Evacuate the Dance Floor

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Ana • Filed Under: Entertainment, Work

I had a super dandy month of September, you know the same old, so much to do so little time. I have been working 2 positions at work and that has left me with little time to blog. I have also been trying to get through this horrendous science class. I always thought I was wonderful with science, I was proven very wrong.

One of the reasons why I love working for a hospital is the ability to provide back to the community. There are so many opportunities to volunteer and give back. I have always volunteered for the Daffodil Days presented by the American Cancer Society, I even was the coordinator last year. WOOT! This year we had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the Pink Glove Dance. It was super fun. We basically got to submit a video to raise breast cancer awareness. We were given song choices and were set free with a camera. I am not too sure how other hospitals did it, but here we all formed small groups and did an individual dance to Evacuate the Dance Floor by Cascada. The video turned out awesome!! You can watch it and VOTE for us here: http://pinkglovedance.com/competition/entry-8

I was not in the video because I was providing phone coverage. But I had so much fun just watching everyone dance ;) .

Well I am off for now, I have a TON of filing to do.

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Touchpad Review

Touchpad Review

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Ana • Filed Under: Tech

Unknown_2011-10-09_224513.pngI have fallen in love. Like I may have mentioned before, I bought the TouchPad with hopes of porting Android. However, after having sometime to get familiar WebOS, I am in love. The UI is so clean and smooth. It is very fast and provides things that I have not seen in Android. My favorite apps that came with the Touchpad are the Kindle and Facebook app. Although as you can see below it has other apps already provided.

I have downloaded a bunch of other apps. I also installed Preware that allows me to modify some stuff, like removing unnecessary logging that slows the system. I also got free 50GB storage from the Box app. I have been uploading all of my e-magazines and books there, instead of storing them on the touchpad. A camera app did not come included with the touchpad, so I had to wait about 2 weeks for a free one to be added to the App Catalog. I found two of them: FreeCam for TouchPad and DigiCamera Lite. They are both good and take good pictures. There are no special filters but DigiCamera Lite offers resizing in a paid version of the App. I also added Spaz HD for twitter, since a Twitter app is not available. My favorite app is Red It, for browsing Reddit. As you can tell I fell in LOVE with Everlands, the lite one is the demo and the HD version is the one that looks awesome on the TouchPad.

Another thing that I love is the fact that you have access to edit Google docs. The TouchPad initially did not come with this feature, it was later added via a system update. You can check the keyboard out below.

Another thing that I hate with Android is not knowing what windows I have open. I am not sure if this is a feature that is offered on tablets with android, but I know my phone does not have that. WebOS has cards, you simply slide side to side to skip to the next card. You flip them upwards to close them. You can also group similar cards. You pretty much know at all times what apps are open.

Don’t you love my super girly wall paper. I don’t remember where I got it, I got it from here, but I do remember I was browsing for Ipad wallpapers since the TouchPad has the same dimensions.

I guess the most important question is: Where you able to score one?

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Vacation Revisited

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Ana • Filed Under: Family, Photography

Here are a couple of pictures of San Francisco and Redding/Burney Falls. I know I have been slacking big time on blogging, but I have been busy with homework and with work. Everything at home is the same, except that it is super hot. I am extremely uncomfortable on the weekends because I am so used to being in an ultra cold hospital during the day. I literally have to wear a sweater at work and I look crazy when I leave since it is like 102 outside.

Being on vacation and visiting different cities has us thinking about taking the chance of moving. Looking at our city and state, I find myself disliking it more and more. It is so expensive, but I am sure that its this way everywhere else. I would not mind starting fresh some where else, but the question is where.

I guess only time will tell if we are brave enough to move :p.

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One Word: TouchPad

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Ana • Filed Under: Tech

I woke up around 2pm on Saturday to read about the touchpad firesale. I was pretty much a day late and a dollar short. In my hour of darkness (after the realization that I would be able to get one) I was headed on over to the local BevMo to get orange whipped creme flavored vodka. On my way there I decided to check out BestBuy to make extra sure they were all out. I had excellent luck that day because I picked up the last one!!!!!!!

I am still configuring things an getting used to WebOS. So far it is great. I am blogging with it now :-P <3 <3

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