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Oh, Wesley Crusher…

This is probably the closest I’ll ever get to Wil Wheaton… Every geeky girl’s first crush (okay, maybe just mine).

And for those of you who have no idea who Wil Wheaton is… shame on you. I demand you promptly find reruns of Star Trek: The Next Generation on TV or rent Stand by Me ASAP. Fine family entertainment for all… well except that whole leach part. Man, that part still freaks me out today and I’m not even a guy.

Wil is now a writer and keeps a blog at wilwheaton.typepad.com

Google Takes Part in Earth Hour

If you visited Google in the past few minutes you noticed it has switched from its bright white background for black. Why?

Google users in the United States will notice today that we “turned the lights out” on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. As to why we don’t do this permanently - it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display. However, you can do something to reduce the energy consumption of your home PC by joining the Climate Savers Computing Initiative.

On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone.

So do your part this Saturday…

Neighborhood

Since the recent flooding of my apartment I’ve been forced to consider moving. As most people know I love the neighborhood I live in. I’ve found a decent place about 12 miles from where I’m currently at and the main reason I haven’t jumped on it… it’s not central. Being central is so handy. Everything is convenient and I’ve come to love the area.

Trying to find a place that isn’t $1,500 for 600 square feet is tough. I refuse to live in an apartment complex. So I’ll continue to search and suffer through the musty carpet smell and bugs. Is it all worth it or should I just suck it up and move south?

Either way, I’ll keep you guys updated on the fun…

Questions I have never been able to answer


from SpongeFish

Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?

Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Whose idea was it to put an “S” in the word “lisp”?

What is the speed of darkness?

Why is it that people say they “slept like a baby” when babies wake up every two hours?

If the temperature is zero outside today and it’s going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?

Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

Did you ever stop and wonder…Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, “I think I’ll squeeze these pink dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?”

Who was the first person to say, “See that chicken there… I’m gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its bum.”

Why do toasters always have a setting so high that could burn the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don’t point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?

Why does your Obstetrician, Gynaecologist leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?

Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They’re both dogs!

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

Stop singing and read on……. Yes, it caught me too!

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?

Woah… How long has this been an option?


I don’t even want anyone to tell me how long Flickr has had this option but… I had no clue you could post images straight from Flickr to your blog. Flipping sweet!

Fun with the interwebz

So I installed the StumbleUpon plugin for Firefox and starting randomly “stumbling” on sites it served up. Here a two that I quickly added to my favorites.

Flickr Related Tag Browser - After typing in a keyword you are visually greeted with photos tagged with this word on Flickr. Very cool photo album like effect and you can just flip through the pages till you find a pic that peaks your interest.

Copter - Use your mouse to guide this little helicopter through a tunnel. WARNING: This can be very addictive.

I think I figured it out

So I have basically decided to head up the street to a cellular store that sells the Helio Ocean. After watching countless hours of reviews on YouTube I’m pretty sure it will do what I need plus a whole lot more. So now comes the fun part of canceling service with Tmobile and starting service with a new provider.

Why the Helio Ocean? Not only will it sync my email and calendar with our Exchange server at work, it had a Qwerty keyboard and a slew of other snazzy features. Also I’m intrigued with the UI after watching a series of videos about the phone on Gizmodo.com. Helio does have a 30 day no hassle return policy on the phone and service however I don’t know if Tmobile will take me back after I tell them ciao.

there is something wrong about this

Just called up Tmobile to find out I have to pay to ship the phone back. The best part of the call was when I was encouraged to buy an iPhone and crack it to use on the Tmobile network. Are you serious

iPhone… Should I take the leap?

As you guys know I am totally disappointed with my Sidekick. I contacted Tmobile today to ask if I returned the phone if they would let me out of my contract. (In order to get a great price on the Sidekick I had to resign a 2 year contract). After talking to a few people and reading a lot of online reviews, I want an iPhone… especially with this news from Apple.

I of course want to purchase the 16 Gig so I need to scrounge up $599. Needless to say I will be unloading some of my old electronics on eBay for my “iPod Fund”… plus I really just need to clean house.

My New Sidekick Slide

I’m already considering returning it. It’s a pretty crap phone. Really unhappy that after about an hour I can’t get Gmail to work, it’s majorly lacking apps and for some reason you can’t pull MP3’s off the MicroSD card to use as ringtones. All in all I’m pretty disappointed and imagine I’ll be heading to a Tmobile store soon. Blah.

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