Boycott Warner Brothers until they renegotiate their Netflix Contract #boycottwb #netflix

Netflix Instant Streaming Disc For Wii http://ping.fm/R1BvV

Question: Do the sales of the featured Volvo surge after the theatrical and dvd release of each Twilight Movie?

Qiuestion: What will happen to humanity when Twitter and Facebook become self-aware?

I like my new Blackberry Bold 9700. 3G Wifi calling, Long Battery Life. I think that I'm getting over my G1. Hear that Apple and Google?

I've installed Amahi http://www.amahi.org on a spare server and Time Machine is backing up my Macbook! #amahi is onto something

I put my G1 out to pasture until there is a UMA capable Android phone.

Contact your GA State Senators and Reps to save #4H and Cooperative Extension

#smallvictories. Coming to a complete stop a full second at a four way stop before the bus that normally delays your commute by 10 minutes

It's #census time!

Low Cost Bluetooth Audio Streaming
http://bit.ly/aUGBsx

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Low Cost Bluetooth Audio Streaming With The Ipod Touch/Cellphones




You may remember my Unintentional G1 Hands Free Car Kit Post from 2008
http://shiksa.dyndns.org/~nswint/2008/12/unintentional-g1-hands-free-car-kit-for.html

That is old news now. I've moved up to an ipod touch. I still have my G1.

Problem:

I'm Cheap and I don't want to pay the $300 to have a Honda Ipod Kit installed in my car

Solution:
Amazon.com and some toys.


Parts:
Ipod Touch with Bluetooth $199
Any Stereo Bluetooth Cellphone $89 on Contract
Jensen Portable Bluetooth Receiver with Mic WBT210 $16
Griffin Noise-Reducing Audio Cable (Ground Loop Isolator Cable) $13
4 Port Car Charger with USB Port $9
Griffin Power Jolt Ipod Charger $10
Moto RAZR Car Charger $0

Instructions:

Plug the Car Charger to the Center Console cigarette adapter
Plug the Griffin Power Jolt to One of the Free Ports on the Charger
Plug the Moto Razr Charger to the other free port
Plug the USB Charger into the free usb port on the charger

Plug the USB Charger to the Jensen Receiver.. charge
Plug the Grriffin Noise-Reducing Audio Cable to the Aux In Port

Pair the Ipod touch
Pair the Cell

Tune to the Aux Input on yor radio. Voila, you have low cost Stereo Bluetooth Streaming and hands free calling over the Aux Input.

Backed up traffic

Amahi Media Server

Could this be a Windows Home Server Killer?


http://www.amahi.org

Overview
The Amahi Linux Home Server makes your home networking simple. We like to call the Amahi servers HDAs, for "Home Digital Assistants." Each HDA delivers all the functionality you would want in a home server, while being as easy to use as a web browser.

The core functionality available in the base Amahi HDA install includes:

Protect Your Computers Backup all your networked PCs simply and easily on your home network. If one of your PCs "dies" you can easily restore it!
Organize Your Files Access, share and search your files from any machine on your network, making it easy to share and find your photos, music and videos.
Internet Wide Access Automatically setup your own VPN so you can access your network from anywhere: safely and securely.
Private Internet Applications Shared applications like calendaring, private wiki and more to come, will help you manage your home and your family!





What would be perfect if Amahi incorporated Mythtv and home automation software. You know my love-hate relationship with Linuxmce by now.

The Amahi server functions as an backend with all the tuners and storage. Any computer on the network could view recordings and could record television if it has a tv tuner.

UMA on Android

Google if you're listening. My wish for android this year is a UMA implementation. This is the killer feature seperating android and the iphone other than multitouch.

Is Steve Jobs The Anti-Christ?

* "sitting in the temple" - 1 Infinite Loop
*opposing himself against anything that is worshiped
*claiming divine authority Some would argue that the iPhone is the "Jesus Phone"
* working all kinds of counterfeit miracles and signs
* doing all kinds of evil - Trying to put the following companies out of business: microsoft, google, amazon, adobe, nokia, rim, lg, roku, nintendo, hitachi... the list goes on.


I'm just saying.

T-Mobile Fail!


Ok, time to take the gloves off. T-Mobile's screw ups over the past month have been monumental and it's time for them to hear what consumers are thinking.


11/3/09 Voice/Data Outage

When it started it was said that it was "only local tower outages" , then only UMA customers not being recognized, then it was only SMS, then it was only data. I smell something fishy in billing/provisioning that Customer Care was not privy to.

I had problems with my Tmobile@Home Voip adapter that is not even connected to your cell phone towers and was unable to make nor receive phone calls. So that leads me to believe that it was something with their provisioning system.

One recommendation T-Mobile. Make updates to the billing and provisioning system at night while 95% of your users are asleep.

Another recommendation is to update all of your Call Centers and Stores on Outages in all areas so that they can have the same answer from all reps.

BTW it was still going on the morning of 11/4. Calls were disconnected and not able to go through.


Even More & Even More Plus Plans

Your Billing and Marketing Departments need to be fired for coming up with such stupidity. I know that you're in the business of making money and all but the average consumer who used myfaves will have to switch to an unlimited plan to compensate for the loss of unlimited calls to their 5 most called contacts who more than likely are not on the T-mobile network. With an Even More Plus plan my bill for Unlimited Voice,Data,Text Plan, Insurance, and Tmobile@Home will come to just over $104 with tax and fee. Even More will come to $130.

Spotty 3G Coverage
When you can get it you better stop moving. Coverage is not contiguous in the Metropolitan Atlanta area. I have an edge detector known as the edge buzz over my car stereo over the auxiliary input.


3G Speeds
It's bad here in Atlanta. It's fast in the fringe areas and slower as you get into more populated areas. Burst speeds up to download speeds are 950 Kbps uploads are still capped at 268 Kbps. When I run tests I'm usually getting double the speed of Edge as if the 3G band is a combination of dual edge cells triangulated to a customer. In the 1 year plus of owning my G1 I have yet to go over the 950 Kbps mark.

When it rains, data all but stops. You would think that the 1700 Mhz band would have been tested in the heat, rain, cold, snow.

Dot Gloves Review

I want my money back!!

The tips started to unravel about 5 minutes after first use. Only one pair of gloves worked.

Letter To The Post Master General

Dear Mr. Potter,

I found it rather disturbing today that a fairly simple task of buying a stamp would turn into a game of hunt and seek. Three Post offices in my area have removed their stamp machines. This is a major problem. Who has the time to stand in line to get 1 stamp? A couple of problems are wrong and your committee need to figure it out.

1. Removal of Stamp Machines. Major problem #1. You think that first-class mailing are declining, expect it to almost stop.

2. Your Post Offices are understaffed. Why is only one or two out of four registers opened at any time? A facility like the Main Atlanta Post office with dozens of customers waiting should not have to queue in line for 2 registers.

3. Your staff is not efficient, courteous, nor knowledgeable. Why is it that at staff of 2 at a FedEx/Kinkos can serve 20 customers in the time that it takes you to serve 5? Customers should not be shunned and made to feel stupid for filling out the wrong forms.

4. Your computing systems are antiquated and need revamping

5. Not being able to track a package in real-time is unbelievable in the 21^st century

6. Ordering online is painful and delivery is slow. You would think that the US Postal Service would be able to get speedy delivery done right, correct?

7. Saturday Delivery is a joke. You might as well cut that out as well. Letters that arrive on a Friday afternoon are 90% likely to remain at the local post office until Monday's delivery

I think that hiring some FedEx and UPS guys to help out might be a good idea or else either of them should take up operations for the USPS because you are your own worst enemy. Offer early retirement for workers who are nearing retirement age and fire inefficient ones. Get some new,skilled blood in your ranks. I do have to commend you on your removal of the Java dependency for your online postage printing. This makes printing on non-Microsoft Operating Systems almost flawless.

Thanks for your time,

Noah Swint