Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

Backgammon Masters Available in 12 Languages

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Do you know how to play backgammon ? Its a board game that uses dice and a healthy dose of strategy, and its tons of fun. It is played worldwide, but it is just getting popular in the states.American players tend to be older, where as in other places, even children partake. Perhaps you want to learn to play backgammon , you can! Head over to the Backgammon Masters website.In fact, they just released a new feature! They noticed that there is a huge international community of backgammon players, so they added the ability to change the language of the site to 12 different languages. Chinese too!

Whats so cool about that? Well you can now play a player from ANYWHERE. You can play a guy in backgammon that wouldn’t know what you were saying if you went there in person, so it is kind of magical. All you need to do is choose what language you want on the site and then all your data will come to you in your language. You can get all the site content in your language too, this will allow you to become proficient with the game and the strategies, allowing you for more wins than just rule comprehension alone.Next on their list is to have multi-language customer support.

Frankly, this is the world’s largest gathering of backgammon players, so if you are wanting to have a bit of a social activity along with your passion for a fast growing game, this is the place to do it. The site will often host special event, and details can be found there regarding them.

Learn to Dance

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Maybe you want to learn to dance, but your schedule can not bear the class times, it is sporadic and simply can not be planned around. Or maybe you are like me and want to learn to dance but are to self conscious to do it in a class with other people and simply can not afford one on one instruction. So what do we do?

It is simple, we get some videos that are proven to produce fantastic results. You can actually learn ballroom dancing in your own home and not appear to be a fool at the next wedding you attend. If you are crazy about learning to dance, this is an affordable adjustable solution to the need for instruction and should be deeply considered.

Gay Kiss

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

As The World Turns is a popular long running day time soap opera that has made a dramatic first. The television show has set their “first” by having the first daytime television kiss by a gay couple. It has been received by open arms by the gay fans of the show. I wonder if this will set the stage for other soap operas to follow suit or if CBS and As The World Turns will remain unique and hold that portion of the audience to themselves.

InVideo for YouTube

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Some innovative technology from Google again. YouTube, which is now owned by Google has created InVideo. InVideo is a animated overlay that plays inside a youtube video. It has a clickable message to it.

The ad is fairly simple and resides in the lower  20% or so of the viweing space. They start about 15  seconds into a video, are 80% see through and  remain up for about 10 seconds, then they are gone.

The video giant streams 3 billion minutes of video monthly. Well, thats alot of advertising dollars they weren’t using, alot of opportunities missed.

Its said that the embedded content wont have invideo, possibly because it may be embedded somewhere that wouldn’t flatter the advertiser.

You know, they should have this for television. Commercials are the worst part of TV. A nice little ad, quietly scrolling translucently at the bottom of the screen for 10 seconds, well I think thats hot!

Of course, when would we use the restroom if we didn’t have commercials? I hadn’t considered that. In that light its  as if they are doing a public service…

I jest, but how long until our web surfing is kept in a log and commercials are sent to individual sets based on the viewers surfing… Its coming. I just don’t know when.

Celebs

Monday, August 27th, 2007

I admit it. I peruse the tabloids while I wait in line at the market. Hollywood gossip is all  the rage these days. Are our lives so boring that we inject ourselves into someone elses life? YEP! It is

Or perhaps, its that we see similarities  between us  and the celebreties, and int hat way we live vicariously as a famous person.

Could be on a level we are jealous and secretly cheer at the mudslinging…

Whatever it is, its addictive. I enjoy those top ten lists etc. Maybe I don’t want to feel “out of the loop”. I cant explain it , but it is entertainment, and entertaining is why they make the money. Evidentially, they keep us entertained.


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