Another 3 cool Hipstamatic combos

Another 3 cool Hipstamatic combos

Earlier Combos I have looked at:

http://jeffvsapps.blogspot.com/2013/05/3-cool-hipstamatic-combinations.html

Reference pic taken with the iPhone 5 camera:

The combinations I picked this time are some of the weirder ones I use.  They definitely aren't for super important things, they are cool weird effects for when you are just having fun or want some randomness.

Watts Lens and GS-0 Film.

It's a circle!  The Watts Lens makes the colors nice and vibrant.  The GS-0 film, that was a promotion for a movie called Gangster Squad, makes the border be a circle so all you see is the center if on a white background.  Fun looking pics.  A must for one or two pics in your Instagram feed because the white border blends in with Instagram's white background so it looks like the photo is just the circle.


Jane Lens and D-Type Film

The Jane lens doesn't do anything weird.  The D-Type does a lot of weird.  It is a black and white film with a lot of messyness.  Some blur and grunge look cool on a photo once in a while.  This film does exactly that.



Alder 9009 Lens and Dylan Film

The Dylan Film gives a semi random light leak most of the time.  The Alder desaturates the rest of the photo making the light leak really stand out.  Looks cool on occasion, take a bunch to make sure you get the right leak.  Sometimes the leak overshadows your subject though.

Anyone have a combo they really like?  Add in the comments below!

The Simpsons, Tapped Out Friend Codes

The Origin username in The Simpsons Tapped Out let you visit other players version of Springfield and make fun of them if they don't have the squidport yet!  Now there are no more snakes to put in each others towns it is much less scary.  Try it!


My name in game is holdsfast if you would like to add me and graffiti all my buildings.

Please add your code in the comments below and I will add you.

Also, the donuts are too expensive for how much the premium things cost so I am refusing to pay real money for them.  I am now vowing to use my next FreeMyApps gift card to buy some donuts and get the Springfield Tire Fire.  Or the Duff Brewery. Or the Community Center so I can get that old guy that is not Grandpa or Hans Moleman...  I need a lot of gift cards.

App Review - Toca Hair Salon

This app popped up on FreeMyApps recently.  I had seen it on the top lists in the iTunes App Store for a while and it looked like the last thing I would ever enjoy.
But I gave it a shot.  It is really funny.  I will not ever list this as my favorite app, but I did tell my girlfriend to download it and play with it because it made me laugh.  That is pretty high praise from me because she doesn't download a bunch of apps so I only tell her if i think something is pretty amusing.  Anyway, for freemyapps you play the game for 30 seconds.  With this app, the first time I opened it I spent about 15 minutes shaving all the characters heads then giving them mohawks.
As silly as the premise sounds, give it a shot, the controls are good and it is pretty fun for a while.

Annnnnnnnd... If you want to get free apps from FreeMyApps and play them for a little while you will get points.  The points can be traded in for iTunes or Amazon gift cards.  They don't build up super fast, but faster than I expected.  It took me about a week or week and a half of checking most days and playing for ten minutes or so to get $10.  But it is a free $10 for playing around with some apps, something I would do anyway.  If you have some time, give it a shot.
FreeMyApps.com

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The Simpsons, Tapped Out Review

Mmmmmmmm....  The Simpsons Tapped Out has become my favorite time management game.  I used to be a big Simpsons nerd.  I have the 1st ten or so seasons on DVD and have even watched them all with the audio commentaries on(this is surprisingly not as boring as you would think.)  The last few years I guess I lost interest.  I stopped keeping up with the DVDs of the old seasons and don't even watch the new episodes anymore.  Part of it is that I dropped cable TV completely about 4-5 years ago.  At first I used a computer connected to the TV so I could still see them.  Next I switched to a Roku and havent seen an episode since.  Hulu Plus will not let you stream The Simpsons episodes to a Roku even though you can watch them on a computer on Hulu Plus.  Silly, Right?
That went of track quickly...

Back to the game.  I have it set up on my iPhone and my girlfriend plays it on an Android tablet.  The iOS and Android versions seem identical and you can add friends across versions.  It is the standard time management game, but with characters you already know.  You are building a Springfield back up after Homer destroys it (he is playing a time management game on his tablet when he does.)  Building it back up means you save resources and build buildings.  Most of the buildings come with characters.  Then you give the characters tasks to do, go away for a while, come back and collect from the characters tasks and from the buildings.  Early you get some of the standards,  Homer, Lisa, Apu, Milhouse, Krusty.  Keep playing and the cast expands.  I just got the Sea Captain, a few characters before that I got Nelson.  Each new character has a set of mostly different jobs so every time you get a character, it freshens up the game.  I am still kind of excited that every four hours I can make Nelson laugh at people.

The best part of the game in my opinion: The sound bytes.
The worst part of the game in my opinion: The donuts are pricey.

This is a fun game and has reminded me how much I liked The Simpsons.  I think I might have to catch up with a couple of episodes on Hulu.  Even if it means that I have to do it on a laptop.  

Now I just need to save up some money to build the news building so I can get Kent Brockman.  I hope one of his tasks is "welcoming our new insect overlords."

App Review - Scribble Free

I got this app for free from freemyapps.com

Monsters Inc. + Drawing With Friends + easiness = pretty cool casual and social game.

For a while there I played Drawing With Friends with a handful of people.  This game takes away some of the challenge but also takes away some of the frustration of staring at the screen and having no clue what your looking at.  Instead of getting a pool of letters, you get choices of words making is easier but still fun.  This is the first game that I got from freemyapps that I really like and have played a bunch.
Myfreeapps.com is a service that gives you points for downloading games for free and playing them.  Then you can trade in your points for iTunes or Amazon gift cards.  I have downloaded a bunch and gotten one iTunes gift card so far.  I was surprised it worked now I just think it's awesome.  If you give it a shot, I would appreciate it if you use this link because you and I will get some bonus points.  Thanks for reading.

I got $10 worth of free apps? Plus some Final Fantasy talk

I got $10 worth of free apps.  I am kind of surprised it worked.

I got my first gift card from freemyapps.com last weekend.  I immediately used eight of my new ten dollars to get Final Fantasy Tactics The War of the Lions. I had been eyeing it for a while but $15 seemed like too much for an iPhone game.  It just so happened it was on sale in the iTunes store for $7.99 the weekend I got my first gift card from freemyapps.  I was pretty happy because I loved Final Fantasy Tactics for the Gameboy.  I really like well done turn-based strategy games and I think the Gameboy version was one of my all time favorites, up there with Advance Wars and Fire Emblem games.

Before my initial review of this game, some very brief thoughts on the other Final Fantasy games I have for the iPhone:

Final Fantasy - Old school.  Classic.  I played through it just because I wanted to play the original Final Fantasy and had not before.  Simple story and play.  It was a more fun than I thought it would be.

Final Fantasy II - I tried.  I didn't get through this one the whole way yet.  A little different mechanics than the first, but I haven't played it enough to say which style I like better, I am leaning towards the first.  It seemed to make more sense.  Graphics are a little better and the story seems more fleshed out.

Vanguard Storm - Really simple idea and mechanics.  Like a more basic tower defense, but you can move your towers each round.  When the monsters start coming in large groups it requires more and more thought on where to move which of your units because they have different range, direction and power.  Pretty fun.

Crystal Defenders - WTF?!?  Why is this so hard.  I like tower defense.  I like this game.  I like the characters.  I like the monsters.  But either I suck, or this game is super hard.  I would probably love this game if it were just a little easier.  Only try this one if you want a challenge.

Chaos Rings - Pretty awesome.  Would be really rad on a bigger screen.  I like it even though it is a little more complicated than most of the games I usually play.





And now for War of the Lions...  I have only played it for an hour or so since downloading it.  So far I don't know if it holds up the the DS Final Fantasy Tactics.  Not what I expected in that it is not as cartoony as I thought.  I don't know if thats good or bad yet.  The gameplay seems to be spot on so far.  I am going to give it a few more hours and then put up a post with some updated thoughts later on.

I think I will like it, but even if I end up not liking it I can't complain too much because it was free.  If you are going to try freemyapps, please use this link, and we will both get some bonus points.

http://m.freemyapps.com/share/email/a0a873eb

Thanks. Enjoy!

Free My Apps

FreeMyApps.com is a site that lets you download and get points for some fee apps.  You can then exchange your points for gift cards when you get enough.  There are new apps added randomly so I have been checking most every day and trying whatever I see available.  There have been a couple really cool ones and a couple not so cool ones.  It took me a week or two of trying every app I saw there, sometime a couple a day, sometimes one a day, sometimes none to get enough points for a $10 gift card.  There are a bunch of choices for how to spend your points, iTunes, Amazon, donations to charities.  I picked the iTunes, entered the code and it worked.  I was a little surprised.  Until I downloaded a few things that cost real money with the gift card I wasn't sure if the whole thing was going to work or not.  It did and now I make it a habit to check FreeMyApps from my phone every day.
If you give it a go, please use this link from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad and we both get some bonus points.  Thanks, enjoy, and let me know what you got with your gift cards in the comments below.

http://m.freemyapps.com/share/email/a0a873eb