I WON I WON :D !!!! Part 2

Well I might not be as talented as those others who submitted their art for the Plushed contest
(though I feel a few sketches there like the flying fish was crap :P,no offense though ) !!


But I won the other contest :D.
Funny part being I never thought Id win this one.Its just a pic of me at the office staring frantic at the iphone screen.

http://appventcalendar.com/appvent-olympics/

Here is the contest rules :

3. Send us a picture showing you plaing Plushed in a funny situation..

I sent my picture at work and it won.

Appvent Olympics

Appvent Olympics! 4 different competitions and 3 winners in each competition! blacksmithgames will play santa clause and deliver the presents worldwide!

Competitions:
1. Create a funny/crazy/unique picture. Topic: “Pizza loves Christmas”
2. Christmas time: Write a poem, sing a song on Youtube, create a cristmas card or create anything you want (topic: christmas)
3. Send us a picture showing you plaing Plushed in a funny situation.
4. Twitter: Thank 3 developers who made their game free for Appvent. Make a Screenshot of that tweet.

http://appventcalendar.com/appvent-olympics/

Iv submitted this pic for no3.
Worked using Photogene for the iPhone

I CAN HAZ CHEEZBURGER ?????

Ok Iv submitted a couple of LOL Pics to


http://cheezburger.com/pictures-by-corleno/


I love LOL  ANIMALZ....
Go check them out. Here is a sample......
Rate them if you think its good :)

Courier-head teddy

This is my second submission for
http://appventcalendar.com/character-contest/

For this game called Plushed.Buy it its awesome
Here is the link :
http://itunes.apple.com/in/app/plushed/id345853403?mt=8

The developer is giving away a $200 iTunes gift card for the winner.
Im definitely not as talented as the other great artists also submitting for the contest but
here is a shot at it :)

I designed this character using Autodesk Sketchbook (on the iPhone) No PC was used in the making of this character.

Courierhead-teddy was manufactured in China and was on its way to the States to be adopted
by a good family on Christmas.But a tragic plane crash led to the disfiguring of teddy.(mainly its face).
Unable to look at his hideous face he wears a courier package as a mask.With no family and no home Courierhead-teddy seeks to take revenge on those responsible for the plane crash.He has two main suspects at the moment 1.Osama Bin Laden 2.A cute armored rabbit from Plushed.
(due to severe head injury ,he often forgets who he is looking for so he pastes a sticky on his head with the target list).

Chirstmas Duty -not-too-cool.

First off being a doctor is no joke....You gotta work on saturdays and sundays....And too add on to it it sucks even more to be a DDFH(duty-doc-for-the-holidays) (I just made that  word up) but that's what am doing right now.Christmas day and I am sitting all alone at the office.Not that Id do the same at home but,its way more happier browsing the web and blogging from home.Dont you agree ?

Pirate-Ninja

This is what Iv submitter for
http://appventcalendar.com/character-contest/

For this game called Plushed.Buy it its awesome
Here is the link :
http://itunes.apple.com/in/app/plushed/id345853403?mt=8

The developer is giving away a $200 iTunes gift card for the winner.
Im definitely not as talented as the other great artists also submitting for the contest but
here is a shot at it :)

I designed this character using Autodesk Sketchbook (on the iPhone) No PC was used in the making of this character

Description :
Sensei Grogmaster was born to a Pirate mother and a Ninja father.
Pirates and Ninjas had a constant battle for centuries, it was obvious for inter-clan relationships to happen
An outcast to both pirates and ninjas ,Grogmaster was trained by his father to be a fierce ninja and
his mom trained him in the art of Grog brewing.
He was never too fit to be a ninja nor too overweight to be a pirate.
He likes drinking grog and eating meat ,and designer bling.
He dislikes cute rabbits in armor (period)
(he is also sensitive about his wooden foot which does not let him be a silent assassin).

Best App Ever......Nominations :D

I think this means a lot to most of the developers and I feel its necessary for all of us to Nominate our favorite apps here.

http://www.bestappever.com/


Here is my nomination list

Shazam

for the Most Innovative App category

 

Pocket Informant

for the Most Useful App category

 

Pocket Informant

for the Best Productivity Enhancer category

 

Doodle Jump

for the Best Productivity Killer category

 

FaceFighter

for the Best Use of Bluetooth category

 

Bump

for the Most Creative Use of iPhone Hardware category

 

AroundMe

for the Best Use of Location Services category

 

Guess the News

for the Best Visual Design category

 

AroundMe

for the Best Feel Like A Local App category

 

Mobile Maps India

for the Best GPS Navigation App category

 

Facebook

for the Best Social Networking App category

 

Twitterrific Premium

for the Best Twitter App category

 

Guess the News

for the Best News App category

 

Pocket Informant

for the Best Time Management App category

 

Photo fx

for the Best Photography App category

 

iMut8r

Appy Newz - Scandal Maker!

OldBooth Premium

for the Best Photo Manipulation App category

 

SketchBook MobileX

for the Best Artistic Expression App category

 

Layar Reality Browser

for the Best Augmented Reality App category

 

Charadium

for the Most Innovative Game category

 

Doodle Jump

for the Best Casual Game category

 

N.O.V.A. - Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance

Plushed

OMG Pirates!

for the Best Game Graphics category

MiniSquadron

Project Phoenix

OMG Pirates!

for the Best Game Controls category

 

Eliminate Pro(plus+)

for the Best Use of Social Gaming Platform Game category

 

Eliminate Pro

Soft Freak Fiesta

Charadium

for the Best Multiplayer Game category

 

Hook Champ

for the Best Retro Reborn Game category

 

Minigore

MiniSquadron

for the Best Action Game category

 

Plushed

Soosiz

for the Best Adventure Game category

 

Labyrinth 2

Hook Champ

for the Best Arcade Game category

 

MONOPOLY

for the Best Board Game category

 

Orions: Legend Of Wizards

for the Best Card Game category

 

World Series of Poker Hold’em Legend

for the Best Casino Game category

 

WordFu Plus+

for the Best Dice Game category

 

Beat It!

for the Best Music Game category

 

iBlast Moki

Labyrinth 2

Zombie Pizza

for the Best Puzzle Game category

 

Asphalt 5

for the Best Racing Game category

 

SLIDING HEROES

ZENONIA

for the Best Role Playing Game category

 

Real Racing

for the Best Simulation Game category

 

FIFA 10 by EA SPORTS™

Super Shock Football

 for the Best Sports Game category

 

WordFu

for the Best Word Game category

 

Orions: Legend Of Wizards

for the Best Strategy Game category

 

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?

for the Best Trivia Game category

Beef with Mr. Donald

Sometimes when I get stressed out from work I randomly shout at
people .... Not many take it so lightly

Solve iTunes 5002 Error (appstore)(istore)

I was so happy that Imp or Oaf ? was free on the appstore today.I tried downloading it but first I got an Error saying "Network-timeout"so I reset my router,restarted my Mac. then another error saying "Unknown itunes error 5002" and it dint work for any downloads from Apple AppStore.


I just solved it(on my Mac) and thought I should post it here.

1. Stop iTunes

2. Get AppCleaner (free)

3. Go to Macintosh HD > Users > UserID > Music > iTunes > (keep a copy of iTunesLibrary,iTunes Music,Mobile Applications in a safe place,your external HD or mem stick or whatever.)

4. Start AppCleaner and drag iTunes from Applications folder into the "Drop Apps Here" area

Enter your password and uninstall iTunes








5. Download iTunes.dmg from www.apple.com.

6.Install iTunes.

7. Restore the three backup files back into the same iTunes folder.

8. Start iTunes.

9. No more error 5002 :D

10. Enjoy

Hanukkah at Tims.....

It was a fun night.Allison cooked us some great dishes and to top it all off the cookies at the end were just SUPER>.....This was the first Hanukkah I witnessed it was a lot of fun.We get a little song from Tim John and Ally followed by a little story about the "Lights" and eight candles were lit.

Here is a pic of Tim moving the candles away from the fan.
No one could have done it better.And this was followed by a game of hay none shun ???? followed by a game of Taboo...Allison aced it..I think she read all the cards before the party :P.And I was stuck with the word CLOCK OFF !!!!! Seriously >>>?????Is that even a frigging word ?
All in all it was good fun ! Time for bed.....

Stats to two of my fav games

It looked like 71k was impossible at one pt. of time .... Probably
I'll look back one day and say the same for 1 million??if that ever
happens .... Can't believe some dude already crossed 1 million on
doodle jump.. Was he playing for 2 hrs + ?????????? what about other
things like "life" and stuff ??
I think the constant battle between me and Tim for the top score came
to a standstill some time back. His highest score was 49k.I'm still

awesome :p...

Balding memo pad...

Krapps.com has now become my favourite reading for blogs in a very long time....they have just posted this really funny article about a balding memopad ??? Read the link

Link:

http://is.gd/5qzmd

I WON I WON :D !!!!

Check out the link !! at the end of the post..
Mr. Fung from mrfungfung developers (One of those crazy dudes behind making of Mini squadron for the iphone had a competition for a promo code for his game(Mini squadron, of course).
He wanted a pic of you or your friends doing some crazy air stunts and I did my submission the very first day :P !!!
You can Imagine with friends like Abe and Aaron  its fairly easy to have crazy pics on you......

And to top it off the winners were announced today and guess who won ????ME :D

http://minisquadron.blogspot.com/2009/12/competition-winners.html

This was the submitted pic

Current top apps

These are my current top games on the iPhone.I love platformer games:)

That little empty spot is for some awesome developer to make something
so good that I will be forced to add it there :p.

Seriously ???

I read this on Krapps.com(do check it out) !!!
The developer of this particular app Zits Giggles got crazy with the pricing...
Check the pic.And stopped at 229.99....this actually started at .99  :P...

Waving....

Hi guys...I got a google wave account...
And they  gave me 8 invites....:)
so if any of you peeps want in just Holler....

Though I believe This thing is made for super human androids...

Rajesh "King of Drunkenness"

The Racist Indian Irishman (RRI)...Aye !




P.S - Ignore the hysterical laughing....

Tim Going crazy.....

Our b'lore trip was fun....
This one was taken at a gaming arcade.
The Chinese guys next to us were like "OMG !! He so good...DANCE DANCE"

Three Thirsty pigs..

Me Kiren and Abe...
I think the plan was to just "chill" and  "eat" something... Thanks to Aaron's pondy trip...

Tim's Highest Score

He is a madman.Im not sure how on earth he got that score...Im pretty sure it is the highest in the world.

Flight of the hamster.

PUPPY LOVIN

Chilling on my bed...followed by a tight slap across the face....

Other random photo manipulation apps...

Thsese apps are good but not really breath taking...

Old Booth Premium makes your photos look like they are from the past....All you gots to do is align your face to a pre-set mask and itll do the rest.
Its pretty cool and all but the limited no. of masks mkes ths one rather boring at times.

Appy Weekly news is nice...But The implementation of the faces and masks do not align most of the time ...Its still worth a shot. Also there are very limited no. of masks to choose.This one is my favorite with Tim as Jesus :D.

YES WE CAMERA.....
Should I explain ???

Menu at Benjarong...

Id have two plates of your finest Poo please.....

An APPY APPY APPY day...

With Appy Newz on the iphone you can think of something crazy and implement it on a magazine cover.
Cause the developers(Paul and gang) are crazier than you....They have something in store just for you...
These are some of the stuff I created using Appy Newz.....

Type Artist

Imagine making a portrait with just words :D

This app helps you do that Type Drawing is fantastic...
Check out the art below I drew using this,

A Vampire Week

It looks like in the week of Twilight New Moon releasing Iv been going crazy on iphone photomanipulations :D,.....(as always used photoFX+imut8r)

Thse following two were done on the PC...

A feature :D

This one was featured by TiffenDFX(makers of PhotoFX) on twitter...(THANK YOU ) :D !!!....

Completely worked on the iphone....

Used (fear for the eyes,bolld splatter,wound... photo FX for the B/W effect)

THe funniest things happen so beautifully......

This is a conversation between me and JD.

Priceless...............

Art apps

Art for some reason was easier to paint using my PPC than the iPhone...mainly cause of the lack of the Stylus.
In PPC the Pocket Artist was an excellent app.

here in the iphone there are several to choose from like Brushes, Sketch Artist ,Paint 2 and so on...
I particularly prefer Autodesk Sketch Artist because I find navigation earier on it and they give me better control on layers.
Check out some of the art I made using it.

...

A few Halloween pics

These were completely done on my iphone.
I did not touch my PC throught the whole making process.
The iphone is a really powerful device.
Check out these pics../......Scary huh >.<

The first pic is Tim :D....(Gave him a zombie look with imut8r and then the retro photo look with Gothpix)

THe second is Abe... (Gave him the Werewolf look with imut8r and the Sepia look using PhotoFX)

The third is Tarun Joseph (Gave him the Frankenstein look with  imut8r)

MIGHTY MOUSE

The new apple mighty mouse is so sexy it makes your old mouse look like it was built for the stone ages.
This wireless mouse has touch gestures for scrolling and panning.Also the click can be modified for right and left clicks.

All is cool,but I think when apple says that this beauty will stand for 4 mts on 1 charge they must be talking bout those who use their comps once in a week ???

Iv been heavy using this baby from day one ,its two months now and my mouse battery is at 20%.
Im not sure if it will last another 2 months....still pretty good though.
It still beats my old magic mouse whose trackball should be cleaned every week (I HATED YOU FOR THAT!!!!!)

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The must have games for the iphone

Here are the must have games for the iPhone.
I really like plat-former games.I'm not into adventure titles.So you wont find any gameloft or ngmoco:) in there.

Skip the annoying Slide Down to Unlock screen HTC HERO

Some of us prefer to get to the action right away sans the foreplay :P.
But some companies (Apple/HTC) make it necessary to slide to unlock the phone.
On the iphone it is THE ONLY SCREEN with user customizable image.
but as for the HTC Hero everything is customizable so the slide down to unlock is really not necessary.


One member on Xda-developers noted that if you press "menu" button twice (when the device is in sleep) you directly go to the homescreen.
Not sure if its a bug or something,but the whole point of having an unlocked screen is useless if you ask me.

Got me a 3GS

Got me a 3gs here in India at an insane price of 46,000 rs. (1re=48$ do the math)

and I should say it is def. worth it.
I mean for the number of applications and games on this baby.It is a sure go.
1st off the differences I personally noticed from the 3g
1. Battery life-slightly improved
2.Interface-very very responsive,I have almost 200 apps on my iphone and I have 0 lag moving through the homescreen(s)
3.Apps-load very fast.Almost 4 times faster.I tried starting Sims3 on both 3g and 3gs at the same time and 3gs loaded 2 minutes before the 3g
4.I did not notice much graphics change between openGL graphics in any game yet.They both look the same.Doom Resurrection used to be very laggy on the 3g.on the 3gs there is no lag at all.
5.Everything else is pretty much the same.The device does get heated up from time to time

So closing comment,iphone is not about the phone or the frigging' copy and paste features.
It is about the tons and tons of apps and games available on it,it has also replaced my NDS and PSP.
(pssssttttttt 5th cell , scribblenauts-iphone *hint**hint* ;) )

clear T9 word dictionary in HTC hero

If you are like me you tend to save random words that make no sense from time to time in your T9 dict.
For twice already I performed a hard reset(a.k.a pain in the ass) everytime I wanted to clear the dictionary on the T9 keyboard.





Recently I found an alternative,
Go to settings---> manage applications ---> Touch Input and clear data
your T9 gets reset to the factory settings.

Custom Ringtones for Hero

After hours and hours of searching I finally found how to have custom alerts for my HTC HERO.
Cause I am a heavy sleeper and the alerts HTC originally provides are so low it wakes up the ants around me(Ok,my sarcasm is dying with my age).

TO do this...
Just create a directory called /media/audio/notifications/ on your memory card , put your mp3 in it . After that, the music in this directory will be updated in your notifications menu :).

HTC Hero

Hello everyone,
here is a little update.
GOT ME A FRIGGING' HTC HERO.
as always the initial excitement is always there
but it does not compare to the iphone cause I feel android does not
have the potential to run the games like the iphone.
But its a new mobile OS ,its best to give it a shot.
Knowing the success of GOOGLE in everything else
I am quite sure this should be a hit too :).

iphone vs windows mobile

Hello,

Iv been a WM user for 5 yrs but for the last 1 year Iv been hooked to the iphone !

If I had to choose  iphone when it was released 2 yrs back I would have chosen WM 

 but today the iphone is my all purpose phone.it does what my htc diamond does AND MORE

here is a simple chart (photoshop rendered :P) to explain my side of the iphone vs wm story

check out the following link

Iphone vs WM

Chirping on twitter

Hello there

Its been a while since Iv done any skinning !! been busy giving exams

Iv finally got some "My time" for skinning hopefully

There are really good skinners for WA3 these days at LA forums

I doubt anyone would be interested to see a new design from me so will probably work some old timers like Metalloid and Nallega and make em WA3 or something

(btw do follow me on twitter :) )