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August 24th, 2009
10:20 am - Tech Support... awesome.
Some people are too afraid to just experiment on the computer with software they don't understand yet. (backup/save first though =] )
"One thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse." -Jack Handey
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June 5th, 2009
12:34 am - I'm in a book! ... kinda sorta.
I just found out that my Palm Graveyard entry made it into a book! Well, a screenshot anyway. It might not seem that exciting, but it's cool to me!
Sony Clié for dummies !!!
If you want to read the original post, here's the link
http://www.palminfocenter.com/graveyard.asp?dead=Y&ID=170
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March 17th, 2009
04:18 pm - _Make_ something for 5 friends OR What have I got myself into?
(copied verbatim from princessyaya52... non-lj user)
"The first five people to leave a comment on this blog will receive something made by me. However there are some limitations:
1. I make no guarantee that you will like what I make :)
2. What I create will be just for you
3. It will be done within a year (might take a while)
4. You have no clue what it is going to be
5. I reserve the right to do something really fun.
Edit: I'm taking the "catch" out of it. Only post again if you want to :)
There is a catch. If you choose to do this, you must post this on your blog and be ready to make something for five people too. This will be fun! When you receive the fabulous item I make you, you must post a picture of it on your blog."
There isn't a catch for me either. I'm willing to make stuff for you even if you don't post on your blog and do the same thing, but wouldn't the world be a better place if you did?
"If your kid makes one of those little homemade guitars out of a cigar
box and rubber bands, don't let him just play it once or twice and then throw it away. Make him practice on it, every day, for about three hours a day. Later, he'll thank you." - Jack
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March 3rd, 2009
02:32 pm - Why, Why, Why answer rhetorical questions?.... Why forward lame emails?
Someone forwarded this email at work a while back, and I was tempted to answer the questions. I answered them, but ended up deciding to not send it. So today, I noticed the draft email in my outbox, and I thought I would post it here instead.
Why, Why, Why
do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?
A longer connection between the contacts would give it more chance to send the signal. A harder press is generally a longer press.
Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough money?
If you had money at one time, you most likely will have more later.
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Because it doesn’t look wet, and if it’s done… Yay!
Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
It does on the outside
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
They only come sterilized. You can’t get them any other way.
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Electrolysis from being struck by lightning when he was a child.
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
because it was a Kryptonite revolver.
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Less noise in there… keeps them focused.
Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "Lisp"?
So you can easily describe what a Lithp is.
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
If living things evolved from single-celled organisms, why are they still there?
Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
Not enough food coloring. Go ahead… Add a whole bottle, and then look.
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
Is there ever a day that anything is not on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
Probably because they are hungry.
Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
Use the hose.
Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?
Because you only notice when you pick the wrong end.
How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
Holes
When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, "That hurt, you stupid idiot?"
WWJD?
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
Because you forgot to clean off the table earlier
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
Same reason we keep the house as cold as possible during the summer with the A/C. It feels good when you come inside
How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
Because he might come over and kill you
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.
Yeah, definitely me.
"Why do the caterpillar and the ant have to be enemies? One eats leaves,
and the other eats caterpillars. Oh, I see now." -Jack
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February 24th, 2009
12:44 pm - How to confuse two programmers OR Who's controlling my PC??
I'm out next to Scottsdale, Arizona at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community coding automated documents and reports and the weirdest thing just happened. Here's a play-by-play.
I'm completely baffled because someone is CONTROLLING MY LAPTOP! The mouse is moving around, opening the start menu, clicking on tabs in JustWare (my company's flagship software)
At first I'm just confused, then I'm becoming more and more impressed that someone was able to install a remote-control daemon that I wasn't aware of.
I open a notepad and type the following:
what the heck?
Who is this?
Seriously ... who is this??
I'm really impressed by the way... I didn't know I had a server daemon running. What application are you using to access my system?
I really don't care that you have access either... I am really curious as to what I am running that gives you access?
Are you even looking at this?
All while I'm typing, the person is completely ignoring my typing and is trying to access the windows behind the notepad.
Then it stops for a while. I'm looking through my processes tab in Windows Task Manager and thinking "There is nothing in here that would allow this kind of control!"
Then the mouse starts moving again...
..and it hits me... I'm using a wireless mouse. So I take out the USB receiver dongle and the mouse stops moving. I plug it back in, and it starts moving again.
I get up and look around. I find a guy behind me with a wireless mouse. I explain what's going on and he has no clue. He doesn't have a Logitech mouse, so I move on. Wired, Wired...
Then I realize... it's got to be much closer to work this well. So I go around the cube and in the cubicle directly on the other side of me, I find a similarly confused and concerned lead programmer.
He had just rebooted (explaining the interrupted activity) and was searching for something to scan for malware.
You would think that a completely different type of mouse (even if it's the same brand) would either be on a different frequency or have the option to change the frequency, but alas... No.
I quite enjoyed the experience. What can I say? I'm a geek.
"I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and lit the evil puppet villain on fire. No, I didn't. Just kidding. I just said that to help illustrate one of the human emotions, which is freaking out. Another emotion is greed, as when you kill someone for money, or something like that. Another emotion is generosity, as when you pay someone double what he paid for his stupid puppet. " -Jack
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February 12th, 2009
10:29 am - Do I really need to do this? OR Google Top Ten "[your name] needs"
1. David Really Needs a Date - David needs someone to really flesh out what he is about....unicorns, dragons...and sandwich making..
[um... okay? I'll plan on a lunch date with Mindy so we can talk about unicorns and dragons over a delicious PB&H sandwich. (well, unless she'd rather get Subway)]
2. David needs to become more tolerant, especially of emotions.
[great... my second result comes from someone else blogging the same thing. I think I do pretty well, but I think most guys could do better in this area.]
3. David needs a wash
[yes I do]
4. David needs editing! Badly!
[Badly? what are you saying? I like being who I am, so no thank you.]
5. David needs a steady influence
[I'll modify it. David needs to _be_ a steady influence (for Derek and Logan)]
6. David needs your help
[Yes. I need you to send me your favorite memory where at least both you and I were participating]
7. David needs your Story.
[Sure, why not throw that it there too. What's your favorite novel? Mine is Ender's Game]
8. David needs the beach!
[The beach is fun, but if it means losing my mountains... forget it.]
9. David Needs is on Facebook
[Isn't that an odd last name? And no, I don't need facebook. It's an easy tool to find/communicate with people you haven't seen in a while, but I think it's getting out of hand.]
10. David needs a steady influence
[Whoa. Deja-Vu! That was weird, but since #10 was the same as #5, we'll do the 2nd page too]
11. David Needs :: Football
[I definitely do NOT need football at all. Ultimate (frisbee) however, is excellent]
12. David needs grammar help
[I do use a lot of ellipses, and I probably use them incorrectly; however, I think I do quite well with the use of grammar.]
13. David needs a coat
[Nope. Well, it's nice to have a coat, but I don't think I need an additional one.]
14. David Needs to Come home soon
[Mindy probably thinks this quite often when she's having a hard day.]
"The way I see it, kids need exercise more than they need ice cream. So
when I worked as an ice cream man, driving an ice cream truck, I would
try to drive fast enough that the kid couldn't catch me, but not so fast
that he'd give up right away. Some kids will chase you for eight or nine
blocks." -Jack
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January 5th, 2009
02:01 pm - Losing the Gut
Ever since my wedding day, I've been eating meals more regularly. This has ever so consistently increased my weight. Well, I guess it's time to actually do something about it.
Here is most of my plan
-Glass of water FIRST before ANY food
-Eat slowly (make it a competition!)
-No candy
-No added sugar (unless it has none to start)
-No fatty foods except milk (will still buy 2%, I'm not drinking "milky water")
-No limit on milk, but again, WATER FIRST.
-Take vitamin every other day
-Water or no calorie drinks only
-Eat breakfast (cereal/fruit)
-Eat Vegetables (use salt, pepper / no butter (use calorie free butter spray)
-1 serving per hour maximum. (one sandwich or one big scoop of whatever)
-Run every day for 30 min / minimum 3 times/week
-8 glasses of water per day
-Subway instead of Wendy's etc. (buy footlong, but put other 6 inch away for at least an hour)
Staples (when hungry):
peanut butter sandwich with honey (one slice)
fruit
Learn to say:
No, thank you. No, really. Thank you though. Yeah, I know I never turn it down, but I am now.
I'll be using "Lose It!", a free app on my iPod Touch, to keep track of my progress. We'll see how it goes.
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01:30 pm - My exit from PalmOS / iPod Touch 2G 32GB
So I've not posted for a while, but this is a significant event even though it's late.
I've exhausted my personal allowance and Christmas for myself by purchasing an iPod Touch 2nd Generation with 32GB of memory. I ordered it at the beginning of October from Amazon, then had to return it because it wouldn't turn on. I finally started using the replacement in late October.
My 4.5 year old Sony Clié TH55 was showing its age. Not because of loss of functionality, but because of its weaknesses. The main weakness was that I couldn't connect to my wireless network at work because it didn't support WPA (only WEP). The other was it was becoming too slow with all my software hacks (to make it usable). The fact that I used it for so long is a testament to how great it was.
I had considered getting a Nokia N800 or N810 because it had a PalmOS emulator that I could run all my old apps on. I had weakly considered a Windows Mobile device, but I didn't like the screen. Both were bulky compared to my TH55.
When Apple came out with the 2nd Gen iPod Touch with external volume buttons, and a built-in speaker, I couldn't resist. It already had so many awesome features including a thin form factor with a 320x480 multi-touch screen as well as the App Store and its multitude of applications.
Anyway, I'm very happy with it, except a few things.
-No copy/paste except in sandboxed apps or with Pastebud.com (So limited to Safari and email)
-It hasn't been jailbroken, so I can't customize it. This includes the following:
--limited to 9 screens of apps. This may seem like a lot of apps (130 additional to built-in ones), but it isn't for me.
--can't have folders for organization. Organizing apps with a limited number of screens is a nightmare.
-no background applications... especially IM.
-no camera/bluetooth/internal mic on the Touch.
People ask me, "Why didn't you get an iPhone then??"
Answer: I'm not willing to pay a monthly fee for an unnecessary device. Yes, for me, a mobile phone with a data plan is not vital for that much money. I can either use our $15 per 3 months prepaid Virgin mobile phone or I can mooch off the person next to me if I "need" a mobile phone.
Anyway, there is no better PDA available. I've got the Touch.
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October 25th, 2008
08:25 pm - Just got my iPod Touch
I thought I would try out the Livejournal app from it. It's the 32gb 2nd generation model and I'm very pleased. The only thing I'll have to get used to is the keyboard. I'm used to using Graffiti on PalmOS, but I guess I'll have to get used to it :) Posted via LiveJournal.app.
Current Location: 41.746139, -111.831704
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August 13th, 2008
11:44 am - places I thought I would never go
Wisconsin and Kansas
I'm heading out to Kansas again next week for a business trip and I thought I'd check on my progress...
visited 17 states (33%)
create your own personalized map of the USA
I've been in a third of the states now. Yay!
While I was in Washington (state) two weeks ago, we visited Canada since it was only 45 minutes away from where we were at. We made the mistake of not bringing a birth certificate or a passport (not that I could have), so we were held for about 45 minutes at the border on the way back into the good ol' USA while they asked us 40 questions and then proceeded to search our car. *laugh* They even asked me to log into my laptop to search it because they didn't have my password. I'm not sure what they were looking for, but finally they let us go.
"What are all these 'other dimensions' I keep hearing about? To me, there's only one dimension worth anything, and that's the good ol' U. S. of A."
-Jack Handey
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January 18th, 2008
08:59 am - Interest-ing!
( My Interests Collage! )
If you do your own, be aware of um... revealing pictures occasionally.
Current Location: New Dawn
Current Mood: artistic
Current Music: vibrations in ceiling
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December 28th, 2007
08:59 am - This is tough.
Edit: I didn't notice until after that it tells you if you got the last answer right. Now I retook it a couple times and got 100. If you actually get that the FIRST time, then it says this (which I found rather humourous)
You're an extreme sci-fi geek! You're probably wearing your very own homemade TRON costume right now!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/confused.gif) curious
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April 22nd, 2007
10:15 pm
I was here on April 22.
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March 18th, 2006
06:02 pm - Awesome Update Of DOOM!
pheonix_jade here hijacking deepdvd's lj. Mindy is still pregnant. No, he hasn't been born yet. For a few days at least. He's a bit peeved at the insurance company, but that is the nature of the beast I suppose. He's eagerly anticipating losing sleep and he's planning on moving to a more spacious abode. Since he's currently living in an oversized closet, it'll be a great upgrade.
Current Music: Lawrence is AWESOME!
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September 15th, 2005
10:55 am - Photos from the last 5 months...
( lots more! )
Current Music: Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink and a Smile
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August 18th, 2005
11:10 am - of all the things to post...I do this.
 | You are G.I.R! Your duties are to assist your Irken lord Zim in his mission of doom, to find your next taco and to watch The Scary Monkey Show. That horrible monkey... Cast off your amazing doggy ruse and reveal your mighty robot form! |
Take The Mighty Invader Zim Test!
ZIM! 9852
Dib 6405
Gaz 9680
G.I.R. 13532
Professor Membrane 7705
Ms Bitters 6667
Ultra-Peepi 10433
Pustulio 9986
Shunk 4963
A Child of Earth 2016
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April 22nd, 2005
12:59 pm - My plan for world peace.
If everyone learned to have confidence in themselves when dealing with technology and computers, they would be more capable in handling unexpected technical problems. They would also have a greater desire to use equipment for assistance in daily tasks. By applying the technology in their lives, they will be able to communicate faster among themselves and increase humankind’s general knowledge.
The first result of having competence with regard to technology is that it lessens the dependence of people on tech support for problems. Imagine how much money is spent on tech support for issues that could be solved by a little common sense and experimentation. I’ve found that by simply looking up troubles using a search engine or newsgroups on the internet, I can find the answer to almost any question by discovering what others have done to solve the problem. By doing so, or by reading the instructions or help section built into most software, time will be saved by the individual and will eliminate the need for tech support and potential embarrassment.
This then encourages people to be more eager to use technology and see the benefits of doing so. When people are more eager to use technology, it will then permeate into more aspects of their lives and give them confidence and self-esteem. They will no longer see themselves as helpless and unable to be independent regarding technology. It will also increase productivity and eliminate the bureaucracy of most institutions. When people are more confident and independent, they are much happier.
These happier people will then be more sociable and driven to communicate with each other. People learn at a much faster rate by experimenting with software and interacting with other users. As they begin communicating, fewer misunderstandings will result, and an outpouring of social goodwill will lead the world to an enlightened age of golden harmony.
If everyone took the time to read the manual or made an effort to search for the answer instead of expecting the solution to be delivered on a silver platter, tech support would vanish, technology would then become more pervasive, communication and understanding would flourish which just might lead to world peace
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December 6th, 2004
01:06 am - My computer is dying...
Okay, so only one of them is, but it's my main one. I'm currently on the one downstairs in the front room. Ugh. It's got to either be the motherboard or the CPU, but it's seems like it's overheating or something. It will work for a few minutes and just freeze. It's been getting worse everyday. I'll have to send it in to Dell to get fixed. I thought it was my video card at first because the screen was doing some very interesting stuff... especially when I pushed it by playing videos, etc. Quite annoying when I'm watching a movie (Tron) with my gf, and it dies before a fourth of the way in. Okay, I'm done ranting.
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pheonix_jade thinks I need to write poetry. I guess it's good for me, but it's not my favorite thing to do. He gave me a ride to church and said in return I had to write a poem... So, here's an insipid poem (or is it just prose?) for you all.
Embarrassment
I sit here in a church of God,
and then my head begins to nod.
I dream and sleep so pleasantly,
but soon I wake quite suddenly
because my chin has hit my chest
and ceased my ever peaceful rest.
My eyes soon droop, I fade away.
This cycle repeats again today
until the laughter and the glee
become too loud to keep from me.
My cheeks are red; Sweat begins to stick.
Why must I be in the bishopric?
Yeah, I know I need to post.
"One thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse."
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/sad.gif) melancholy
Current Music: Bree Sharp - some song on wyckhurst's LJ
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October 22nd, 2004
02:40 am - Hmmm...
Which File Extension are You?
Each picture is a worth a thousand words anyway... *grin*
 | You preferred Bush's statements 56% of the time You preferred Kerry's statements 44% of the time Voting purely on the issues you should vote BushWho would you vote for if you voted on the issues? Find out now! |
What if I don't really like either one? And really... how significant is a presidential vote in Utah? Bah on politics. Hopefully, the other candidates/issues are worthy of the trip to the booth.
"I wish a robot would get elected President. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a shot at him and not feel too bad."
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/thinking.gif) thoughtful
Current Music: Information Society - What's On Your Mind
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August 13th, 2004
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