Things I've learned, things to do
Sorry that I suddenly stopped after our first day on the cruise ship, I’ll be finishing those posts up soon. They’ll appear under this one as well as I’ll edit the publish date to reflect the correct date. Stay tuned! I just wanted to spit out some random things I’ve learned and done lately, so this post will be kind of hodge-podge.
~ I’ve discovered that a DVR (TiVo) is more useful in a household than a microwave. If you don’t have a DVR, sell the microwave and buy one. We all know TV dinners are bad for you, and re-heating leftovers in a microwave makes them taste funny. Use the oven or the stove. Ideally, you could keep both, but if you can only have one, pick the DVR.
~ Politicians are really starting to scare me. And not just with ‘worst case scenarios’ that could possibly happen. Each passing day makes it look like a perfect storm of worst case scenarios that are starting to come to fruition. So, I just keep telling myself: Be a good boy, pay your tithing, do what you’re supposed to do. Be a good boy, pay your tithing, do what you’re supposed to do.
~ iPhones are amazing. I’m in no way bragging because I have one, I’m just saying it’s true. And if you don’t have/want/can afford an iPhone, then get an iPod Touch. The things you can do with it and to it is amazing. I jailbroke mine, which means I’m not limited to what Apple says I can do with it. I have an NES emulator on it, and was able to download almost 900 NES games to put on it. On the legit side of things, cooler and cooler games are coming out, the apps you can install are getting more impressive, and the development community is huge so it’s only going to get better.
~ I’m excited for Spring time to return. Winter hasn’t been terrible, but I’d like the world to look a little less gloomy outside. Green grass and pretty flowers and furry bunnies just seem to take some of the crap away.
~ I’ve started doing outsource for Heritage, so far it’s been okay. It is a means to an end though, and that end is me finding a solid FT web job. Although, Main10 seems to be getting some life in the wings, and there is a pretty decent chance that it will take off within a few months. I’d be totally happy going back. Nevertheless, I’m out looking.
~ I have awesome friends. You know who you are. Not that some major catastrophe happened and they saved me, they’re just awesome friends.
~ Last point – Apple released Safari 4 public beta today. Safari is Apple’s web browser (like Internet Explorer and Firefox). This version is awesome. It’s worth giving a try, at least giving a look. It handles all the new HTML 5 and CSS 3 coding that is being developed, and it renders pages faster than any other browser out there. So it’s faster, and it’s future proof. (Unlike IE, which is antiquated the day it’s released, and hardly backwards compatible on years old code). Try it out!
That’s about it for now I think. I’m redesigning unculturedswine and I really like the new look. Miles and Beth both gave it their blessing too. So, look for it this week. I’m getting closer to having a solid template ready to go, just a few more things to add.