Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Arts and Crafts
I never took any art classes in school. I'd like to learn to draw and paint now. I know it's not too late but it's just one more thing to fragment my time
Problems Problems
As is obvious, I've been sending more pictures to eb. Somehow I managed to break the software I was using to do it. So this post is pointless other than to hopefully reset something
I forgot what I was going to say
I'd written an entry out yesterday but when I went to post it Blogger decided to crap out. Normally it at least saves deafts but it decided that was not a good thing to do that time.
Some day I'm going to lose an important, life changing thought beacuse of tnot writing it down fast enough.
Some day I'm going to lose an important, life changing thought beacuse of tnot writing it down fast enough.
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Friday, March 17, 2006
Site News
As should be obvious I've been doing some site updating. Streamlined things and got the templates loadinmg faster. Stats are working again for my 4 visitors
The Gadget Blog: Gadget News, Gadget Reviews, Gadget Tech Specs. » Actiontec Announces the VoSKY Call Center and VoSKY Exchange at CES 2006
The Gadget Blog: Gadget News, Gadget Reviews, Gadget Tech Specs. » Actiontec Announces the VoSKY Call Center and VoSKY Exchange at CES 2006
The future is now.
It’s pretty clear that to have the ability to use Skype to make calls from your cellphone would rock beyond words. A little while back, for a couple of minutes, it looked like this Netgear phone was it, but that was a false alarm: it only worked in hotspots. But now, a company called VoSKY seems to have created the Magical Golden Bridge, in the shape of the Call Center, a product that allows you to use Skype from any phone (pay phone, home phone, cell phone) to call anyone in the world for a fraction of the regular cost.
The way it works is very simple. The Call Center unit acts as an interface between the phone of your choice, and your Skype connected computer. First, plug one end of the unit to your landline and the other to your computer (which should be running Skype already). Then, when you’re out and want to call Grandma, simply call the line to which the unit is connected (that would be your home phone number, dodo). Like an answering machine, the Call Center will pick your call up and prompt you for your PIN number. Then simply dial the number you wish to call, and the device takes care of the rest.
There is a little caveat, in that you’re going to have to disable your current voice messaging service. But fear not, the Call Center will act as one as well. It comes bundled with software that will record voice messages directly to your computer, though that means your PC (yeah, no Mac) has to always stay on.
It’s sheer brilliance. If you don’t mind the little extra step of calling home first (and why should you if you get to call for cheap?), then this $70 device finally gives you the ability to unleash Skype’s full potential.
via OhGizmo
The future is now.
It’s pretty clear that to have the ability to use Skype to make calls from your cellphone would rock beyond words. A little while back, for a couple of minutes, it looked like this Netgear phone was it, but that was a false alarm: it only worked in hotspots. But now, a company called VoSKY seems to have created the Magical Golden Bridge, in the shape of the Call Center, a product that allows you to use Skype from any phone (pay phone, home phone, cell phone) to call anyone in the world for a fraction of the regular cost.
The way it works is very simple. The Call Center unit acts as an interface between the phone of your choice, and your Skype connected computer. First, plug one end of the unit to your landline and the other to your computer (which should be running Skype already). Then, when you’re out and want to call Grandma, simply call the line to which the unit is connected (that would be your home phone number, dodo). Like an answering machine, the Call Center will pick your call up and prompt you for your PIN number. Then simply dial the number you wish to call, and the device takes care of the rest.
There is a little caveat, in that you’re going to have to disable your current voice messaging service. But fear not, the Call Center will act as one as well. It comes bundled with software that will record voice messages directly to your computer, though that means your PC (yeah, no Mac) has to always stay on.
It’s sheer brilliance. If you don’t mind the little extra step of calling home first (and why should you if you get to call for cheap?), then this $70 device finally gives you the ability to unleash Skype’s full potential.
via OhGizmo
Toshiba's WiFi-screen Tablet PC laptop - Engadget
Toshiba's WiFi-screen Tablet PC laptop - Engadget: "Toshiba was showing off that concept laptop we saw earlier this year -- you know, the one with a detachable display that communicates with its body by way of WiFi. It's also DLNA compliant so you can cruise around while watching video or interacting with your machine (so long as you don't get out of signal range). We got to handle the actual display part of the unit, and we have to confess, we fell a bit in love."
This gets an ebGoodIdea
This gets an ebGoodIdea
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Fragmented
My life, both online and off, is fragmented.
My friends are scattered around the globe these days instead of the city.
I have to keep journals at five different places to keep up with everyone.
I have to be on five different IM networks to keep up with everyone.
They're scattered over different web sites.
I have too many interests and divide up my energy into slivers
I have too many interests and divide my time into slivers
***
I hate trying to make new friends but need to.
I hate old friends who don't make any effort unless they want something.
***
I was talking to someone yesterday and they suddenly asked me how I was doing. It was funny since she'd been going on forever about her problems, which she has been for the last several months, and I think she suddenly realised I was getting bored with it and wanted to make sure I'd keep on listening. I thought that even more since it took less than a minute to shift back to her.
***
I would give up 20 IQ points for a good dollop of drive.
My friends are scattered around the globe these days instead of the city.
I have to keep journals at five different places to keep up with everyone.
I have to be on five different IM networks to keep up with everyone.
They're scattered over different web sites.
I have too many interests and divide up my energy into slivers
I have too many interests and divide my time into slivers
***
I hate trying to make new friends but need to.
I hate old friends who don't make any effort unless they want something.
***
I was talking to someone yesterday and they suddenly asked me how I was doing. It was funny since she'd been going on forever about her problems, which she has been for the last several months, and I think she suddenly realised I was getting bored with it and wanted to make sure I'd keep on listening. I thought that even more since it took less than a minute to shift back to her.
***
I would give up 20 IQ points for a good dollop of drive.
Monday, March 13, 2006
ScoreHer.com Dating Advice for men: Chicktionary Archives
ScoreHer.com Dating Advice for men: Chicktionary Archives
A little thing that was posted at linkfilter that seemed to stand out to me due to some recent conversations.
Mrs Bot seems to think that I'm going to be having sex with a friend from work. It's not somethinng that's going to happen. I've been in a bit of a funk anyway and some ways that isn't helping.
I think the biggest reason it's not helping is that it's not true. My friend has her own life and we're really just friends at work. She got promoted and moved on and we talk less and less. I imagine that if it weren't for work we really wouldn't talk much at all.
So as much as Mrs Bot is convinced of this I'm getting double negative strokes from this. First from Mrs Bot fro needing to briung this up and being so concerned about something that not only isn't going to happen but has no opportunity to happen but also from me wonderi9ng now what's wrong with me that it's not happening. I'm screwed either way.
I think Mrs Bot highly overestimates the allure of pudgy, balding, cranky, broke middle aged men.
***
Work is sucking lately. I lost all of my help, my workload trippled and they moved my office. I like the new office fine but half my stuff is across twon still and I haven't had time to get anything caught up so I'm running a week behind on important things and almost a month behind on filing. My office looks like crap. I don't have the time to even get things set up so I'm working out of boxes for half the things I need. I'd just set aside half an hour a day to fix it but I am stuck in constant crisis mode. The only things I have time to take care of are critical items.
I'm trying not to stay late amymore though. I feel like it doesn't get me caught up and it's just cutting into my personal time which means far more to me than the money
A little thing that was posted at linkfilter that seemed to stand out to me due to some recent conversations.
Mrs Bot seems to think that I'm going to be having sex with a friend from work. It's not somethinng that's going to happen. I've been in a bit of a funk anyway and some ways that isn't helping.
I think the biggest reason it's not helping is that it's not true. My friend has her own life and we're really just friends at work. She got promoted and moved on and we talk less and less. I imagine that if it weren't for work we really wouldn't talk much at all.
So as much as Mrs Bot is convinced of this I'm getting double negative strokes from this. First from Mrs Bot fro needing to briung this up and being so concerned about something that not only isn't going to happen but has no opportunity to happen but also from me wonderi9ng now what's wrong with me that it's not happening. I'm screwed either way.
I think Mrs Bot highly overestimates the allure of pudgy, balding, cranky, broke middle aged men.
***
Work is sucking lately. I lost all of my help, my workload trippled and they moved my office. I like the new office fine but half my stuff is across twon still and I haven't had time to get anything caught up so I'm running a week behind on important things and almost a month behind on filing. My office looks like crap. I don't have the time to even get things set up so I'm working out of boxes for half the things I need. I'd just set aside half an hour a day to fix it but I am stuck in constant crisis mode. The only things I have time to take care of are critical items.
I'm trying not to stay late amymore though. I feel like it doesn't get me caught up and it's just cutting into my personal time which means far more to me than the money
Friday, March 10, 2006
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Dear MPAA/RIAA/TV People
Please to be using technology to advance us please to be stop using old laws to stop technology.
Some ideas for you to use that would help you harass the power of the internet for...profit!
1) Start offering a listing of the songs from shows from the last week and offering...downloads! I heard the song, I know I wanted to hear it again; you are all missing out by not selling something that costs you almost nothing. It gives a legal way to get these tunes, promotes the bands and makes you money. I'm going to burn the cd myself so you aren't even out the cost of the media or the storefront etc, just some dude to watch the computers
2) Start offering downloads of the show. Same deal as above. You can charge a couple of bucks and by the end of the season; I have a set that you did not have to do anything for but offer up a download. It lets lesser shows stay around legally and you do not have to put out collections for things that did not do well in the ratings but we liked enough to record. I would pay a little bit for a better legal copy, which brings us to:
3) Learn how to tier your sets. You need to release three of them. One that's just the show (or cd), one that has some gives the groovy dvd extras and one that is the super deluxe version that gives extended versions, directors cuts, booklets etc. And this is the important part: RELEASE THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME. You aren't stealing sales from yourself but when you delay the release of the set with the extras, you’re pissing off the very people you want to buy those sets.
4) Release movies in the theatre, on DVD and Pay Per View the same day. Or only delay the release of the DVD and Pay Per View a week after the theatrical release. Do you not know yet that the audiences for these are different? You are losing money by not doing this.
Make it so.
PS Hi Brenda
Some ideas for you to use that would help you harass the power of the internet for...profit!
1) Start offering a listing of the songs from shows from the last week and offering...downloads! I heard the song, I know I wanted to hear it again; you are all missing out by not selling something that costs you almost nothing. It gives a legal way to get these tunes, promotes the bands and makes you money. I'm going to burn the cd myself so you aren't even out the cost of the media or the storefront etc, just some dude to watch the computers
2) Start offering downloads of the show. Same deal as above. You can charge a couple of bucks and by the end of the season; I have a set that you did not have to do anything for but offer up a download. It lets lesser shows stay around legally and you do not have to put out collections for things that did not do well in the ratings but we liked enough to record. I would pay a little bit for a better legal copy, which brings us to:
3) Learn how to tier your sets. You need to release three of them. One that's just the show (or cd), one that has some gives the groovy dvd extras and one that is the super deluxe version that gives extended versions, directors cuts, booklets etc. And this is the important part: RELEASE THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME. You aren't stealing sales from yourself but when you delay the release of the set with the extras, you’re pissing off the very people you want to buy those sets.
4) Release movies in the theatre, on DVD and Pay Per View the same day. Or only delay the release of the DVD and Pay Per View a week after the theatrical release. Do you not know yet that the audiences for these are different? You are losing money by not doing this.
Make it so.
PS Hi Brenda
Monday, February 27, 2006
End of the Line - Foreign Policy Magazine
End of the Line
Where do ships go to die? Thirty years ago, Europe's shipyards took apart most of the world's supertankers. But rising costs eventually sent much of the ship-breaking industry to Bangladesh. In just two months, teams of workers will reduce a 240,000-ton tanker to scrap metal using crowbars, hammers, and their bare hands.
Where do ships go to die? Thirty years ago, Europe's shipyards took apart most of the world's supertankers. But rising costs eventually sent much of the ship-breaking industry to Bangladesh. In just two months, teams of workers will reduce a 240,000-ton tanker to scrap metal using crowbars, hammers, and their bare hands.
Sunday, February 26, 2006
EQUIPPED TO SURVIVE - Outdoors Gear, Survival Equipment Review & Survival Information
EQUIPPED TO SURVIVE - Outdoors Gear, Survival Equipment Review & Survival Information: "Equipped To Survive® is the most comprehensive online resource for independent reviews of survival equipment and outdoors gear, as well as survival and Search and Rescue information. Equipped To Survive® will help you determine the best choices to prepare for anything from a hike in the park to a life threatening emergency or disaster. Please note that this is not a 'survivalist' site. "
One if my favorite survival sites because its focus is one survival in emergency situations, not TEOTWAWKI (Which I think about sometimes as well)
One if my favorite survival sites because its focus is one survival in emergency situations, not TEOTWAWKI (Which I think about sometimes as well)
Buteyko: A to Z
Buteyko: A to Z: "Buteyko method opposes traditional medical approach which mechanically tries to eliminate symptoms of an illness using drugs. It does not touch the origin of illness. Doctor Buteyko claims that his method targets the origin of a disease - incorrect breathing pattern."
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Heh
[beaglebot] I would also use my money to make and promote new words
[beaglebot] Like "athen"
[FuzzyDave] athen?
[beaglebot] As in "I'm going to Scotland 3 weeks athen." or
[beaglebot] "Long athen, when you're all grown up, ...".
[beaglebot] a future ago
[FuzzyDave] i like
[FuzzyDave] i would like more people to adopt FuzzySpeak. The world needs more fleeble, snakki and woodgie.
[beaglebot] ok course
[beaglebot] I'd also like a word that means "both yes and no"
[FuzzyDave] snaye
[beaglebot] interesting
[FuzzyDave] it's got the Y E S of yes, plus the nay of No.
[FuzzyDave] andn the Y E S wraps around the No part.
[FuzzyDave] while at the sametime is a part of the No part
[FuzzyDave] Snaye
[beaglebot] Snaye will be used shortly athen
[beaglebot] Like "athen"
[FuzzyDave] athen?
[beaglebot] As in "I'm going to Scotland 3 weeks athen." or
[beaglebot] "Long athen, when you're all grown up, ...".
[beaglebot] a future ago
[FuzzyDave] i like
[FuzzyDave] i would like more people to adopt FuzzySpeak. The world needs more fleeble, snakki and woodgie.
[beaglebot] ok course
[beaglebot] I'd also like a word that means "both yes and no"
[FuzzyDave] snaye
[beaglebot] interesting
[FuzzyDave] it's got the Y E S of yes, plus the nay of No.
[FuzzyDave] andn the Y E S wraps around the No part.
[FuzzyDave] while at the sametime is a part of the No part
[FuzzyDave] Snaye
[beaglebot] Snaye will be used shortly athen
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Anime to Catch
A fan trailer of one of the few shows that has made it to regular rotation on US TV that doesn't seem to be aimed solely at children
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Friday, January 20, 2006
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Saturday, January 14, 2006
A book request
If you are a used bookstore person would you keep an eye out for some books for me?
I'm looking particuarly for books on contructed and auxillary languages which are few and far between in my own cultural backwater. So far my library on the subject is one small book on Esperanto and a pamphlt on Lojlan.
There are more books on constructed languages than you would think, but most of them are long since out of print so this is one of the avenues I'm trying to widen my search.
You can just leave a comment here or send an email to me at beaglebot@gmail.com
Thanks for looking
I'm looking particuarly for books on contructed and auxillary languages which are few and far between in my own cultural backwater. So far my library on the subject is one small book on Esperanto and a pamphlt on Lojlan.
There are more books on constructed languages than you would think, but most of them are long since out of print so this is one of the avenues I'm trying to widen my search.
You can just leave a comment here or send an email to me at beaglebot@gmail.com
Thanks for looking
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Puppy Video Contest
I provide the raw footage and you supply your version of an edit.You can also pull from anything in public domain or with the proper creative commons or copyleft attributes
If you have any trouble with the footage: My camera only does them as avi, I have to change the extension to mpeg to get them into adobe premiere but they will go into iMovie fine with .avi
The footage
The first entry
If you have any trouble with the footage: My camera only does them as avi, I have to change the extension to mpeg to get them into adobe premiere but they will go into iMovie fine with .avi
The footage
The first entry
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Thursday, January 05, 2006
This is the prayer Mrs Bot wrote Tuesday night for Tanner:
If today you take my little one from me, his soft furry paws and warm wet nose, remember please he likes his paws clean, If today you lead his leash away, and take that final walk back home, remember please that he enjoys a pillow where he sleeps, If today must be the final howl and the last sitting beg, one more hunting trip around the backyard before he flies, remember please to give him a cookie just before bed, and scratch his ears before he sleeps, If today is the day you take my baby dog, away across the rainbow bridge, please whisper in his ear how much I love him, how much he has given me, how often he will be missed, and please, please hold him gently, for this world is all he has known.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Which religion founder am I?
| Baha'u'llah You two would probably really get along! |
| Founder of Baha'i Out of respect to Baha'i worshippers, there is no image of Baha'u'llah on this page. "So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth." |
My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Religion Founder You Resemble Test written by Stinkbot on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test |
The vet thinks my beagle is dying. If he makes it through the night they are going to do an exploratory surgery to see about a mass in his stomach. I do not have high hopes
This is on top of one of my other dogs having stage three lymphoma which she has just started chemo for. I have higher hopes for that, but it's still depressing.
I was doing ok until I got home and Mrs Bot said "I hope someone is there to give them dog cookies in heaven"
On top of Mrs Bot being in the hospital for a staph infection that was making it to where she couldn't walk this year has not had the most auspicious start
Current Mood: About what you'd expect
This is on top of one of my other dogs having stage three lymphoma which she has just started chemo for. I have higher hopes for that, but it's still depressing.
I was doing ok until I got home and Mrs Bot said "I hope someone is there to give them dog cookies in heaven"
On top of Mrs Bot being in the hospital for a staph infection that was making it to where she couldn't walk this year has not had the most auspicious start
Current Mood: About what you'd expect
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