Remember my little rant a few weeks ago? Well, if you know anyone on the Google side (Android), you can tell them that the lamentations they’ve been emitting can now be silenced. Google fixed the Marking Items Read issue. They write:

For those of you with Android phones, we’ve also fixed a particularly annoying bug that led to items not being marked as read correctly.

So that’s nice, they fixed a problem and even blogged about it to let us know. This little blog post, though, did more than inform me about a bug fix – it further annoyed me at the current state of Windows Mobile. My gripe today boils down to one thing: speed. Not speed of the operating system, but speed of the… Continue reading

If you don’t know, and I wouldn’t doubt you if you said you didn’t, Ghost Hunters is a show on the SciFi channel that focuses on a group of individuals who seek to document evidence of paranormal activity. Karey enjoys watching the show religiously, and I enjoy watching it was well (I don’t particularly like the cast of the spin-off show, Ghost Hunters International, so I usually sit out for that show when it comes on). Anyway, the Ghost Hunters go about “hunting” a bit differently than other shows I’ve seen on the subject, which is why I’m posting on it. The investigators firmly believe a core tenant of good scientific investigation: The best way to prove the existence of something is to try your hardest to disprove it… Continue reading

3 ‘phenomenal shots’ ended pirate hostage crisis – CNN.com“The on-scene commander saw that one of the pirates still held that AK-47, was very, very concerned for the captain’s life — and he ordered the shots to be taken,” Gortney told CNN on Monday.Even with the small boat “moving up and down a couple of feet,” the SEALs hit their targets. “Remarkable marksmanship,” Gortney said.I really hate to feel good about anyone dying, but I will admit to being a bit happy upon hearing that the three remaining pirates holding an American hostage were gunned down. I find myself wondering though – what does this tell the pirates.Hopefully it tells them to stay away from boats flying under the American flag, which I would probably do if I were a… Continue reading

Here is the only real revelation or startling thought I’ve had tonight regarding the election. Last summer, I listened heavily to the song Pary like a Rock Star and while listening to it, I thought “The Obama campaign should really use this and sing it as “Party like Barack”. That was 18 months before the election.
The best part of the evening isn’t if your candidate won or the other guy lost – it’s that these stupid, protracted, and utterly draining election cycles are over. For at least the next 25-30 months or so. Hopefully… Continue reading

Today was an interesting day. We had a near revolt that almost turned ugly in the last Windows Mobile session on MS Campus (Sorry, NDA probably covers why… suffice it to say your MVPs are sticking up for you (Look at me talking all old-hat, less than a month…:) )). Anyway, tonight was the party at the Experience Music Project (EMP, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_Music_Project) . Karaoke that was really cool (With a live band and rock and roll effects, guitar hero / rockband, and more). I spent around 2 hours there then hopped the bus back early – I need some sleep (Which explains why there are no pics from today. Perhaps more tomorrow!).
Night Everyone!… Continue reading

“Japan’s Access, the company behind the NetFront browser that is used in hundreds of phones on sale worldwide, has developed a widget system for the latest version of the browser and will demonstrate it next week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Much like those on Apple’s Mac OSX or Windows Vista, the NetFront widgets can do things like provide updated weather information, news headlines, favorites from YouTube, local maps, and photo feeds from Web sites. The intention is that users will be able to download widgets for sites like Google Maps, YouTube, and Wikipedia so those sites become services available directly from the desktop. In the case of some sites, say an auction site where prices change all the time, the widget will be able to provide constantly… Continue reading

Personal Digital Assistants, and web-enabled Cell Phones, are everywhere it seems. Yet most of us create elaborate websites that look painfully awful on the small screens of our computer’s little brothers and sisters. Wouldn’t it be great to simply flip a switch and have your CMS instantly create a PDA-ready version of itself? Well, it may require a bit more than 1 switch, but the solution I’ve found for this website has made me extremely happy! Read on for more information!

Joomla is an off-shoot of the popular Mambo CMS package. Joomla! has inspired numerous authors to create their own modules (e.g., what goes on a page), components (specialized feature-adding plugins), and mambots (sub-processing software that allows you to… Continue reading

I’d like to just let everyone know that I’ve decided on announcing the hugely anticipated winner of “Jon’s Official Punctuation” contest. The contest was long, lenghty, and protracted (and all of the above) and it was a tough choice. Many had much to offer, few had little merit. Ampersand & Pilcrow put up an especially tough fight, with inverted Exclamation Point using some notoriously dirty tactics in it’s valient struggle. So without further procrastination, I announce the winner:

Interrobang!
In the end this versitile and rarely used symbol pulled ahead and claimed victory. Interrobang will now be named “Jon’s Official Punctuation” for the next year (Expiring November 1, 2007, with the exclusive clause for Jon to renew Official Standing for up to 75 additional years) and will be favored… Continue reading

Artichokes are one of my favorite foods, however I find that many people are downright scared by the things when they see them in the grocery store.  After all, they do look like a strange green vegetable that you’d probably never want to eat.  Recently, artichoke dips have become very popular at places such as generic american bar and grill and the other generic american bar and grill and even at semi-reputable chain-style italian eatery.  Artichokes are pretty nutrious as well, as listed on Wikipedia.
So how does one make an artichoke? Well, here are the simple steps:
1. Purchase Artichoke(s)
2. Cut tips off the leaves (optional – real men don’t care if they are a bit pointy – they won’t cut ya!)
3. Cut black part off stem (optional -… Continue reading

“C is for cookie, it’s good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C.”
Karey graciously made me cookies as per my request on the ride home … Continue reading