Trippy fun with iOS

The iPhone is more than a phone, music player, interwebz vehicle, mini gaming console and social media launching pad. It is also technomagical. Don’t believe me? Try this…and be amazed:

1. In the accessibility options, invert the color scheme.

2. Return to the homescreen.

3. Take a screenshot.

4. Open the camera roll and look at the screenshot.

5. Go back into the accessibility options and switch the color scheme back to normal.

6. Go back to the camera roll and look at the screenshot again.

7. Say, “Whoa.”

iOS7 vs Sliced Bread: The Ultimate Showdown

Since someone was kind enough to ensure I had access to the iOS7 Beta, I thought it only proper for me to review it. Here it comes…

iOS7 may not be the best thing since sliced bread, but it is fun. Sometimes, you need something that constitutes simple fun more than you need something that’s measurably better than sliced bread.

Geek Shui’s Verdict: Sliced bread is good. iOS7 is good. Fun is good. iOS7 and sliced bread are both good fun. Rock on. \m/

Stop? Hmm…let me think.

Today, I was told to stop.

I did not.

And…

…as long as my path is straight

…and my motive is pure

I will not.

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Greatness > Gravity

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I took this with the iPhone 5. I applied the ‘Vibrant’ effect in the Camera+ app, three separate times, and finally, added the text overlay using the Over app.

Pretentiousville: 2 miles

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Wishes can come true!

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La noche…

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Vomited Tylenol, Protos Crianza 2005…and Oprah

This evening, in between trying to make mosquitos leave me alone at Little Geek Shui’s tennis practice, I was looking back through the notes on my iPhone. In doing so, I reaffirmed several facts.

What is the first fact? I am a hoarder of virtual pieces of paper. I have to-do lists, shopping lists, stashed hyperlinks, saved names of good wines and, as odd as it may sound (to non-parents anyway), a note that reminds me how soon and how much Tylenol one can give their child, if they happen to immediately vomit the first dose. What was the second of the several things I reaffirmed? Well, it involves Oprah Winfrey.
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You, too, can be a special kind of idiot

This quote from an unknown genius came to me by way of @Big0ak. (Thank you, sir.) Of course, I had to make it my own with a photo taken of me at the pinnacle of my marathon pain, AKA Mile 14. As odd as it may sound, I’m proud to be a special idiot.

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A Thursday deep thought…

Translation: “Give respect. Get respect, bro.”

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[Photo credit: @GeekShui, Ocean Park, PR]