Emergency Trap

Console Wars of the Past

2008-07-01T09:21:00.003-04:00

If you haven't already seen Ron and Ray's Console Wars of the Past series, on youtube, you're really missing out.They mesh video game and video game console reviews along with a mega ton of history, facts, and lots of neat little trivia.They're aiming to put you in the drivers seat. A sort of Toad's Wild Ride to create an experience of living through that period of time.They cover video game

Disgaea DS

2008-06-27T02:02:00.001-04:00

Yes!, I'm looking forward to playing this on my DS. Awesome game!

Ugh Family

2008-06-22T04:19:00.002-04:00

I love my family, and always wanted a great relationship with my parents. I am lucky enough to have good relationships with my siblings but my parents are a different story.They are so difficult. Why can't people stop pushing themselves on others? I mean, with as much as each of us already have to deal with in life, how could they WANT that? It's more work for them, and it's a pain for me.I

New Conquer, Old haunt

2008-06-20T01:22:00.002-04:00

I haven't played Conquer Online for like over 3 years now. I downloaded the game and was pleasantly surprised to see a spiffy new interface and hear cool music. On top of that, my level 85 archer was there, w00t!Alas, upon loading it up, the game is pretty much the same. There is a few new options. I see one for donating money to the kingdom to increase a ranking from Knight up to King and it

Twitter Avatar Contest: Round #1

2008-06-17T22:41:00.014-04:00

Okay, so I can't decide on a good picture. Really I dislike 99.9% of all pictures of myself. I threw myself out of the factor and decided to do a little picture contest for my twitter account.There are 2 different "sets" each set has 5 photos. There are a total of 10 photos for you to look at.I'm numbering each photo. To vote, either leave a comment, on this post, or twitter me with "Twitter

Back from vacation.

2008-06-12T23:19:00.003-04:00

Spent 5 days in Pa with the other team members of New Gen Gamers. We worked on a site redesign and had a lot of fun.I joined them for the weekly podcast about Leonardo Dicaprio's involvement in a movie about the founder of Atari.good times.

Optimized Pictures Pain

2008-06-04T20:32:00.001-04:00

I can't believe the difficulty I'm having optimizing the DS-licious.tv title for different video communities. Bleh.

I Graduated

2008-06-04T01:57:00.003-04:00

In My Word Coach that is.After starting at 25% and playing 5 days, My Expression Potential is 30% and I graduated to Secondary Graduate Student. My next goal is University Student.A harder level of fill-in-the-letter and Block Letters has also opened up for me.

the Brilliant Green- Ash Like Snow

2008-06-01T19:09:00.003-04:00

The Brilliant Green is one of my favorite bands. I find their brand of rock just right. Their mean is not too hard or soft, although they waver back and forth but centrally have a great balance.I just found another song, I haven't heard before, and the video for it is great.I'm a big nerd, but scifi, explosions, giant panda snipers. That's near Epic to me. But judge it for yourselves.

Werewolves? Vampires? World War II? Operation Darkness combines them all, and it sounds great.

2008-05-31T22:22:00.004-04:00

It already stands to reason that this game is going to be sub-par. It's a niche title that usually wouldn't be localized from Japan except by the few small publishers, like Atlus, that exist today. It's true Atlus has grown quite a bit, and have released a current stream of, if not top-notch, better titles. Operation Darkness seems like a game that Atlus would have released in their infancy.

My Word Coach In 30 Days

2008-05-28T23:16:00.005-04:00

For those of you who know me from New Gen Gamers or follow me on Twitter, you'll see I'm starting up a vlog of sorts on the Nintendo DS edutainment game "My Word Coach".My Word Coach is a daily English training employing mini-games and definitions tracked through what they call your "Expression Potential" to improve your vocabulary.I started the daily lessons yesterday. I'll use Emergency Trap

Free Content Can't be All Bad!?!

2008-05-27T21:48:00.002-04:00

I've been rifling through more free contect sites. I've been avoiding the RSS delivered content, and sticking to a slightly more manual copy/paste method.So far I've found a wasteland of extremely generic and outdated tutorials, tips, tricks, and how-to's on most things we don't need an article for.But there are some content places that have sparked ideas for my own original content as well as

Diacritics: The Squiggly Marks Above and Below a Letter

2008-05-27T19:11:00.000-04:00

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"Web 2.0" Most Cited Word On Wikipedia

2007-01-03T22:02:00.000-05:00

It seems that whether it can be properly explained/defined or not, Web 2.0 was the most popular term on Wikipedia for 2006.Here's hoping "Emergency Trap" wins in 2007.Technorati Tags: Wikipedia web 2.0

Momcorp Is So 2.0

2007-01-03T03:02:00.000-05:00

Momcorp was the ruthless corporation owned by Mom in the animated television series Futurama.While watching the episode "Futurestock" I noticed how the logo on Mom's deathstar-like ship looked very "Web 2.0".This episode first aired in 2002. The person most noted for coining the phrase "Web 2.0" is O'Reilly in 2004.Whether by a rather amusing coincidence or some crazed genius on the part of show

Turning Media Hounds Back Into Couch Potatos

2007-01-03T00:40:00.000-05:00

Some people are preparing for throngs of media junkies and content hounds to be returning to their couches to get their fix, in the coming year.New HD televisions with PC interfaces, and the next gen consoles Playstation 3 and the Nintendo Wii's web browser interfaces will be drawing more people back into the living room and one site is geared towards making the television web viewing experience

Let...Anonymity Ring

2007-01-02T04:12:00.000-05:00

Jangl lets you communicate via your phone without having to divulge your real phone number.Sign up, get and share your Jangl ID. Others use your ID to get an anonymous number through Jangl to call you on your phone.This is another simple idea that could have huge consequences. One can see that Ebay users could benefit from more immediate and personal contact with sellers. Business-wise this is

Ga Ga over Gizmo

2007-01-01T18:02:00.000-05:00

There's enough news and info out there already on the VoIP service Gizmo. Indeed, Read/Write Web has just released a new writeup about it. I decided instead of an informational post that I would just tell you why I like it so much.The ability to record phone conversations is a huge plus, in my book. As a podcaster, it's nice to have this built-in instead of needing a second dedicated recording

Happy New Year

2006-12-31T23:39:00.000-05:00

Excuse me Ms. Dewey, could you tell me...

2006-12-30T04:47:00.000-05:00

I made a list of top ten things to type in Ms. Dewey. I thought these search terms yeilded some of the more interesting responses she gives.frodorobotsipodinternethalo 2singbob barkergunjapanesethe matrix trilogyTry each search term two or three times. Some of the keywords seem to bring up a few different actions.Let me know of any search terms that bring up other cool responses from her(please

Make Your Feeds Mobile With Mobifeeds

2006-12-28T15:57:00.000-05:00

Mobifeeds makes it easy to convert site or blog feeds into mobile feeds for viewing on 2G or 3G compatible mobile phones.In Alpha still, Mobifeeds is open to anyone who visits the site and wants to add any number of feeds to their database. Enter a web feed, OPML link, or upload an OPML file, and give the new Mobifeed a short title, called a 'slug', and your ready for the mobile web.It takes

Site Updates: Dec. 27th, 2006

2006-12-27T17:15:00.000-05:00

Made a couple more changes.I removed the Yahoo IM link. It was redundant since I have the Odeo voicemail badge.I also found Socializer, a social bookmarking service to replace my AddThis badge. It's smaller and looks "cleaner" next to my trackback linkFinally, I removed the Zookoda email link. I'll be bringing it back with a more specialized newsletter format. If you want to receive Emergency

Guest Blogging

2006-12-20T16:27:00.000-05:00

I posted a bit ago about looking for help on the site. I also want to talk about guest blogging.Guest blogging is a great way for everyone to spread their name, create additional great content, and generally add to the Blogosphere.I'm always available for guest "appearances" as well as looking for guest bloggers. Please, don't be shy or worry about offending me, if you want to ask to do an

New Email

2006-12-20T16:23:00.000-05:00

I have a new email at Jeremy@emergencytrap.com. I can support plenty of other people at this email domain for anyone interested in helping out.

Christmas Vacation 2006

2006-12-20T16:16:00.000-05:00

It's pretty close to Christmas, and I have plans fast approaching. I'm going to take off from today(Dec. 20th) to January 1rst.This doesn't mean I won't be on the site. I'll still be checking it, replying to comments and emails, and working on small parts of the site. I, however, won't be posting(unless I really get itchy fingers or a 'must report on' news story pops up and I just can't resist

Site Updates: Dec. 19th, 2006

2006-12-19T14:28:00.000-05:00

I've been customizing the Snap bubbles so they only appear at strategic locations on the site. I'm still having some difficulty customizing it for some of my javascript code, but I'll talk with the creators and try to get that worked out.I also added an Email subscription form although, that may change. My Feedpass syndicated subscriptions already offers email. I still may keep the Zookoda and

Emergency Trap is Hiring....Well, Sort of.

2006-12-19T02:44:00.000-05:00

I have some major plans and changes for the site in the near future. These plans I have will be quite time/work intensive and to do it all myself will take longer than I'd like. So I'm putting out a call for help.I'm looking for co-authors to help post on new and emerging Web 2.0 sites and technologies, along with reporting on gadgets and internet news from around the world.I really have

Pop-up Internet

2006-12-19T00:00:00.000-05:00

I'm really excited about Snap. I've been wishing to have this ability on my site for awhile.I first saw the Snap bubbles on Techcrunch but didn't follow their link until I saw them again on Ben Miller:Tokyo.Snap gives your site the ability to display link bubbles for your viewers. Viewers scroll over the link and a pop-up bubble appears displaying a snapshot of what the site looks like. I'm

Let's Face It, People Love To Make Lists

2006-12-18T20:41:00.000-05:00

Tenspotting is a site that let's you make lists, and then share them with others or put them on your site.Let's face it, there's not a whole lot to making lists. Tenspotting's service is simple and I would guess that they know this. I love it when new sites have video how-to's of their service, and Tenspotting has a nice short video tutorial.Simple does not equal stupid. List making is one of

This X-mas people may be singing "Zoom zoom zoom" but not for the reason most may think

2006-12-17T16:13:00.000-05:00

When I hear that little jingle "Zoom zoom", I think of the car commercial right? But this Christmas I think many households will be singing an eerily similar tune, but not for cars, for Hasbro's new Zoombox video projector.A portable projector that, according to the commercial, is being marketed towards young kids. It sports up to a 60 inch(corner to corner) view with the ability to play CD's,

Fonts, Formats, and Style. Oh My!

2006-12-17T01:19:00.000-05:00

I'll be experimenting with the post formats for awhile. I'll try not to get too crazy. I just want to improve the look and feel of the site. Hopefully It won't lead to OCD and I'll find a good format that I'll stick with.

Oops, I Did It Again...

2006-12-17T01:16:00.000-05:00

Yes, I once again wasn't paying attention and uploaded the wrong logo. At least I caught it sooner this time.

All Your Feeds Are Belong To Us

2006-12-14T16:07:00.000-05:00

Well, I may be on the late train to tuna town*I have no idea what I'm saying, but I just found Feedpass. Feedpass does for feeds what AddThis did for social bookmarking, yet Feedpass includes it all.Feedpass lets you enter your XML feed address. It then creates a page for your feed that contains many options for subscribing to your feed. Just copy and paste their button link code into your

Problems Editing "Comfort Women" Post

2006-12-14T12:48:00.000-05:00

It may be due to the script for the charity badge, but I'm unable to get into and edit that post. I wanted to add the links to Beth's Blog, and Network for Good.

Comfort Women Charity

2006-12-14T11:08:00.000-05:00

I did a project for school last year that I ended up feeling strongly about. At some point in History, every country has had problems with military sexual violence against women. One unique, but little talked about, incident occurred recently in modern history. There was an unprecedented amount of woman forced into sexual slavery during World War II."Comfort Women" is a euphemism used to

Chinswing-Forums With Voice

2006-12-13T08:21:00.000-05:00

Chinswing is a lot like any other message board, except instead of typing your message, you record it. It looks like Chinswing is attempting to add to social networking by giving us the dynamics of voice in an easy to use package.It can be hard to have long voice discussions with lots of members and, at the same time, have it organized and moving all while maintaining the 'feel' of a large

Zookoda-Create Free Mailing Lists

2006-12-12T09:10:00.000-05:00

Zookoda allows anyone to create costumizable mailing lists for their audience.I remember back before "Blogging" there were a handful of services that let you create your own mailing lists, but for the most part it was a money making industry all it's own.With Zookoda you can create free emails around templates that either you create, or ones you pick from their library. You can then setup timed

Show Your Passion for the Wii and Web 2.0

2006-12-12T06:34:00.000-05:00

I found these pics while randomly surfing yesterday.I've really been on a Wii kick lately, haven't I? Well, after seeing this, I thought "This is pretty darn good". So, I had to post about it. I found the pic, posted by user 'vasalas' over at Kotaku.By now, most of you have seen the Web 2.o poster by eBoy. I just didn't want to be left out.So there you go. Two pieces of Web Chique for all

Do Wii Actually Need the Japanese Warning Labels?

2006-12-11T16:05:00.000-05:00

As much as everyone's been making fun of the warning pictures from the Wii's Japanese manual, they sure haven't been actually heading them.Let's take a look:full storyTechnorati Tags: Wii Japanese warning labels manual