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I’m not going to say that I’m back into the blogging grove, but something happened when I got home tonight. Just seemed like the right time to pound through some posts.
I don’t know how many I’ve written tonight for both sites, but I’ve got a good rhythm going so I’ll try to get some items posted. Not sure that I’ll feel the same way the rest of the week, but we’ll see how it goes.
I’ve got an idea or two that I’m going to try to incorporate into my schedule this week to see how it goes. One of the things I’ve tried to do (and failed) is to get out of the office during lunch to get a fresh perspective. I used to do this a lot before we moved into the city, and something that I hope to get back to once we leave the city.
The day always goes a little smoother when you leave the office for an hour and have some time to think, thrash to some tunes, or simply watch the clouds go by. We’ll see if I can keep making the time to do that.
Quad-core is On the Way – CrunchGear
Ok, I’m in for quad-core chips as well! My only question is one of software licensing though. If I remember Microsoft’s OS licensing correctly, XP will recognize up to 2 processors, Server Standard supports 4, Enterprise supports up to 16, and on and on.
Am I remembering correctly or will the shipping version of XP (and presumably Vista) only support 2 processors and not the full 4 in the core?
Hope I’m wrong, anyway read CrunchGear’s post on Intel’s chip plans.
Link to CrunchGear » Blog Archive » Quad-core is On the Way
NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program halted by judge – The Wireless Report
I’ve just got to pipe up on this one. From what I understand of the laws and constitution, this is fully within the realm of the government’s ability and responsibility. To fully protect the citizens of the United States, this activity by the NSA is well within the limits of constitutional law.
The simple point I have with this is that we need this data mined to track down ALL terrorists, regardless of race, religion, or persuasion.
To maintain the safety and integrity of this country (and the world), we need to track down and dispatch groups that would otherwise flourish on the carnage and chaos that they cause. This needs to be done before events like 9/11, the Tokyo & London bombings, and the current activity in Lebanon take place.
While I understand the intention of this Judge and the ACLU, this action should only be taken by congress, where everyone in the country is represented, not by the judiciary. Wrong place for this action.
For those who disagree with my position – that’s fine. In fact I’m glad that you have an opinion! Let’s debate this in the proper theater (congress) instead of a side-show circus that the ACLU usually attempts.
You have to fight fire with fire.
That’s my motto.
Link to NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program halted by judge – The Wireless Report
HTC Excalibur gets FCC nod – Engadget Mobile
Engadget has the good stuff today!
Check this out, the HTC Excalibur is being approved for distribution in the US. This QWERTY equipped Smartphone with landscape QVGA screen is built by HTC, the same company responsible for the HTC Wizard and other fantastic Pocket PC & Smartphone designs.
Rumored to be a Moto Q killer, the HTC Excalibur is a Microsoft Smartphone based device with the standard compliment of Bluetooth, WiFi, and GSM/GPRS/EDGE support. Look for this on the Cingular or T-Mobile networks, though there is no indication at this time as to which carrier will pick it up first. I hope both will snap this bad boy up ASAP!
Verizon releasing 8700 with GSM support? – Engadget Mobile
Very interesting – if this article from Engadget Mobile (link below) is true, then Verizon customers will have no trouble roaming off-continent with this device.
I’ve known they were working on this type of solution for awhile, but frankly, I’m surprised that they have it ready to go in the timeframe mentioned in the article.
Verizon subs waiting for the latest BB goodness, your wait is over!
Link to Verizon releasing 8700 with GSM support? – Engadget Mobile
Busy getting ready to move
So we’re deep into the packing phase of moving to our new townhouse. Its surprising to me how much stuff a person accumulates over the years. Just things that really don’t add to a person’s goals.
We’ve been purging old office stuff, old furniture, books, etc… The nice part about the purging effort is that we’ll have less to move when the time comes.
Anyway, back to work today to tackle the tasks that bring in the paycheck! Lots to do here as well – anyone know where I can buy a few hours to add to each day? Preferably, they would come fully rested and not hungry either :).
Writely now in open beta!
This is good news to those that have been waiting! Writely is now open to new registrations. Techcrunch has an interesting column about the affect that Google may be having on other online office solutions, specifically related to this week’s announcement of Kiko shutting down service.
Link to Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Google’s Writely released; will another sector be squashed?
Finding my niche
That is what I’m finding I need to do here. I’ve yet to find my niche in the blog world rather than simply linking all over the place. Its one thing that bothers the crap out of me – linking to news bits all over the place.
I like to share things I find, but it seems like that’s most of the posts I’ve got here. ProBlogger.net has a lot of great ideas for focusing on blogging and developing your own style, but I’ve yet to have the time to really dig into all the content Darren has.
MDA (Lack of) Volume Control
So my newly upgraded MDA seems to have different volume levels for different sounds. The phone has one level, media player another (both within my expectations) and a different one for reminder sounds.
Yikes!
When a reminder goes off, it seems like 3 times as loud as the ring tone. I’ve been through the sound & volume settings a dozen times, but can’t get a handle on what’s driving the higher reminder volumes.
I also run Pocket Informant and Pocket Breeze for PIM management and Today Screen display of information. Both of these applications don’t have settings for reminders or sounds.
Its baffling me, I’ve never run across this in 5 years of PPC ownership. Definitely the old ROMs for the MDA and other variants like the Qtek and iMate don’t exhibit this volume issue.
Anyone else see this?
CoolSmartPhone.com – New version of Skype for Pocket PC released
So Skype seems to have released a new version of the Pocket PC interface to their service (though I believe its actually in beta yet). Though they have not worked on reducing the system requirements so all us HTC Wizard users can use the software, they have several new features.
Among the changes:
- feature: Multi-chat support
- feature: SkypeIn support
- feature: Voicemail support
- feature: Call forwarding support
- feature: Profile editing
- feature: Detailed search
- feature: Contact list information with avatar and mood messages support
- feature: Improved chat-more emoticons and ‘set topic’ ability
- feature: Animated emoticons
- feature: Skype Launcher
- feature: GSM and Skype callsmanagement
- feature: Larger Dial Pad and delete button in Dial Pad
- feature: Online help
- feature: One click access to Skype from the device home screen
- change: Contact list sorting
- bugfix: Saved SkypeOut contacts are shown without their name in the Log tab
- bugfix: VM sender Skype name is displayed instead of the real name
- bugfix: Chat partner username instead of the real name displayed in tab head
- bugfix: ‘Clear Log’ doesn’t work for unknown SI call
- bugfix: Call duration is only in minutes:seconds
- bugfix: Search enabled while offline
- bugfix: ‘Hold’ is enabled, when the call is already on hold
- bugfix: Call ‘hold’ is allowed before call is answered
- bugfix: ‘Hold’ reminds checked with new conference call
- bugfix: Possible to send just space in chat
- bugfix: Overlapped notifications on Start tab
- bugfix: Contact names are overlapped in Contact list
- bugfix: Allow calls and allow chats menus are empty while signed out
- bugfix: Scrollbar doesn’t reach the end in Call log
- bugfix: Selected privacy option not updated first time
- bugfix: Title bar notifications are not removed after signing out
- bugfix: Incoming chat will create notification when some dialog is open
- bugfix: Offline icon changes to pending for contact who hasn’t been online for a long time
- bugfix: Call duration is delayed for longer calls while browsing other programs at the same time
Link to CoolSmartPhone.com – New version of Skype for Pocket PC released
I hope the leadership of the Republican Party will take his word seriously. Because this is exactly right.
This is very simple: only Americans citizens should be allowed to vote in American elections.
The SAVE America Act is common sense, and we need to pass it now!
I don’t recall you complaining when gas was $5.00 under Biden.
Hypocrisy much?
Please RT!
This Middle Ages bullshit is a cancer on the planet👇👇🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸