Archive for October, 2004

Sandisk Introduces 2gig SD Card

Posted by Mike on October 30th, 2004

SanDisk has announced 2 gigabyte SD cards. This is amazing for 2 reasons:

I can now have 2 gigs of storage on my Treo, this is an incredible amount of storage for such a small device
Oleg’s 1 gig SD card is obsolete. <nelson>Ha! Ha!</nelson>

Source:mytreo.net

Anti Magnetic Ribbon Magnets!

Posted by Mike on October 29th, 2004

Here’s a guy who is against those magnetic stickers that people put on their cars to show that they support our troops. Why? Because that magnet was most likely made in China, and by purchasing it you are doing nothing to support the troops, and instead are supporting some guy in China.
From his FAQ:

Why [...]

Toronto

Posted by Mike on October 28th, 2004

I travelled to Toronto last week on business and went sightseeing on saturday. Here’s a bunch of pictures I took at the CN Tower. Unfortunately the compact flash card in my camera broke after I was done with the tower, so I didn’t get a chance to get any pics of the rest of my [...]

Cingular and AT&T Wireless Have Completed Their Merger…

Posted by Mike on October 27th, 2004

…and surprisingly, this turns out to be a good thing for the consumer!
In the last few weeks I’ve noticed that my phone has been hopping back and forth between Cingular’s towers and AT&T’s. This is great for me, there used to be a few areas in Jacksonville, FL that got poor or no service from [...]

Emergency Phone Call Turns Out To Be Lovemaking Couple

Posted by Mike on October 21st, 2004

MSNBC reports:

LONDON - British police sprang into operation after receiving an emergency phone alert from a woman in apparently in some distress � only to discover it had accidentally been made by a couple having sex.
�It happened while they were having sex. The woman had depressed with her foot the �9� button on the phone [...]

Poor Defenseless Whales

Posted by Mike on October 21st, 2004

BoingBoing reports:
Denise sez, “Ninth Circuit Judge Willy Fletcher, no doubt with some degree of wistfulness, concluded in a decision published today that the world’s Cetacean Communty lacks standing to sue George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld over the Navy’s use of low frequency active sonar.”

We are asked to decide whether the world’s cetaceans have standing to [...]

Live From the Geek Dinner

Posted by Mike on October 20th, 2004

By posting this from Peel Pub in Toronto, I am officially the first blogger to blog the Geek Dinner. Hahahahahaaha!
Update from next day: It was great meetup everyone, and I’m looking forward to the next one.

Wil Wheaton at Gnomedex 4.0

Posted by Mike on October 20th, 2004

IT Conversations is great, and so is Wil Wheaton, suprisingly!
Here’s a link to a recording of a speech given by Wil at Gnomedex 4.0. He reads from two of his books and share some storys about acting on Star Trek: The Next Generation and his life since then. It’s very interesting, worth listening to.

Is George W. Bush Losing His Mind?

Posted by Mike on October 20th, 2004

Here’s a video comparing Bush’s performance in a debate 10 years ago with his performance during last week’s debates. It’s really amazing how much he’s deteriorated. 10 years ago he was very fluid, animated and articulate. Now, he stutters, cant finish sentences, has no coherent message, and no rythim to his speech. Some people have [...]

Ultimate Treo 600 Software

Posted by Mike on October 18th, 2004

Fake Call is the ultimate Treo 600 app. It can be used to make it appear like someone is calling your phone, making it very useful for getting out of conversations you don’t want to be in. It’s enabled by holding down a button on the phone while it’s still in your pocket, and [...]