Pacman On Google Maps!!!

Today, April 1st, a beloved classic arcade game can be found on Google Maps! Pacman was released in Japan in June of 1980, and since October of the same year, people all over the United States have had a love for this game.

Pacman is an arcade game where you play as Pacman (the little yellow guy with the big mouth) and command him to roam the map "eating" PacDots, or pellets. While he roams, there are three or four enemies that try to catch him, Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde. If they catch him, the turn is over. But Pacman can pick up big dots that turn the enemies blue, and this allows him to eat them up for points.

Sound intriguing? Just by clicking on the little Pacman icon on the bottom left side of your screen, when you have a destination open, allows you the opportunity to turn almost any map into a Pacman level! 

Some of the most intricate places you could search would be Boston, San Fransisco or even New York City.

Brookline,MA

But even little towns like Madison, SD has the ability to become a Pacman level.

Madison, SD

But you might want to hurry! This opportunity is only available today!

I found this neat because it shows how life can be manipulated and recreated through technology and creativity. To turn something so mundane like travel maps into a level for an old arcade game is pure genius. The fact that even little towns have the ability to be transformed really helps to spark an interest for young people to get into this type of thing.

Blog Stats

Chitter Chatter Stats as of February 27, 2015

In class today, we were asked to look at our stats page on our blogs. I looked at it from when I first started it to it's current status. I find it really interesting, but there's nothing too exciting to note.

I feel like my page views are really high, but I've noticed that even my own visits are counted in that number, so a lot of those views are my own. I check the blog to make sure the links work right and that everything aligns right and such.

February 2015 page views.

This picture shows my page views specifically for the month of February of this year. This is very different from the all time page view status because it shows that there was a bit of activity in February, but the picture looks like there wasn't much activity. As you can see here the most used day was sometime around the 19th and at that time I had 15 views. Whether these are all my views or from others, I'm not quite sure. But it's really neat to see.

Back to the first screenshot of all of my stats, it's cool to notice how many people have viewed the individual posts, while I know that at least one of those is from me, it's neat to know that four others have looked at my post on 2nd Street Diner. I hope that my post about Wine-ing in SD gets more attention because it has a link to my pinterest page that offers information and links of the different wineries around South Dakota! I think this is such a neat subject because while wine is a world-wide product, SD wines are made to show the best of South Dakota! They use fruits and grapes that grow naturally in the state. I feel like this is a subject of interest and that people may like that post if they were to see it.

The audience was interesting because it's just in the US. But a blog allows access for other countries around the world. My current audience, I assume, is mostly just my classmates but searching the internet allows opportunity to find my blog and posts. 

Wine-ing in South Dakota

When we discuss wine we think Old World wine from countries like France, Italy and Spain. But over many years, wine has become a big thing in the States.

You may think I'm talking about just what can be found from California, but you may be surprised to learn that wine vineyards can be found all across the United States. Specifically, we can find them here in South Dakota!

Here are a few videos from a few of the Wineries in South Dakota!

Prairie Berry Winery

Naked Winery

Schade Winery

The exciting thing about South Dakota wines is that they are often made with grapes, berries and other fruits that are grown in South Dakota! 

To find more information about different wineries around that state of South Dakota check out this Pinterest page! 

South Dakota Wining!

Thanks!