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EACH WEEK, WE highlight five apps that are worth downloading for your smartphone and tablet. There are a lot of apps released on a daily basis, but not all of them are worth paying attention to.
This week includes a way to get those secrets off your chest without revealing your identity, a iconic character in new surroundings, and an app that will help your wellbeing.
Miyo
For: iOS, Android
Cost: Free
- With May being Green Ribbon Month – and since it’s always important to look after your mental health – Spunout.ie has released this timely app dedicated to improving your wellbeing.
- MiYo (short for Mind Yourself) lets you log your actions every day, and is broken up into three main segments: activity log, progress log and badges for any achievements.
- How much you get out of it is dependent on how much you use it. Detail what you’ve done, say how well you did it out of a ranking of five, and track your progress over the days and months.
- Logs are kept to a minimum – there are only six options to rank – so using it is quick and to the point.
- As time progresses, the app also provides tips and advice in case you need them.
Project Tripod
For: Windows Phone (iOS and Android in development)
Cost: Free
- As fun as it is to look at time lapses, making one that covers days (or even months) takes a lot of time and dedication.
- Project Tripod puts a twist to the traditional photo-taking by getting you to create time-lapses of the same location.
- The twist is that anyone with the app can add to the project. You don’t need to set up a tripod to get started, just be in the same location when the photo was taken and snap away.
- If the locations set don’t interest you, you can set up your own and work from there.
- Its success is based entirely on how many people take part, but it’s a fun experiment to take part in.
Vhoto
For: iOS
Cost: Free
- There are some moments which you want to capture in video, but maybe there are parts of that clip that would have made for a good photo.
- Vhoto solves this problem by checking videos you record, or upload and picking out the best shots from it.
- It does a good job with it too. If you record within the app itself (the max video length is 20 seconds), it picks out a number of shots very quickly, although it won’t pick out shots from videos longer than one minute.
- Should you require them, there are editing tools to help improve your images, although it’s pretty standard having filters and saturation tools.
- It tends to work better when there are people in the shots, or a clearly defined subject, but it’s fun to use if you’re having trouble trying to capture the right moment.
Secret
For: iOS (Android version in development)
Cost: Free
- It’s rare that we recommend an app purely on potential, but Secret could be a lot of fun.
- The premise is as you would expect. Share or confess to something anoymously, the only thing is it gives the general city/country you’re from. Anyone who remembers/visits Fmylife.com might feel the same way about it.
- Scrolling through it is fun, text fades in fractions to give it a element of curiousity and there are some gems in there. Whether you believe them or not is another thing entirely.
- It’s a bit sparse in secrets here at the moment (hence the disclaimer at the beginning), but for now, the entries coming from the US and UK makes it worth a download for now.
- Could be a fun app for dipping in and out off over time, but whether you’ll be coming back depends on how many people start using it here.
Pac-Man Monsters
For: iOS, Android,
Cost: Free
- Apart from the original, Pac-Man hasn’t really been in any memorable games.
- Pac-Man Monsters isn’t the game to change that streak, but it’s actually a well-polished puzzle game disguised as an RPG.
- The bigger combos you perform, the better attacks you perform, it all ties in with the standard Pac-man formula. Getting the right combo and performing the correct attacks in the right order takes some time to get used to.
- There’s also elements of Pokémon in it as well, gradually adding more monsters to your party and levelling up. You might have to go through the tutorial a second time to get to grips with the system, but it gets addictive when you get the hang of it.
- In-app purchases are included, and a stamina bar prevents you from playing in long bursts, but there’s little or no evidence that you will have to rely on them when playing the game.
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Phew, always feel guilt.. Not a sociopath.. Nice 1
Isn’t guilt a feeling just like hate is.
How can hate be felt so?
I’m confused, I’m going out to find a puppy to scowl at.
I agree. she “hated” her dad, but cant “love”? I call shenanigans! :p
With a sociopath hate isn’t actually the same emotion as what we consider hate.
For a sociopath relationships are about what they can take from it. It’s like they’re extremely selfish. They’re good at feigning emotions, because they have watched and learned from others throughout their whole lives – but sometimes their approach will be a little off kilter because they lack the depth of understanding because they do not feel them properly – their brains do not function in the same way.
So for the author of the book, her hating her father could simply be that she didn’t enjoy the way he treated her – there isn’t enough in the article to say why. But she may term something quite minor as hate, the same way she would term something major – such as abuse in the same way.
There’s a difference between being a b*tch and a psychopath, I should know as I’ve had one in my life, they have to be the centre of attention at all cost even by telling wildly outlandish lies. They are also bullies and your only as useful to them as an audience and as someone to massage their egos! There is only one way to deal with them and that’s cut them out of your life altogether, it might be drastic but the more they are around the more damage they cause!
I had the unfortunate experience of having one for a boss, a real nasty piece of work, he really got a kick out of seeing people reduced to tears by his control & he really exerted his power over his subirdinate
Subordinates. Its not nice to see grown adults reduced to tears & in fear from these types of bullies, & nice as pie to his superiors who thought the sun shined out of his arse. The work environment was unbearable & toxic, what with his bullying & then the little lick arses running after him all the time. He tried to move in on me, I told him to go f*uck himself, of course that gave him the ammo he needed to wield his mighty authority over me which resulted in me being sacked, which was fine with me.
Ah, a sadist as well. Push him down a flight of stairs and see if he reacts emotionally (Question #4). If he does, he’s just a sadist. If he doesn’t, then he’s probably a sociopath.
….. And you should run.
The good ole Catholic guilt takes care of that
The people who made you feel guilty are sociopaths. :-)
Guilt. The most powerful emotion in this country just piping the joint seconds of low self worth and shame. Thanks Church and colonial regime.
9/10 ain’t bad
Think of a politician. Then read the questions again. You’ll be surprised.
Isn’t it true that a higher proportion of politicians and businessmen are sociopaths/psychopaths? Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as it means they can focus on the bigger picture rather than basing their policies on every sob story they hear.
Strange Killian but you might be right. I have worked for some ‘A’ types and I have to say they are very effective at their work. However their failings are often cataclysmic.
Absolutely, they can of course be very aggressive and manipulating but, forgive the cheesiness, they can work on the side of the angels.
Actually killian you’re both right and wrong. A very high percentage of directors and higher managerial staff are what would describe to be sociopaths or psychopaths. However they are not goo for company business as they are not pragmatic and able to see through the bull etc but are self serving and self driven. They aim to achieve their own personal goals and take undue risks with the business and staff relations.
Many American company’s have observed this and are attempting to weed out the existing sociopathic personality types amongst a their executive staff and more companies are employing psychologists in interviewing managerial staff not to weed out the weak but to identify and block the sociopaths.
A lot of former politicians and high stake businessmen/women who we know of being involved in crazy deals to further their own personal positions would display classic sociopathic traits including a complete lack of remorse or as we call it ‘a neck like a jockeys bollocks’
Very interesting ieoinu. My comments were just based on stuff I have heard but I don’t really know that much about it so I bow to your superior knowledge.
ieoinu. Your point is well made. And in general I agree. However it is not entirely correct that US companies are seeking to weed these people out. At least not all of them. Certain professions such as Law, Security, politics, are very much objective driven. Often an A type is ideal at least in the short term. In my experience they tend to be high achieving for at least 2 to 3 years before succumbing to the accumulation of their negative behaviour. But by that time they have served their purpose and are quietly ‘removed’. Still, I think its a bad business philosophy. Interesting all the same.
I agree, it very interesting as I think we can all identify someone that fits the criteria. Is it nature or nurture though? Are you born with a lack of empathy and self serving motivation or is it something you can acquire from gaining reward for surpassing your peers.
Ieoniu I think it might be a bit of both, a narcissistic parent, and life experiences from a very early age determine whether an individual is going to a psychopath, studies have shown that if you catch it early enough you may be able to change a child’s psychopathic behavior! The reason I say both is because some psychopaths are born into perfectly loving homes but still turn out this way and others learn from narcissistic or psychopathic parents themselves, there is usually a split in the parental relationship from a young age in the later example and some form of abuse, those kids also seem to be sexually active from a very early age and have ferocious tempers.
So thats 99.9% of Irish politicans then??
Sounds like the board of Anglo (I know, I am really sorry for bringing it up on this thread) but the taking huge risks that are self serving, no foresight, no compassion for the hardship inflicted upon others.. Following the release of the tapes it may be a safe presumption..
“criminally vindictive types whose only motivation is to take advantage of weaker people”
That accounts for 90% of the population.
Sounds more like our government.
Well, one thing sociopaths and psychopaths crave is power. Leadership roles are what they think they are here for, so it’s not unusual to have sociopaths run for office..
How good the population are at spotting them determines whether or not they get elected..
sounds just like my da, bloody knew something wasn’t right with him all these years
My ex through and through.freaked,eek!
what a bunch of silly questions
Im a sociopath. What next. Do I get a prize?
Jesus, I worked for a few of these freeks, wish I’d known and I’d have blown their fking heads off !
What about just asking “are you a sociopath”?
These are also ten questions which determine whether you are a teenager or not.
This is precisely why sociopathic personality disorder, antisocial behaviour disorder and psychopathy are not diagnosed until after 18, sometimes not until the 20s.
The only reason this would be ignored is if the child or teen seems to derive pleasure from harming animals or other people.
Three outa ten ain’t bad!
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