Link-baiting Aside

I’d like to take a moment to say Thank You to Kent Newsome for a link here to my blog.  His post Link-Giving: An Alternative for the Rest of Us mirrors a bit of what I’m thinking on a lot of the A-List link-baiting issues.  Personally I’m not interested in doing stupid human tricks for a cheap link from any of the A-List blogger’s.  However, a link simply because someone reads my blog/feed means much more.  It means that I’ve provided some kind of value, and that is all I’m trying to do here anyway.

New Poll: Self-Employment

I’ve added a new poll on my sidebar (scroll a bit, you’ll find it) that asks about employment.  Do you work for yourself or someone else?  Since I’ve recently made the jump to independent consultant, I was wondering what kind of opinions are out there on the topic.

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So, select your choice and let me know!  Thanks for stopping by.

links for 2007-05-03

Patch Tuesday – May 2007

I am really not going to miss the monthly patch cycle for thousands of computers.  Instead, I only have 5 systems (myself) that automatically update themselves.  By the way, don’t forget to reboot next week folks.

New smartphone from HP

Hewlett Packard iPAQ 514 Voice MessengerI’m not sure that I really trust HP to produce a good phone… why is that?  I really enjoyed my HP iPaq h4155 a few years back, but everything since has been a disappointment.  Please note that I haven’t bought an HP mobile device since the 4155, so my opinions are solely based on limited-time tests, betas, and technical specs.

Trusted Reviews has a one (a review that is) on the new Hewlett Packard iPAQ 514 Voice Messenger which they rate as 8 out of 10 on an average.

Though the screen is a bit low on the resolution side (176×220 – how old school), it is a full 2″ diagonal screen.  Other features include a 1.3MP camera, WiFi, and Bluetooth.  It does have a quad-band radio with EDGE support, 200MHz processor, standard 64/128MB RAM/ROM, and microSD slot.

It does run Windows Mobile 6, so its not likely to be behind the OS feature curve for some time, but for me, the low resolution, standard “candy bar” layout, and lack of a QWERTY input device means that it will not be on my list any time soon.

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