Tech, Friends, and Life.

I have decided to combine my two blogs Jim's tech news and Jim's blog into one blog. It will make things easier. My new 120 GB hard drive came yesterday. I was running out of room on my hard drive. I had to uninstall programs to just to make room. Well, not anymore. I had to partition the hard drive. The first time around I messed it up. But I figured out what I did wrong and it works now. We are having a revival at my church and it is going very well. Work is going good. I wish I could find more though.

I want to go back to Teen Mania to be in the CCM (Center of Creative Media) program. They produce the shows for ATF and all of Teen Mania's videos that they use for missions and extreme camps. I would be trained in: Producing (from conception to completion), Writing, Camera, Audio, Lighting, Editing (AVID), Directing, and Graphics Design. I would love to do this with a passion. I would be a GI (graduate Intern) and it would be for two years. But the program cost $1500 dollars a month. And I don't know how that is going to happen. The program is almost like going to Full Sail. And it cost about the same. But Full Sail is in Flordia.

Tech Headlines

Canon Introduces New XL2 Camcorder

Google Buys Picasa

Oakley Thump: Sunglasses Meet MP3 Player

Apple, Indie Labels 'Close' to iTunes Pact -Source

Yahoo Buys Web E-Mail Firm

British Military: iPods Pose Security Risk

Sony to unveil next generation PlayStation in spring

Office Depot and Apple

Firefox 1.0 Set For September

No “free entry winners” in the iTunes contest

iTunes Music Store downloads hit 100 million

Apple's iTunes Music Store, which opened its doors in April of 2003, has just sold its 100 millionth song. To mark the milestone, Apple will give the lucky person who downloaded the 100 millionth song a 17-inch PowerBook, a 40GB iPod, a gift certificate for 10,000 iTunes songs. Apple will also give away 50 20GB iPods to those who downloaded each 100,000th song between 95 million and 100 million songs. Source: MacMinute.com

Happy 4th of July

I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July. I had a great time at Celebrate Freedom 2004. You can check out the pictures on my moblog. I did not stay for the fireworks. It was my decision not to. But, I did get to ride with my friends up to the event. I saw John Marshall while I was there. He was a volunteer at Teen Mania when I was there. So that was cool. My town is putting on their fireworks display tonight so I will get to see some fireworks after all.

Celebrate Freedom 2004

I will be going to Celebrate Freedom in Dallas at Southfork Ranch tomorrow. Southfork Ranch is where they filmed the TV show "Dallas". Celebrate Freedom is the largest free outdoor concert in America. I have gone since it opened. It is alot of fun.

Free 25 Digital Prints at Target

The link goes to a coupon worth 25 free digital prints at Target. The coupon expires on July 10, 2004. Just in time for the Fourth of July weekend! 25 Free Digital Photos From Target Coupon

Movie

I went Wednesday and saw the movie Spider-Man 2. I thought it was a great movie. They had alot of surprises in this movie. Stuff that you would think that they would not do. The story line was excellent and very well thought out. The acting was very good. There is one scene where Peter is trying to save a little girl from a building that is on fire and he almost falls through the floor and the little girl helps him up. It did not look right. A little girl would not have the strength to pull him up. The special effects were extremely good. Go see it. I added Googles Adsense to my website. I don't control the ads. Some of them are crazy. It will be text or an image.

Gmail Giveaway

I have a Gmail invite that I would like to give someone. All you have to do is make a comment. Please include your name and email address. First person to comment gets it.

Contest is over.

Friendships, Fun, & Hard Work

For the past two weeks I was a summer volunteer at Teen Mania Ministries. I was a intern at the Honor Academy in August 99-2000. I just wanted to go back and help out. They are having Global Expeditions and Extreme Camps during the summer and needed the help. I had a good time. I made some awesome friends that I will never forget. Continued: I also got to see some bands while I was there. I saw Kutless, John Reuben, and Sanctus Real. I took some pictures which are on my moblog.

The Friday Four

I was gone so here it is on a Sunday.

What’s your favorite song?: Gosh there is so many. I guess right now that would be Falling in Love by Falling Up.

Who’s your favotite band?: Falling Up

Do you play any instruments?: No

How long do you spend on a computer per day?: To Much

Gmail

I got a Gmail account.

Boating

I went out tonight with my friends on their new boat. I could not fish because I had to have a fishing license. I will get one later on. It was so much fun. Out of the five of us only one caught 3 fish. He threw them back because they were small. He had one of those devices that tells where the fish are. It was so cool. It was kind of stormy when we got there. It was lighting. And at night the lighting was really awesome to watch.

I will be gone for 2 weeks starting today. Talk to you later. Bye.

Bryan's Friday Four

What is your blogging platform?: MovableType and I am testing WordPress.
How many years/months have you been blogging?: 3 years - That includes my blogger and MT blog.
How many posts have you made: On my MT blog: 168
What’s your favorite kind of pizza?: Pepperoni

Movie

I went and saw the movie The Day After Tommorrow. That movie is crazy. The special effects were very good.

Bryans Friday Four

What are your thoughts on the G4/TechTV Merge?: I think it is terrible. They have kept all the crappy shows and canceled good shows like CFH, Techlive. The Screen Savers will continue but it won't be the same without Patrick and Leo as host. Plus they have fired all of TechTV staff. The people that made TechTV so great. Update: The G4techTV.com website is nothing but crap.

Do you think the network will get better/worse ratings and why?: I don't think the network will have good ratings. They have added all the crap that was on TechTV. And how many gaming shows can you have until you get bored? I hope they atleast keep TSS like it is now.

What are your thoughts on Leoville.tv: I think if he keeps it like the style of Call For Help then it will be ok. I don't think charging people for it is right. I have dial-up and it probably won't do me any good to subscribe.

What's your favorite ice cream flavor?: Mint Chocolate Chip.

Not that you care

I got a new mouse finally. The plastic on my old mouse got damaged and the mouse was not usable. I got a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse with Tilt wheel. My old mouse had five buttons. So you could go back and forward through webpages. I really liked having those buttons. But this is my first wireless mouse so I am happy with it. My next purchase will be a 120 GB hard drive that uses firewire. I am running out of room on my 10 GB hard drive. It is very sad.

Six Flags

I am going to Six Flags tomorrow. I can't wait to ride the Titan, Batman Ride, and Mr. Freeze. Our new attraction for this year is SpongeBob SquarePants The Ride 4-D. I don't know why they call it the ride. All you do is seat in a theater and the chairs move. It is so stupid. You would think that being the flagship park that we would get a new roller coaster. No, not this year. I will try to take pictures. I am not sure if I want to take my digital camera yet. I probably won't. I thought about going to Wal-Mart and getting one of those cheap $20 dollar digital cameras. But, I would only be able to take about 52 pictures on the 8 Megs that it holds. With my Canon I can take 1300 pictures and video.

Bryans Friday Four

Whats your favorite program? Feed Demon

What's your #2 fav? iTunes

What's your favorite TV network? FOX, TechTV before Comcast bought them.

How many hours a day do you watch tv? Too much I guess

Job

I got a job.

OSX on a PC for real.

Kevin Rose from TechTV's The Screen Savers has put OSX on his Athlon PC. He will feature this on The Screen Savers today. You can see pictures of it on his website.

Petition

Sign the petition for what good it will do.

see code

Bryan's Friday Four

The people that did the Friday Five are history. So Bryan is doing his own.

What's the speed of your computer? 866 Mhz

How long have you had it? 5 years. Sad isn't it.

Do you have any other systems? No, I had a laptop but sold it on ebay. I
want a new one but that won't happen.

What's your favorite game to play on it? Half Life

TechTV lays off San Francisco staff

TechTV told 285 San Francisco employees on Thursday that their jobs are being eliminated, a move that was widely feared by workers after Comcast announced in March that it would acquire the technology cable channel. [Read More]

Got a virus

I just got the I-Worm/Netsky.B virus from someone I did not know. My AVG Anti-Virus software found it and removed the attachment. It put the attachment in the virus vault. I guess this proves that the free editon of AVG does work. I did run a complete test and it did not find anything. I think I am safe.

Won a song

I won a free song from the Ben & Jerry's ETOV Turn It Around Sweepstakes. It is sort of cool being on iTunes Music Store Birthday.

New iTunes 4.5

The new iTunes 4.5 has just been announced by Apple within The iTunes Music Store.

What's new in iTunes:

Free Downloads/Single of the Week
iMix - Publish Your Playlists
Music Videos
Movie Trailers
Radio Charts
Party Shuffle
CD Insert Printing
Wish List
Import WMA Files (Windows)
Lossless Encoder
Links to Music Store (Requires iTunes 4.5)

Youth Convention

I am going to Austin for a youth convention this weekend. Should be good.

Leo Laporte is back on TechTV!

Yes, you heard right. Leo is returning to TechTV to do the show Call For Help. The petition that was going around has generated 3328 Total Signatures. That does not even account for all the emails that Vulcan and Comcast received. This is a good thing. I just hope that from all the show of support for Leo and Call For Help that they keep the show on the air.

24 rescheduled

Because of the Presidential News Conference the TV show 24 was moved to Sunday, April 18th. Check your own local listings. About this episode: President David Palmer tells Jack that a top CTU agent is to be killed; at the hotel, Michelle offers a peaceful ending to those infected with the virus

Day of Praise

Update for my post on April 08, 2004. Tonight we fixed my friends Gator. It was his dad that did most of the work. If you look at it you can't tell it had been wrecked. He pushed the metal frame back into place and fixed the light. He even fixed the plastic hood. It was torn up. No more cracks in it. It really is amazing. My friend took pictures of before and after. I will try to get them. His camera is a Sony. And it uses a memory stick. I don't have a reader for it. UPDATE: The Gator sold at the auction.

Shocked

I can't believe it. TechTV has asked Chris Pirillo to be a guest host for Call For Help. I just don't believe it. A loss of words...

Plug-in for iTunes

This is a test. WMPtunelog is a plugin for iTunes. The song below is being played using iTunes.
[Listening to: Falling In Love - Falling Up - Crashings (4:04)]

Day of Hell

Today has been the day of hell. The steering in my friends John Deere Gator locked up and I hit a tree. The front is all torn up. They were really nice when I went and told them. But, I feel bad. I can't afford to fix it or replace it. It just has been a bad day.

Petition

Everyone needs to go and sign the petition to get G4/Comcast to hire Leo Laporte from Vulcan Ventures. 847 Total Signatures so far.

iPod stuff

Here are some accessories that I want for my iPod that I probably will never get.

1. iPod Remote and Earbuds - With this I can fast forward, rewind, play/pause, and control the volume while the iPod is in my pocket.
2. Belkin Battery Pack - The battery on the iPod is not the greatest.
3. iPod Dock - I want this more then anything. I can charge and sync in this stylish dock.
4. Sony Car Cassette Adapter - So I can listen to my iPod in the car.
5. Belkin Auto Charger w/Audio for iPod - So I don't use the battery up when in the car.
6. Belkin TuneDok Car Holder - Need a safe place to put my iPod in the car.
7. eXo2 Skin for 10/15 GB iPod - For Protection.
You can get all this stuff cheap off ebay.

Lockergnome.net

Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome.com has launched their own Blogging Network. They offer 3 different accounts blogbasic, blogplus and blogTrial. Prices range from $10, $15 dollars a month. The free trial is for 30 days and you are limited to 5 MB storage and 5 MB bandwidth. You can also only make 5 post per day. You can upgrade to a blogbasic or blogplus account at the end of the trial. You can choose to have your own domain name or one of their domains which is lockergnome.net, gnomeblogs.com, or gnomeblog.com. This looks like it could be cool. Chris has his own blog here.

Jeopardy

One of my mothers family members is going to be on Jeopardy this week. Her name is Becky Galipeau. If you go to Jeopardy.com and click on "This week on Jeopardy" you can see a small video. I can't tell you how much she won. You will just have to watch. I believe her show will air on March 31st.

Ripley's

I went to Ripley's Believe It Or Not today. I had the best time. That place is so cool. Look at my moblog for pictures. The world's tallest man was so cool. I took a picture (not in moblog) of me next to him and I was so small. And there was a real peace of coal from the Titanic ship. Plus look at the giant lobster. And there was a vest made out of human hair. This place was so cool. You should go to one if it is near you.

Good-bye Leo

Leo is stepping down has host of The Screen Savers. He started the show 6 years ago. I have learned so much stuff about computers and technology from watching TSS. It won't be the same without Leo. But he will be on Call For Help still.

Comcast has Purchased TechTV

Comcast Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with Vulcan Programming Inc. to acquire TechTV, Inc. Upon closing, Comcast will merge TechTV with G4, the Comcast-owned television network devoted to video games and the gamer lifestyle.

Woods to Swap Golf Spikes for Army Boots

Tiger Woods sometimes adds green to his wardrobe in April, but that usually means a jacket from Augusta National - not fatigues from Fort Bragg.

Your Trekkie Communicator Is Ready

Vocera Communications has made the Star Trek com badges a reality thru a WiFi-enabled, touch-sensitive, VoIP communication system.

Toddler Wins Family $100,000

The 21-month-old toddler, who lives in Brewster, N.Y., recently dismantled his family's TV remote control console to reveal a tiny Duracell battery worth $100,000.

Music and Technology

A new band that I like is Falling Up. They are awesome. I went to the store today to buy Falling Up and they were sold out. I went to Wal-Mart and their CDs are all messed up. You can't find anything. I am starting to think that I should have gotten the RCA Lyra Audio/Video Jukebox. Instead of getting my iPod. I went to Best Buy today and got to play around with the Lyra and really liked it. I have so many digital pictures and videos that it would be great to have it stored in one place that I can view on the go. The reviews for the RCA Lyra A/V jukebox are mixed. Some like it and some don't. I really like Microsoft's new iPod killer that is coming out. But the price is crazy. And I am not sure if you need a Media Center PC?

Friday Five

1. What was the last song you heard?

All by Avalon.

2. What were the last two movies you saw?


* The Passion of the Christ

* James Bond Die Another Day

3. What were the last three things you purchased?

* Belkin TuneCast

* Song off iTunes

* 2 Liter Pepsi


4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?

* Work at the BBQ Fundraiser

* Church

* Clean Hard Drive

* Mow Grass

5. Who are the last five people you talked to?

* Jonathan, Nick, Nan, Don, and Mother.

Looking for new digs? California town goes up for sale on Internet

Potential bidders were flocking to an Internet auction house for the chance to buy a property -- an entire California town, in fact, that could be theirs for just 600,000 dollars. [Read More]

Movie

I finally got to see the movie The Passion of Christ tonight. A friends mother got us some tickets. I went with 3 friends. I thought it was very good. It was very violent. But it should be and was in real life.

ER

My mother got some food caught in her throat tonight and we had to go to the ER. They had to do surgery. They put a fiber optical scope down her throat. The surgery went fine and she is ok. They wanted to keep her over night just to be on the safe side. I am tired. Good Night.

Blogrolling acquired by TUCOWS

TUCOWS has acquired Blogrolling.com - details are here.

The Mini is not too bad

I have to change what I said about the iPod mini. I said that I do not like it. Well, after seeing it and hearing what everyone is saying about it. I like it. I like the fact that the buttons are on the wheel and under your thumb. It just would make it easier to navigate and control. The buttons on the regular iPod are very sensitive. I often press them and don't mean too. I can't always have the hold button on. And the fact that it does not get scratched easily like the other one. But, I am very happy with my 15 GB iPod.

Belkin

I got a Belkin TuneCast Mobile FM Transmitter tonight for my iPod and any other device that can transmit sound. It works pretty good. I can finally listen to my iPod in the car.

pPod

The pPod is a MP3 player that makes the touchscreen on your pocket pc look like (and act like!) an iPod, and that's designed to be thumbable. It works pretty good.

Tip The Top

I won a free song in the Pepsi iTunes Music Giveaway. I tilt the bottle at just the right angle and could make out the words "one free". I knew that it was a winner. So I bought the bottle. I can't believe how easy that was. Here is what I did.

I won

This is incredible I just won a $10 iTunes gift certificate from the Apple-X.net giveaway.

Snow

It is snowing in my town. I live in Texas.

Start your own war

You can now own your own fighter jet. Better than that you can own one of the Blue Angels. Just for the low cost of US $2,000,000.00. Better hurry it will go quick. I have found a new program that I really like it is called Pluck. It is a RSS reader. It integrates right into Internet Explorer. It sits on the left hand column of Internet Explorer (in the same place where Favorites or History appear if activated). It is still in beta. It does not support OPML. Which I wish it did. But it has a very clean easy to understand interface.

Visited States

I have visited 27 states (52%). I have visited more but I can't remember. On my way to Oregon I was in a car accident. The 15 passenger van that I was in hit some ice on the road and rolled 4 times and I got ejected. So I really don't remember alot. But, I probably have been to more states then this. The website that the image is linked to is down.

Remember

On February 1st, 2003 the space shuttle Columbia burned up on re-entry. My mother heard the boom sound. It shook the windows in my house. You see I live in one of the towns where it fell. I never thought that I would ever see the space shuttle in pieces on the ground. But I did. It was truly a sad day. I don't think I have ever seen so many police, fire trucks and news helicopters in my town before. Please don't forget the seven brave astronauts that lost their lives on this day. I don't know what else to say.

Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. James 4:14 NIV

No fun

Today I was suppose to go to LazarX with my youth group but it closed on Jan. 18th. Update: We went to the mall in Tyler and ate at Ci Ci Pizza. Not to much fun

Friday Five

You have just won one million dollars:

1. Who do you call first?
I guess family followed by friends.
2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself?
17" inch PowerBook, A new car, Plasma TV
3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else?
Trip or a cruise.
4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom?
Church. They really could use it.
5. Do you invest any? If so, how?
What's ever left over I guess.

Ultimate Flash Face

Check this out! It’s the “Ultimate Flash Face” page, which allows you to create your own faces. How good of a self portait can you do?

Add RSS Headlines to your Weblog

Ok this is cool. It allows you to insert RSS feeds into your weblog. I just added one to my tech news site.

iPod

I got my iPod yesterday at Best Buy. They had the 15 Gig. This thing is so light and thin. The touch sensitive buttons are so cool. I barely touch them and they respond. Firewire is so fast. It transferred all of my music in iTunes in under 20 seconds. The back already has scratches on it. That’s ok. I knew about that when I decided to get it that the back would get scratched easily. And figure prints show up on it too. I am very happy with it. This truly is a very cool device.

RSS Feeds for iTunes Music Store

The iTunes Music Store is now offering customizable RSS Newsfeeds for use in newsreaders such as Ranchero's NetNewsWire. You can create feeds based on your preferences of type of music and which list you want to watch, such as New Releases, Top Songs, Top Albums, and more.

EBay pulls plug on auction of W.Va.

An attempt to auction off the state of West Virginia drew 56 bids and nearly enough promised dollars to fill the state's projected budget hole before eBay learned of the joke. [USA Today]

Nothing to blog

There is nothing to blog about. I am just waiting for next week. I get my iPod. But, I am not sure that the stores will have the 15 Gig model yet. So I am not sure what I am going to do. I might have to wait longer or get it off the Apple store online. At least if I do get it online I get free engraving. The 365 Project that I was working on is dead.

Windows app closely mimics Apple's Exposé

This is a very cool. You know that neat feature that Apple came up with called
Exposé. Well, a windows software maker has just released a utility called WinExposé. It costs $10, and is available for Windows ME through XP.

HP and Apple Partner to Deliver Digital Music Player

HP and Apple today announced a strategic alliance to deliver an HP-branded digital music player based on Apple’s iPod, the number one digital music player in the world, and Apple’s award-winning iTunes digital music jukebox and pioneering online music store to HP's customers.

iPod Mini

Apple today has announced that they are moving the 10GB iPod up to 15GB with the same price of $299. They also just announced the iPod Mini. 4GB hard drive holds up to 70 hours of music. Touch-sensitive Click Wheel. It will sell for $249. It will hold 1,000 songs and it is about the size of a business card. It has a dock and armband. It also will come in colors. Available in the US in February and worldwide in April. Note: I do not like the iPod Mini. For $50 dollars more I can get more storage and all the accessories that are already out for the iPod. Update: I like the iPod mini.

Hard Drive

I have 10 GB hard drive and it is almost full. I only have 700 MB free to use. Is that sad or what? I wish I had the money to get a larger hard drive. But I don't and probably never will. I have alot of digital pictures and digital video. I do alot of video capturing. I have a CD-RW but it is a peace of junk. It only works when it wants to. My dream system if I could have one would be:

2.4 GHz
512 MB memory
120 GB Hard Drive
DVD-RW/CD-RW
17"inch LCD
Nvidia 128MB Video Card with TV-Out
5.1 Surround Sound Card

New Year

Happy New Year Everyone! I have decided to start a project that I am going to take one picture for everyday in 2004. I have setup a moblog here. I hope I can do this. Should I explain what the picture is? Or should I just leave it blank?

My number?

Ok this is strange.

I am the number 2 I am friendly _

what number are you?

this quiz by orsa

Going Crazy

Everywhere you go they are sold out of it. I'm talking about the iPod. Who would think that in October 2001 when the iPod was introduced that it would be so popular. And in April 2003 Apple launched its own music store that it would change the way people buy music forever. They have already sold 25 million songs off iTunes. That is incredible. And Apple made a very good move when they introduced iTunes for Windows. And with recent rumors it looks like Apple is going to come out with a Mini iPod in January at the Expo. Probably a 2 GB or 4 GB model. I wish they would move the 20 GB down to the $299 price tag and include the accessories with it. That is why I don't have my iPod that I was promised for Christmas yet. I told my mother that I wanted to wait and see what Apple does after the Expo. I hope that this is the right decision. I can't tell you how badly I am wanting my iPod. I have bought several songs off iTunes. I love that software. Well, I guess time will tell.

Xmas2003

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

Rambling

I got my 128 MB compact flash card today in the mail. I put it in my digital camera and it shows that I can take 1,355 pictures. That is alot of pictures. The car is now fixed. There was a hole in the vacuum tube. Went to Tyler today to get my mother a Christmas present. Then we went to Red Lobster. I had shrimp with a steak. It was so good. Our CompUSA is history. The store was closed and the sign was gone. I guess I will have to get my iPod at Apple's online store or Best Buy. I don't think I can make it up to our Apple store in Plano.

Friday Five

1. List your five favorite beverages.
Coke, Dr Pepper, Orange Juice, Hot Chocolate, Welch's White Grape Juice

2. List your five favorite websites.
Ebay.com, TechTV.com (TSS, CFH, Live, FG), News.com, iPodlounge.com, Lockergnome.com

3. List your five favorite snack foods.
Chocolate Chip Cookies, Chips, Pumpkin Pie, Ice Cream (Mint Chocolate Chip), Brownies

4. List your five favorite board and/or card games.
Gesters. That's all for board games.

5. List your five favorite computer and/or game system games.
Half Life, The Sims, The Need For Speed, Splinter Cell, Halo

LOTR

I just got back from seeing The Return of the King. That movie was 3 hours and 20 minutes long. I have not read the books so I can't compare them with the movies. But, this movie was the best one out of the trilogy. I think this was the best movie of my lifetime. It is the first movie that I have gone to where when it was over people clapped and yelled. But just when you think it is going to say "The End" it kept going on. I like the way Peter Jackson finished the trilogy. Go and see this movie

Media

I just ordered a new Lexar 128 MB compact flash card off ebay. Finally enough room for pictures and mp3s.

Anger Management

Get all that holiday anger out by shaking the snowglobe here. Go ahead no one will tell on you.

Bad month

My car has something wrong with it. So we are going to have to get that fixed. But we won't be going home to spend Christmas with family. This really makes me mad and sort of depressed. Nothing I can do about it.

Saddam captured in raid

-President Bush: "A dark and painful era is over. A hopeful day has arrived."
-Former Iraqi president was wearing pistol but did not fire it
-Saddam being interrogated at undisclosed location
-600 U.S. troops staged lightning raid on rural hiding place
-Saddam was "very disoriented" at the time of his capture
-Baghdad streets fill with celebration

Saddam 'caught like a rat' in a hole
[CNN.com]

BBC images released by the coalition documents the capture of Saddam.

WMV format - 485K - Fox News Video of President Bush about the capture of Saddam [485K WMV Format]

Snowflake Maker

Remember making paper snowflakes when you were a kid? Well, now it's the digital age! And this way you won't get stuck using the wrong-handed scissors, or in trouble for runninng with them. Make a snokeflake here.

Game

Practice your drivers ed with this game.

Bad day sort of

The power went out and my mother stumbled over the dog gate. She is ok. Just a little bruised. Also while at the post office my car died. It would not start. I had to buy a new battery. But, I only had to pay $2.00. The battery was a free replacement. I guess the old one was under warranty. So that was good. My youth group went to the nursing home and to the fire station to sing Christmas songs. While we were in the parking lot my friend knocked my HP Jornada 568 out of my hands. It now has a dent and the stylus is broke. I called HP and they said that it would cost me $199 to get it fixed. I could buy a new one for that price. So, I am ticked off about that.

24

Wow, that was one cool 24 tonight. That was the biggest plot change ever. I can't wait until Tuesday.

PPC Theme

I also made a iPod theme for the Pocket PC.

Comcast Wires TechTV Deal

Comcast Communications is nearing an agreement to purchase TechTV for nearly $300 million, sources familiar with the deal said Friday. The cable operator plans to merge the network with its struggling video game channel G4. [tvweek.com]

PocketPC Theme

I made a Call For Help pocket PC theme. You can download it here. I really don't care for the new colors, but I guess I will have to get used to it.

New Forum

I installed a new forum. It is the phpBB 2.0.6 bulletin board package. It was so easy to setup. My old one took me for ever to install and setup. It was a pain. The service that I had it on put ads all over it and I did not like that. And I will be adding more topics later. I don't expect anyone to register. But it is there to use.

Dream Laptop Computer

Dream Laptop Computer
(Hell would have to freeze over)

DELL 5100
series


* 2.66 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 Processor
* 512 MB RAM
* 40 GB Hard Drive
* DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
* 15.0 XGA screen
* Must have Firewire IEEE 1394
* Windows XP Home
* 64MB ATi Mobility Radeon 7500
* Microsoft Word 2003, Outlook
2003.

Graham Defends Gibson's Film About Christ

The Rev. Billy Graham gave an enthusiastic thumbs-up to Mel Gibson's biblical epic, "The Passion of Christ," after a private screening with the movie star.

Show your iPod

Show the world your iPod. Go to this website here.

Friday Five

1. Do you like to shop? Why or why not?
Yes.

2. What was the last thing you purchased?
Belkin Firewire Card for my PC.

3. Do you prefer shopping online or at an actual store? Why?
I like to shop online and in the stores. I like to research the stuff that I am going to get online before I buy. I read reviews and look at pictures.

4. Did you get an allowance as a child? How much was it?
Yes. Enough.

5. What was the last thing you regret purchasing?
Xbox. It broke. But, I'd like to have another. I just won't get it at Wal-Mart.

Bush surprises U.S. troops in Iraq

President Bush made a surprise visit Thursday to U.S. troops in Baghdad, flying secretly to violence-scarred Iraq on a trip tense with concerns about his safety.

Where's the turkey?

Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Firewire

I got my Belkin Firewire card today. Installation went very well. I just wish I had something to test it with. I guess I will just have to wait until I get my iPod. I am also thinking about getting a iBot webcam. I hear the quality is better. Wish the iSight would work with pcs.

I wishlist

My "I" wishlist 2003.
Amazon.com wishlist
Thinkgeek.com wishlist
Moblog wishlist (not a store, just pictures of what I would like to have)

Movie

I saw the new Matrix movie today. It was cool. But, it left more quetions than answers. I also used my free movie rental and got Finding Nemo. I thought this movie was awesome. Pixar sure knows how to make a good animation.

President Bush

You will be happy to know that President Bush Signs Ban on Partial Birth Abortion. I hope that this makes you mad. In your face. Finally someone does the right thing.

My blog owns me?

31.25 %

My weblog owns 31.25 % of me.
Does your weblog own you?