Stopped A Sniper on eBay by Out Sniping Them! The Auction Is Mine! Extreme sense of victory on a cold Tuesday in NYC.

Found easy way to free SIM card from T-Mo Touch Pro 2. Posting on it shortly complete with video!

I really like a lot of things about my T-Mobile Touch Pro 2. However one thing I detest is the SIM card slot. The provided method you are asked to use (pressing down on a small silver latch and then sliding the card out) simply doesn’t work. I’ve tried jamming the stylus under it, on it, around it, and that isn’t the best solution either. Finally this morning I found a method that works very well, is easy to do, requires very little outside funding, and is safe: A Paperclip! Bent up paperclip to be precise, with a small loop that can lift the SIM card up just enough to slide it out. Check out the video below for my simple fix, and be free to swap SIMs like a maniac (a.k.a. like me).

This was originally posted at Windows Phone Thoughts, check out the the source for discussion.

I read about DeadAtYourAge.Com on Download Squad yesterday and decided to pay it a visit. It

Greg, a Civil Engineering grad, stands next to his team’s bridge

Today was an interesting day. Karey & I sorta relaxed a bit and let Dan & Sue go to most of the events. A parade this morning (that I dropped them off at), and a cookout tonight (that I wanted to go to but couldn’t due to timing). We did go to the Engineering open house and see the bridge pictured above. Next to it is my brother-in-law, who I am sure is so thrilled that he’s been photographed to death this week (And has more to come).

Karey Snaps A Shot!

We sat in on the Engineering awards ceremony, and saw Greg get a lapel pin and sticker (for his hard hat) indicating his Graduation with Honors status. We then toured the building a bit, met some instructors, and headed back down to the camper. Speaking of the camper, remember those empty parking lot photos from earlier this week (They’re in my gallery), check this out:

One of many shots showing a crowded parking lot

The parking lot has grown in size quite a bit – car and RV wise! We have a prime spot by the water, however I believe others are getting envious! After this post I’ll be uploading some pics from today to the Gallery site, however since I spent most of the day at the RV (installing a server remotely tonight), I don’t have quite as many as in days past!

If you've ever tried setting up an exchange server at your home, small business, or on any server that doesn't have a 100% reliable 100% always-on connection, you've probably needed a tool like PopRoute. PopRoute lets you "pop" your external POP3 accounts and route the mail from them into an Exchange Inbox.  It's perfect for servers that aren't always connected (i.e. dial-up), have a rather shakey connection (making forwarding to the user's exchange email address unfeasible, or for otherwise fine exchange servers with user who stubbornly want their "other" email in their exchange account.

The problem with PopRoute is that, while the price is right, the configuration interface leaves lots to be desired.  Manually editing an INI file is a bit annoying, and since PopRoute requires that mailboxes be numbered sequentially in it's configuration, removing mailbox 2 requires on to manually rename atleast adjoining mailboxes.

With that in mind, I coded together PopGUI.  PopGUI lets you administer your poproute.dat file without needing to actually open the thing in notepad and play with it.  The nice thing about PopGUI + PopRoute is that, for an extremely low price, you get the same ease of administration that tools costing $100+ provide.

Getting Started

To start using PopRoute + PopGUI on your exchange server, follow these steps



1. Make sure that the Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 is installed on your system, PopGUI uses it, and it's a free download available here

2. Download PopRoute here and extract the files to wherever you like (c:\program files\poproute is the default)

3. Download PopGUI and run the installer

4. Open PopGUI and configure your email accounts & General server settings (I recommend disabling the Archive Directory)

5. Create a scheduled task to run poproute.exe regularly (Whenever you want to download mail).  I've done 5 minutes and 2 minutes before without issue.



PopGUI is Free, however I do request that you register with me.  This way I can keep track of who is using the program (for my own ego's sake) and keep people aprised of any updates.  Rest assured that I have no need, want, or desire to spam you to death, I simply want to know how my program is doing, and have a way to contact users.

Download 1.0

To get a registration key, drop me an email with your name & company. I'll be happy to send you one ASAP!

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Product Category: Technology Enabled Clothing
Manufacturer: SCOTTEVEST
Where to Buy: SeV Online Store (Polo or Pullover)
Price: $44.99 USD (Polo), $59.99 USD (Pullover)

Pros:
Light & moisture-drawing fabric; Vertical device pocket; Exercise in style.

Cons:
May not be business casual (Polo); Usages limited beyond athletics; Side pocket missing (Polo).

Summary:
Exercising with technology is a risky proposition. From stories of iPods shaken to death by jogging valley girls to LCD destruction from excess moisture to the horror felt by anyone who has watched their device tumble from a breast pocket, the number of potential dangers for devices seems endless. However, SCOTTEVEST (SeV) has decided that exercising shouldn’t be the time of the day when you may sacrifice the health of your device to boost your own. With their two newest performance pieces, the Performance Polo and the Performance Pullover 1/4 Zip, SeV intends to help you exercise worry free. But do they stand up to the test?

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News personalities, agencies, and organizations should be ashamed of themselves for how they are using the 5th anniversary of 9/11/2001 today to bring up their ratings under the guise of “respect”.  Want respect? How about suspending regular programming for the day? How about not trying to “One-up” the other guy for once?
The Today show on NBC this morning started with the obligatory somber music, the dramatic delivery of Matt Lauer, and a snipped of phone call from a hijacked airliner that would never land. This is respect? No, this is sensationalizing. When you play audio of a woman saying goodbye to her loved ones on a news program on the anniversary of her death, you’re not respecting her, you’re using her – plain and simple.
You know how I’m honoring those who died 5 years ago? I’m not watching news coverage that seeks to use their deaths and the scaring of a nation purely to boost ratings and, by virtue, the bottom line. Financial wheeling and dealing is why Muslims are annoyed with us, and today anyone who realizes that the “tributes” are all purely to make mo
ney will realize a little bit more why we were attacked 5 years ago (Unless you still believe that it’s religious differences…)

I went to McDonalds today for lunch after leaving akron around 12:20. Karey was on the phone with me in my ear via the convience of my HBH-65, when a very strange thing happened. I pulled up to the second window and after handing me my food, another girl comes over to me and says “There’s someone in here who says she knows you… do you know a michelle”. This girl was as big as me and was missing a few teeth. I replied that I knew no such michelle, and she replied “Do you want to meet her?”. I said No, to which I get “What, you have a wife?”. At this point I’m pretty amazed that I’m being romantically propositioned while at the drive through waiting for my 2 mcchickens and cheese burger and said “No, girlfriend” (Who was in my ear at the time).
All in all, it was an odd experience at McD’s and I don’t think I’ll be going back anytime soon. Now its time to download the second chunk of my current audiobook from audible (The current read/listen is Bush Country by John Podhoretz – it builds
a lot on what I heard about when I read Bush at War by Woodward.) Bush Country is a pretty short book (only 5 hours) and is, unfortunatly, abridged. But I guess that’s what I get for not having time to read, only listen. Like most all my books, its read by the author, which really makes the book or novel nice, as you know its those people’s own words they are speaking. The most notable exception is Odd Thomas, the Dean Koontz book that was 13 hours and I listened to over a few weeks – it was read by an excellent speaker, David Aaron Baker, whom I believe is now doing voice over work for commercials. Someone remarked online that they heard his voice on a commercial and thought “That’s [the principle character of the book] Odd Thomas!” – amazing how nice it is to have sound to that mental painting you make when reading a book.
If anyone’s interested, here are some good reads that I’ve had over the past few months. You’ll notice my conservative slant in my choosings, and if you don’t like it – tough – I don’t tell you what to read nor criticize your readings do I? Well, not to your face…
By Ann Coulter: Slander & Treason
By Bill O’Reilly: The O’Reilly Factor, The No Spin Zone (All interviews, pretty cool format), and Who’s Looking Out For You.
Bernard Goldberg: Arrogance (Bias, his other good book, isn’t on audio yet… )
The Pythons by
Bob McCabe (The audio has the actual members of the comedy troupe talking on it – excellent listening)
Bill Maher’s “When you Ride Alone you Ride with Bin Laden” – quite humerous and hits home.
The Death of Right and Wrong by Tammy Bruce. Yes, I’m not your typical conservative homophobe who was scared away by an author who is an openly gay feminist. She actually represents all the good Femenism has to offer, with none of the man-hating crap pushed on us by some other “femenists”.
So if you are interested in listening to audio books, I highly recommend audible.com. For $20 a month, I get 2 books (any length). A real bargin when you figure that I paid about $10 for Odd Thomas and its going for $45 at bookstores. For that much, I can afford to record it on my own CDR’s (a nice touch of the audible software – their DRM isn’t too extravegant, and is the reason I can’t share with you). Anyway, check out www.audible.com or email me and I’ll send you an email with my referral code (yea, you think I’m putting this up for monetary purposes – ha – go spite me and just head straight to the link above – you’ll really show money-grubbing old me… )
Well, now I think I’ll chill for a while before I go teach tonight, perhaps swing by some other friend’s blogs, and take a nap. The life of me is never boring, but gets quite sleepy…