Twitter’s Mikeyy Virus
It was a matter of time, but Twitter now has a few viruses/worms targeting this popular service. The current incarnation is called “mikeyy,” and here are some articles about mikeyy.
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The Americana is an Eyeful
Right across the street from the Glendale Galleria is the new addition of The Americana at Brand. This place is kinda outdoor shopping, kinda residential area but all an interesting eyeful.
Shops are downstairs while condos and apartments are upstairs. The architecture is stunning, and there’s a trolley system and a Bellagio-like fountain that does a smaller scale water show.
Here are a few pictures.
And here’s a short video clip of the water show.
If you’re ever in the area, you need to stop by and take a look around.
Griffin Simplifi Dock – Useful!
Reduce desk clutter and combine a bunch of useful devices with the Griffin Simplifi Dock!
Vacation Blogging Brought to You By…
While on my recent Socal vacation, I didn’t have access to a computer for blogging. Instead I updated Pulpconnection using a combination of mobile devices and various Internet services. Here’s a rundown.
iPhone (and built-in camera). My iPhone 3G was the primary device for getting online. I used its okay internal camera for posted pictures.
AT&T 3G Network. I must say that the AT&T 3G network worked well in Socal. Very, very few dead spots or times when I dropped to EDGE speeds. Only at the LAX airport did I have some serious 3G network slowdowns. Other than that, I preferred the 3G network even over WiFi. The free WiFi access at hotels were slow and always required a web login to initiate your session and subsequent logins to keep your session going.
WordPress for iPhone. Since Pulpconnection is now powered by WordPress, I relied on the app, WordPress for iPhone, to make significant blog posts. Though significant is relative since tapping out a lengthy post on the iPhone’s virtual keyboard isn’t the easiest thing to do.
One thing I hope the WordPress team fixes is the image handling of this iPhone app. It seems all images are added to the end of blog posts and can’t be placed within paragraphs of a post. That and sometimes the app’s UI would mess up and not display the necessary navigation buttons at the top. So I’d be stranded, not able to save my post. Fortunately, when leaving the app and coming back in, the app is able to restore my draft.
Tweetie, Twitter (with Twitpic), and Twitter Tools for WordPress. For all shorter blog posts, I used a bunch of stuff. Tweetie is my primary Twitter client on the iPhone. Combined with Twitter Tools for WordPress, tweets can automatically be converted to blog posts. I used this nifty function quite a bit.
Brightkite. To update my Socal location, I used Brightkite. The iPhone’s GPS would find my coordinates which I would check in using the Brightkite service. Brightkite integrates with Twitter and tweets my current location. And with Twitter Tools running, even these location based tweets are converted to blog posts.
So there you have it, my arsenal for mobile blogging without a computer. I will say that it wasn’t the easiest thing to do, but it wasn’t so difficult to stop me. To make this a more ideal setup would be incorporating an ultra portable netbook with a keyboard and USB port to retrieve higher quality pictures from digital cameras. Ahem, Apple?
Modern Day Cinderella
How does the modern day Cinderella get to the royal ball? Does she need the magic of her Fairy Godmother to make her a carriage? Nah, the modern day Cinderella simply tows her carriage with her SUV.
Hawaii’s Dancing with the Celebrities
Don’t look now, but the ABC hit, Dancing with the Stars, has a small kine local competitor with “Dancing with the Celebrities.” Local celebrities and the Hawaii Ballroom Dancing Association are teaming up for a dancing event featuring some familiar names like:
- Tannya Joaquin
- Stephanie Lum
- Justin Cruz
- Olena Rubin
- Liz Chun
- Steve Uyehara
On Saturday, May 2, 2009, you can see these stars (and dancing neophytes) at the Ala Wai Palladium for $20. Tannya Joaquin will be dancing a rumba. Wonder how it’ll compare to this rumba of Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas? 😉
What Would You Do?
What would you do if you happened to catch a rare, endangered shark? You’d eat it, of course!
Fishermen in the Philippines caught a 1100 pound, 13-foot megamouth shark, only the 41st megamouth ever seen in the world. After reaching port, the fishermen took a picture of the dead shark then fired up the stoves.
Twitter Explained
My boss at work sent out this explanation of Twitter to help our staff understand what Twitter is all about.
It’s pretty fun and accurate too!
Pecs-a-frenzy on Dancing with the Stars
Each week of Dancing with the Stars is an anticipated wait for Cheryl Burke and Gilles Marini to perform. By far, they are the best couple of Season 8. For their paso doble in Week 5, Gilles started a fan frenzy even before the dance began, standing on stage shirtless, showing off his martial arts trained physique.
Building on the frenzy caused by his pecs, Gilles and Cheryl delivered a killer (though hectic, Len is right) paso. Where is this guy’s weakness? It surely ain’t kryptonite.
Week 5 might be the last for Steve-O. Could be LT, but the Edyta-factor should keep LT in the game for another week. Lil’ Kim, dancing with Derek Hough is raising your stock.
And lookee, lookee, DWTS now has a presence on Twitter with a few of their stars tweeting. The “Live on the Set” section is powered by Twitter with stars Holly Madison, Gilles Marini, Ty Murray, Denise Richards, and Melissa Rycroft providing updates. So far, these tweets are pretty boring, and Holly and Denise are already eliminated. How about changin’ them default Twitter avatars?
Update: Neither of my predictions (Steve-O or LT) were eliminated. Instead enigmatic David Alan Grier is gone from the competition. While his dancing was better than Steve-O or LT, he really didn’t connect with partner Kym Johnson.
Damn Linksys Default
Dang, my iPhone continually gets confused with the abundance of the default “linksys” WiFi SSID. Out of the box, Linksys wireless equipment broadcasts on a “linksys” network, and a family member has a “linksys” wireless network which I frequently used.
However, if I ever use my iPhone near another “linksys” wireless network, my iPhone associates with that network which usually doesn’t work. Then I have to “forget this network” in the iPhone settings to restore 3G connectivity and reconnect to the Internet.
I guess I should change the WiFi network name for my relative so I don’t run into this problem…
I Am Awesome!
Sometimes you need a little pep talk to yourself and Twitter and AwesomeUpdater is here to help. Merely sign up, set a few optional preferences, and now and then, you’ll receive a tweet of how awesome you are.
How awesome is that?