New Cell Phone

Ok. I know it's been around for a few months, but I recently bought a new cell phone. I'd had my old one for over 2 years, and the battery gave up the ghost. I would've bought one sooner, but I just couldn't decide what I wanted to get. I finally settled on the LG VX8600. It plays mp3 ringtones, but you just gotta figure out how to get them to the phone! It also has a microSD card, and boy is it tiny, but it'll hold 512 MB of storage! It's the flip phone version of the Chocolate, which I didn't like. I've always like flip phones because they are easier to hold.

Image from VerizonWireless.com

Something New

Hello all!

I know I don't post very often anymore, and I'm sorry about that. I've run out of ideas of things to post about. Vicki and Stephen do really great jobs with their blogs, and I try to read them regularly. I wish I had as much to blog about as they do, but I guess I sorta blog about different things in a way.

Anyway, I have a presentation to make at a conference in a couple of weeks. I know the topic sorta well, but I'd like to know it better. One of my fellow educators knows the topic much, much better than me, but is unable to attend with me. I'm the type that is not bothered talking to large groups of people. I was a band director for 14 years. Audiences do not bother me in the least. She's the type of person that doesn't like to be in front of large groups. Through another fellow colleague of mine, I found out about something that should benefit both of us during the conference, and I thought I'd share it with you. It's called SightSpeed. It is a video conferencing software program that is freely available and uses the Internet. I hope to be able to use this program during my presentation to allow my fellow educator to "be there" with me to answer questions and point out key items to the audience.

Check it out!!!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone! I hope everyone has a happy and prosperous new year.

Hooray for the Flash Drive!

I haven't posted in so long I almost forgot my password!

Almost...

;-)

Shiny Shiny has an intriguing article about an unusual use (IMHO) for flash drives with the new Vista operating system.

Article

Holiday Laziness

I hope everyone had a very good Thanksgiving. I did. I'm being so lazy over the course of my 5 day break! I'm taking the time to just sit around, surf the web a little, watch some tv, and work on my network. I came across this video today. This guy has way too much time on his hands!! LOL

Video

Google Earth Hacks

Google Earth did an update in recent months, and there is a site called Google Earth Hacks that's pretty cool. It's not affiliated with Google but has some great downloads for the Google Earth app. Check it out.

Google Earth Hacks

Haha

This cracks me up. Reminds me of that commercial from a year or two ago where the guy is clicking his mouse. His wife asked him something about what he was doing and he told her he finished.

The End of the Internet

Oh...now this is just...real good :- |

McDonald's has reportedly shipped some mp3 players with a trojan horse. Seems that the fast food giant teamed up with Coca-Cola in Japan to give away some mp3 players preloaded with music and spyware. Supposedly the trojan horse contains a variant of some code that will steal passwords when attached to your PC. McDonald's is reportedly handling the situation.

Link to Article at Engadget

Yay!!!!

I am officially a Lifehacker.com commentator! If you've not yet been to the Lifehacker site you MUST go. It is a website with all sorts of tips and tricks for computers as well as a host of other things. It is a VERY informative site that I think you will enjoy!

Lifehacker

New Web 2.0 Tool

I came across this new tool (at least new to me) while surfing yesterday. It's called StumbleUpon. You sign up for it and get the little toolbar that works similar to Google's toolbar and surf away. You fill out a little form with your interests, and that's the websites you will see! It's pretty cool.