From Me To You: The Oatmeal

Hello readers of ION. I know this blog has been inactive for a long while, but I just wanted to have a little conversation with you guys about something awesome, and totally not awesome at the exact same time. I just want to talk to you guys about The Oatmeal. Recently, Matthew Inman, the creator and sole contributor to The Oatmeal was sued by funnyjunk, and some stuff blew up, and it was crazy. Matthew Inman, being the badass he is, donated a bunch of money to the WWF to save the bears. Now, Matthew Inman the creator and sole contributor to The Oatmeal is being sued over a trademark. The Oatmeal is super funny and Matthew Inman is a super creative and funny guy. I honestly think he doesn't deserve all the stuff that has been happening to him, and he deserves more support from people who feel he is a creative and funny guy. If you need more of an incentive, he's also the guy who did the whole Nikola Telsa museum thing. He's an awesome guy. So, all I ask of you guys is that you could maybe check out The Oatmeal and maybe just decide to support it yourself. I know I want The Oatmeal to stay around for a long time, so it would mean a lot to any fan. Thanks guys!

http://theoatmeal.com/

Game Grenade: Wii U!

Game Grenade is where you can hear about everything game related: reviews, tutorials, news, fan-fiction, and just plain fun. Here we'll be covering today's best sellers as well as decade old classics.

Today the people over at Nintendo finally dropped a date and price on their latest game console, the Wii U. The official announcement of the much anticipated console has cleared up some rumors, and sparked some new ones. Today we're here to talk about it all.

Gears And Gadgets: The iPhone 5!

Technology is always evolving, and sometimes it's hard to keep up.  Here at Gears and Gadgets, we'll discuss all the latest innovations in technology and science, and will give you links to people who know even more about the subject!

Today, the 4 inch iPhone 5 was introduced to the world by Apple. This blog will cover the major differences between this and the iPhone 4/4S, and what I think about it.

Minespawn: Block by Block

Game Grenade is where you can hear about everything game related: reviews, tutorials, news, fan-fiction, and just plain fun.  Here we'll be covering today's best sellers as well as decade old classics.  

First off, I want to apologize for the lack of activity on ION lately.  We've all got a lot of things going on right now, and I've been unable to situate new members.  We'll be continuing to bring you the news about...things, but just know that we are all a bit busy right now.  

Now, to Minecraft.  Guess what?  They're working with the UN now!  Pretty cool stuff.

Game Grenade: HexGL

Game Grenade is where you can hear about everything game related: reviews, tutorials, news, fan-fiction, and just plain fun. Here we'll be covering today's best sellers as well as decade old classics.

A new game has emerged from the sea of Reddit and it's called: HexGL. This innovative racing game uses a 3D platform in a really awesome way.

Mr. Armstrong

Hello readers of ION. Today I have the sad announcement that Neil Alden Armstrong passed away today at the age 82. 

First Man on the Moon is no More

Today, the first man on the moon, Niel Armstrong, has passed away at the age of 82.  I'll just hand it off to the experts for this one.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-neilarmstrongbre87o0b0-20120825,0,4714021.story

Australia Working to Ban Smoking

I just heard the news, that the Australian government is trying something in the state of Tasmania.  They are putting a ban down for tobacco products for anyone born past the year 2000.  Everyone.  Regardless of age.  Now or 30 years down the road, unless the ban is lifted by then, you will not be able to smoke if you were born past the deadline. 

Read a more detailed article here at: http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/05/12/327411_todays-news.html

Game Grenade: Mists of Pandaria Cinematic Released!

Game Grenade is where you can hear about everything game related: reviews, tutorials, news, fan-fiction, and just plain fun.  Here we'll be covering today's best sellers as well as decade old classics.  

People who care about World of Warcraft  have probably already seen the cinematic for the upcoming expansion Mists of Pandaria.  But here it is, anyway.  This is truly amazing.  Although I'm not sure about how it ranks compared to the other trailers, at least in my book.

The Network: The Internet Association

The Network will be a stop to hear about all the online news. Facebook, Google, and Reddit are just some of the sites we might discuss. Never be an internet noob again! Stay in the know with The Network!

Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Ebay have just teamed up to create what is known as the "Internet Association." On their website they state they are trying to keep a free, public internet. Interesting.

Minespawn: Minecraft 1.3!

Minespawn is the go-to place for all the Minecraft user-made goodies. Great Texture Packs? Amazing Servers? Spectacular Mods? Every week, one of these things will be featured here so you can keep your Minecraft toys stocked up with the latest fun.

So Minecraft 1.3 came out a little while ago, and we are going to talk about it here! I will talk about some of the major updates and my opinions on them!

Mars Landing

Hello readers of ION. The Mars Rover Curiosity just landed safely on the red planet.


This 2.5 billion dollar mission was a success and mission control just expressed everything I was feeling as it touched down. Wow. 10:14 PM PDT was the official touchdown time of the rover. This was the first picture sent back down to Pacedena, CA looked a bit like this.

Terrible, I know. But that is low-res. A wheel is pictured in there. A high-res pic came a little bit later, but it'll be all over the internet. There was also a picture taken on the front end of the rover as well. Here it is.

You can see the shadow of the rover there. 

Curiosity is safe, and she is doing great. There was a bit of dust but nothing major. Press conferences are starting soon. 

I cannot explain the emotion. We just landed the biggest rover on the face of the planet (did you see what I did there) We are going to look for the unknown, finally. This is the mission we have been waiting for.

Six years are the making, of something this incredible. The universe was one-upped by the human spirit today, and we will continue to keep growing. We dared mighty things, and we ate our peanuts, and we landed on another planet. And I'll be up doing this when we land a human on mars.

Like the guy in mission control said, HOLY SHIT!

Let our curiosity take us places we never dreamed we'd be.

-Rachael The Ginger

Just Some Quick Info

Hello readers of ION. Yesterday I made a blog about the mars landing that is happening today. Well I forgot to mention that I will be posting right after the 7 minutes of terror about the things that are happening because I will be watching the landing unfold live at this website. You should watch too. The pre-show starts August 5th at 8:30 pm pacific time. That's 9:30 for mountain time and 11:30(?) eastern time. If you don't tune it there will be a recap on this blog.


Minecraft 1.3. I know it came out a while ago but I will be doing a review blog, soon. Possibly today.


OS X Mountain Lion. Video review, soon. Possibly Monday.


So stay tuned everybody. Thank you.


-Rachael The Ginger

Gears And Gadgets: Information You Should Know Involving The Mars Landing This Sunday

Technology is always evolving, and sometimes it's hard to keep up. Here at Gears and Gadgets, we'll discuss all the latest innovations in technology and science, and we'll give you links to people who know even more about the subject.

Today on Gears and Gadgets, I'd like to throw a little knowledge at your face for the revolutionary mars landing that is happening TOMORROW. Just to get you a little informed, and links to where you can get more info and links to where you can watch it live.

VIRAL: Bob Ross Re-Mixed!?

VIRAL is the place to hear about everything Youtube. Brand new hit videos, amazing Youtubers, and the best channels will all be discussed here. 

Gears And Gadgets: In News This Week

Technology is always evolving, and sometimes it's hard to keep up.  Here at Gears and Gadgets, we'll discuss all the latest innovations in technology and science, and will give you links to people who know even more about the subject! 


We have a lot of stuff going on in technology this week (2 weeks)! In this blog I will talk about each subject briefly and then link you to the full article! Here we go!

Gears and Gadgets: OSX Mountain Lion

Hello readers of ION. OSX Mountain Lion came out recently, and in a week or so, I will be getting a laptop and be able to download it. So, if you are patient enough, I might even do a video review of Mountain Lion. 


But for the time being, you can read this article. It is quite long, and I would recommend just going to the things that will interest you, but it's here for your reading.


And just as another update, Minecraft 1.3 will be coming out very soon, and a in depth blog and vlog will be done about that as well.


Thanks.


-Rachael The Ginger

Game Grenade: Robloxian Warfare

Game Grenade is where you can hear about everything game related: reviews, tutorials, news, fan-fiction, and just plain fun.  Here we'll be covering today's best sellers as well as decade old classics.

  

Roblox, a popular online building game, has gone group crazy ever since the feature's invention in 2009.  Many groups have tens of thousands of members, and the largest, FEAR (First Encounter Assault Recon) has 124,496 people, and is currently the only group to have over 100 thousand of them.  Here is a link to their page: http://www.roblox.com/Groups/group.aspx?gid=72321