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I jotted these notes down in August with the idea of writing a review of the iPhone 3G. Well its April and I stand by all of this….

The only thing I would add is that the lack of a keyboard is more annoying now than it ever was. I will never get used to the touch screen keyboard.

My favorite apps are the browser, Evernote and Twittelator

Good

• AppStore - Native apps are great
• Separation of Podcasts from Music
• iTunes U - This is a really good idea have not listened to any yet
• It pretty much just works
• GPS integration for apps is awesome
• Browser is pretty much perfect
• Opening Excel worked flawlessly, scrolling and zooming (iPhone's premier feature) was great on a large worksheet.

Bad

• No "Back" experience
• Apps\web pages always reload every time
• Reminders cleared when you unlock phone, no snooze
• Calendar items appear as unaccepted when you open them on your calendar
• The coverage seems more spotty than with my old phone, but that hasn't been very impactful

IT departments crap themselves… Here’s the warning my IT department sent out:

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

Microsoft released Internet Explorer Version 8.0 (IE8) this week. Be advised that IE8 is *not* supported by <company name> IT at this time. Extensive testing and validation with the multitude of browser-sensitive enterprise applications used at <company name> is required before we can effectively support this latest release.

A Hotfix to enable IE8 to work with <company name>’s production HTTP\SSL VPN infrastructure is not due for release by <company name> Product Development until next month.

Bottom line: Installation of IE8 on an <company name> PC (or a PC you use for <company name>business) is at your own risk. Please do not contact the IT Help Desk with browser-related issues if you have installed this upgrade. We will provide regular updates on this topic as we learn more about the product.

I'm testing how block quotes look on Google Reader. One of the blogs I read does this and they are silver on white... horrid.

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."

Hmmm. I can only seem to indent the text Her'es the exact HTML from the guys code.. looks like crap here as I edit it too.

Let's see what's happen on Reader.... Probably its the color tag...

From SNL… I think this sums up my life these days :-)

The lyrics… well as best as I could figure them

I'm on a boat

Shorty
Aw Shit....
Get your ?accountants? ready it's about to go down
Everybody in the place hit the funky jack, but stay on your mutha fuckin toes
We running this let's go...

I'm on a boat (I'm on a boat)
I'm on a boat (I'm on a boat)
Everybody look at me 'cuz I'm sailing on a boat
I'm on a boat (I'm on a boat)
I'm on a boat (I'm on a boat)
Take a good hard look at the mutha fuckin' boat (yeah)

I'm on a boat mutha fucka
Take a Look at me straight floatin on a boat on the deep blue sea
Bustin 5 knots wind whippin' at my coat
You can't stop me mutha fucka 'cuz I'm on a boat

Fix your drink, I'm on a boat
we should be drinking Santana Cham cuz its so crisp
I got my swim trunks and my flippy floppies
I'm flippin burgers you at Kinkos straight flippin copies

I'm ridin' on a Dolphin doin flips and shit
The dolphin's splashin' get e'rybody all wet
But this ain't Sea World, this as real as it gets
I'm on a boat mutha fucka don't you ever forget

I'm on a boat and
Its goin' fast and
I got me a nautical theme cashmere afghan

I'm king of the world on a boat like Leo
If you’re on the shore than you’re not me-o

Get the fuck up this is boat is real
I'm on a boat mutha fucka (I'm on a boat)
No trees I saw buoys mutha fucka
I'm on the deck with my boys mutha fucka
This boat engine makes noise mutha fucka
Hey ma if you see can me now arms spread wide on the starboard bow
Gonna fly this boat to the moon somehow
I can't be caught dead Anything is possible

Yeah, Never thought I'd be on a boat
the deep blue water it rolls, yeah
Poseidon look at me

whoa, Never thought I'd see the day
When a big boat coming my way
Believe me when I say, I fucked a mermaid

I'm on a boat
I'm on a boat
Everybody look at me 'cuz I'm sailing on a boat
I'm on a boat
I'm on a boat
Take a good hard look at the mutha fuckin' boat (yeah)
Shorty
Shorty
Yea Yeah yah

New Jersey Historical Maps

http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/MAPS.html

Taking a geographic trip through the history of New Jersey just got much easier, courtesy of the Rutgers University Cartographic Services. There's really something for everyone here, as the site contains over 150 maps that cover glacier movements, historical county boundaries, early city maps and plans, and historical railroad maps. The site doesn't have a search engine, so visitors may have to browse around for a bit to find what they are looking for here. One collection that is definitely worth a look is "The Changing Landscape of New Jersey". Here, visitors can click on a specific county, which will lead them to a set of diverse maps complete with a brief set of facts about each county. Also included for each county are links to the county's historical society (if available), other historical collections for the county, and a helpful article entitled "A Historian's tips to students researching local history".

>From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2009. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Since its New Years Eve I wanted to reflect on the major peavents of 2008 here’s a list of big moments in no particular order:

• Met Emma and Ella Kowalczyk
• Said goodbye Emma and learned a lot about life
• Babysat for the first time
• Elected a new president
• Bought a boat www.DeepPlaya.com
• Dawn got a job at Volt
• I changed roles from Program Manager to Test Manager at F5 Networks
• Learned a lot about Blaine, WA and several great weekend mornings at the Little Red Caboose
• Learned how to lay up fiberglass and fixed loose tabbing on Deep Playa
• Took a rigging class from Brion Toss Riggers
• Finished Condo Remodel
• Made a solar powered Theremin at Dorkbot and learned to solder in the process
• Bought my first Apple product ever an iPhone 3G
• Went to NC for Thanksgiving with My ‘rents and Dawn’s Mom
• Went to NYC to see J’aime dance
• Critical Massive ‘08
• Santarchy ‘08
• Snowmagedden ‘08
• Twitter took over from Instant Messaging except for work stuff
• Made a lot of new friends including KL8ON, Dave, Rahul and Nell to name a few
• Fired my financial advisor and took greater control over my finances

That’s a pretty big year… 2009 is starting out a little shaky financially with the market down, but as far as friends and events and plans to do an learn we’ve already got a lot planned. I’m excited about 2009!!!

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I’ve been pretty banged up since Santarchy where Dawn and I had a great time but I managed to pull my hamstring pretty badly. The past 3 days a bruise has been surfacing and its grown from the size of a quarter to about 5 inches around and its swollen. I was going to go see the ND today at Bastyr but they were closed. I know I need some more time with the acupuncturist some needles and cupping will fix me right up!

Anyway, so since then I’ve been keeping on the down-low, when I do go out its only to go someplace and sit. Christmas eve for instance Dawn, Rahul and I went to see It’s A Wonderful Life. I am pretty sure I’ve never seen that movie all the way through. We saw the 10pm show at the Seven Gables theater which is a tiny little art house theater in the U District. It was a lot of fun to be out that night after being coupled up because of the snow and to see a great movie that about hope and human spirit.

XMas Day Dawn, Rahul, Divide, Jacqueline, Anna, Leanne all went to Jade Garden - International District - Seattle, WA and a few of us went to Linda's Tavern - Capitol Hill - Seattle, WA for drinks which was packed.

Today I was pretty wiped out and my leg was throbbing a bit, but I’m back in chore mode. I did some work on my finances, very depressing declines in my 401K, but I won’t see that money for awhile anyway. I also paid some web bills, domain renewals, SSL certs, etc. I wish I could have done some work on the boat this weekend, but the leg won’t allow. I’m hoping that over the new year I’ll be able to do some of that.

I hope you’re having a great holiday! Talk with you soon!

Dawn and I took a lovely wintery snowy walk over to the Neptune Theater in the U District to see The Day The Earth Stood Still. First let me tell you that it is DAMN icy out there, especially in the corners and even on well worn streets like Roosevelt and 40th. Its 28F at the Dinghy right now and I have no intention of attempting to drive tomorrow morning. In the afternoon it might be very passable, but its only supposed to be 26F (colder than it is now) tomorrow.

The movie itself was pretty good. I have never seen the original which focused on Nuclear war and not people’s impact on the earth, but I could easily see how that plot line would have fit into the movie. The story was simple but impactful. Keanu Reeves does his “Neo” type role really well. Its a bit of a type cast for him but I wish I had a problem like that. ;-) If you like movies with a little bit of SciFi but with a human underpinning you’ll like this. If you’re a diehard Green you’ll leave with much to think about. If you drive a Hummer you’ll probably run over an endangered species on your way home.

You don’t have to see this in the theater though, if you have a decent home TV setup you will experience the film just fine there. For comparison, a James Bond or a Terminator movie have to be seen on the 20 foot screen. If you want to get out of the house its worth the ticket and popcorn money.

Live Photo Gallery is pretty cool and it has a new feature where it can identify that there are people in your photos and you can tag them. Funny thing is also recognizes faces in t-shirts. That little white rectangle on Joelle’s shirt is the software recognizing the face on her shirt, or possibly the app likes boobs… :-)

This is an amazing clock, watch the whole vide where he explains how it works and then think WOW!

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/the_corpus_clock.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890