Still Alive

it seems as though i ran out of cake or it’s no longer so delicious and moist. in any case, i don’t seem to get my blogging hat on. i am most definitely a bad blogger!

perhaps the reason for this slacking off is that i’m hooked on twitlive.tv. i can’t seem to stop watching this live video stream of leo laporte and twits recording podcasts live. instead of just listening to edited twit podcasts when they show up on itunes, i watch the raw unedited broadcast including behind the scenes stuff and specials, which are often very entertaining. with two chats running and leo taking viewer calls during the live streaming, it adds quite a bit of interactivity for better or worse. twitlive is still a work in progress, but as a geek i like seeing stuff get built and technical difficulties being overcome.

now that i think about it, i believe twitlive among other things is the culprit of my slacking off. after all, cake is a lie!

 

You Look Nice Today

unlike most of the other podcasts i listen to, you look nice today has become my favorite comedy podcast after more than a number of episodes. it’s not that it was bad before, but it took me a while to get used to the kind of humor and format that the hosts (lonelysandwich, scottsimpson, hotdogsladies) went with. i don’t get a fare share of some of the more obscure references, though it doesn’t take away from the hilarity that ensues each and every episode. speaking of episodes, my favorite so far has been the one aptly named “truck spank” (how could you go wrong with dissing jew oxygen, irish period pieces, funny fake latte names, and so much more that doesn’t make much sense until you listen to the episode…perhaps not even then). the aforementioned episode cracked me up so much, that i had to listen to some of the more depressing songs in my itunes library for a while to balance things out. so sorry! i just can’t help how this podcast tickles me…inappropriately :)

 

Confessions of a Bad Blogger

ctrl+c from tastyblogsnack.com

i beg to differ, ijustine, i’m a bad blogger! you want proof, innocent reader? the following is an ordered list listing some of my qualifications for being a bad blogger:

1. irregular posting schedule
2. abuse of the english language
3. too many obscure or irrelevant references
4. not enough if any quality original content
5. way too much pimping of others
6. amateur reviews
7. lame puns which are often out of place
8. no clue of where the post is going
9. misleading or irrelevant titles, tags, and categories
10. often confusing posts that make little or no sense even to the author
11. what’s up with all the lowercase?
12. excessive linkages
13. inappropriate use of numerals
14. absence of cute cat stories or pics
15. premature post publishing resulting in multiple edits of previously published posts
16. no clear or indeed any idea of what this blog is about even though there are 2 abouts about this blog
17. use of an ordered list where there is no order

i had to tell someone about my blogging problems, and it might as well be you my poor reader. no1 should be subjected to the tyranny of my posts. i admit it: i’m a bad blogger; period.

 

Mother’s Day Treat

watch as mr. t sings about treating your mother right. skip the flowers and chocolate. send this to your mother instead. it’s a reusable gift unlike chocolate and flowers so at least it got that going for it. without further ado here is the “gift” that keeps on giving:

 

Direee Little Seeecret

it’s apple. asus eee pc is made out of os x. they’re making our linuxes out of leopards. next thing they’ll be tellin us xandros motha fuckas off like lil j. you’ve gotta tell them. you’ve gotta tell them!

…because one can never have eeenough eee’s

 

Backup SIM Cards…No Computer Required

got this useful little gadget at thinkgeek.com to get my phonebook data from sim cards in my cellphones backed up and synced. i’m kind of old fashioned, so i don’t sync my mobile (as folks outside the us of a might say) with my computer. that means that the only copy of all of my contacts resides on a sim card in my cellphone. if i ever lose my cell, so goes my phonebook. i used to have a usb sim card reader, but it was also old fashioned (or just disliked vista) and worked only on windows 2000/xp, which i’m not running.

the sim card backup tool knows not of computers; it’s a standalone device that copies the phonebook from up to 4 sim cards, restores that data to a sim card, displays the phonebook entries from either one of its 4 memory storage slots, and has a calendar (don’t know why, but it does).

pros:

• backs-up/restores up to 4 sim cards (250 entries per sim)
• standalone device…no compruter required
• exchange/sync phonebooks between multiple sim cards
• offers password protection of your data
• easy to use
• looks shiny
• stores data to non-volatile memory, so when the battery is dead your data remains intact
• displays phonebook data
• user-replaceable coin cell battery

cons:

• impractical to use as a phonebook viewer if you have > a few contacts (no searching or scrolling is possible, displays one entry at a time)
• takes more time than i though would be necessary to backup/restore a sim
• doesn’t work with password protected sim cards (password must be temporarily disabled)
• somewhat on the pricey side: $14.99 usd + shipping

 

Pirates Must Die!

this hilarious anti-piracy ad parody is from the british sitcom the it crowd, which is brilliant (as those from across the pond might say)

so if you’re downloading (i.e., “stealing”) those movies in a way frowned upon by your government, you might want to install a monitor mirror and keep a loaded glock next to your mouse just in case ;)