As much as I hate to, I joined flickr. I don’t like sites like flickr because it takes the control out of my hands. Sometimes though, convenience out weighs the desire. I can’t get the blog by email function in WordPress to work correctly when using w/an image so I figure this is the next best thing.
I routinely like to upload pics from the phone and would like it to post automatically vs waiting so expect more random photos! Wahooo!
I get to yack about my favorite subject today. Gadgets!
My MDA/pocket-pc has been slowly wearing out. Lord knows, I’ve dropped it countless times. Thank god it has a newer plexy screen vs glass. T-mobile came out with the newer version of the same phone code-named Wing.
I was already leaning toward this one as I really liked the new blue sleek design. Adam mentioned the helio which was very nice however, it would not work w/T-mobile’s network. My phone service has been almost trouble free so if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it is sorta my motto.
It is pretty much an improvement on my existing one. Newer operating system (Windows Mobile 6), faster chip speed, sleeker design, better camera (2 megapixels), blah blah blah. T-mobile notoriously has shitty cameras on their phones however, this one ain’t half bad. I snapped this pic at work and left it in its raw format.
So far, I’m very pleased. It has almost a soft feel to it. The frame is super smooth and slides right into hand. The shape is not quite as form fitting as the MDA but I’ve already adapted. They added some extra control buttons on the face that eliminates the need to touch the screen. I hate the stylus so try to avoid it if at all possible. They moved things around a bit too. Buttons are in different places. Some a little more user friendly, a couple rather oddly placed. They also added a port replicator. A very useful little feature when you are trying to charge your phone and use the USB option at the same time. Previous models were limited to one or the other unless you were syncing it w/a PC.
T-mobile managed to get me for a 2 year contract however, I used it to my advantage. I’ve been off contract for several years now and they were itching to get me to sign up again. I haggled w/the Manager till he gave me an extra discount. Give me a month to put it thru the paces before I start bitchin’. lol
The joy of having a broadband cellular card from Sprint means I can sit in the theatre (30 minutes early) for the Simpsons surfing the web!
Oh yes, I am a geek!
I’m delighted to tell you, I’ve seduced brettcajun over to the dark side of the web 2.0. Heheee! He finally broke down and joined the ranks of twitter this week. You can follow his ramblings here. I noticed he updated the blog to include a twitter widget. USE THE FORCE BRETT! Now, he just needs to start updating it more often. Then he’ll truly know the power of the dark side of the force! Oh yes, Web 2.0 is very addicting.
All joking aside, I support any technology that encourages communication. twitter is a cute service that fast becomes an obsession because you can get up-to-the-minute random minutia on your friends comings and goings. Especially when your friends live all over nation.
I thought I’d take a break from rambling on and on about me for a change and share some really oddballs news stories.
(full story) A NEW York man has sued the makers of a health drink, saying it has given him a permanent erection for the last two years.
This for Boost Energy drink. Can you say frivolous? What a maroon!
(full story) An environmental group asked the federal government Tuesday to ban a class of toxic chemical compounds that are found in industrial and household detergents and are believed to cause male fish to develop female characteristics.
Screw the fish, what about the affect on Humans?!
(full story) Scientists have set a new record in sending information through thin air using the revolutionary technology of quantum teleportation – although Mr Spock may have to wait a little longer for a Scotty to beam him up with it.
Now this is downright spooky. Think about it. Teleportation even in the simplest form just boggles the mind. To think we are already developing applicable theories is amazing. I guess science really does mirror science-fiction.
In my never-ending tinkering of the blog, I’m adding a new section. “This week in pics” is my endeavor to keep up w/taking pics for the blog. I get lazy at times and maybe this will help.
Speaking of tinkering, I also added a translation page (see left). It only supports about five languages for now however, I expect it to grow. Looking at my blog stats taught me quite a few folks from overseas read my blog. Hopefully, the little translation will help. Anyone overseas reading is welcome to give me feedback.
On with the pics. . .
The pic used to verify my replacement backpack from bumbakpaks.com (Very good packs btw)
A very odd happen stance. I was eating at the Cove one day this past week and saw this guy getting filmed in front of the Castro Theatre. I still don’t know what they were doing…
My latest flavor of protein drink. Not bad tasting however, it tends to clump up a lot.
A cross statue in the Wharf. How very holy of me, right?
Bobby in his attempt to fall up the escalator. LOL
As if it wasn’t obvious, work this week has been miserable. It has left me in an overall funk that is slowly clearing. I just get sick of the drama. I have a long weekend coming up and I’m looking forward to it.
This is my first week w/o the trainer. I can report I’ve been very good at hitting the gym consistently. However, it is nice to go to the gym and sleep in. hehehe I’m incorporating some of the things I learned from him into my workout. Some of his tips have helped me get out of the gym faster yet still feeling worked out.
The new laptop hard drive arrived yesterday. I spent a good chunk of last evening re-tweaking it. Thankfully, I didn’t loose too much stuff. That said, I’m leery of my upcoming battle w/Microsoft. I can’t find my printed version of the license key and I’ll be damned if I’m paying for Office 2007 again. Naturally, the key is stuck on the hard drive that failed. If they jerk me around, I’ll resort to the peer to peer networks for a hacked version. I try not to deny folks compensation for their hard earned programming skills however, I refuse to pay twice for the same thing.
I’m off to work. Hopefully, my last two days will be better than the first three.
So I get home last night and my cable card isn’t decoding the signal for the TV. The cable box was working fine. Thank the stars as poor Tivo might have had a fit otherwise. The card still isn’t fixed today. Comcrack is supposed to be out later to repair it (read here: snoop to see if I’m hacking the signal). I found out quite a few folks here lost their signal due to an “uprade” in software. Now, you know I’d rather walk on lips than talk about someone but, I heard a dirty rumor they are actually using it to see how many folks are trying to pirate cable thru hacked cards. Of course, there is never any truth to big business spying on consumers so I don’t believe a word of it. Tsk, tsk.
The real drama was yet to come. I get up this morning I groggily make my way to the sofa to fire up the laptop1 only to be shocked completely awake by a clicking noise and a dark laptop screen. Here is a sample of what went thru my mind…
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I added a new section on the left called “Where Am I?”. It is a reincarnation of a previous tag but this one is much much easier to update. The old way, I had to manually post code and pics to the blog profile every time I wanted it changed. Not so with the new method.
The plugin is from twitter.com . What makes it so easy is that you can post updates via the web, text message, or IM. It even comes with an RSS feed! I’m a gadget freak and am almost always within a simple click of the internet in one capacity or another. The only short coming right now is it only does text. It would be nice if I could do images as well. I sent the twitter team an email asking for this feature. Who knows if they’ll listen to me or if I’ll even keep up with it. For now, it has perked my interest.
Do you like?
I’ve resigned myself to the wait to see how things go w/M. I think fate is testing me. I run into him practically every other day now. The upside is I’m not stressing about it. If it happens, great. If not, I have my own life to live and can’t pussy-foot around waiting.
On the tech front, I cannot find a fix for leaving comments on the hidden posts. However, I may have found a work around. One option, I can setup mini chat boxes on these posts that are outside the WordPress loop. Another option is to try a different user management plugin. On the latter, I found a new one and emailed the owner to see if it would resolve my issues. Don’t worry, you won’t really notice much on the front end. All your log-in info will stay the same.
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