Organizing & Sharing Information with OneNote Jump Start

Alright, it looks like I'm back for another Jump Start from Microsoft Virtual Academy and this blog as well. Hopefully, things should be peaceful this year like there won't be any need for emergency like blog-posting reaction from me like disastrous things that will be bound to happen in some year that I may to blog everything about the products that will be released on that year just like I did last year alot about Windows 8 and Office 15. This time, it's about OneNote and things should be that easier and especially when we're missing certain tricks needed to use for OneNote.
Before that, I had made various discoveries from that Jump Start. You can go to the Office Webinar like the next one will happen next week. Also, the Office Webinar happens like regularly except on some days like today due to the freaking Jump Start. Another thing was the Opalis Integration Server in which I have no freaking idea even if it is part of System Center family of suites from Microsoft. I don't know if that feature will be learnt in Microsoft Virtual Academy as well but we want the students to know what the hell is that as it left me kind of curious during the Jump Start.
For this Jump Start, it featured various keyboard shortcuts shown such as using Shift + Alt, followed by other key to do the tricks and especially Ctrl + . or / for bullets and numbering respectively. For Ctrl + numbers, those are for tags and you can make your own one if you want. Other features involved importing slides into OneNote, inserting embedded Excel and Visio documents, adding subpages and synchronizing OneNote documents to Skydrive, Sharepoint and Skydrive Pro. Even better is that you can use Lync with OneNote perhaps for online meeting, I guess, and you can try to edit the documents and take notes during the meeting. Lastly, you can record video and audio but is there a reason not to have the feature about inserting embedded videos? OK, I asked a question about that but I may assume that I'm not the only one who makes this kind of request. Sure, you can insert embedded videos in other document editing software but for OneNote, it's trying to be a different thing like its main purpose is about taking down notes. Other stuffs seen from the Jump Start involved the Event Template, Schedule Template, Resume Template and so on.
Unfortunately for others, there was some disgraceful technical problem that they were not able to get in the Jump Start even when it had started. It might have wasted their time but for me, the technical problems were kind of different though that I was kind of fine.
So that's it for this event and we'll be looking forward to more of these Jump Starts from MVA.

Xbox One to be released this year with next year's release being Next-Gen Kinect for Windows

A few days ago, there was a live event showing the Xbox One which was the successor to the Xbox 360 console. It uses the Blu-Ray drive, the 8-Core X86-X64 CPU, 8GB RAM as well as the 500GB HDD and the USB 3.0 ports. In addition, the new Kinect device has the HD camera and it's gonna be the same for the Windows version that will be released next year.
However, the controversy arose over some features that were taken out. First, the Backwards Compatibility is kind of gone although the original Xbox used the X86 processor unlike the Xbox 360 and it was even dumber to take this feature out entirely so if you want lots of arcade-style video games, you're best off with the Xbox 360, not the Xbox One. I don't know which console they will be in the future. However, it seems that the PS4 is going to have some Backwards Compatibility through Cloud Gaming where you can play games for the previous consoles but then, having to stream those games is a son of an ass. Well, it is for the PS2 and PS3 games as the load times may be assumed to be much longer and with cloud gaming, expect lots of lags. Second controversy that was already fixed was that the console had to be online at all times to play games. Well, there's no need for that, the console has to be online for patching purposes even if the machine is turned off or something. Third, the new Kinect technology is having some improvements such as HD camera, new IR, expanded field of view where you can pretty much play Kinect games on whichever size of room you want and especially when your whole room is completely full of gaming stuffs like you're a hardcore gaming geek. But having to include this device as part of the console is beyond belief. Well, it may be this competitive anyway as the original Wii comes with the Wii-Remote which may take players the time to get used to in addition to the default controller but for the Xbox One and PS4 according to their specs, they may be more expensive to buy. Forth, I don't know how the games will be installed onto the console hard drive before you play because they are not installed in the same way the PS Vita games are installed, that will be controversial. Fifth, the internal HDD cannot be replaced and is part of the console. However, you can get external storage for whatever purposes you want. Sixth controversy that was event exclusive, was that the whole console was advertised as the multimedia device. What the hell? Will that end up like the next CD-I or something? At least for the PS Vita, it at first lacked the required amount of common software and hardware features such as the missing ability to hook up to the TV for better video capturing as well as killer games but then, it looks like Sony had been doing things right and especially for the promised Backwards Compatibility feature for the upcoming PS4. Lastly, the freaking metro interface. If that looks confusing again to us in some parts of the screen, then what's the point of buying that successor console? It made the PS Vita more worthy for buying instead.
I may assume that this new Kinect device may support Windows 8 but I don't know if the previous one supports that OS. Buy the Windows version of Kinect if you want in case you have some projects to do with it but for the console, you have to rely on which Kinect games you like before you think that they are worth the reasons to buy. The shape of the Xbox One console, the new Kinect and the controller are surprisingly no longer in rounded shapes and the logo looks kind of solid.

Who Has Your Back privacy report

This one, is a fully-detailed report on which companies were supporting the CIS** bill until that time when the bill was bound to be split up. Companies such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Wordpress, YouTube and the list goes on when I went to that report. There were factors written down in the tables indicating on how the companies would do to your private data.
Even if the bill had already failed like we already predicted, my online account redundancy/cluster may seem to be incomplete by the time I saw a report like that. However, it seemed that I started my online account cluster extension like two years ago by starting my Twitter and Myspace accounts before another extension happened in which my AOL Mail is the main email account today. So what, will there be another online migration again? Why the hell do I want that? That kind of sounds selfish to me but thankfully, I have no plans for that.
Here's the link to see the full details of that report: https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2013?support_whyb=1

Hacking Politics Ebook

OK, after the beginning of this month, there are like no more reports of whatever is going on with CIS** bill or any other thing that goes against the internet freedom. Instead, there were bonus emails sent to me regarding the book called Hacking Politics.
Hacking Politics is the work of the special people involved in defending the internet freedom against the bad bills like we already know of ever since two years ago. It talked about the first bill everyone had discovered like SO** and how we fought it for the internet freedom.
Surprisingly enough, Demand Progress seems to be a guest on The Flaming Sword of Justice. It's a podcast Aaron Swartz co-founded and we know that he's already dead this year or so by suicide after having obtained lots of academic documents that landed him in serious trouble. You can buy that E-Book that you can read the information about the bills and how actions were taken against for internet freedom.

Project Diva F Addtional songs DLC obtained

I bet the favorite song of mine from this DLC set are likely to be Rin-Chan Now for sure as it may be kind of challenging at first in Extreme Mode. Glad that I might have played Senbonzakura the last time at the arcade before I bought this DLC. Well, this one cost $43+ if you will from the PSN store. It also contains additional songs to be played in AR Mode. For PS3 version, it already has the songs that would be the DLCs for the PS Vita version and the PS3 version has additional songs in the Live Theater Mode similar to Dreamy Theater Extend. Well, the PS3 version is an accurate and direct port of the PS Vita game with even higher resolution graphics and visuals like it is identical for sure like there's no reason to call it as the next Dreamy Theater game or some sort. Sure, you can transfer the data between the PS3 and PS Vita versions via the USB port but you don't need the PS Vita console to buy the PS3 version and in fact, you can already see the PS3 version in retail stores in addition to the PS Vita version so take your pick.

Project Diva Glass Cup and PS Vita Crystal Protection Case Obtained

That gaming store in Tampines 1 is starting to attract otakus like us where you can buy certain figures from there in addition to buying games. Also, the Japanese PSN cards are still there and the store is like keeping so much limited edition of the games for display. What an interesting store but you have to know which ones are available yet. The Glass Cup I bought had the Project Diva decoration on it. It had Black and Cyan colors so I bought the one in Black. Also, the current protection case for my Playstation Vita was going yellow-ish or something so I bought the better Protection Case for that console that would me the same experience as using the one for the PSP.

Hard Corps: Uprising

This is one of the games I purchased as well as Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds. It is made by the makers of Blazblue and Guilty Gear series and therefore, it looks like they’ve done it right. The music surely rocks and especially for the graphics. The downside is that I’m not good as this genre and things are starting to become brutally difficult. Right now, I ‘m still at the final stage and even the upgrades from Rising Mode, the game is still as difficult as balls.

Well, where’s the crotch-sliding feature just like Contra: Hard Corps has? Without it, it can be difficult to dodge the lasers shot in all directions and the boss is like turning itself and all the lasers like that. The boss at the train stage requires careful techniques and once you get hit, you may end up falling off and dying instantly. The final stage has like inaccurate platforming as some point and things are starting to look even more difficult and this is where I got stuck. The final boss fight has the power-ups for you to get and there are tons of floating platforms where you have to climb or land on them but be careful, the final boss may end up squashing those platforms and that may be an another difficult part. The game ending, to a surprise, is another anime FMV sequence where some fighting is still taking place only to get distracted by the collapsing building. Then, the helicopter arrives with Bahamut on board but I don’t know if the game has multiple endings or not.