Hard Times...

The past two weeks have been all abut the ups and downs... I haven't been able to work out as much, but I did take people's advice and started calorie counting. I started using myfitnesspal.com and it's worked out pretty well for me. It's been really easy for me to find what I ate and to find out all of the information about that food.

I've been doing it everyday since and I think it's been to my benefit. I've also used the app on my Windows Phone and it seems to work just as well there too. It's helped me plan out my day for what I eat and it's gotten me to drink less soda than I normally drink. (I love the stuff, so there's no way I'm getting rid of it completely) Strangely enough, it says I used up all of my daily sugar with one can, but I've been keeping in the green in other areas. I've also used it to determine what I should eat at restaurants based on where...

After 4 weeks, I have finally completed my first program. It's gone fairly well, but I can't help be a little discouraged. I haven't really lost any weight even though I am feeling better and I greatly increased my fitness and athleticism scores.

The entire program took between 12 and 13 hours to complete. It's kind of hard to say exactly because the program has crashed on me a couple of times right at the end of my exercise, but before my score has been recorded.

While it has helped me get in better shape, it has yet to really payed off on the scale. I guess I am getting older, so I might need to try to change my diet more and see if that helps. Although, it is pretty discouraging to work out every day and only lose 2 pounds. Ah well...

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Over Nine Hours of Sweating With the Kinect!

So it's been three weeks and over 9 hours of "training" with the Nike+ Kinect Training game. It's been an interesting run so far and it's also got me seeing all of the limitations with the Kinect device. The Kinect is too limited in its line of sight and sometimes it makes parts of my body disappear without reason. It also has some precision issues which make scoring a bit anomalous at times. There are some exercises that don't seem to score correctly at all and some that just don't seem to really work.

However, even with all of the inherit problems with the Kinect device, the game has proven to be quite useful. For what it is and for how little it cost me as compared to many other workout options, I think this game has so...

After two weeks with Nike+ Kinect Training I think I can safely say that it does an ok job for what it is. It helps give me a good setup to keep me doing my routine, it keeps track of my progress and it helps correct my mistakes. It's also only $50 and I can use it for as long as I like.

After two weeks I do notice a change in my body. Even though I have only lost a couple of pounds, people have commented that I look slimmer and I generally feel better than I have been. My body doesn't hurt all the time and I'm sleeping better. Even when I get less sleep, I seem to be more alert and rested. My pants are also feel a little looser, so I guess that good too.


Something...

At one time I had a 32 inch waist, I would ride my bike everyday for hours, I would do triathlons multiple times every year and I lived a fairly health lifestyle. Nowadays, I'm not all that healthy and my pants size has exploded to a 42. A little more than a week ago, I went to my doctor and she told me that I now weigh 288 pounds and that I should get some blood work done. She mentioned something about possibly getting diabetes and urged me to try start exercising anywhere from 3 times a week to every day.

It was pretty clear to me that my depression and the bar exam had really started to take a huge toll. It's also been really hard for me to find a permanent job after getting my license and there would be days where I would do nothing but play World of Warcraft all day. Something clearly had to be done.
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I got the following message from Amazon today regarding the settlement:

Dear Kindle Customer,

We have good news. You are entitled to a credit for some of your past e-book purchases as a result of legal settlements between several major e-book publishers and the Attorneys General of most U.S. states and territories, including yours. You do not need to do anything to receive this credit. We will contact you when the credit is applied to your Amazon.com account if the Court approves the settlements in February 2013.

Hachette, Harper Collins, and Simon & Schuster have settled an antitrust lawsuit about e-book prices. Under the proposed settlements, the publishers will provide funds for a credit that will be applied directly to your Amazon.com account. If the Court approves the settlements, the account credit will appear automatically and can be used to purchase Kindle books or print books. While we will not know the amount of your credit until the

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I was meaning to make this a normal blog post, but I kind of ended up turning them into separate articles so please bear with me.


So my first eBook was a Sony Reader which was released a few years prior to the original Kindle. I've loved eBooks ever since I got my first one and I've really been facinated by their developments. The sub-$99 eBook has already become a reality, but they keep getting cheaper with The $69 Kindle. There's also some things I like about the new Kindle Paperwhite like the new screen, but I think my Kindle 3 still has a superior interface.

I've always been interested in tablets too ever since I saw the first Windows Tablet PCs in the early 2000's. However, they've always had the same problems. They're too expensive, they're under powered and they can't do what a computer of a similar price point can do. I think the new Kindle Fire HDs are a step in the right direction, but they're still not there yet for me to...

So I was able to take apart the Jaguar CD this week. When you get right down to it, it's kind of a strange beast. I'm not sure why they did some of the things they did, but I dunno... Maybe that's why it seems most of them don't work anymore.

I'm not entirely sure what's wrong with it yet, but I don't think it's getting power. It doesn't have an LED indicator on the CD unit itself, so it's hard to test it without a volt meter. I guess I could try to use my finger, but I have a thing against being electrocuted (maybe it's just me).

Many of the things that I know are sometimes wrong with them didn't seem to be wrong. For example, since the CD spindle isn't standard some people would push down on the CD which would make it so the CD would no longer spin.

Anyway, some time next week I should be able to borrow my dad's volt meter and we'll...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmY8CCrlHiE

So I got an Atari Jaguar and an Atari Jaguar CD yesterday through a CAG trade! I'm really excited because I've never owned one before.

Some of the games I got include Alien vs Preditor and Tempest 2000, which are both games I love. I also got Battlemorph, Cybermorph and Raiden. I love Rayman, but I have yet to find it at a decent price. I've also been thinking about picking up Attack of the Mutant Penguins because it's cheap and I love penguins. I also think it looks pretty cool.

The Jaguar CD doesn't work, but I'm going to try to fix it. I guess we'll see how that works out for me.

On the job front, I decided to take the plunge and go into solo practice. I registered my new law firm as an LLC last night. I also registered my domain name (yay CAG GoDaddy coupons) and started a facebook page.

Right now I'm working on getting malpractice insurance and I'm looking...

I graduated law school in January of this year, I took and passed the February bar exam, I got licensed in late April, but I've yet to land a full-time job. I hoped to be an assistant prosecutor by now, but the closest I've been able to get to that is some interviews.

In the meantime, I'm working part-time for a political campaign. It's really fun. I like looking up data and putting together lists and stuff, but it doesn't really pay much of anything. It's probably good for me in the long-term since the candidate might be able to help me get a full-time job after November, but who knows.

I know it's hard for everyone right now, so I guess I can't really complain. I've started to do some basic legal work on the side to help pay the bills and I've been looking into going solo. My mom has some extra office space she says she's willing to lend me that has really good road frontage, so that's definitely an option.

I guess this really isn't how...

I've yet to see this two feet of snow that they're talking about, but there's one thing for sure... The weather man is going nuts and it's been a hell of a couple of days for the grocery stores. I tried to get an extra bag of salt today, but I had no luck. My 25 pound bag should be enough, but who knows... It's not like I'm going anywhere the next couple of days. SLU Law never closes, but we're closed until at least Wednesday. (Maybe longer if what they're saying is true...)

I've got a full refrigerator of food, plenty of Vault and a huge back log of video games to get to. I hope everyone in the Midwest and Eastern states are warm and safe during this time of impending thundersnows and ice storms.

What's everyone playing now that we're all about to be snowed in? I've been playing Enslaved on my Xbox 360 and watching random movies on Netflix.

So I've been playing Dance Central for quite a while and I've come to the conclusion that it is the best game I've played on the Kinect and it is probably my favorite Xbox 360 game of 2010. It features a soundtrack of lots of fun pop songs, it incorporates real dance moves and it has a mode to learn the dance moves. The higher the level of difficulty, the harder the routine and the more variety/difficulty of the moves. While feeling a little incomplete, Dance Central is probably the best dance game I have ever played.



DanceMasters on the other hand couldn't be more different in its way of execution. It doesn't really feel like a game seeking to replicate dance routines in the normal sense. Instead, it really reminds me of show choir or cheer and it kind of makes me feel like they missed out on an opportunity. The characters on screen are singing...

So previously on KillerRamen's Blog, some dude broke into my house and stole a lot of my stuff. http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/blog.php?b=17448

I've been living with my parents since then and I've been starting to put back the pieces. I got a new laptop and a new bookbag which I really like. I've been gaming on my PSOne playing the Misadventures of Tron Bonne.

Today I went to the Microcenter and was looking at their PSOne games. Believe it or not, but they still sell PSOne games brand new. They had Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy Chronicles and something else. I ended up not buying one, but I suspect I'll need something to play down the road.

The Microsoft Store's super slow delivery service finally delievered me my Kinect. So now I have a Kinect, Kinect Adventures, Kinectimals, Dance Central and no Xbox. I guess it's better this way because it would have been gone too.

I've also been recreating...

What a terrible day…

So I was robbed today. Someone broke into my house and stole a lot of my stuff.

They got away with nearly my entire console collection; my Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, both of my Playstation 2s, my DSs, my Gameboys, a broken PSP 2000 [that that!] and my Hannah Montana PSP! I know my Hannah Montana PSP is awesome, but seriously?! I bet they were like, OMG LILAC PSP! ers…

I also have a pretty big gaming collection and it seems that almost all of my games are safe. They did steal some games I didn’t really care for like Grand Theft Auto 4, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, God of War Collection and God of War 3. However, they also took my copy of Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy XIII, Project Diva, Valkyria Chronicles II and Kirby’s Epic Yarn (why Kirby?! WHY?!.. I love Kirby. )

My laptop was taken too. As a law student, my entire life [my outlines, seminar paper, ect] is on my laptop and...