I never thought that it would actually happen, but the only things that are even out there are just topics that are getting rehashed everyday. From the quake and the subsequent nuclear problem (that Japan continues to down play, which will blow up in their faces, after all even their own people aren't trusting the government right now when it comes to that), to the current problems that we're having out here, i.e. the money problems that we're currently having right now. So I figured that I would just surf for a possible news story that I could check out, so I first went up to the Bay Area and checked out the Contra Costa Times (hit the old home town paper first, since they also cover the entire bay area as well), but I didn't see anything that looked like it was catching my eye in the head lines (even went closer to Martinez to see what they had, but everything was centered out of Pleasant Hill instead of anything was out of Martinez). So I then went back east to Massachusetts to a paper back there called "The Enterprise" (nothing dealing with Star Trek in that name, since I believe that the paper was around long before Star Trek ever was) and the only thing that I caught from them was an article dealing with legislature dealing in raising the minimum wage for the state to $10 an hour, something that I would love for the people up in the capital of California to do.
Now this here is something that I will talk about for a bit here, because this here is a double edge sword topic, but it's one that does need to be brought up here. Now the one thing that was brought up in the article (http://www.enterprisenews.com/business/x1840139865/Lawmakers-seek-10-minimum-wage) is that if the minimum wage was brought up, then there would be a loss of jobs thanks to employers not wanting to hire, but at the same time the raise is needed thanks to the cost of living increase that is happening right now. I know that all over the country (not just here in California or back east), that people are having a harder time when it comes to dealing with their most basic needs, and one of the problems is the cost of living keeps going up, and yet nothing is being done to make sure that the low income people are able to keep up with it at all. The raise would be helpful yes, but I can also understand the side of the businesses when it comes to not wanting to hire since they would have to raise the prices of their products in order to be able to support their increased staff. It would also mean more taxes to be paid out when it comes to the number of employees that are working there, and more taxes is the last thing that anyone (business or personal) wants to pay. So what do they do, they come up with some excuse for not hiring anyone at all, it's like this every time. So what does one due in this situation, after all people need to work to be able to get things for their daily lives, but at the same time,...well you get the understanding and the drift, and that's why this is a double edge sword topic. It's not that easy to deal with in the least. There is one benefit when it comes to the low income folks getting a higher pay increase, and that would be the fact that the low income folks tend to spend more often then the middle income or rich tend to do, since they're more inclined to spend on not only personally needed items, but also on other things that they believe they need, which ends up helping the economy all around.
Now speaking of products that one really doesn't need, but would be something to keep one from getting bored, this is something that I got to try out yesterday, and it doesn't come out till March 27th. I'm talking about the Nintendo 3DS (http://www.nintendo.com/3ds) and what it plays like. I got to try it yesterday when I went over to Best Buy looking for something else that they didn't have (went there looking for a flute, and it turns out that they don't carry them in their music section, only pianos, drums and guitars and that's it, other then the tuning equipment). Now the 3DS is something that's been touted as letting us see 3D with out having to wear any glasses at all, and I've got to tell you that it's true, though for someone like myself that's not used to seeing 3D constantly, just looking at it on the screen did get a little disorientated (considering that I kept switching the 3D off and on just to see what the difference was, yes you can turn the 3D off so that it goes to 2D level instead of 3D). However when I kept the 3D on and played through about 5 of the 6 levels that they had on the demo, believe me it was amazing, and the game that I played (3D pilot wings game) didn't give me any ill effects that I've had from other games that I've had trouble with in the past (I'm not one for heights, and other games that give me the whole high up effect tend to make me feel queasy). The system was amazing and I would suggest this as a serious buy. The only down side to everything that started off with the DSi was that there's no added slot for the older games, meaning that you have to have an older DS in order to play the other games, which means that the earlier portable games are still off limits, and I honestly don't believe that they'll be bringing that back any time soon (if ever). Beyond that, this could be some serious competition for the PSP, and any other hand held system that's not Nintendo, that is if they do it right and actually make the games that would be best for the system. The DSi feel a bit flat when the only thing that it was good for with the camera was just stupid things, there was really no game that came out for it that was any good at all, and the end result was that the X-Box 360 and PS3 got to run away with things. Seriously this could bring people of all ages back out of their houses again and back to the real world around them as they bring their 3DS's with them to have something to do to stave off the boredom that comes to everyone. So this is a must check out system. The only other thing that I had checked out right quick over at Best Buy was the PS3 wands deal that they had set up there, honestly with out a normal controller I couldn't control the console at all, I couldn't move anything at all, and there was no way that I could change what was set up for the display at all, honestly I didn't like it at all. Plus from what I had seen there was no one even working it at all, the others were occupied, but not that one, it was that bad.
Anyway, that's what up around the place. Hopefully there's going to be something out there either later today or tomorrow when it comes to something worth writing about. Plus as you can see I don't just keep things local, I do check out other places, so let me know if there's something that I should check out when it comes to around the area that you happen to live. I check it out and write about it.
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