J A K E ' S

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Recommendation for the Week

This week's recommendation is a box office movie. Other weeks may include a DVD release or just a single movie, television show, or documentary on Netflix.

Recommendation:

American Sniper

Director: Clint Eastwood
Genre: Drama, Action, Biography
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller

Trailer

Info. & Reviews

Worth it? Every penny.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Top 5 Favorite States in America

These are my 5 favorite states in America, and I have provided a few pictures of my favorite parts for each state. I have been to all of these states and almost all of the 50 states. I do not own these pictures, but I have seen almost all of the sceneries personally. I chose on the basis of scenery. I do not find cities as interesting and beautiful as nature.

1. Tennessee

Alum Cave Trail on Mt. LeConte

The Mountains of East Tennessee

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park

2. Montana

Yellowstone National Park

Mountains & Lakes

Scenery

3. North Carolina

Max Patch Photo 1

Max Patch Photo 2

4. Wyoming

The Lost Lake Trail in Yellowstone National Park Photo 1

The Lost Lake Trail in Yellowstone National Park Photo 2

Morning Glory Pool

Devil's Tower

Old Faithful

5. Alaska

Mount McKinley

Northern Lights

Mendenhall Glacier

Denali National Park

My number 6 would be Hawaii, particularly the island of Maui. Which states do you think are the most beautiful?

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Box Office Movies

Wondering which movies in the box office are worth the $10+ ticket?

My top favorite current box office movies in order:

Lone Survivor (Starring Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch): Trailer
Frozen (Starring Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel): Trailer & Let It Go by Idina Menzel-Favorite Song From Film
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage): Trailer
Her (Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson): Trailer
The Wolf of Wall Street (Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie): Trailer

Previous favorite box office movies:

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Captain Phillips
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Anchorman 2

Do you agree with my selection of box office movies worth seeing?
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My Favorite Browser Extensions

What's better than searching the web? Searching the web with these browser extensions enabled for an improved experience on the internet. These are my 10 favorite, and they are in no particular order. Yes, they're also free.

Ever get tired of those advertisements on YouTube or other websites? This browser extension can help you browse the internet more efficiently because we all know that life never slows down. Try: Adblock Plus.
Are you busy at the moment, but you want to read a certain article later? Maybe you won't have that same computer with you later when you want to read it... This browser extension will save your article when you click the icon and you can reach it on the site in your account. Try: Pocket.
This browser extension is an anti-malware service. Right click on a link and you can check it with this service. Try: Dr. Web.
Ever been caught off guard from someone that just entered your presence and you don't want them to see what you were looking at for privacy purposes? Don't want to have to scroll through your history to find those tabs... This browser extension will save all the tabs you have open when you click it. When you click it the second time, it will restore all those tabs you had opened. Try: Panic Button.
Scared to click on a certain website? This browser extension collects various ratings from users and places a reputation rating for these two categories: Trustworthiness of site and how suitable it is for children. The icon at the top turns green for good, yellow for average, and red for poor. It also puts the little icon with its color next to your search results, so you don't have to click on it. Try: WOT.
With all these scandals and concerns about browsing privacy, why not try these browser extensions... The first one is Ghostery, which tells you who's tracking you, and it also allows you to block them.
This browser extension improves your security and privacy. Try: Disconnect.
Improve security by encrypting and using HTTPS on the sites you browse. Try: HTTPS Everywhere.
Getting tired of the same old 'new tab page'? Improve the appearance and the form with this browser extension. Try: Awesome New Tab Page.
Getting tired of having wait for a picture to load and having to click on an image to make it bigger? Have a twitter and want to see the tweet with the Instagram photo without clicking on it to go to a new page? This browser extension expands almost any photo on the internet by just hovering over it or a link. Try: Hover Zoom.

What are some of your favorite browser extensions?
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TV Shows 2014

This year is looking like a great year for TV, so I thought I'd post about some upcoming TV shows that interest me.

Helix:
Season 1
Premiere Date: 1/10/14
Channel: Syfy
Trailer

Kroll Show:
Season 2
Premiere Date: 1/14/14
Channel: Comedy Central
Intro

The Walking Dead:
Season 4 Continued
Premiere Date: 2/9/14
Channel: AMC
Spoilers: Season 4 Midseason Premiere Trailer

House of Cards:
Season 2
Premiere Date: 2/14/14
Channel: Netflix
Spoilers: Season 2 Trailer

Game of Thrones:
Season 4
Premiere Date: 4/6/14
Channel: HBO
Spoilers: Season 4 Trailer

Turn:
Season 1
Premiere Date: 4/6/14
Channel: AMC
Debut Trailer

Orphan Black:
Season 2
Premiere Date: 4/19/14
Channel: BBC
Spoilers: Season 2 Trailer

Fargo:
Season 1
Premiere Date: April 2014
Channel: FX
Information

Better Call Saul:
Season 1
Premiere Date: November 2014
Channel: AMC
Information

Outlander:
Season 1
Premiere Date: 2014
Channel: Starz
Lesson 1

Any other TV shows that interest you?
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