everyone. Tonight I finished playing Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour. It is a great game and I super-enjoyed it. When we ran out of Page's Antarctica base and saw our transport settling to the ground it was a beautiful sight. Well worth the $6.99 for this game.     Carley is very quiet because she has new puzzle games. She is playing a game which is free for today only, called Mayan Mystery: Hidden Obje ct HD. As you might expect, it is a hidden object game. Ha, ha. She has another one called Clueless Crossword Party . It has crosswords, with a twist or two. For instance, I had a 3 letter word with an 'a' and an 'l' showing. The third square was blank, with a 19 inside it. I went to the list of letters below the board and tapped the 'e'. When I did, every blank square with a 19 in it had an 'e' appear. (The word was ale, by the way.) The whole thing seems more dynamic than working a puzzle from the newspaper and the graphics are nice. I had ...

    Hey, everyone. It's good to see that you guys are ever-vigilant, out there in the mysterious etherworld of the internet. Here at the green retreat it is well nigh 3 AM on Thursday morning.     I am eating boiled eggs, spicy California barbecue chips, saltine crackers and candy. I am washing it all down with champagne. I can hear a lonesome train whistle in the distance, toward the mountain, to the west.      I knew that there were several big games coming out tonight and that I would be spending some dinero on the app store. I also knew that there was a convention of used car salesmen in town. Those guys like to wear those loose polyester pants so they can jiggle their loose change in their pockets while they B.S. you. Therefore, I went to the hotel and searched all the couch cushions in the lobby and the lounge for quarters and dimes. I found enough to buy the games I wanted. (Hey, it's a joke.)      As we s...

    Hey, everyone. I thought that I would mention the free books promotion for your Kindle, PC, I-Pad, cell phone or other device. Starting at midnight Pacific Time on Monday, I have two books on Amazon that will be free for 48 hours. They are called The Dan Tattoo and KGB Retirement Program . Each of these are full-length novels and each of them is the first book in their own series of three novels. They are fast paced, action packed and I think you'll like them if your tastes run to the adventure genre. Let me say that they have adult language and situations, so they are not for young folks.      I'll have to check, but this should be worldwide on all the Amazon stores. This is good because my blog has been read in well over 100 nations. In fact, about 40% of my viewers are outside the United States.     If you try the books and like them, please tell a friend or mention it on Facebook or Twitter. Thank you.     The Dan T...