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I figured this was a caching issue, but it’s been like...

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:05:42 -0400

I figured this was a caching issue, but it’s been like this for a month or two now. It’s pretty sad and pathetic.

Just grabbed Square’s iPod game, Song Summoner. The...

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:24:08 -0400

Just grabbed Square’s iPod game, Song Summoner. The production value, considering it’s a game which lives on my MP3 player, is simply amazing.

Thoughts On The LG Voyager

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:37:59 -0400

I’ve lived with the LG Voyager for a few months now and I have some opinions about it.

Things that are good:

It mostly works at my house (by which I mean, Verizon works at my house)
It has a physical keyboard which makes texting a breeze
It has an HTML browser
I can use BitPim to put ringtones on it for free
Works with my bluetooth headset
Decent battery life and included a USB cable that can charge it
Was able to buy Bejewled. I love Bejeweled.

Things that are bad:

Drops calls at my house. A lot.
The touchscreen blows
A lot of apps won’t work with the touchscreen, requiring you to open the phone
Iimpossible to nagvigate web pages with the browser by way of the touchscreen
But that’s okay because the browser sucks so you don’t really want to use it if you can avoid it
And of course, sometimes the browser just stops loading pages with no indication that it’s done so. So even if you’re trying to use it, you might not actually be using it
No built-in email app
The for-pay email apps suck and are worthless and it’s easier to use gmail over the browser (despite the fact that the browser sucks; the available email apps suck even more)
Bluetooth integration with computers is crippled to the point of uselessness
The call alert sounds are too quiet because the speaker is inside the phone (when closed) and therefore everything is muffled
No built-in email app. Did I mention this one already?

I’m not sure why this phone exists. It’s not a good touchscreen phone. It’s not a good messaging phone. It’s not a good web-surfing phone. It’s not really a very good phone-phone. It looks like it was meant to be an iPhone killer but my mom’s old StarTAC was closer to being an iPhone killer than the LG Voyager. Still, it works at my house and has a keyboard.

I guess that’s something.

I've Got An Idea For A Movie

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:10:56 -0400

Me: Still, it definitely has me shaking my fist at the universe. "It's not fair!" I say to the sky. And then I stop because I'm worried that David Bowie will steal my twenty-four year old little brother.
Bran: I had this brief moment of some hilarious slash with Jareth stealing some young man due to the clause (someone says the "I wish..." thing, and he *has* to steal them away 'cuz of the rules...). They start out hating each other, but the capability of the heart to love will not be ignored. ;)

Housekeeping

Fri, 23 May 2008 14:48:57 -0400

I’ve stopped importing my Google Reader shared items into this tumbl blog because it was duplicating entries on my FriendFeed (http://friendfeed.com/willia4). I’ll still put random quotes and such here.

You may find my shared links either on my FriendFeed (linked above), or directly on my Google Reader shared page: ( http://www.google.com/reader/shared/01951573570661415326 )

Best of the Sidebar: The Upgrade Treadmill

Fri, 23 May 2008 12:38:45 -0400

Best of the Sidebar: The Upgrade Treadmill:

Originally posted by “Weng” as a response to Book shop WTF…

Among my other pursuits, I’m logistics manager at a non-profit that does electronics recycling. One of my favorite customers is…

Staircase Bookshelf Does Double Duty [Household]

Fri, 23 May 2008 12:38:45 -0400

Staircase Bookshelf Does Double Duty [Household]:
A London-based couple wanted easy ways to maximize the use of space in their small flat, and a built-in staircase-shaped bookcase does the job. This isn’t a DIY project—an architect built…

What's IB connecting to when you connect to First Responder ?

Fri, 23 May 2008 10:31:12 -0400

What's IB connecting to when you connect to First Responder ?:

To nothing !

When first using Interface Builder, I was quite dumbfounded by the First Responder box sitting here. What the hell is that ‘1’ for ? Turns out it works almost like the event…

Our Terms

Fri, 23 May 2008 10:31:12 -0400

Our Terms: There’s some discussion in our forum right now about content disputes and the specifics of our Terms of Service. It seems there is room in our Terms for folks to debate the difference between an…

Strange Duck Behavior

Fri, 23 May 2008 09:27:43 -0400

Strange Duck Behavior: It feels like something out of a Gary Larson cartoon.

The local ducks have suddenly learned to hang out on rooftops. I’ve lived in the same house for 18 years, and I’ve never seen this before, but…

How to measure the stupidity of a creationist

Fri, 23 May 2008 09:27:43 -0400

How to measure the stupidity of a creationist:

This will be helpful.

Spewings from a half literate Atheist, drunk, food whore with a penchant for obnoxious ranting and the occasional bit of music info.

A typical amateur apologist's mistake: atheism requires omniscience

Thu, 22 May 2008 20:36:32 -0400

A typical amateur apologist's mistake: atheism requires omniscience: This thread is generating lots of comments, mostly in the form of an amusing ongoing exchange with our old pal Rhology, who’s going all postmodern and solipsistic on us in a frankly bizarre bid to…

The Obese Tax

Thu, 22 May 2008 20:36:32 -0400

The Obese Tax:

Shared by James
Yet another reason to avoid doctors. The science of medicine in the USA is mostly great. The practice of medicine is decent enough. The business of medicine, however, is not…

Google Sites expands: Anybody can create wiki-like pages

Thu, 22 May 2008 19:32:43 -0400

Google Sites expands: Anybody can create wiki-like pages:

Filed under: Internet, Web services, Google, Social Software, web 2.0

A few months ago, Google launched Google Sites, a hosted wiki product built on JotSpot…

AT&T: Your plastic bag. Delivered.

Thu, 22 May 2008 19:32:43 -0400

AT&T: Your plastic bag. Delivered.:

Filed under: Humor, iPhone

I purchased an iPhone during the refurb sale that AT&T had last week. In two working days I got my 16 gig iPhone, times two. Two identical boxes, two…

Parlez-vous SMS?

Thu, 22 May 2008 19:32:43 -0400

Parlez-vous SMS?:

A new threat to the French language

THE baccalaureat exam season approaches, and with it ritual agonising over the standard of French spelling. These days, fingers are pointed not only at…

Much ado about nothing

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:29:09 -0400

Much ado about nothing:

The Casimir effect, a curious consequence of quantum theory, may yet have practical applications

CAN something come of nothing? Philosophers debated that question for millennia before physics came…

On the poverty line

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:29:09 -0400

On the poverty line:

Has ?a dollar a day? had its day?

IN DECEMBER 2007 the World Bank unveiled the results of the biggest exercise in window shopping in history. Scouts in 146 countries scoured stalls, supermarkets…

The art of linking

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:29:09 -0400

The art of linking:

Sorry for the bold title, but I’d like to clarify some issue that occurs in latest stage of application building: linking.

Static and dynamic symbol references

When you link your application, the…

Surprised about Oil Prices? Really?

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:29:09 -0400

Surprised about Oil Prices? Really?: Oil broke $135/barrel last night. Airlines are making changes to sneakily raise the price of tickets, such as American Airlines announcing that they’ll charge money to check in bags, as…