Ultra Games Bundle II Interactive DVD for iPhone and iPod Touch

Many have fallen in love with the iPhone and iPod Touch. Playing games on them is a nice feature. This Ultra Games Bundle is an interactive DVD which includes 40 games and even software to allow you to create your own iPhone and iPod Touch games and widgets. It also includes parental controls to keep children from playing any games that may not be appropriate.

Plenty of people who own an iPhone or iPod Touch probably wished they could create better games to play than the ones that are currently available. You don’t need to write any code to create games with the software. The software makes it easy for you to design your own games.

Games for iPhone/ iPod Touch are limited, but with this bundle, you can turn limited into unlimited by creating your own! Thumbs up! A revolution in mobile gaming. The games that are included in the bundle look really good, but create your own games and impress your friends.

I have always wanted to create my own games since I was little and hearing about this software makes it sound easy to do at an affordable price.

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NewsGator FeedDemon 2.6

I thought I would give FeedDemon a try as suggested by Jeffro2pt0 and also because it’s free. Who can pass up free software with good reviews? Not me.

I am not writing a full review, but more of a short first time experience with FeedDemon.  I hope that by sharing my experience, I can help others decide if FeedDemon is the right software to use.

I started off by importing a file I exported from Google Reader and FeedDemon only  imported very few feeds. A bug? I had to tell it to import a second time and it added more that was missing. Since I am subscribed to so many, I don’t know if it’s still missing some feeds. I will assume it found what was left.

I have to say my favorite feature is the Panic Button. What is the Panic Button? Say you have 1,000 feed items to read and don’t have the time. Hit the Panic Button and mark all items, items older than 24 hours, 48 hours, etc. as read. That is the best feature to have. I usually try to skim through all items, but sometimes you just have to let them go. I went ahead and marked all items as read since I had previously gone through them in Google Reader and didn’t need to go through them a second time. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find out how to add the Panic Button to the toolbar in FeedDemon.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m used to how simple Google Reader is to use, but I still feel myself going back to it. FeedDemon makes me feel like it will just fill up with items, eventually filling up my hard drive.  And no other feed reader that I’ve tried seems to have the feature to automatically mark an item as read when I’ve passed it. That’s the one feature I like about Google Reader that has kept me hooked.

FeedDemon seems okay, but not exactly what I want. So, again, it seems I’m back to Google Reader. Anyone have any other recommendations on feed readers that might be more similar to how Google Reader works? I want one that will save me time, instead of clicking to mark each item as read or having to remember to mark all items as read when I’m done looking at them.

A Wii for Christmas

We got a Wii for Christmas before they started being available on Amazon for the original prices than what’s available on eBay. Oh well, all that matters is that we have one!

Besides being fun, we wanted one so we could get our almost four-year-old off the Xbox 360. He just likes moving things around on the screen and playing like we do, but there really aren’t many kid friendly games for the Xbox. But, if he’s going to play any games, it’s going to be ones that keep him active, such as the Sports on the Wii. He’s very good at the boxing!  Instead of learning what buttons to push, he only needs to move the controllers.

I’m still getting used to not using many buttons to play, but it’s fun. I can’t wait to get the old Mario games and the classic controller so I can play my favorite games again.

I like that you can set a PIN for some things on the Wii, but what about for just about everything? That’s another reason we wanted him to stop messing with the Xbox, because he’d go in and change all the settings. Unfortunately he can easily delete the Miis on the Wii if he wants to.

I love the Wii because it has Wifi built-in. Since I have the Wifi Max Dongle hooked up to my computer for my Nintendo DS, it also works with anything else that needs a wireless Internet connection, such as the Wii. We did run into a problem when downloading the updates though. Changing the Dongle’s settings to channel 11 sped up the downloading.  I think channel 1 is also recommended.

For anyone wondering about the graphics on the Wii: it is not noticeable. You have too much fun playing to notice anything. I also don’t really care about graphics when playing games though. Having fun is what matters.

Things I like:

• Small (Can be stored anywhere.)
• Easy to use (Doesn’t have a lot of features like the Xbox 360 to get lost in.)
• Better parental control than Xbox 360 (Four-year-old is smart enough to go into someone else’s profile to get out of the parental control restrictions.)

Things I don’t like:

• Sensor bar (Four-year-old likes to move it.)
• Long download wait time (For updates, news, shop, etc.)
• Nunchuk (I just don’t like it.)
• Exiting the game before ejecting the disc. (Other systems do not require this. The Wii asks you to insert the disc.)
• No profiles (I like having profiles so I know what saved games are mine and no one else can delete them.)

If you have a family with kids, the Wii really is the best video game system to have.

PAYjr: Online Allowance and Chore Program

PAYjr is a program for families who want to make assigning chores and giving allowances easier. PAYjr is known for the Visa Buxx card for teens and has recently launched a partnership with Target allowing parents to give kids a Target Gift Card that is reloadable. Allowances can be deposited electronically to the card.

PAYjr Chore & Allowance is a great program for parents to help teach the little ones how to be responsible with money.  It allows parents to assign chores, print chore charts and set reminders. The great thing is that PAYjr is free to join!

Get your kids to want to help around the house and be rewarded with a Target Gift Card. PAYjr looks like a fun way to get the kids involved and learning about how to manage money.

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PayScroll: Career & Salary Social Network

PayScroll is an online social networking career and salary website. PayScroll helps you find the career you want and deserve by providing you with tools to research salaries, find jobs and ask questions. I like that it lets you search for jobs or search for salaries by location or company. Google anyone?

It’s very easy to use. Enter in the job title, then the city and state or the company you would like to work at. Compare salary information using PayScroll’s report tool.

Registering with PayScroll allows you to save jobs that you have searched for so you can go back to them later. This is great, because it saves you time from having to go back and repeat those same searches. Also, get access to detailed salary reports which display the exact salary and a salary range. It can be hard to find out what you could be earning for the specific job you are looking for. If you have job related questions, discuss them with the fast growing PayScroll community.

PayScroll also lets you create and share profiles with the community: personal, professional and skills. Take the PayScroll tour and find out how you can build your own professional profile.

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