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KEARNEY – Entrepreneur Teresa Kowalski Porter will present “Entrepreneurial Spirit … Got it? Get it!” Friday at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.  Kowalski Porter is president and chief executive officer of ISYS Technologies, which is a services organization focusing on delivering services to the federal government and public sector.  ISYS Technologies received the 2009 Small Business Association Administrator’s Award of Excellence and was nominated for Small Business Subcontractor of the Year….(read more)

Multiplayer DJ Battles, Breakthrough Real-Time Scratching Technology and an Integrated Facebook Connect Feature Usher In I-play’s First Micro-transaction Enabled Music Game, Now Available in the Apple® App Store

NEW YORK & LONDON—September 29th, 2009—I-play, Oberon Media’s publishing division and the world’s leading multi-platform casual games publisher, today launched Hip Hop All Star for iPhone™ and iPod® touch.  Featuring an original playlist with some of the biggest names in hip hop including Busta Rhymes and Kid Cudi, Hip Hop All Star introduces an all-new way for fans and hip hop enthusiasts to experience their favorite tracks.  Turning the iPhone into virtual turntables, players use the touch screen to scratch and spin their way to DJ stardom.  Hip Hop All Star brings the swagger back to music games with a playlist starring hip hop chart-toppers alongside old-school hip hop classics, some of them exclusive to the game.

Hip Hop All Star puts players behind the wheels of steel and on center stage as they rock the crowds in five different party locations—starting at a house party and spinning their way to a fan-packed arena. When the crowds crave more, players can turn their show into a showdown with WiFi and BlueTooth DJ battle modes.  Aspiring DJs go head-to-head to earn power-ups, show off scratch tricks and unlock in-game accessories.  When a winner emerges, players can earn DJ bragging rights by posting top scores and trash talk directly to Facebook with the integrated Facebook Connect feature.

Hip Hop All Star is I-play’s first micro-transaction enabled music game.  Players will be able to make in-game purchases on their favorite Hip Hop All Star songs through a direct link to the iTunes® Store.   In addition, once the 10 included songs have been mastered on the turntables, players can keep the party going by purchasing the Hip Hop All Star Track Pack that includes two additional songs for $0.99.  The music never has to stop, as I-play will keep the needle on the record with the release of additional Track Packs.

“If you are a hip hop music fan, this game is for you,” said Don Ryan, chief operating officer of Oberon Media.  “As the first and only all hip hop DJ game, we wanted to make sure players are continuously engaged with the music and that the game was true to real DJing techniques and principles. The micro-transactions keep the game fresh by offering players an entirely new experience with each purchase.

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The Hip Hop All Star set list features tracks from Busta Rhymes, DJ Green Lantern, Slim Thug, Unk, Mya and Ray J, with exclusive music from Kid Cudi, DJ KO, Greg Nice, DJ Jason Nevins, Scarchild, Eddie Jaymez, and DJ Serafin.  Kool G Rap, one of the most influential and skilled MCs of all time, joins them with an exclusive track. 

“It’s mind blowing to see how hip hop has evolved from the beginning,” said Kool G Rap.  “When I began in this business, I never could have imagined turntables like this.  But it goes to show that great minds will continue to revolutionize hip hop and the DJ experience—that’s why hip hop will be around forever.”

Hip Hop All Star is now available through select mobile carriers, and in the Apple® App Store for a special, two-week price of $2.99 / £1.79.

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About I-play

I-play, the publishing division of Oberon Media, Inc., is the world’s leading multi-platform casual games publisher. With powerful franchises and massive distribution across the three most popular entertainment screens — online, mobile, and interactive television — I-play content reaches global consumers, and delivers fun, entertaining, accessible content to casual gamers of all ages. I-play’s PC publishing division, formerly Oberon Games, is based in Seattle and created the hit Dream Day Series, as well as the first casual games for bestselling author James Patterson and legendary mystery author Agatha Christie, including the Causal Connect 2008 Game of the Year, Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile. I-play’s mobile division has delivered some of the biggest selling franchises in the mobile space, including the world’s #1 best-selling racing franchise, The Fast and the Furious, based on the blockbuster movies. I-play’s interactive television group, formerly PixelPlay, creates and distributes games featuring top brands including Centipede™. Missile Command®, Asteroids™, Monopoly®, Scrabble®, Boggle®, and Yahtzee™. I-play is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Seattle, San Mateo, London, and Dunfermline, Scotland.

About Oberon Media

Oberon Media, the world’s leading multi-platform casual games company, is the first company to deliver global, integrated casual games solutions across three platforms-online, mobile and interactive television and at retail. Oberon game solutions have been adopted by the world’s leading digital and media companies, such as Microsoft, Verizon, Yahoo!, Electronic Arts, MySpace, Orange France and NHN. The Game Center combines casual game content, merchandising and features to fulfill our partners’ specific needs. Oberon Media’s game publishing division, I-play, works with the industry’s best and award-winning game developers to produce the top-selling casual games, which are played across online, mobile, console and iTV platforms in more than a dozen languages. Founded in 2003, Oberon Media is headquartered in New York with offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and is backed by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Oak Investment Partners.

I-play, Oberon Media’s publishing division and the world’s leading multi-platform casual games publisher, today announced Hip Hop All Star for iPhone™ and iPod® touch. In Hip Hop All Star, players scratch and spin their way to DJ stardom to the tune of an original and exclusive playlist from 12 top-selling hip hop artists, mixing classic old-school hip hop with the new-school hip hop.

Hip Hop All Star’s breakthrough real-time scratching technology and flawless touch-screen controls provide innovative and addicting game play from the block party all the way to the hippest clubs. Players must tap notes in rhythm with the music and scratch the turntables to perform in five different party locations. With WiFi and BlueTooth Multi-player modes, players can challenge friends to real-time DJ battles and use power ups to bust out scratch tricks and wow the crowd (and their friends). Once the first 12 songs are mastered, players can increase the set list with new downloadable tracks as they continue to spin, scratch and rock the party. In addition, the best of the best can earn DJ bragging rights by sharing their high scores with friends using the game’s Facebook Connect feature.

The Hip Hop All Star set list will feature original tracks from Busta Rhymes, Kid Cudi, Mya, Ray J, Greg Nice, Jason Nevins, Slim Thug, Kool G Rap, Unk, DJ Eclipse, DJ Serafin, DJ Eddie James, Ike Lees, and Scarchild. They will be joined by DJ Green Lantern, one of the most successful and critically acclaimed DJs, and host of Hip Hop Nation on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Here are some comments from people about Hip Hop All Star:

“Hip Hop All Star is the most authentic DJ’ing experience you can get in a game,” said DJ Green Lantern. “And be sure to check out the iPhone to iPhone DJ battles, and lay down a beat on your opponent anywhere, anytime.”

“Hip Hop All Star is the hip hop lover’s DJ game,” said Don Ryan, chief operating officer at Oberon Media. “We think this will set the bar high as the first hip hop DJ game to hit the market, offering top -tier talent on a portable platform.”

Hip Hop All Star is now available through select mobile carriers, and is scheduled for release in the Apple® App Store in September 2009.

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The design principle that I wished to engage with for my multiple emblem is the 3 or traingle presented in McNab. Within the novel the Sirens ofTitan by  Kurt Vonnegut there is a triangle of relationships between Winston Niles Rumford, Beatrice Rumford, and Unk/Malichi Constant. Rumford was married to Beatrice who later bore Unk’s child. It is sort of like a love triangle, if not even a little more involved. Unk and Rumford are connected by the fact that Rumford predicts the course of Unk’s life leaving him partially bereft of self-control.

In McNab’s chapter on 3, there is a discussion of the male and female aspects of a triangle. She identifies and upward pointing triangle: as male. A downward facing triangle is then classified as purely female based on its similarity in shape to the pelvis, which is the definition of vitality and womanhood to McNab.

For my design I want a way to indicate the connection between the three characters while representing gender and the respective position of the triangle. However, the male female combination is usually combined in a fashion similar to this:

Instead I wish to produce an angl that represent both type of triangle, while only present on triangle.

For my emblem for light in Kurt Vonnegut’s the Sirens of Titan, I decided to use the design principle of 6 from McNab. However, when I reached the final stages of this particular emblem I found it slightly echoing the emblem I constructed for multiplicity. In my design, I created a grid of hexagons. As I discussed in my design section for lightness, the hexagon is the most efficient use of space of any polygon. The grid that it forms is redolent in nature because of this conservative and explotation of space. In each of the hexagons, I placed a name of a character. Each connected hexagon shares a relationship with the next hexagon. In the background then I placed a picture of space that reminded me of some of the descriptions of what it was like from the novel.

I used this format to emphasize how the lightness and compactness of the verbal texture of the word, pulled together and created the relationships between the characters. Each individual within the story was tied to another purely by the will of Vonnegut’s pen and mind. With lightness encapsulated in the hexagons, there is a triangle formed, which is what I believe echoed the emblem of multiplicity.

Care te bagi cu mine la un dans? la un WALK IT OUT? …

Am vazut zilele trecute clipul si mi-am adus aminte de tineretile mele …. so ..c’mon let’s walk it out!

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Well it’s no secret now,  Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” was one of my favorite songs of the year.  Believe it.  And the video(!), I quite fancy that as well.  Since YouTube has all the coding disabled I am unable to post it, so go check it out here.

Then(!) I found out the video was heavily inspired by the Bob Fosse choreographed routine led by dancer/actress (and his wife!) Gwen Verdon.  I have to say, I think I may perfer the original moves.

Then(!!)  I found this little gem.  The same Fosse clip, only set to “Walk It Out” by rapper/DJ, Unk.  It’s okay, I haven’t heard of him either.

1. Intro
2. Unk Ft. Jim Jones, Sean Kingston, Soulja Boy, E-40-Show Out Remix
3. Lil Keke Ft. Slim Thug, Paul Wall-Money In The City
4. Wale-Chillin’
5. Nicki Minaj-Beam Me Up Scotty
6. Rasheeda Ft Shawnna-Juicy Like A Peach
7. Young L.A. Ft. Young Dro, T.I.-Aint I Remix
8. Gucci Mane-Stoopid
9. Dizz Vicious-My Time
10.Rick Ross Ft. Triple C’s-Yams
11.Project Pat Ft. OJ The Juiceman-Keep It Hood
12.Junior Reid Ft Lil Wayne-Ghetto Youths Rock
13.DJ Drama Ft Snoop Dogg, Akon, T.I.-Day Dreaming
14.Swizz Beatz-Represent Things You Do
15.Ron Browz-Jumpin’ Out The Window
16.Grafh-Goons
17.Mims-Bread N Butter
18.Alchemist Ft. Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss, Pusha T-Lose Your Life
19.Jadakiss Ft. Lil Wayne-Deathwish
20.Capone N Noreaga-Follow The Dollar
21.Nipsey Hussle-Hussle In The House
22.Ghostface Killah-Computer Love
23.T.I.-Collect Call
24.Jay-Z-Dreamin’ Again
25.The Game-Show Is Over

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B R I L L I A N T

Choreography by Bob Fosse as performed by one of the sickest Broadway dancers of all time, Gwen Verdon.

Music by Unk

MOOD RING SAYS: obsolete

LISTENING TO: dragonette, competition (ocelot remix)

Oy vey!

So, last night Jamie and I got our boomkats on at the Townhouse.

The DJ played Pop Lock & Drop It immediately after Walk It Out (ie, Jansen wiles out.)

Jamie stopped dancing and just sat on the speaker like “What the hey is this nutcase doing?”

Tis’ how I do…

Best thing ever was Jamie later on…

Jamie: “So what is that drop lock pop? Lock pop drop? Whatever the hell it’s called!”

He butchered the name so much that I started messing up!

Me: “Well the drop pop…wait, dur-da-dur!”

We’ll work on it.

The rest are here and here.