Being told I can't have a new iPhone 3G, makes me really want it!

Chilly this morning, how odd??

At the Aunties for the Fourth celebration.

At the lake for GAW

Stroller assembled: check

Sleepy: check

=Time for night-night

My first Ping

So if you follow me on Twitter, you know that I am trying out Ping.fm which is one of those aggregators for multiple social websites. It also lets you post to a blog from the same interface.



This is my first post, which is mostly to try it out and maybe get some of my peeps out there to follow me on Twitter!

He's here

We're sleepy. Email will have all of the details. Tomorrow.

I'm following the herd

After hearing that my friend (and yours) Auntie Temp is going to start using Twitter, I also broke down and finally joined. I had been thinking about it for some time, and bit the bullet. If you know my name, you can find me there.

It has begun

So I did start the movie blog

I have made a bunch of y'all able to post on it. Check it for updates.

Who wants to be in a movie?

If I were willing to put in the time to produce, film, and master a movie, would any of you all be willing write and or act in one?

I am thinking that the studio time, would only have to be a couple of weekends....

And, of course, I would need much helping in the scripting department, but after an initial concept/brainstorming meeting, I would think that peeps could work independently.

Leave a comment with your opinions.


Update:

movie

noun
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"

Zero Punks

Go check out these funny-ass game reviews. NOT SAFE FOR WORK!

The Nothing to do with Xmas Post

I was over at Crave and I saw an article about a deal between Apple and Fox to allow iTunes movie rentals. So I told the Sexy Blonde that I expect Macworld to be all about the AppleTV and iTunes rentals. I hope that this means that Apple is going to update the AppleTV to not only let you browse and watch rentals, but also add a built in HD-PVR (Personal Video Recorder).

Those that have been over here know that I run a Mac Mini with an external PVR box hooked up to the 42" LCD. Most of you do not know that it definitely leaves some things to be desired. It allows you to pause live TV, but this effects the transfer time between the encoder-Mac-display, so that when you are running through the Digital Comcast On-Screen Guide, it takes a couple of seconds to catch up. It also records at sub-broadcast resolution. So even though the Mini pumps out 720p to the TV, the picture looks like the 11 year old RCA in the basement, and nothing akin to what we should be seeing from Digital Cable. The format it records in, is not a normal one, so you either have to use a special player program or run a conversion to burn or send it.

I have seen some newer versions now that handle HD programming, have built in conversions to the iPod or iDVD standard, even have a 'lossless' setting designed for game consoles that don't have the delay. So it is not too much to ask Apple to get some of these technologies and bundle them into their little unit.

Heck, if they were smart, they would make another version built into the Mac Mini case that included a combo Blu-Ray/HD-DVD reader/DVD burner. I bet for $599-$799, those would FLY off the shelves (I know one would fly into this house). If any of you out there know Steve or Jon, please pass this along....

My most favorite dirty joke ever

This fellow was so deeply in love that just before he was married, he had his bride's name tattooed on his *******. Normally, only the first and last letters were visible, although when he was *******, the tattoo spelled out W-E-N-D-Y.

Now they're on their honeymoon at a resort in Montego Bay. One night, in the men's room, this fellow finds himself standing next to a tall Jamaican at the urinal. To his amazement, he notices that this man, too, has the letters W-Y tattooed on his *******.

"Excuse me," he says, "but I couldn't help noticing your tattoo. Do you have a girlfriend named Wendy?"

"No way, mon, I work for the Tourist Board. Mine reads, 'Welcome to Jamaica, mon, have a nice day'."

7 Random things

1. I hate all of those chain letter type things, if you send one to me, I will automatically throw it in the trash

2. I miss the Electric Company and the Bloodhound Gang!

3. I am thinking that our next digital camera might not be made by Sony

4. I haven't watched the Daily Show or the Colbert Report for months

5. For all that I love shopping, I am a picky purchaser

6. I miss pastrami

7. I have been dying my hair gray for years, I am just not very good at it

Since the feeling I expressed in #1, I will not ask anyone else to do this. I am a party pooper.

As requested

Here is the full pic of "The Twelve" from Heroes, as requested by Pusher.

Is all this tech crap worth it?

So, for those of you that know me, I am a gizmo/gadget junkie. I had the first cell phone amongst my group of friends. Since then I have had 5 different cell carriers and 8 different phones, but at least I have been pre-paid since that first one. I don't like the contract based services, they are way too proprietary. If I had been in Europe through these years, I probably would not have had as many phones. They have this wacky thing called interoperability. Meaning, I buy a SIM card and that is me-no matter what phone I stick it in. You can do that here (in theory) with AT&T and T-Mobile, but not nearly as easy. I decided against the iPhone, cuz I WON'T sign into a contract, though the pre-paid hack still tempts me. I am thinking that I will probably unlock my, currently useless, AMP'D mobile phone to use it on the AllTel network that just opened up here after their purchasing of Midwest Wireless (formerly Cellular 2000, my first cell provider).

I had to have the first combo computer/TV, the 36" Destination XTV from Gateway. As soon as it became affordable to have a Mac PVR, got that (to replace the Sony PC with TV tuner that didn't record). When that 36" monitor died, I had to have a projector. When the projector bulb blew, I had to get a big LCD TV (though not as big as Syl's monster Plasma). Within a couple of years, I will have a dedicated home theater, with true surround sound and a HD projector.

I have several obsolete computers with all of their peripherals, we missed the local clean up days, when it would have been cheap to recycle them. Combined, we have 3 iPods in the house (one of which is an old dead one, I really just need to take into the apple store and turn in), and I have designs on another.

And now that I have gotten used to the satnav system in the Prius, maybe have to think about a portable one for the 'Stang...ACK!

The only reason to move to Chicago...

Because they have guides for this. (FYI - probably not safe for work)

Link here

Planting The Tomatoes

An old Italian man lived alone in the country. He wanted to dig his tomato garden, but it was very hard work as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison.

The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

Dear Vincent,

I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me.

Love, Dad.

A few days later, he received a letter from his son.

Dear Dad,

Don't dig up that garden. That's where I buried the BODIES.

Love, Vinnie.

At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left. That same day the old man received another letter from his son.

Dear Dad,

Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.

Love, Vinnie.

ANSWERS: Male or Female

1. Freezer Bags.

Freezer Bags are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.

2. Photocopiers.

Photocopiers are female, because once turned off it takes a while to warm them up again. They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong buttons.

3. Tires.

Tires are male, because they go bald easily and are often over inflated.

4. Hot Air Balloons.

Hot Air Balloons are also a male object because to get them to go anywhere you have to light a fire under their butt.

5. Sponges.

Sponges are female, because they are soft, squeezable and retain water.

6. Web Pages.

Web Pages are female, because they're constantly being looked at and frequently being hit on.

7. Trains.

Trains are definitely male, because they always use the same old lines for picking up people.

8. Egg Timers.

Egg Timers are female, because, over time, all the weight shifts to the bottom.

9. Hammers.

Hammers are male, because, in the last 5,000 years, they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

10. Remote Controls.

The Remote Control is female. Ha! You probably thought they would be male, but consider this: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keep trying.

FYI - stolen word for word from another website, who stole it from somewhere else, I'm sure.

Quiz: Male Or Female?

CLARIFICATION: I am not talking about the gender of the word that some languages use, try thinking as if it is a joke...

You may not have known this, but a lot of inanimate objects actually have a gender. That's right, they are either male or female. Following is a list of examples, see if you can guess which are male and which female.

1. Freezer Bags.

2. Photocopiers.

3. Tires.

4. Hot Air Balloons.

5. Sponges.

6. Web Pages.

7. Trains.

8. Egg Timers.

9. Hammers.

10. Remote Controls.

FYI - stolen from another website, who stole it from somewhere else, I'm sure.

I'll post the answers in a couple of days.