Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Guitar Hero

Sempre ouvi falar muito do jogo Guitar Hero, já tinha visto até uns videos na TV mostrando os caras fazendo combos e tudo mais, mas até hoje nunca o tinha jogado nenhuma vez, nem mesmo alguma variação dele. 

Até hoje, como disse, quando me mostraram um rodando no celular e, convenhamos, é muito viciante esse jogo, simplesmente achei muito legal e não consegui parar de jogar.

Dei uma olhada no Youtube e achei vários vídeos legais dos caras fazendo sequências de algumas das músicas que mais gosto como Reptilia dos The Strokes, mostrada abaixo:

Legal né? Abraços a todos.

Spiralling

Hoje pensei numa palavra que é ao mesmo tempo nome de uma música (e por sinal muito boa) do Keane. Pra quem não sabe Keane é uma banda inglesa que já emplacou vários hits como Everybody's Changing, Somewhere Only We Know entre outras. Abaixo vocês vêem o significado de Spiralling (Spiral na verdade) e em seguida a letra da música. Abraço a todos.

Spiral verb
1 to move in the shape of a spiral, or to make something do this.
2 to become worse and worse: Crime has begun to spiral out of control.

Spiralling
Keane

Ooo!
Ooo!

I'm waiting for my moment to come
I'm waiting for the movie to begin
I'm waiting for a revelation
I'm waiting for someone to count me in

'Cause now I only see my dreams, in everything I touch
Feel their cold hands on, everything that I love
Cold like some, magnificant skyline
Out of my reach, but always in my eyeline now

We're tumbling down
We're spiralling
Tied up to the ground
We're spiralling

I fashioned you from jewels and stone
I made you in the image of myself
I gave you everything you wanted
So you would never know anything else

But everytime I reach for you, you slip through my fingers
Into cold sunlight, laughing at the things that
I had planned, the map of my world gets
Smaller as I sit here, pulling at the loose threads now

We're tumbling down
We're spiralling
Tied up to the ground
We're spiralling

(Extended-
When we fall in love
We're just falling
In love with ourselves
We're spiralling)

Did you wanna be a winner?
Did you wanna be an icon?
Did you wanna be famous?
Did you wanna be the president?
Did you wanna start a war?
Did you wanna have a family?
Did you wanna be in love?
Did you wanna be in love?

(Extended-
I never saw the light
I never saw the light
I waited up all night
But I never saw the light)

When we fall in love
We're just falling
In love with ourselves
We're spiralling
We're tumbling down
We're spiralling
Tied up to the ground
We're spiralling

Ooo!
Ooo!

Monday, March 30, 2009

Pace is the Trick

Hoje enquanto corria veio de repente na minha cabeça a seguinte palavra:

Pace noun
1 the speed at which something happens or is done: The pace of technological change incresead steadily during the 20th century. The course allows students to progress at their own pace.
2 the speed at which you move: We wandered along at a leisurely pace.
3 a step that you take when you walk or run: I took a few paces toward her.


O que me fez lembrar também de uma música do Interpol, uma banda de Nova Iorque, chamada Pace is the Trick cuja letra transcrevo abaixo:

Pace is the Trick

You can't hold it too tight, these matters of security
You don't have to be wound so tight, smoking on the balcony
There's such sleaze in the park
And women, you have no self-control
The angels remark outside, you are known for insatiable needs
I don't know a thing

I've seen love and I follow the speed in the starlight
I've seen love and I follow the speed when the stars swept by

Yeah, pace is the trick
And to all the destruction in man
Well, I see you as you take your pride, my lioness
Your defenses seem wise, I cannot press
And detentions are demise, my lioness
Can't you hurt it some?
I think I hurt it

I've seen love and I follow the speed in the starlight
I've seen love and I follow the speed when the stars swept by

And now I select you, (slow now I let you)
See how I stun
See how I stun
And now I select you, (slow now I bet you)
See how I stun
See how I stun

And to all the destruction in man
And to all the corruption in my hand

And now I select you, (slow now I let you)
See how I stun
See how I stun
And now I select you, (slow now I bet you)
See how I stun
See how I stun

And now I select you, (slow now I let you)
(I've seen love)
See how I stun
See how I stun
And now I select you, (slow now I bet you)
I follow the speed when the stars swept by

You don't hold a candle
You don't hold a candle
You don't hold a candle

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Nova Palavra

basin noun
1 a large area of land from which water flows into a particular river or lake: The Colorado River Basin
2 a large round open container that is used for holding water or washing things in
3 a sink in a bathroom

Space Needle

Space Needle é uma torre muito famosa de Seattle, cidade americana localizada a noroeste daquele país. Ela foi construída em 1962 durante a World's Fair, uma feira que acontece em Seattle e cujo assunto naquele ano era o século 21.



O mais legal é que é possível andar pelas ruas de Seattle e ver a Space Needle, entre outros monumentos, de perto através do Google Streets View no Google Maps. Vale a pena conferir. 

Abaixo algumas screenshots da visão de rua bem debaixo da Space Needle.



Mais uma

entrepreneur noun
someone who uses money to start businesses and make business deals

Nova palavra

sawmill noun
A building where wood is cut into boards using machines.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Uma nova palavra por dia

topical adj
relating to a subject that is of particular interest at the present time.


Um

practice verb
1 to repeat an activity regularly so that you become better at it: How many hours a day do you practice the piano? - practice doing sth Practice putting up your tent a few times before going camping.
2 to do something regularly or in a particular way: The early settlers seem to have practiced farming.
3 to perform the activities and duties of your religion: She practices Catholicism.
4 to work in a particular profession, especially in the medical or legal profession: She lives in Seattle, where she practices law - He completed his medical training but has never practiced.


Uma nova palavra por dia

dutiful adj formal
careful to do things that other people ask or expect you to do.


Monday, March 23, 2009

Uma nova palavra por dia

lecture noun
1 A talk to a group of people about a particular subject, especially at a college or university: a lecture on Dickens; Tomorrow she will be giving a lecture at London University.
2 showing disaproval a long serious talk that criticizes or warns someone: I don't need any lectures from you about being late!

A partir de hoje começarei o hábito de aprender uma nova palavra por dia. Faça como eu e abra o dicionário de qualquer língua em qualquer página e aprenda uma nova palavra por dia.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Super Mario

Olha só o que essas caras fizeram. Eles tocaram a música tema do Super Mario usando carrinhos de controle remoto e garrafas de vinho, vale a pena ver:

Porque o Fennec não roda no iPhone?

Pra quem não sabe Fennec é a iniciativa da Mozilla de portar o firefox pra dispositivos móveis. Mas parece que eles só estão fazendo isso pro N810, um tablet da Nokia. Esse artigo da CNET que encontrei no digg.com abre essa discussão.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Nerdson...

Cara, o nerdson.com é hilário. Vai dizer que isso nunca aconteceu com você:



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