With all the bad press that Lambdas get, I was proud to come across a positive article...
Bone Marrow SuccessYes! AND it was my chapter. It's a love/hate relationship with Lambdas, but moments like these I carry the letters proudly.
NEXT-
Just got in my new ipod nano 8gb, and the nike plus system.. charging now, and loading itunes.. anyone who has done this knows what a painful process it is.. This is my 3rd apple mp3 player, the first was the video version, that was sold and upgraded to the itouch, that was sold and (downgraded?) to the new nano chromatic, apple's 4th attempt at the nano. Why the change? Well my lil bro, the same one that's quoted in the above article, Phillip Phan, showed me this concept,
Nike+.
Why is this so interesting to me? Basically it's a pedometer that hooks up to your ipod.. doesn't sound exciting, but I should explain to you my mentality. SOOO many of my friends can be described as avid gamers, and I've just never shared that passion. Example: the WOW addicts that spend, what would be their sleeping hours leveling up their character. Don't get me twisted, I understand the appeal. Make your character stronger and just run around dominating people and you're a badass... in a video game world. Yes, that was a hint of cynicism, but ignore it for a minute. You 'grind' to advance your character physically, or skill wise, and use those skills to earn gold and when you're strong enough, it's fun running around and 'owning' people. But why not level up your real life character?
Yeah easier, said than done. Lazy as fuck, and it's much easier to sit in front of the computer and click in order to gain bad ass status. Plus, your progress is much easier to see.. I've tried out different workout routines, or done time on the stationary bike, but it's not the same as signing on and seeing that your level 70 character has xxxxxx amount of health and can do xxxxxx amount of damage.
But Nike/Apple has done that. They've developed a product, that measures the distance, speed, and calories of a run. They then log your information onto their website, graph it out, show you your progress, help you set goals, enter you in challenges, and you essentially compete and compare yourself to other gamers, err.. runners around the world. So now I get what I wanted. To play a game with a scoring system, competing with people online, that actually improves me as a person as opposed to the pixels on the screen. My score will now reflect my real life accomplishment, now if only I could find inspiration to study. *Last thought, they should pay me to market their product to gamers.*
look for me on nikeplus, sn: lphiequag, on the team Dallas Lambdas
in case you don't have flash to view the
nike+ site, here's
apple's.
Comments (2)
What an interesting concept.
gj lambdas. wish I could donate bone marrow =(