August 2008
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iPhone, WTF?
My iPhone has been a pretty big brat lately. There’s been so many issues and problems with MobileMe, iTunes and Apple’s Sync servers that every once and a while I’ll be faced with another issue - now 99.9% of the time, all I have to do is wait fifteen minutes and try again but this issue has been going on all day.
I have “Push Email” on my phone, which means instead...
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One Of Those Days - Again
What’s the again for? Well, I already had a topic with this name and that would be dumb to use the same title twice, right? Yes, tell me I’m right.
Anyway, I’ve been having kind of a bad day. Though I guess in comparison to what some people consider a bad day to be, it really wasn’t. Some stuff isn’t worth blogging about but one event that just happened that kind of...
July 2008
The Hogans Got A Divorce? Gasp!
So, I’ll admit it - I’m watching “Brooke Knows Best” right now. It’s an old episode where they are looking for a roommate. Anyway, I found out that the Hogans got a divorce, thats why all the shows of Hulk are in some new house! How insane is that?
Harry Potter Trailer
I first saw that the trailer has come out on my friend Eric’s tumblr - thanks Eric!
Anyway, the first official trailer of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was release recently. It looks amazing! I was in 6th grade when I started reading the Harry Potter series - now I’m in college and I’m still interested. The first two movies were great, Chris Columbus did an awesome...
“All I Ever Wanted (Radio Edit)” by...
“Disturbia (Jody Den Broeder Radio...
Cool Icon
I found this icon on a website that has free Mac OS X icons. I was just looking around when this one scared the crap out of me. Maybe you’ll see why.
Manorville Post Office
So, I’ve lived in Manorville for seven years. Wow, time flies. Anyway, I’ve been in the 11949 zip code for all that time and today was the first time I ever went into the Post Office. I had to return my MobileMe box, because I ened up having to buy it online to reactivate my account - don’t get me started - and I had to send out my old iPhone to it’s happy new home in...
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Georgia Rule
So, I was flipping through the channels and caught the first few seconds of this movie. I feel like I’ve heard of it, but like movies, I probably haven’t seen it. Anyway, I ended up watching the whole thing and I’m not sure why. Lindsay Lohan played a troubled teenager who was good at seducing men…because there’s a part she really had to reach deep to find!
Anyway,...
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Copy/Paste
Everyone needs to shut up about copy and paste on freakin phones. I’m so tired of every review and every opinion about the iPhone talking about how it doesn’t have copy and paste. What the hell are you possibly doing that you NEED to have the ability to copy and paste large amounts of text that can’t wait. I’m not saying never introduce it, but I don’t know..maybe fix...
If I Didn't Already Hate Sprint
Okay, so John is pretty pissed off right now. Last night, my eBay auction ended and this guy got the item in the final seconds. So then he goes back and forth with me asking me 20 questions about my feedback rating and about the phone, all stuff that you can see BEFORE you bid on the item. So then he asks me “will this phone work on Sprint?”. Okay, if you don’t know anything...
“I’m Sorry (Jorg Schmid Mix)” by...
“Ride It (Sunship Mix) ” by Jay Sean.
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Sold!
So the eBay auction on my phone ended tonight. While it wasn’t exactly what I had expected, and the deal with the woman on myspace fell through, I still made out pretty well. eBay has changed so much over the years and they make it really easy. PayPal made the money transfer automatic and I was able to print my shipping label right away and can do mostly everything from home.
Anyway,...
“Crank Dat (Fulfillment Remix)” by...
Goodbye Email :(
So today, I was chatting with Brad, of MobileMe support. Haha, I was trying to see why I couldn’t get my new MobileMe account name since, it was an alias of mine anyway. He said he would have to cancel my old account first. It was really quick, but I had to backup everything really fast. I’ve had it since 2006.
So for the next 24 hours, while the old account cancellation processes, I...
iPhone Offers
So, the word it out. The EBay auction that I’m doing on my old iPhone is still pretty quiet, but I put links to it on Facebook Marketplace, MySpace Classifieds and CraigsList. So far, MySpace has given me 5 messages from people that want it. One guy offered me $800.00 and this other woman wants me to ship it to her son in Africa for $500.00 (the Africa one seems kind of like a scam, but she...
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NYC/Mary Poppins
So tonight I saw Mary Poppins on Broadway. Sounds kind of lame right? Well, it was actually one of the most amazing shows I’ve seen. According to Rachel and Vicki, there were about 10 times when I “looked like a kid in a candy store” and would just look around and whisper “whoaa!” really loudly.
This all started last night when we decided that we wanted to see a...
“Bottoms Up” by Keke Palmer.
I...
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For Sale
So, tonight I was poking around Ebay and noticed that iPhones (used, first generation ones with scratches and no accessories) were selling for between $400 and $1100! The new iPhone 3Gs are seeling for like $1900 which is insane.
Anyway, I spent like an hour jailbreaking and unlocking my old iPhone, cleaned it up and put it on EBay. We’ll see what happens :D
Check out my iPhone listing on...
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Here Comes The Bus
So today I got my roommate and housing information from Syracuse. Finally! Anyway, I wasn’t where I expected I would be. I’m in Dellplain Hall which is on the West side of campus, in between Marshall Street (Parties!) and University Place (the Main Drag). The only problem is it is literally on the opposite corner of the map from Syracuse Stage, which is where all my classes are. So,...
“Every Single Day” by Benassi Bros....
I'm Too Many Steps Ahead
Another thing!
I keep writing these posts and thinking of something else I want to write while I’m working on another post. It’s kind of strange but I’d rather have four different posts than have to think of a clever title that encompasses all of them. Well, I guess that’s partly the point of tumblr.
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Still Not Happy
I’m still not happy with the design of my tumblr. I have some crazy website ideas because I plan to start doing web design and development work on the side up at Syracuse as well as some tech-help stuff. I figured I help all my friends now, might as well make some money!
Anyway, I’m getting a new AWESOME hosting plan from this great hosting company, a new domain for the main website,...
Why Am I Still Awake?
I keep doing this. Its 3:26 AM as I’m writing this and I have no intention of going to sleep. I have such a weird schedule now, I sleep until around 1PM, wake up, have lunch, go out/hang out/relax until 8PM, then I usually go out with friends for the night, come home at 1-2AM, eat and listen to music that puts me in no mood to sleep until like 4AM. Oh wells.
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One Of Those Days
So today is “one of those days”. I’m not sure why exactly, but EVERYTHING is pissing me off. My mom has been home for a good 12 minutes and I’ve only had to communicate with her three times, and everytime I feel myself getting angry and I don’t know why. We must not be on the same wavelength and it’s just bugging me. I don’t know, maybe I need to just take...
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I Forgive You Facebook
So, today I went on my Facebook and went to http://new.facebook.com and the new super-cool profile look that they’re testing showed up, but now everything works. It looks like they officially have it out as a Beta test now, because everytime I go back, it still looks new. I can easily go back to Old Facebook, but this new one is growing on me.
P.S - The fact that Facebook now has its own...
“Because You Lied” by Dandy.
Those...
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Cheesecake and Potato Skins
So, that sounds disgusting right? Well, it’s not!
After I saw Beauty and the Beast I went to Fridays with Karen. We had this really nice waiter named Mike, who I’ve definetly seen before but never talked to. He kept making conversation with us which was cool. Anyway, we got a lot of food but Karen really wanted cheesecake so she got a piece of that too. So when Mike brought over the...
“Ok, I don’t know if it is thundering, or my mom is making a lot of noise,...”
– Traci
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Still No Roommate, Still No Place To Live
How sad did that title sound? OH well, it’s fitting for my current mood. Yeah, Syracuse lied and they still haven’t sent out the information on where my dorm room is and who my roommate is. Everyone of the 2,156 people in the Syracuse Class of 2012 group on Facebook are freaking out.
I think I just want to know where I am more than who I’m with, since where I am will impact my...
I Find Out Who's Gonna Hate Me Today
So today, since it’s now officially Sunday, is the day that Syracuse is supposed to tell me where my dorm room is (which is what I REALLY want to know) as well as who my roommate is. My luck, it’ll be the one person in the entire world that doesn’t have a Facebook, email or cell phone and I’ll be stuck guessing until the day I get there). I hope I’m in a split double,...
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Oh, Pandora!
Okay, so last week I posted about Pandora and the new iPhone application. I’m a little aggravated by Pandora at the moment. Generally, being the fabulous DJ that I am, I like to be in control of the music that I’m listening to, and I can usually find something I want to hear. Pandora is cool but I only use it on my iPhone because I’m not a fan of the actual Pandora website....
Thank You Facebook
So last night I noticed iTunes wanted me to update one of my iPhone applications. To my relief it was the Facebook application. They added so many new features, it’s really awesome. It’s already better than the web application version and I enjoy using it almost more than the actual website!
If you have an iPhone or iPod touch, check it out via the App Store. If you don’t have...
Upgrading My Old iPhone
I’m not sure why, probably because I’m lethally bored right now, I decided to put the new iPhone 2.0 software on my old, now extinct iPhone. I’m not sure why exactly, but it seems like a cool idea. But I’m half regretting it because I don’t want the new one to get jealous, because then what is 3G’s benefits? He’s a little faster? Shinier?
Oh well,...
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Hans Zimmer is My Hero
So, I’m a nerd. We all knew that already. (If for some strange reason you didn’t know that, simply look around at all the technical jargon and uneccesary detail I go into on posts about the iPhone, Apple, etc.)
Anyway, being the nerd that I am, I’m not ashamed to admit that I like movie scores. I think they’re awesome. Now, I don’t love them all but there are...
Party105 MegaJam 2008!
This looks like an awesome...
Back from The Dark Knight Premiere
Wow, thats really all I can truly say. Wow. That was by far one of the best movies I have EVER seen. Usually when a movie is built up to be so great I see it and generally like it but can always walk away and say “I can’t wait for the next one” or “That was good, but…” and be able to list at least one or two reasons why it wasn’t great. But this movie...
The Dark Knight
I’m going to see the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight. I’m so excited! Apparently, it’s being seen on more movie screens than any other movie ever and is playing in over 4,600 theatres. Over 94% of ALL online ticket sales for this week were for the movie and it has already made over 100 Million dollars.
Thanks to Katie Courick for telling me that in the background. Haha.
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Apple Better Fix This
I’m feeling really nerdy today. Almost every post I wrote today is overtly technical and yeah, whatever. So, when you sync your iPhone it backs it up, everytime. It looks for changes, makes sure everything is OK and then saves the Backup in your iTunes settings just incase you need to restore it for something, it can recall your settings, preferences, etc.
It used to take only a few...
My Laptop Just Got Even More Mobile
So, there’s been some buzz about another new iPhone/iPod Touch application. This one is called Mocha VNC Lite. I’m not too up on the concept of Remote Management and VNC File Sharing, etc. That goes above my interest level, though I’m sure if I actually cared it would be pretty simple to understand.
Anyway, this program is FREE and claims to allow you to connect REMOTELY to...
The "New" Facebook
So, Facebook has been tinkering with changing their user profiles for a really long time and I saw a preview of it today. I think it’s going to be the one that they definetly use. If you want to try it out, just go to: http://www.new.facebook.com/
(You might need to be part of the Facebook Developer Program, but try it out)
I’m not so sure if I like it yet, there’s things I...
Pandora
So I had heard about this Pandora application and project a while ago, and I didn’t really immediately like it. The concept of someone telling me what songs I’ll like and I kind of ignored it for a while. I’m not one to listen to an entire song anyway.
Last week, the Pandora app was released for the iPhone so I downloaded it and created an account. It’s actually pretty...
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The Mail Key
Okay, this concept kind of bugs me a little. I live in a private development. You would think who the hell lives here, but at any rate they just spent all this money to put these ridiculous automatic gates in and this special keypass system. I have to put this obnoxious thing in my car that will let me drive in, kind of like an easy pass.
I’ve learned to accept this and now that I have a...
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Dark Knight ... Tonight!
So tonight, I’m going to see the midnight premiere of the Dark Knight. I have been watching Batman Begins almost religiously for the past few days on my laptop but my mom bought me the DVD which is SO much more convenient.
I’m excited for it, but I guess not like everyone else. I couldn’t understand why there was such an excitement and my friend put it in perspective....
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Thanks, Apple!
So, last week on the same day as the release of the iPhone 3G, Apple also introduced and transitioned to MobileMe. MobileMe is a replacement service for .Mac that offers Push Email, Contacts and Calendar to all of your devices seconds after the changes are made. In my experience, it’s worked well. There have been some speedbumps with the transition because of all the people trying it out at...
“Grapevine” by LMC v. Martin
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