Brown Note

Ever hear of Brown Note? It’s actually quite popular … Brown Note has been featured on the television shows MythBusters and Brainiac: Science Abuse. The character Echo DeMille from the NBC series Heroes is able to produce a Brown Note to escape from some of his pursuers. The band Ben Folds have incorporated Brown Note into their concerts. And probably the most popular Brown Note reference was in an episode of South Park …

Simply put, the Brown Note is an infrasound frequency that is said to cause humans to lose control of their bowels due to resonance. eww! And of course you know where this is going:

What’s great about the iPhone is that if you want to make people crap their pants,
there is an app for that …

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Yes – of course there is an app for that … Apple approves apps for just about anything … including the Brown Noise app … the app that theoretically makes people crap their pants. Thank you Apple for consistently approving apps we really need.

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March 16, 2009 | Filed Under Entertainment | 11 Comments 

Facebook Connect For iPhone, Now Live

Well, well, well … look what we have here
FACEBOOK CONNECT FOR iPHONE HAS LAUNCHED!
How do we know? Cuz we smart!

facebook-mum As customary in Casa de KRAPPS, we were tinkering around on our iPhone and noticed one of our favorite apps, Binary Game [App Store], had an update waiting for download (click here to read why we <3 this game). We immediately opened the screen and began reading the update’s details. There was all this mumbo-jumbo about Facebook and how Binary Game is now so much cooler because it’s integrated into Facebook. Then it dawned on us, after 8 months of waiting, Facebook Connect for iPhone has finally launched!

We first learned about this upcoming Facebook/iPhone feature on July 23, 2008 via Gizmodo and TechCrunch. Per the Gizmodo article:

At Facebook’s annual f8 conference this afternoon it was revealed that iPhone app developers will be able to integrate apps with Facebook Connect—in other words, apps will be able to link up to and share data with your Facebook account, so your identity will be consistent and linked across apps through your Facebook account (and you won’t have to create separate accounts for every app).

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What this now means for Binary Game (besides the fact that it’s an even cooler game):
Facebook users who play Binary Game can login to Facebook (from within the game) and compete directly against their friends. When a new high score is achieved and a user has defeated the score of their friends, they will now be able to post a social action on Facebook telling all their Facebook friends of their achievement.

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Initially Facebook announced that Facebook Connect for iPhone would be released in Fall 2008. Obviously a delay, but good things come to those that wait. We can only assume the Binary Game is not the only iPhone game being integrated into Facebook Connect. We suspect we hear an official announcement from Facebook, including all “phase 1” Facebook enabled iPhone games, within the next 12 hours. More specifically, since it’s SXSWi time, where major announcements always occur, we believe Facebook employee, Dave Morin, makes it official in his “The Search For A More Social Web” SXSWi presentation at 11:30am CST. Attending SXSWi? Make sure you are there for Dave’s presentation and witness first-hand this MAJOR NEWS … hopefully he has some swag to hand out.

update: Tap Tap Revenge 2 is now also Facebook enabled

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March 13, 2009 | Filed Under Games, News | 13 Comments 

Fart 2.0

Have you ever heard somebody fart and think, “dang, that was a good one – I’d rate that baby a 10!”. Oh for sure … because think about it … FART is really ART, but only without the “F”. Pretty cool, eh? Whatever … you all are nuts!

Look … judging the quality of a person’s fart is really not our thing here at KRAPPS … but hey, who are we too judge. If rating farts floats your boat – go for it. We are simply here to deliver great news to all our fart rating friends (aka – freaks) … Nielsen Technology has released the most awesome (albeit, the only one so far) fart rating iPhone app, appropriately called … Rate A Fart.

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Seriously, we are about to dive into Rate A Fart’s features … it’s so sick (we mean that in a good way), you better sit down. Rate A Fart is basically a fart rater on steroids. Or call it, fart rater meets social media … FFR … the Facebook of Fart Raters. A collaboration of the finest minds. The user is supplied with an endless stream of member supplied farts from all over the world. English farts, Aussie farts, Japanese farts, Swiss farts, Egyptian farts … you have all-world fart access, so rate away.

socialmedia Ok, rating farts is so much fun (we guess – whatever), but participating in this fart competition is even better. Rate A Fart gives you the ability to record your own personal farts and then broadcast worldwide to other Rate A Fart users for scoring on a scale of 1 to 5. It’s almost like commenting on Flickr images.

Now if you have true talent … a gifted FARTIST, if you will (see what we just did there) … your farts will score big and be placed into the app’s dedicated Top Rated farts screen. Think Farts Of Fame … ahhh, your parents would be so proud! And if you fall short of the esteemed group of flatulence … don’t give up … keep practicing … Rate A Fart provides a nice archive where you can store your previous recordings and refer back to them for future work … sort of like how a baseball player tapes his swing so he can go back, study the film, make the adjustments and be ready to perform prime time at his next at-bat.

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We think you will all agree – Rate A Fart ROCKS! The Flickr/Facebook of Farts, where Farts become Social Media and part of Web 2.0 … call it FART 2.0 (see what we just did there).

FREE Rate A Fart App To KRAPPS Viewers!
Neilsen Technology (Twitter @rateafart) was kind enough to provide codes which will allow KRAPPS viewers to download Rate A Fart FREE. Simply be one of the first 10 viewers to leave a comment and we will email you the download code. If you are commenter #11, don’t worry, yesterday Rate A Fart Lite was released at no charge … think  non-Pro Flickr account.

March 13, 2009 | Filed Under Entertainment | 53 Comments 

Up There App

By demand, KRAPPS will periodically review “legit” apps thru a network of guest authors.

Title: Up There
Category: Games
Guest Author: Carolynn

I don’t like to be a show-off. But with my iPod Touch all I have to do turn it on and I’m a show-off. People always seem to crowd around me and watch me play my games. Then they say, what else can you show us? What other games have you got on there? I only have a few games that I like to go to for showing off. These games really highlight the capabilities of the iPod Touch. They bear witness to how dazzling the graphics are, the tilt controls that are fairly new to gaming and the awesomeness of the touch screen. One of the games that’s in this very small show-off group is Up There by Veiled Games. It’s my go to game when I’m demonstrating all the great features of my device.

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Up There is a game that was specifically made for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The gameplay is not complicated. You start the game with a balloon in a cage. The balloon just wants to float up. It’s released from its cage and you have to guide it though various barriers you will encounter along the way. The way you guide the balloon is by tilting the device back and forth to move through the holes in the barriers. If you get stuck, then your game is over. Also included is an easier practice mode to help you get the hang of the game.

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So why is this game my show off piece? Because the visuals are simply sublime. The artist hand drew all the artwork and it really needs to be viewed on the iPod Touch/iPhone’s screen to appreciate its real beauty. There have been no problems with the graphics as the game always runs seamlessly without slowdown. The in game soundtrack, “The Joy of Sky”, gives a nice light feel to the game. Up There also satisfies my competitive needs. There is a regular scoreboard, as well as a global score board to record your high scores and compete against the world.

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My overall impression of Up There = FANTASTIC! No iDevice should be without it. It’s even been selected by Apple as a Featured Application. The developers obviously poured their heart in to this game and it truly shows. This game is here to stay on my iPod Touch and I will continue to WOW people with it for a long, long time. Click here to get your show-off piece at the App Store now for $1.99

Anti-Krapps-Seal-v2GIF EDITORS NOTE: Ok, we admit it … we like to show off our iPhone as well to those poor suckers who go through life without the greatest gadget on Earth. As such, we have a show off screen … sort of a Hall Of Fame screen featuring the best of the best … stuff like Shazam, Google Earth, iFart (kidding!) and of course … Up There. By the way, if you don’t agree with our review …
UP YOURS … because Up There is 100% anti-KRAPPS Certified.

FREE Up There App To KRAPPS Viewers!
Veiled Games was kind enough to provide codes which will allow KRAPPS viewers to download Up There for FREE. Through Fri, Mar 13 at 11:00am PST, tweet the message below on Twitter and be entered into the Up There drawing. Good luck!

got iPhone? read the Up There game review on @KRAPPS – it’s 100% anti-KRAPPS Certified http://krapps.com/?p=1631

March 12, 2009 | Filed Under anti-KRAPPS, Games, Guest Authors | 17 Comments 

Judging The Cover

caddyshack-poopie So my 4-year old daughter constantly bugs me … “daddy, can I play with your iPhone” – “daddy, I want my iPhone” … I mean WTH? How is Apple marketing to young children? Did they take out a major media buy on Nickelodeon or something? Does Apple place subliminal messages in Yo Gabba Gabba!? Probably … but whatever. The other day I downloaded this app and thought of my annoying daughter … figured I’d let her try it to stop the bugging. So she’s sitting there all happy and giggling and stuff … then all of a sudden she let’s out a huge shreek … “DADDY, THERE IS POOPIE IN YOUR iPHONE!” Again, WTH? Did Apple stoop to another low and approve a poop app? Obviously wouldn’t be a surprise. So we checked it out  and dang, they did … Apple approved a poop app!

EDITORS NOTE: While the above story is purely fiction (it didn’t happen), we can easily see this scenario occurring … people – be careful out there in App Land!

SoftServeTweet Did Apple approve a KRAPPS cousin – a POOP app? Well sort of. The clever folks at Ziconic recently launched the SoftServe app. An innocent enough app where the user creates a soft serve ice cream … adjusting its curvature, length and thickness. SoftServe can create four flavors: French Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate and Chocolate Fudge. And there’s the problem … that darn Chocolate Fudge. Folks … this ain’t no ordinary soft serve iPhone app … this is really the iPoop app – where you can create poops of any thickness, curvature or length. EWWW! GROSS! LOL … exactly! Hey, Ziconic isn’t claiming the gold medal of app creations (just check out their Twitter tweet above) … but you got to give them credit for giving us another opportunity to laugh at Apple’s approval process. Or better yet, like the Japanese blogger below (translation courtesy of Google Translate), laughing at people who just totally missed the boat on this app thinking it has a defective Chocolate Fudge rendering.

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And finally, for all those folks out there who thought there was poop floating in the swimming pool while really it was just a Baby Ruth … don’t judge an app by its cover!


FREE SoftServe App To KRAPPS Viewers!
The folks at Ziconic (follow on Twitter @ziconic) were kind enough to provide codes which will allow KRAPPS viewers to download SoftServe for FREE. Simply be one of the first 5 viewers to leave a comment at the end of this article and we will email you the code.

March 12, 2009 | Filed Under Entertainment | 22 Comments 

iNewz Tech App

iNewzREJECTJPG EDITORS NOTE: As a preamble to this article, yesterday, Apple made a bonehead move by rejecting the Twitter client, Tweetie, based on foul language in Twitter streams. Deja vu for iNewz developer John Gordon as his app was initially rejected due to one of the news sources displaying a profanity in the headline. Click the image to see the full-size rejected screenshot from Apple.

Title: iNewz Tech
Category: News
Guest Author: Dennis

Procrastination. Everyone does it. In fact, this review is the result of a week’s worth of procrastination – “oh the deadline for this review isn’t for another week? no problem, I can just whip something up a few days before the piece is due”. It’s now the night that the article is supposed to be submitted. What am I doing? Watching TV, surfing websites, playing around on Twitter, eating some Girl Scout cookies… everything but writing about this app.

If this type of situation sounds familiar to you at all, well then this app is perfect for you! iNewz Tech [App Store] compiles articles from the top technology websites and brings it all to you in one app. That’s 217 feeds from 80 different sources!

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You’re now probably asking, “What?? How does that help me?”

Here at KRAPPS, we periodically recommend apps that help you become the very best you can be (ie. Touch Poet brings out the best Shakespeare in you). In this case, we’re just trying to help you become the very best procrastinator. iNewz Tech brings you up to date articles from the best tech sites. Browse from a selection of topics from Mobile to Home Theatre, to even Business IT. Don’t want to read about Microsoft? Look under the Apple section for all your Apple fanboy needs. The app sorts it all out for you! Simply touch the article headline that interests you and you’ll be immediately transferred via the integrated browser to the originating site where you can read the article in its entirety. iTech Newz supports landscape viewing as well as offline reading. So simple – So convenient.

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iNewz Tech also has two other sister apps: iNewz [App Store] and iNewz Green [App Store].

iNewz aggregates 600 feeds from 83 different domestic and foreign news sources including New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Toronto Sun, Asia Times and more. iNewz Green provides content from top eco-friendly news sources on the internet including Planet Green, TreeHugger, Popular Science and more. A total of 166 feeds from 96 different sources. Rumor has it … this app is solar powered so they practice what they preach.

Now you know when you find articles that are really funny (like KRAPPS articles) or super interesting (also like KRAPPS articles) and just HAVE to share it with everyone? Instead of jumping through hoops (find computer, located article url, etc.) just to spread the word … use your iPhone and directly send the article to Twitter, Del.icio.us, or even through email! With such a huge array of topics and the endless supply of articles, you can spend countless hours not writing your paper, studying, etc. and procrastinate instead.

So what are you waiting for? Be all that you can be! Get iNewz! Procrastinate!

antikrappssealv2gif3 EDITORS NOTE: We are big fans of Kiss – no, we’re not talking about the legendary rock ‘n roll face painter band – but the concept of Keep It Simple Stupid. The iNewz family is prefect for us – no need to mess with subscriptions or folders or waste hours discovering cool sites. The iNewz app family makes the entire process easy and convenient … giving us more time to do other things thus making us more productive human beings. Hmmm – more productive human beings … one of the many reasons why iNewz is 100% anti-KRAPPS Certified.

FREE iNewz Apps ($2.99 value) To KRAPPS Viewers!
Developer John Gordon was kind enough to provide codes which will allow KRAPPS viewers to download iNewz, iNewz Tech and iNewz Green for FREE. There are 3 codes available for each app. Simply leave a comment at the end of this review, indicating your preference (Newz, Tech or Green) and we will email you the download code.

March 11, 2009 | Filed Under anti-KRAPPS, Guest Authors, News | 30 Comments 

Underappreciated

There are many awesome things in life we simply take for granted … call ‘em underappreciated things. No, we’re not talking about your parents or the library or the mailman or public transportation … we’d like to focus on things even more subtle. Stuff like Astroturf .. Sneezing .. Pop Rocks .. a Hot Shower .. the Dual-Can Beer Drinking Hat. Ahh, now we got you thinking – things we totally take for granted, but play an integral role in life.

MonkeyTat To continue this thought, I’d like to share an excerpt that is the perfect sentiment to one of life’s most underappreciated things … the belly button.

For some reason, which is not so clear to me, the belly button is ignored by society and never regarded with the full respect it deserves. Not many words are written about it in history, science or fiction books. Not many movies deal with its unmeasurable sex-appeal and beauty, not many poems are written to praise and worship. Isn’t that a shame? – The Belly Button Encyclopedia

BellyButtonIcon Agreed! It is a shame – a travesty … for the belly button rocks! That’s why the developers at ch-apps are pure genius. Call ‘em strange, disturbed, eccentric or whack … but we consider these fine folks pathfinders … ahead of their time, beyond normal human comprehension. They recognized this void in life and filled it with the groundbreaking app, BellyButton. Funny how there are a million fart apps but only one belly button app … see our point … underappreciated.

And oh what an app it is – just grand! With BellyButton, first the user has their choice of 7 different belly buttons (or if you prefer the clinical term – umbilicus) … Innie, Outie, Six Pack, Hula Girl, Beer Belly, Navel Orange or the ever popular Hairy. Then the user chooses from 5 giggles … two different males, two different females and a toddler giggle. And finally the real tomfoolery begins … touch/tickle the belly button screen and your iPhone begins to vibrate and chuckle with laughter. But careful, too much tickling in Roulette Mode results in a fart (of course). Ahhh … now you understand the awesomeness of the BellyButton app. Hail ch-apps – Hiss the haters … because even though technically the belly button is a scar, it matters and is relevant. We <3 the BellyButton, it’s Krapptastic!

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FREE BellyButton App To KRAPPS Viewers!
The folks at ch-apps were kind enough to provide codes which will allow KRAPPS viewers to download BellyButton for FREE. Simply be one of the first 5 viewers to leave a comment with something you underappreciate in life and we will email you the download code.

March 11, 2009 | Filed Under Entertainment | 20 Comments 

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