My pda phone died today. My baby! I was busy texting a bud from work when suddenly kaput!
No worries, Tmobile promptly scheduled my replacement to arrive by Saturday. Yes, it’s still under warranty. I haven’t a clue what happened to it. It just, like, died. *sigh*
So if you didn’t think I was a techophile you will after this post. I mentioned some time ago my wish to “cut the cords” so to speak when it comes to tech. I’m getting there. I needed a new printer and I wanted it to be wifi or bluetooth enabled. That way, I’m not stuck w/it cluttering up my desk and trying to hide a mess of wires. Mission accomplished. I went one step further though and bought a paper-to-pdf scanner.
This little baby scan feeds a page thru in about 10 seconds and instantly outputs the scan to a pdf file. No more saving receipts, warranties, etc in a giant paper pile. I detest holding onto all that crap and I am happy to shift it all digital. Naturally, I spent two solid hours last night scanning a whole mess of paperwork. The downer is I bought the wrong adapter for the pc to hookup the printer. I grabbed the wifi one instead of the bluetooth one…silly faggot. lol I’m off to Best Buy in a little bit to get the right one.
My master plan is to go one step further and do away w/my home pc all together. kristaki and I are going in together on a NAS (network attached storage) a little later this year. Basically, all of my data will reside on the NAS and I’ll have a docking station for the new laptop sitting on the desk. So I’ll be down to two cords instead of 12. I calculated it up and even if I transferred everything I own, I’d only fill up about 400gigs worth of data. Considering drives are already pushing beyond 500gigs I’d still have at least 100 more gigs left to play with. Pretty sweet huh? But it gets better. W/the NAS connected, I can access my data anywhere I can pick up an net connection. And with a terabyte of alloted transfer volume a month, now we’re talking! I only need invest in chip speed and design instead of worrying about storage.
Still think I’m not a geek?
It’s no secret I’m a tech geek. I love all things techy. Wired Magazine is one of my favorite reads online and off. Well, up until today. I’m sure I’m making a mountain out of a mole hill here however, there comes a point when one has to say “no more”. I was reading Wired online today and this article really irked me and I said as much. Mainly, as the author recommends lying to increase your blog popularity. And I’m sure people do it all the time. However, a little white lie today, a big white lie tomorrow. History shows us, once we open a door to a certain behavior in isolated incidents, it often becomes acceptable to use the same behavior in any setting. If you doubt it, just look at our current leader’s challenges to long-standing constitutional policies. An even better example would be sp*mmers who use any tactic to get you. It’s ok, if it works?
Anyway, I’m getting off the point. If you feel you need to lie to get people to link to your blog, perhaps it’s time to turn off the computer, go out in the real world and make real connections.
Ok, I have a new RSS feed reader for my pda. Rather than hunting down all your feeds, if you would be so kind as to leave it in a commnet, I’d be eternally grateful!
I discovered a very nifty new widget that allows me to load a chat box connected directly to my aim/yahoo screennames. The best part is you don’t have to be an aim/yahoo user to use it.
The chat link on the left opens up a chat box. As long as I’m logged in, you can chat w/me.
Cool huh?
If you know me, you know I’m a tech geek. I love all things techey. I can lose myself for hours in electronics/computer stores.
One of my favorite reads is scifi.com’s tech blog. It’s pretty cool. They give regular updates of all things tech. Surprisingly, it’s a good mix. Not just corporate crap being pushed by the parent company.
I just booked my flight for Fort Lauderdale in October. Cross your fingers that another hurricane doesn’t tear them a new asshole this year. I didn’t get to go last year and I’m still smarting from it.
I got bumped from my ride along this morning. Such is life. I went home and crawled my butt right back in bed. I didn’t get many errands done over the weekend so now that I’m up and about again, I might as well be productive.
Drop pants off to be hemmed . . . check
Pick up meds for nose . . . check
Laundry . . . You are joking right?
Check the mail . . . check
Wash the bike . . . not done
Start new blog . . . check
Ok, what did I forget? I know I’m forgetting something!
In other news, I’m thinking I might buy myself a new laptop for xmas this year. The Dell is still chugging along however, it’s kinda heavy. I know I’m speaking blasphemy so any MAC fanatics turn your head. I might get the 17″ powerbook and just run windows on it. hehehe. Now that MAC has gone all Intel on us, it’s a not a far stretch. I’ve always liked the aesthetics of Mac’s, I just hate the operating system.
Anyway, time to shave the head and get ready for work.
I made the jump to frappr. I’m never one to jump onboard just because “everyone’s using it” mentality so I tinkered w/it myself for a while and I like it. Feel free to add your pics or location but it’s not a requirement. I like it because it encourages communication. I mean that is the point of social networking after all right?
Don’t let the technology scare ya, it’s easy. If you are a frappr member just click to add yourself. If not, click add me and it will let you sign up as you add yourself. You can add your location as an overlay and/or you can just add an image (to the left) to show you visit often.
*disclaimer* You do need shockwave enabled thru your browser for it to work
I would say “geek alert” however, I’d like some feedback on this particular post.
I’ve been hearing about the social bookmarking site del.icio.us for some time now. I decided to check it out today. Not bad. It’s sort of like friendster, tribe, and myspace except you share bookmarks instead of self-profiles. Any computer, phone, pda, etc w/net access I can log in and see my bookmarks. Of course, this ties in nicely w/my desire to make the web my portal of online activities.
With del.icio.us I have the choice of listing my tags or my actual bookmarks. I’m just starting so my tag list is minimal at best. I’ve also only added a few bookmarks for now. My question is how many people prefer seeing a list of my tags or the actual bookmarks?
I made it to the gym but my energy tanked right away so only got a half-ass workout in. My mood is as muggy as the weather today. I think I’m just worn out from my exertions as of late. Busy busy busy. Finding out my ride along for tomorrow got cancelled again didn’t help.
A buddy from work called me to see if I would co-sign a loan for him. That would be a big negative! One, I’m still recovering from my own debts incurred during the last relationship. Two, said friend tends to invite a large amount of drama into his life. Be it immaturity or blind stupidity, either way not my problem. Three, I have a distinct feeling there is more to the story than I’m hearing. *I may have been born at night but it wasn’t last night.*
Notice the Moby-ism on the left. Not sure who coined the phrase but I’ve taken it to heart throughout my life and it serves me well.
My new phone/pda hasn’t come yet. I’m anxious as all hell for it to show up. I’ve been so busy the Tivo is almost full. Maybe tonight I can catch up while I’m being tortured by domestic chores from hell! (I must have been rich in my previous life because I detest house work!) I’ll be so glad when I when the lotto so I can hire a houseboy. *mental note – play lotto*
I got a tickle out of the overwhelming response to my “dying to now” question. hehehe. May have to do that one again. I have tons of those little buggers floating around in my head.
OH! I almost forgot, I’m planning a little surprise for the blog. However, a new piece of hardware is required. It hasn’t shown up yet either. I got an email from Amazon saying it was delayed. Bumm-diddly.
Ok, I’m off to bend eager minds to my will.