June 21, 2010

Short Updates

Posted by Scott at 11:59 PM

Good morning! Welcome to summer. The day is ~15 hours, 20 minutes long here in southern NH today. Hope to make the best of it. I'll be working from home. Michelle is just happy that it's the first weekday in quite some time where she doesn't have to go to radiation therapy. 5:36am

"Swype Reinvents Typing on Touch-Screen Phones" - (related link) So far this is one of my favorite things on Android, like T9 of old. 5:43am

Infographic "How little musicians earn online" (related link) Compares self-pressed CDs, traditional CDs, and download means. 6:21am

Michelle took the kids with her to the YMCA. Claire will be with her when she teaches her Step 'n abs class. Afterwards Michelle will take Claire to gymnastics. I'll be VPN'd into work, debugging tests, for the rest of the day. 9:20am

Just noticed when I look on my phone at the calendar entries for the next few days, the weather forecasts are integrated in. Kinda nifty the way HTC brought those two apps together. 10:12am

Yeah! "RockPlayerBase Plays DivX, AVI, and Other Videos You Want on Android" (related link) Will install tonight! 11:18am

Via Franciscat: "Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do." Pope John XXIII 11:20am

"The Searing Truth": (related link) 11:23am

So... Hackers have found that the Qualcomm SnapDragon has Wireless N capability and have hacked the driver to enable it on the HTC EVO. 12:21am

I just remembered: my phone has a decent Voice Recorder app and is capable of using (related link) Must investigate later... 12:31am

"Website Response Times" - (related link) Even in this era of broadband, it amazes me how slow some websites can be. 1:19pm

I'm jealous. My wife and kids are goin' to the pool. I'm stuck in debug and two conference calls this afternoon. 1:38pm

Never expected to see this in the Wall Street Journal: "The Breeders' Cup" (related link) 1:54pm

Couldn't help myself. Had to try the new Android video player over my lunch break. Trying w/last weekend's Dr. Who finale. Looks beautiful! 1:04pm

Back from a good Step and abs class. I've been smelling this pot roast in the crock pot all afternoon. I'm so ready to enjoy it for dinner now. 7:09pm

While the girls were downstairs watching Dr. Quinn, I decided to watch part one of this season's Doctor Who finale. Intense! Now I have to wait until this weekend to find out how it'll wrap up. Argh! 8:25pm

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