Technology
Google Voice!
Submitted by ardith on Mon, 2009-10-12 23:41I was lucky enough to get an invite to Google Voice! Now I shall test the call widget function. You now have the power to leave me a voice mail. I don't know if you want to, but hey, the button is here.
Wanted: Anaconda! or Why I love HD TV.
Submitted by ardith on Fri, 2009-01-02 21:42After HD TV, it's hard to go back. I have a really nice 32 inch Wega that I loved when I first got out of college. It was my first big purchase. I dropped over $1000 on it and it was totally worth it. Now it sits upstairs, mostly unused. I've moved on to bigger and better things.
And by things, I mean HD TVs
I mean, I've always loved a good PBS/Nature/Science special, but with the magic of HD, it makes images on the screen seem breathtakingly vivid.
I just plopped on the TV and lost an hour watching a special on the Smithsonian Channel in HD. The special was about the search for giant anacondas. Like 25+ feet long. Of course the snakes looked huge, scale-y, and alive.
Of course, this kind of backfires when watching the Food Channel in HD. It's so hard to not feel hungry when faced with the sumptuous feasts that they produce in decadence.
Firefox 3, Drupal, iPhone, and Other Shiny Things
Submitted by ardith on Tue, 2008-06-10 04:31Well, this isn't really about accessories -- more like enhancements to the internet experience.
You can preview the newest incarnation of FireFox from GetFireFox.com. Firefox 3 has some great features including the AWESOME BAR. The address bar KNOWS where you want to go. It knows.....
I've also been working with other CMS, including Drupal. Personally, I think Joomla is easier to set up and much more intuitive than Drupal when it comes to getting started, but I can see why people like Drupal. Still, I'm really a Joomla girl at heart. It's like imprinted in my brain. I have to sign up for that mysql/PHP class but I shudder to think about the gas it will take to go to Riverside. Really, it isn't that far and it's only once a week, so I should totally go, but if gas hits $5, i want to weep.
I've a couple of projects to do for some of my friends. I was thinking that it might be better to hold off until I have some classes under my belt to really enhance their pages. I've gotten away with setting up sites without a lot of core knowledge other than my HTML skills and my ability to figure things out. And while it's done me plenty good, I'd like to be a little more solid in my background knowledge.
1. a new phone.
2. a camera.
3. a way to cyber-stalk my friends from everywhere.