tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140315802024-03-13T22:02:20.361-04:00whodawannahuh?A random blog to pass the time.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1139600841417409542006-02-10T14:44:00.000-05:002006-02-10T14:47:21.446-05:00Big Changes ComingMake sure to check back this weekend for a big site overhaul.
The reason for the lack of posts lately is due to my time being spent working on the style sheet for this page. (If you don't know what a style sheet is check out Wikipedia's entry for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets">CSS)</a>.
Have a great Friday everyone! =)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1137848197249392492006-01-21T07:51:00.000-05:002006-01-21T07:56:37.286-05:00Stupid Verizon!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kcls.org/images/verizon-logo-color2.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.kcls.org/images/verizon-logo-color2.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>After my long wait today was suppose to be the day that I finally had internet in my apartment. Upon arriving home and testing my DSL connection and finding it still not working I called Verizon. The first person I spoke to tells me that my account had been cancelled two days ago but he had no idea why. I then get transferred to someone who should be able to tell me what's going on. After waiting a few minutes I am informed by this new person that my account had been cancelled because the speed I requested, 3Mbps, was unavailable in my area. Apparently I am too far from the office containing the signaling equipment.
Personally this could be a very reasonable thing to happen, minus them canceling my account without telling me. The reason this is totally absurd is because I live in downtown Boston, and when I say "downtown Boston" I mean I am right in the center of the city. How could Verizon not be able to give me service due to my location?!?!?!?!?!?!?
All hope is not lost though, the person on the phone was able to give me a slower service, 1.5Mbps, that should be up early next week. While this means I won't get as fast a speed and I have to wait longer, it's better then nothing right? Plus with my new connection I can browse for other broadband services in my area =p
On a much more happier note I finally found a place that sells congee! Like I thought it is not on the english menu, you just have to ask for it. Yum! =)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1137505184678576972006-01-17T08:28:00.000-05:002006-01-17T08:39:44.703-05:00Unsecured Wireless Network No More<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sandiego.edu/insites/images/wireless/linksys.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.sandiego.edu/insites/images/wireless/linksys.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Yesterday my Verizon modem finally arrived in the mail and when I got home I immediately began to set up my internet connection. The last time I set up a DSL modem with Verizon I remembered that in order to use a router with it you first had to log into the modem and disable its own router functionality. Knowing this I connected my laptop to the modem and entered 192.168.1.1. A login window came up and I entered some default information for the router and logged in. Once in I saw that there seemed to be a wireless linksys router contained in this modem, while this was pretty cool I had a much better router I wanted to us. Therefore I went about changing the password to the modem and then disabling the wireless abd router functions before logging out.
After all of this, I logged back in to make a few more changes. Upon logging in I saw a completely different set of menus and the password was once again a default password. Thinking about this for a few minutes I realized that my laptop had connected to an unsecure wireless network a few minutes ago and that was the router I had changed the password to and turned off pretty much all functionality to... Oooppss.
Someone in my apartment building is probably very frustrated right now with their router. They can't figure out why they can't connect to it, why it isn't connecting to the internet and why the password suddenly changed.
While this was all accidental it definitely shows you why you should change the default password on your router and add some encryption on the signal. =pTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1137286946843446052006-01-14T19:54:00.000-05:002006-01-14T20:06:55.273-05:00Congee Expedition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/BowlOfRiceCongee.jpg/240px-BowlOfRiceCongee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/BowlOfRiceCongee.jpg/240px-BowlOfRiceCongee.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
For those of you who don't know I happen to live in Chinatown. This means there are a lot of places that sell very yummy food close at hand. One food I have been unable to find since moving here is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congee">congee</a>. Congee is a great breakfast food because it is cheap, not to heavy, warms you up and is very scrumptious. I think I have been unable to find it because it's one of those food items most restaurant's don't put on their menu, but if you ask they have it. I guess I'll have to start asking around and see what turns up!
If anyone knows of a place in Chinatown that sells good congee definitely let me know!
=)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1136983641059415112006-01-11T07:46:00.000-05:002006-01-11T07:48:39.386-05:00Conversation SkillsIs it bad that every time I've talked to my girlfriend this week she has fallen asllep?Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1136862539491357172006-01-09T21:58:00.000-05:002006-01-09T22:08:59.523-05:00What I Learned....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/mithistory/seal/mit-seal_400x400.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/mithistory/seal/mit-seal_400x400.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>Once again I have a link to an interesting article. The article is "<a href="http://www.technicat.com/writing/mit.html">What I learned@MIT.</a>" The main focus of the article is discussing different situations and comparing what the school was attempting to teach in different scenarios to what the author learned about the real world.
In case you are too lazy to read the article here are some highlighted bullet points:
<ul><li> Trying to learn everything from scratch is a loser's game - take advantage of available literature.</li><li> <p> So when I join a company and hear how smart the people there are - I'm not impressed. Unless they're also good people to work with. That's a lot harder to find. </p></li><li> Keep the design as simple as possible. Adding complexity just for the sake of it is just risk maximization - not something you want to do in real world engineering projects, unless you're graded on complexity and not a working result.</li></ul>Obviously some of his suggestions and ideas are focused more for the tech audience out there, but I think even these can be useful in many other situations. For instance, keeping a business plan simple makes it easier for your audience to understand and digest which helps getting your work done and progressing in your field.
Well I hope you all enjoy the article, my short summary definitely does not do the article justice. Especially since I am very tired and am probably not writing to my normal "high" standard ;)
Good night all!Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1136861819593953432006-01-09T21:37:00.000-05:002006-01-09T21:56:59.816-05:00Apartment<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1691/1257/1600/LivingRoom%202.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1691/1257/200/LivingRoom%202.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Ever since I moved into my new apartment people have been asking me for pictures. I finally got around to taking some so I thought I would appease my fan club and post them. Unfortunately blogger does not handle posting multiple pictures very well, at least I was having some difficulty getting a good format. This means you will have to wait for pictures until I get my server up in running. If you really need to see pictures just send me an email or im me =p
The one picture I did post is of part of my living room (what you can't see is the bookcase with the Christian books and geeky computer books). Enjoy!Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1136515376563778292006-01-05T21:29:00.000-05:002006-01-05T21:53:12.166-05:00Goal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.engadget.com/media/2005/12/3007wfp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2005/12/3007wfp.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Well I think I've finally decided that I am going to save up some money and buy a server. Once I do that I am going to start hosting my own webpage and blog! I plan to go with a Linux distribution for the server.
Why you ask? Okay you probably didn't ask why but I'm going to tell you anyway =p
One big reason is so that I can have more control over the setup of the blog. Another big reason to have my own server is I can use it to run a lot of different services without having to risk my main machine. Some services I am thinking about are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssh">ssh</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vpn">vpn</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ftp">ftp</a>. (The links take you to the wikipedia entry for each acronym if you are curious what they are)
Getting the server up and running will be a fun process in it's self I'm sure. This will probably take me a couple months to get everything together and actually do, but expect big changes in the future! Of course all of this is assuming I finally get an internet connection in my apartment.
By the way the picture is of Dell's new 30inch LCD display. It's only $2200 so feel free to buy me one =DTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1136428776160397152006-01-04T21:24:00.000-05:002006-01-04T21:40:47.896-05:00Gaming in Korea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://rossignol.cream.org/korea/gamers2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://rossignol.cream.org/korea/gamers2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Today while browsing the net I found a very <a href="http://rossignol.cream.org/?p=284">interesting article</a> about gaming culture in Korea. It's a very long article, and to be honest I gave up half way through, but what I read was good =p
The writer does a good job of explaining how the gaming culture developed; a combination of high prices on the original Japanese gaming consoles making everyone use a PC for gaming, the government putting broadband through out the country, and that during the down time in the economy a cheap business to start was an internet cafe. Very interesting to see how all these things worked out.
While I like PC games I think I'm more of a console gamer. I prefer real time strategy games better on the PC, but for everything else give me a good console any day!
Well enough gaming talk for one night, I'm off to do my QT, journal and maybe play some snes games on my laptop before bed ;)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1136337796997153322006-01-03T20:02:00.000-05:002006-01-03T20:23:17.030-05:00BostonWell it's definitely been a while since I've posted on my blog, and a lot has happened in between. For all of you out of the loop here is a quick update from then to now... I took a new job and moved to Boston. Funny how such a thing can be summed up so succinctly.
Anywhoo, I finally moved into my apartment last Tuesday. I've tried to set it up as much as possible the past few days, mainly because for the next two weeks I will be away in Long Island for my job. Hopefully by then I will have my internet connection all set to go -_-
Once I get back to my place I will definitely post some pictures so you all can adore my first apartment =p
Between arranging my place and tramping all around Boston with some Highrockers I must say I was very tired this morning. I woke up a bit earlier then I had to, not knowing how long it would take to get to the airport, I found out it is a 10 minute taxi ride. Next week I am definitely sleeping in longer =)
While it's been a fun couple of days I am definitely looking forward to Friday at 6:30 ;)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1129127534197441512005-10-12T10:18:00.000-04:002005-10-12T10:32:14.210-04:00Professional Phone Call Fun<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/image-files/Cisco-7970-Color-Phone.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/image-files/Cisco-7970-Color-Phone.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>I found a new way to have fun while at work, making professional phone calls. Of course, these are not real professional phone calls they are just meant to sound that way. Here is the premise, since the majority of your friends do not have your work phone number they will not know who is calling them when they number appears on their phone's display. All you have to do is sound very formal and act like you are calling from a company to talk with them about a job.
My first attempt at this did not go very well, mainly because about three sentences into the conversation I started to laugh, but next time will definitely go better!
Here is the transcript of the phone call:
person answering: "Hello...?"
me: "Hi I'm calling for <persons full="" name="">*insert full name here*"
person answering: "Hi, this is she" *said in a very professional tone*
After hearing her say that I couldn't help but laugh.
Yes I know I'm a terrible person, but this will definitely keep me amused for a while! =)
</persons>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1128971052998949282005-10-10T14:43:00.000-04:002005-10-10T15:05:03.790-04:00Leptodactylous (lep-tuh-DAK-tuh-luhs)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.topgamesonly.com/word_games/scrabble/scrabble_screen_04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.topgamesonly.com/word_games/scrabble/scrabble_screen_04.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>One of the bookmarks I have saved in my browser is a very nice <a href="http://www.wordsmith.org/words/today.html">word a day site</a>. I really like this site because it supplies some very interesting words that are not common, and are rather fun to read and say. The name of this post is one of those words, yesterday's word actually.
Leptodactylous (lep-tuh-DAK-tuh-luhs) adjective:
having fine, slender digits.
There are very few times you will ever have a chance to use this word in your life, unless you have a foot fetish. =p
Another nice feature of the site is that each week the words are given some type of theme, last week was "words formed using combining forms." I know that makes no sense but if you go the site and check out the information they provided on each word it is rather interesting actually.
These words can even make the most excerebrose people seem truly palmary. =pTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1128344658307263812005-10-03T08:59:00.000-04:002005-10-03T09:05:47.446-04:00Walk to Cure Diabetes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://walk.jdrf.org/img/walkpublic_placeholder.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://walk.jdrf.org/img/walkpublic_placeholder.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
On October 30th I will be participating in a walk to raise money for juvenile diabetes research. In order to raise money I need people like you to donate. If you want to donate please click on <a href="http://walk.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmid=86251589">this link to donate</a>. You don't have to feel the need to donate a lot of money if you don't have it, any amount helps. =)
Thanks everyone!Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1128089109961004592005-09-30T10:04:00.000-04:002005-09-30T10:45:06.930-04:00Web 2.0<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/images/bluemoon/Kostian1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/images/bluemoon/Kostian1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>In the past few years there has been a huge trend towards Web 2.0. Many people are unaware of these shift, because they don't know the difference between the original web, Web 1.0, and the new web Web 2.0. At the same time they have probably been using Web 2.0 on a regular basis.
If I were to sum up the differences between 1.0 and 2.0 it would come down to one word "dynamic." Web 1.0 pages were all static pages. A user of Web 1.0 would go to a website read a page, click a couple of links and that's all there was to it. The pages were all generated before hand and the reader simple accessed them. Web 2.0 focuses on dynamic webpages that allows the users of the page to have some control over them.
An example of a dynamic webpage is this blog. Every time you come to this blog, or any blog, the page us generated right then and there. The only html that exists before hand is an html template, the actually content (ie the posts) are stored in a database some where. When a user comes to this site some software takes the template and the entries and automatically generates an html document "on the fly." Pretty nifty huh?
The reason Web 2.0 has increased a great amount in the past year or two is because of the increased popularity in scripting languages, such as php and javascript, as well as a wealth of information available for the newcomers in the field.
Another very important reason Web 2.0 has increased in popularity is also due to a shift in the usage of the computer. People no longer use a computer to simple do research while in their office or lab. Many people view the web as a way to connect and stay connected to, well, everything. Why would I want to store my calendar on my computer? I want to have access to it no matter where I am, which is made possible with Web 2.0 (I hear Google is coming out with a calendar soon). I can also always have my e-mail because of sites such as gmail.
A few examples of Web 2.0 sites are:
<ol> <li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a> - post images, add tags to them and allow other people to comment on them</li> <li><a href="http://www.digg.com/">digg.com</a> - post links, increase the links popularity, post comments on each link</li> <li><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/">wikipedia </a>- create encyclopedia entries, users have the ability to edit any page at any time</li> </ol> This is a very small list of Web 2.0 sites out there, in the comment section post links to your favorite Web 2.0 sites. =)
On a side note it was very hard to find a picture for this post. In the end I gave up and just searched for something with my favorite color, blue. =pTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1128001977857027522005-09-29T09:44:00.000-04:002005-09-29T09:52:59.300-04:00Ipod Nano<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/858/store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/ipodx_family_050907.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/858/store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/ipodx_family_050907.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>In case you haven't heard a couple of weeks ago Apple released a new Ipod called the Ipod Nano. I was lucky enough to play with one for a bit at the apple store and all I can say is ...WOW. It is extremely small and light, you barely even know you are holding it. Plus the color screen is crisp and sharp.
An interesting thing to note about the nano is that it replaced the ipod mini. This may not sound that interesting except when you realize that the ipod mini was the most popular selling ipod in the world! Apple was, and is, taking a huge chance in replacing it with another product. Although, I must say the nano is truly amazing.
Their are two main differences between the mini and the nano. First off the nano has a color screen, but the most important difference is the memory type. The mini had a small hard drive while the nano contains flash memory, which is much smaller and faster.
I actually ordered a nano a couple of weeks ago, but just yesterday I cancelled my order. Sure the nano is getting praise from every review you read but if you read the user reports there have been a lot of complaints about the nano getting easily scratched and more importantly the screen breaking very easily. Apple released a statement a few days ago saying that less than 1% of the screens were faulty and that everything else is fine. Personally I'm going to wait it out a few months and see what happens before I finally decide to purchase one.
If you need a cover for the nano <a href="http://www.theinvisibleshield.com/ipod_nano_screen_protector.html">this site</a> has gotten a lot of praise for protecting the nano from scratches.
In conclusion though, WOW, they are extremely nice and I really want one =)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1127914724166222312005-09-28T09:23:00.000-04:002005-09-28T21:11:21.090-04:00Portable Programs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.haimei.com/computer_accessories/images/usb-flash-drive-uf004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.haimei.com/computer_accessories/images/usb-flash-drive-uf004.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Lately people have been yelling at me for not posting anything to this blog, I've been rather busy with a few other projects I am working on. I will do my best to keep posting to this on a more regular basis.
Today's post is about flash drives and how to make them very useful. In case you don't know a flash drive is a very small piece of hardware that you can plug into your USB port and it acts just like any other memory on your computer. It has become very popular lately to store files so you always have them with you, or to easily move files between computers. If this is all you are using them for you are missing out on how useful they can really be!
As I mentioned above the flash drives acts just like any other memory drive on your computer, meaning that not only can you store files on it, you can also run applications from it. Think about how useful that is! No matter where you go in the world, no matter what computer you are at you will always have your favorite applications with you and all your settings.
There are actually a few limitations to this I might add, while you can install programs to the drive doing so means it will only work on your local computer. A better way is to find applications that don't need to be installed. There are tons of them out there but it will take a bit of looking. If you want the easy way out just download <a href="http://libsyn.com/media/miketechshow/portable-usb.zip">this zipped file</a>, it contains many good applications I have on my own drive.
Some of the applications that I find VERY useful are:
<ol> <li>Portable Firefox, a must have! Always have your bookmarks and settings where ever you go.</li> <li>portable Sunbird, a portable calendar program, a great way to always have your calendar with you.
</li> <li>KeePass, stores and encrypts all of your passwords, plus it has a nifty auto enter feature. A very useful and safe program.</li> <li>Restoration, this program allows you to undelete files. Extremely useful to have, especially if you accidentally delete your roommates final paper freshman year ;)</li> <li>Autoruns, this program detects everything that runs on your computer when it starts, great if you find something is slowing your computer down and you need to delete it manually.</li> </ol> After that all the programs you put on are up to you. From the zipped filed linked to above, I've kept the cd/dvd burner program and I have a few network tools. I know some people who like to put a portable version of Open Office on there so that they can work on documents even if the computer doesn't have Microsoft Office.
Well that's it for this post, if you have any questions drop me a line =)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1126018565314150872005-09-06T10:42:00.000-04:002005-09-06T10:56:05.326-04:00Digg<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://revision3.com/diggnation/2005-08-11/smallscreenshot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://revision3.com/diggnation/2005-08-11/smallscreenshot.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>If you haven't heard of the website before <a href="http://www.digg.com/">digg.com</a> is a social book marking website. In summary a social book marking website is a type of site where a community of users can post links and a short summary about different interesting links they find online. What makes digg so special though is that once a link is posted people are allowed to "digg" the site, which means say they like it and increase it's popularity. The more popular the stories the higher status it has on the page.
I first found out about digg not from any link but from a podcast I came across, <a href="http://www.diggnation.com/">Diggnation</a>. Diggnation is produced, and I used that term lightly ;), by revision 3. Revision 3 puts out a ton of great videos and podcasts; systm, the broken, and diggnation.
Every week in diggnation the hosts, Kevin Rose and Alex Albrect, talk about the stories with the most diggs that week. If you don't know them both Kevin and Alex were on TechTV for a while and are both very funny. The show is very well put together, with both an audio and video version.
If you like you can subscribe to either the video or audio in itunes, just look for diggnation it's normally one of the top 10 . Another option is just go to the website <a href="http://www.diggnation.com/">diggnation.com </a> <strong></strong> and download the files through bit torrent. They actually prefer if you use bit torrent since it saves them a ton of money for their server costs.
Definitely check these guys out =)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1125435955052610422005-08-30T17:02:00.000-04:002005-08-30T17:05:55.063-04:00#<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.aaronondek.com/octothorpe/octologo.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.aaronondek.com/octothorpe/octologo.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>Now for something completely random I learned today.
As we all know the '#' symbol is called the "pound symbol," but this is not it's proper name!
It's true and proper name is ... the octothorpe!
Exciting stuff huh?
You can impress your friends, relatives and coworkers by telling them to press the octothorpe next time you need it =pTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1125430681191489732005-08-30T15:28:00.000-04:002005-08-30T15:38:01.200-04:00Google Talk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.google.com/talk/images/talk_logo.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.google.com/talk/images/talk_logo.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>I need to get back to work on this blog. I've been using my free time lately to read up on computer related things; CSS, car computers, and google talk.
Google talk is Google's latest application. There had been a lot of speculation about this program before it came out and to be honest now that it's out it's a bit of a let down. Normally when Google releases a beta application it is a well polished application that revolutionizes something. This time though, their beta application truly is in a beta state.
The program doesn't have many features that other programs have, such as file transferring and smilies. The nice things about it though is, it has a very clean interface and is very easy to use especially the talk feature. The main obstacle facing google talk is that it's a late player in the market with a very small user base.
With all of that said, I am very excited about Google talk. The reason I am excited is because it is based on an open protocol and Google normally releases an API for their programs. So, I'm excited not for what Google Talk is but what I can foresee it becoming, especially with Google in the process of talking to other companies (such as AOL and yahoo) trying to make their networks inter-operable. Maybe one of these days the instant message scene will be unified all thanks to Google Talk.
In the mean time I'll keep using aim as my primary method of chatting but I will be using Google Talk to well... talk =)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1124728421413325642005-08-22T12:28:00.000-04:002005-08-22T12:33:41.430-04:00TI Obsession<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.makezine.com/blog/images-17.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.makezine.com/blog/images-17.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I'm sure we have all at some point owned a TI graphing calculator, and I'm sure a lot of us probably had a game or two in it. A few games seem perfectly okay but some people take it WAY too far. The <a href="http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/08/how_to_play_mov.html">Make Blog</a> posted a link to a site where people have found a way to play movies on their TI calculator. Why would you ever want to do something like this?!!?!?
What is the point of downloading a movie onto a graphing calculator, do you really want to watch it with no speakers and a small blurry black and white screen? Even I'm not that geeky, close but not quite there yet ;)
This is following the article last week when someone ported Doom onto their TI, apparently it had a really bad frame rate (not surprising if you ask me).
People it's a calculator, use it to add and subtract don't try to make it into the worlds smallest pathetic laptop =pTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1124285664275448262005-08-17T09:25:00.000-04:002005-08-17T09:34:24.283-04:00Books<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bookpool.com/covers/82X/059600382X_500.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.bookpool.com/covers/82X/059600382X_500.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>While I didn't post about CSS yesterday I did buy two books from Amazon about it. The books I bought were from <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/">O'Reilly's</a>. If you have never read an O'Reilly book you are missing out, they make excellent books on technology. I'm sure in the bookstore you have seem them, their covers are almost always adorned with an animal. I have no idea why they always use animals, they just do and personally I like it.
Thinking about it, I have such fond memories of these books. The first HTML book I ever bought was from them, and I definitely had a lot of fun writing my geocities homepage (wow that seems like such a long time ago).
The reason I think these books are so good is because they are just well written. They are clea,r concise, and informative. Some technology books jump all over the place or assume too much about what the reader knows. With an O'Reilly book they clearly state what you will need to know and give a logical and clean layout to the book.
If you ever need to read up on a something dealing with technology, definitely check out an O'Reilly book first!Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1124219536674839232005-08-16T15:04:00.000-04:002005-08-16T15:12:16.683-04:00Opps<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fandemonium.org/uploads/pics/MacHallBan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.fandemonium.org/uploads/pics/MacHallBan.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Ok so I lied, I will not be posting about CSS today. I got caught up with some other stuff. I know you will all be crushed, but in the spirit of wasting time though here is another one webcomic site...
<a href="http://www.machall.com/">Mac Hall Comics</a>
I'm not even going to try and post one of their comics because, they are a lot bigger then the usual three panel strip. Although, I'm a huge fan of their art work, not to mention their writing. It's a great all around comic, I hope you enjoy =)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1124197806731582382005-08-16T09:04:00.000-04:002005-08-16T09:10:32.730-04:00Absent<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pitt.edu/%7Eregistrar/images/tranWizOffTranStp6.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 100px;" src="http://www.pitt.edu/%7Eregistrar/images/tranWizOffTranStp6.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>I feel like I've been absent from this site for a while, probably only about four days. Have no fear though, I have returned and will be making a posting about <span style="">Cascading Style Sheets</span> today. The post, like all the rest, will be fun and exciting!
In the mean time I will leave you with <a href="http://www.addictinggames.com/">this link</a> to keep your self amused. It's a site called Addicting Games and it has a ton of them!
Have fun, just not so much fun you get fired from you job or fail out of college ;)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1123792852076385872005-08-11T16:34:00.000-04:002005-08-11T16:43:08.590-04:00Penny ArcadeYet another geeky comic to pass the time with! This time it's <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/">Penny Arcade</a>. Penny Arcade is actually a fairly well known web comic, it has appeared in many publications and has a fairly large loyal following. The comic deals primarily with all kinds of gaming, as well as some very random things thrown in such as the cardboard tube samurai. well... Enjoy!
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2003/20030922h.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px;" src="http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2003/20030922h.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14031580.post-1123763296413331862005-08-11T08:24:00.000-04:002005-08-11T16:17:16.233-04:00Attacking Aliens<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://home.earthlink.net/%7Etangbh/club_anime/members/images/totoro.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://home.earthlink.net/%7Etangbh/club_anime/members/images/totoro.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is a completely <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/articles/050808sh_shouts">random "article"</a> from the New Yorker that I came across last week. I have no idea why the person wrote it or why it appeared in the New Yorker. If nothing else it is definitely amusing =)
By the way, yes I know that image has nothing to do with the actual posting. I was looking for a picture of an anime style alien. I was unable to find one (google image you've failed me!!!!) so I gave up and chose something random that I liked. =pTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247223731996034211noreply@blogger.com0