Anthem for Club 939
I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper) [Featuring Mike Jones] by T-Pain.
If this ain’t the anthem for Club 939, then I don’t know what is. Just ask the VIPs.
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Bad Day at Work
Bad turn of events at work today. Very well could signal the loss of talented people. We got money. We don’t got money. Which is it?
Not entirely convinced the fat lady is singing quite yet. Let’s see what teamwork can do…
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Keep Up with the Web Using RSS
Wayne’s World, CCTWT, Fireswamp, slashdot, Hypebeast, Yahoo, MacNN, Engadget, and now Baby Dog Days… so many web sites to check for the latest. How do you keep up? Use RSS of course.
With an RSS aggregator/reader like NetNewsWire or the web-based Bloglines, you can subscribe to RSS feeds of your favorite sites. Instead of visiting these sites one-by-one, your RSS reader will pull down all the latest headlines and summaries for you. Then you can quickly scan for the gems and be done with it.
Congratulations to Jessica, Jose, Jordan, and Justin
Jessica, Jose, and Jordan welcomed Justin, the newest addition to the family.
Welcome the Angry Asian Girl’s Baby Dog Days
Another blogger is born with the Angry Asian Girl writing about baby dog days. I’m guessing topics will be about days with dogs and babies and oh yeah, complaints commentary about her/my significant other (MSO). You know what I mean. Anyways, check it out.
And don’t forget – for sports and science and technology, but not necessarily sports technology, visit CCTWT. What is your dispersion relation? For deals and the haps, Wayne’s World is there for you. Lastly, Pulpconnection is all over the place with tidbits about Apple, Steve Jobs, Google, kicks, Club 939, Elements Hawaii, Starbucks, and work stuff.
Valentine’s Day Gift: Aphrodisiac Soda
Need some extra mojo this coming Valentines? Try the new Turn On soda, the beverage that’s supposed to arouse you. Made with guarana, ginseng, and caffeine, the drink is marketed as an aphrodisiac.
So forget that Spanish fly, get the Turn On! And here I thought Nelly had the market nailed with his Pimp Juice.
Might as well add the Turn On to the chest of fertility enhancers.
Make Your Own Ring Tones
Wired has an article describing the basic steps needed to make your own ring tones for your cell phone. Your phone needs to support MP3 playback for this to work. Using the open source Audacity software with LAME MP3 encoder, you take a chunk of your favorite song and save it as a separate file. Transfer that MP3 file to your phone and select it as your ring tone. Pretty darn easy.
As a quick and dirty test, I tried out the steps with my Motorola V540. Oh da easy! I transfered the file using Bluetooth, and the V540 then played back the sound file and asked if I wanted to save it as my default ring tone. Now I got Police’s Message in a Bottle (the “Sending out an SOS” part) as my ring tone. Later on, I’ll add Kanye West’s Diamonds from Sierra Leone as a ring tone.
The Real Prize of Pixar
I, Cringely has a new post about the real prize in Disney acquiring Pixar is getting Steve Jobs. Some interesting snippets:
What we have are people in power who have no muse and wouldn’t recognize one if they could even hear her. Steve Jobs knows his muse.
Against a century-old tradition of corporate bloat, Jobs successfully preaches (and proves) that smaller is really better. How else can Apple compete with Microsoft AND Dell and HP, and still have $8 billion in the bank? Because smaller is better and cheaper, too, when it comes to creative development.
I still don’t like Steve Jobs. I’ve known too many people he has hurt. But this is clearly his time, maybe even his century. And what of Bill Gates? Bill Gates is a very successful philanthropist, but he’s no Steve Jobs.
Tech Support for the Stars
Never really thought about it, but famous people need tech support just like everyone else. Read about tech support helping U2’s Bono hook up an XBox and getting Mick Jagger connected via dialup. For some reason, Best Buy’s Geek Squad seems to get all the calls.
Anyways, entertaining article.
SuperBowl XL: Extra Large for the Non-Fans
The Non-Fans gathered to watch SuperBowl XL, Seattle Seahawks versus the Pittsburgh Steelers. In true non-fan fashion, there was food, the “grid” game, crafts, napping, and some game watching.
Some common themes for the day:
- Light on the desserts. Where’s the sweets?
- Heavy on the alcohol. Moderately so, but all the drinks sold.
- Mish taking a post-meal, narcoleptic nap. What’s an event without it?
- Questioning the bathroom scale. Is that thing accurate? Yes, it is.
Five Careers in Big Demand
CNN Money has a report about 5 careers that are in big demand and therefore get big pay. The quick rundown:
- Accounting
- Sales and marketing
- Legal
- Technology (.NET developer and quality assurance analysts)
- Manufacturing and engineering
Kinda funny that in the tech career field, .NET developers are listed right alongside software quality assurance analysts. Makes me wonder about the quality of software generated by the .NET developers. So .NET developers can get paid $75-85K a year then I have to hire a software quality analyst for $65-75K a year to check the work of the .NET developer??