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Nov 19, 2017
Whether you want an alarm that syncs with your body clock or a to-do list you can speak to, these are the apps you’ll need to make your smartphone smarter:
Pacer: Pedometer & Walking App
Health & Fitness and Medical
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Track your steps 24/7 using just your phone! Join a community of people just like you and get...
Google Duo - Video Calling
Social Networking
9.5
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Google Duo is the highest quality one-to-one video calling app*. It’s simple, reliable and works...
Just Press Record
Utilities and Productivity
App
Just Press Record is the ultimate mobile audio recorder bringing one tap recording, transcription...
The Grammarly Keyboard
Productivity and Utilities
9.0
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Grammarly’s AI-powered keyboard ensures your urgent emails, important LinkedIn messages, and...
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Ross (3282 KP) rated A Crown of Swords in Books
Sep 20, 2017
For me I think this was where the series really started to drag. So much time spent on describing horses, riding dresses and in-fighting between "sisters". Some fairly major events of the series occur in this book but so much of it is spent sorting out the weather. Some really exciting action scenes but dragged out over far too many pages.
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Evevingland: Stories in Books
Oct 5, 2020
Michael Knight's a collection of short stories gives us the flavor of the many attributes of the city Mobile Alabama and a taste of some of its varied inhabitants, with some wild weather (both literally and figuratively) thrown in for good measure. See what I thought of these stories in my review of "Eveningland" here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/03/26/mobile-stories/
David McK (3251 KP) rated Geostorm (2017) in Movies
Dec 23, 2020
Do you remember the Film 'Armageddon'
'The Day After Tomorrow'?
Or even '2012'?
This is more of the same, this time with Gerard Butler taking the lead in a not-so-distant future of 2022 after a network of satellites is sent up into space in 2019 (I must have missed that - I'm reviewing in 2020) to control the weather.
Of course, things then start t go wrong with said satellites (mainly due to sabotage), leading ex-chief engineer Jake Lawson to be recruited by his politician brother (who had previously fired him) to go back up into space to see if he can put things right, in a race against time.
So, Gerard Butler vs The Weather. It's no contest.
(it's also almost completely a cheesy B movie, which can be unintentionally funny if you let it!)
'The Day After Tomorrow'?
Or even '2012'?
This is more of the same, this time with Gerard Butler taking the lead in a not-so-distant future of 2022 after a network of satellites is sent up into space in 2019 (I must have missed that - I'm reviewing in 2020) to control the weather.
Of course, things then start t go wrong with said satellites (mainly due to sabotage), leading ex-chief engineer Jake Lawson to be recruited by his politician brother (who had previously fired him) to go back up into space to see if he can put things right, in a race against time.
So, Gerard Butler vs The Weather. It's no contest.
(it's also almost completely a cheesy B movie, which can be unintentionally funny if you let it!)
MusicCritics (472 KP) rated True To Self by Bryson Tiller in Music
Jul 7, 2017
Bryson Tiller revels in the perks of his position while shunning the pitfalls, fair-weather friends and snakes in the grass that come along with it on True to Self, an album that sticks to the blueprint laid out on his debut LP.
Critic- Preezy
Original Score: 80 out of 100
Read Review: http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2017/06/bryson-tiller-true-to-self-album-review/
Original Score: 80 out of 100
Read Review: http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2017/06/bryson-tiller-true-to-self-album-review/
David McK (3251 KP) rated Ill Wind (Weather Warden, #1) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
The first book in Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series, this is probably best described as the novel equivalent of a road-movie, starting (as it does) with it's protaganist already on the run, and following her journey.
The book is pretty fast moving, with the reasons for Joanne Baldwin being on the run gradually revealed throughout. Think I will be reading some more of these!
The book is pretty fast moving, with the reasons for Joanne Baldwin being on the run gradually revealed throughout. Think I will be reading some more of these!
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2103 KP) rated Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs in Books
Mar 9, 2018
A delightfully funny, clever, and creative picture book about a town where the weather brings the food. As good as the movie inspired by this book is, they share nothing in common. So grab this delightful picture book and sit back. I think giggles are on the menu.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-cloudy-with-chance-of.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-cloudy-with-chance-of.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated Welcome to Night Vale in Podcasts
Jan 11, 2018
The characters (2 more)
The voice actors
Pretty much everything.
For the weirdos
I don't even really remember how I first heard about Welcome to Night Vale but from the first time I listened I knew this was something I was going to love and damn was I right.
I really don't even know how to sum up the show it's so unique and so much fun that is easy to get lost in the episodes that I sat for hours just listening to one episode after another. The characters are just so damn likable that you feel yourself grow really attached to them and waiting for the next episode was hell because you just wanted to know what would happen next.
The only thing I didn't enjoy most of the time was the weather which is just a song but freaking hell so many of the songs are just so bad and I honestly can't even give a genre to.
I really don't even know how to sum up the show it's so unique and so much fun that is easy to get lost in the episodes that I sat for hours just listening to one episode after another. The characters are just so damn likable that you feel yourself grow really attached to them and waiting for the next episode was hell because you just wanted to know what would happen next.
The only thing I didn't enjoy most of the time was the weather which is just a song but freaking hell so many of the songs are just so bad and I honestly can't even give a genre to.
Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated Geostorm (2017) in Movies
Jun 19, 2019
I have written many times in the past how the Disaster movie has long been a staple of Hollywood. We had the Irwin Allen classics of the 70s that were loaded with stars and in recent years, we had Volcano and Asteroids to contend with along with a new wave of monsters and alien invasions.
In the new movie “Geostorm” we are given a threat lifted directly from the headlines, the weather. It is revealed that a series of natural disasters ranging from flooding, heat waves, and climate change have left humanity in serious peril. As such the leaders of the world agree on a costly and ambitious plan to save humanity.
The resulting program is called “Dutch Boy” and it is the brainchild of Jake Lawson (Gerard Butler), and his team of international scientists and technicians.
The project is a global satellite system that controls the weather, and when a threat is detected, it is able to stop it in its tracks.
All has gone well for years under the program and humanity is now safe from weather related threats and continues on as usual. Jake has run afoul of the politicians overseeing the project and is removed from it by his brother Max (Jim Sturgess), who is tasked as his replacement.
Years later as the U.S. prepares to hand over control of Duty Boy to the international community, a series of odd things happen from unexplained weather incidents to an accident on the space station overseeing the system.
With the clock ticking before the handoff and Election Year politics playing a factor, Jake is tasked with going to the space station and getting to the bottom of the system issues.
The film cleverly switches gears at this point as it soon becomes clear there is a conspiracy at work that wants the system to fail and when it is learned that this may result in a mega-storm called a Geostorm, Jake and Max must put aside their differences and find out who is turning the salvation of humanity into a weapon of ultimate destruction.
The film has some really good effects and the weather disasters bring out some impressive visuals as do the scenes set in space.
The film does take some serious leaps of logic and science that requires the audience to simply follow along for the good of the story, but the strong cast and winning effects make the film more enjoyable than I expected it to be and I was entertained from start to finish.
http://sknr.net/2017/10/20/geostorm/
In the new movie “Geostorm” we are given a threat lifted directly from the headlines, the weather. It is revealed that a series of natural disasters ranging from flooding, heat waves, and climate change have left humanity in serious peril. As such the leaders of the world agree on a costly and ambitious plan to save humanity.
The resulting program is called “Dutch Boy” and it is the brainchild of Jake Lawson (Gerard Butler), and his team of international scientists and technicians.
The project is a global satellite system that controls the weather, and when a threat is detected, it is able to stop it in its tracks.
All has gone well for years under the program and humanity is now safe from weather related threats and continues on as usual. Jake has run afoul of the politicians overseeing the project and is removed from it by his brother Max (Jim Sturgess), who is tasked as his replacement.
Years later as the U.S. prepares to hand over control of Duty Boy to the international community, a series of odd things happen from unexplained weather incidents to an accident on the space station overseeing the system.
With the clock ticking before the handoff and Election Year politics playing a factor, Jake is tasked with going to the space station and getting to the bottom of the system issues.
The film cleverly switches gears at this point as it soon becomes clear there is a conspiracy at work that wants the system to fail and when it is learned that this may result in a mega-storm called a Geostorm, Jake and Max must put aside their differences and find out who is turning the salvation of humanity into a weapon of ultimate destruction.
The film has some really good effects and the weather disasters bring out some impressive visuals as do the scenes set in space.
The film does take some serious leaps of logic and science that requires the audience to simply follow along for the good of the story, but the strong cast and winning effects make the film more enjoyable than I expected it to be and I was entertained from start to finish.
http://sknr.net/2017/10/20/geostorm/
Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Groundhog Day (1993) in Movies
Jan 8, 2018
What A day
A weather man who has been sent to cover the famous groundhog day in Punxatony PA ends up reliving the day over and over and over. He goes through many different personalities from depressed, suicidal, greatful and just plain honorable. He realizes that he has something missing from his life and he tries many different ways to make that gap complete. A great fun movie that can be watched over and over