Virtual Pets

Have you ever remembered the tamagotchi crazed? It was a hipped gadget in 1996 and it was marketed as the original virtual reality pet. It is a tiny hand held LCD video game that comes attached to a key chain. The goal of the game is to simulate the proper care and maintenance of a virtual pet accomplished by doing a certain task, responsibilities including feeding, playing games, scolding, medicating, and cleaning up after the false pet, all via digital commands.

According to the Wikipedia, a digital pet also known as virtual pet or artificial human companion. They are usually kept for companionship or enjoyment.

There were common features of digital pets:

1. used to give a sense of reality to the user
2. enhancing playability

• Most digipets have certain level of autonomy and unpredictability. The user can interact with pet and the process of personalizing can ake the pet more distinctive.
• Interactivity

Classified Interactivity

1. Short Term - direct interaction or action from the pet.
2. Long Term - action that affects pet's growth, behavior or life span.

These two interactivity are often combined .
Example of Common Features:

• responds to caring
• responds to touching
• training the pet
• supplies
• dressing up
• competition
• meeting other pets
• complaining when it needs care
  

FYI: Eyes in Pictures - Red Spots

All of us wonder why do eyes in some pictures have red spots on them? If you look like Dracula in a picture. blame the flash of the cam. The red spot on the eyes is the red color from the blood vessels that nourish the eye.

The eyes look red because light from the flash is reflected to the camera lens from the blood vessels in the retinas. The flash unit is located every wear of the lens when the flash goes off, some light goes straight into the eyes of the subject and is reflected right back into the lens.

So if you don't want to see those red eyes, avoid looking directly at the lens during picture taking.

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Hold on to the breathe

As I clinch to thee

Hold on to the kiss

As I miss you

Hold on to the dreams we had

As I weave it only for you

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As I promise YOU, your the only one.

Reasons Behind Smoking

There were newsletters bragging around the net, commercials on TV, plug-ins on radios, magazine write - ups, newspapers and even on the packs of cigarettes there were warnings. But, those concerns never mind those warnings. I can't blame them because they have reasons why they indulge themselves to smoking.

Guys, correct me if I'm wrong... Just leave your comments below... Some of the reasons are the following:

1. Smoking gives them more energy. They tend to smoke to keep from slowing down. Like for those coffee drinkers, they used to drink 'coz it help them to wake up, get moving when they feel exhausted. The nicotine in tobacco and caffeine in coffee are a stimulants - whose function is to increase the heart rate and blood pressure.

2. They like to touch and handle cigarettes and comfortable with it on their hand.

3. Smoking makes good times better. They feel more comfortable and relaxed. specially in stressful situations.

4. When depression attacks.

5. It's some kind of addiction. Can't live without cigarettes, very much hooked up.

Getting over this obstacles is always depends on the person involved on smoking and he/she the only one can decide whether to quit or not. Moral support from the family is always needed.