After a few days with the new phone....

Overall, I think this will be worth it in the long run. The MyTouch 4g phone has either one of two chipsets in it. One works fine, the other one is apparently defective, and will eventually fail and brick your phone if you constantly flash your ROM. I have the apparently defective chipset in my phone. As far as I can tell, it can still work. Provided I don't flash any software. So I'm going to use the stock Rom for now. Not that there's anything wrong with it. And I have more than enough memory for all the apps I could want. The main irritating bug I've found is the music player: I can't get the remote control on either of my headsets to work. But that was solved easily: install Songbird from the market.....

Off to work

And as usual, there's a bright yellow UFO in the sky. Oh well. At least the AC will be on aboard the Soundtransit bus...

Star Blazers on tv again...

I grew up watching Star Blazers. Between the local tv here in Tacoma, and the Army controlled tv in Germany (at the time in Germany, the only English-speaking tv station was run by the US Army. Fortunately for me, the GI responsible for programming was an anime fan, so I saw the good stuff when I came home from school). And now the ScfFy channel has Star Blazers. Yes, the animation is crap (this was the late '70s, mind you), and the plots may be a little thin (iirc, this originally was a japanese feature film that they stretched into a full blown series....), and the dialogue is definitely dubbed.... But it is still a classic, and is worth watching....

Now somebody needs to air Guyking and Grandizer.....

Hey Igwanarob, want a phone?

I finally gave into temptation. I got a MyTouch 4G. I’m very much impressed with it. The Internet connection is as almost as fast as my apartment’s Wi-Fi. That in an of itself makes it worth it. Then there’s the Android. Unlike my previous phone, this was designed from the start for it, so there’s no having to go through three different steps to load a good build on it.

Then again, with my HD2, all the android build were rooted from the get-go. I have to manually root this phone, and there goes  the warranty if i do. Well, I think I know what I’m doing, and I’m sure if I muck it up too much, I can put a stock ROM back on, besides, I know how to back-up.

So, Igwanarob. Would you like a slight used HTC HD2? I have confirmed that it runs windows mobile quite well (and ENERGY is still cooking ROMS for it). And you can run android (in fact you can dual boot pretty well). I’ve also heard rumors that you can run windows phone 7 on it, but why would one do that. It’s like escaping the mousetrap to run into the arms of the cat…

Ok, last time I will tell you!

If you go barefoot and paint your toenails black, you’ll be able to walk down the side of a building:

And was that Greta van Susteren making a cameo?

It’s all about the internet security….

I currently use AVG for internet security (along with a hardware firewall/router). There’s also Microsoft Security Essentials. Both are free. Both work. There are also some others out there. But they pale in comparision to what you really need for internet protection. You’ve got malware & virus protection, but what’s protecting you from The New World Order (Mind-Control Division). What you need is a good AFDB:

Always wear your afdb, or you’ll end up like Napoleon:

Happy National Drink Guinness Day

So today is Cinco de Mayo. An alleged Mexican holiday that is celebrated more by white people in America than Mexicans. Basically it commemorates a battle fought against the French in a war that the Mexicans eventually lost. Its not that big of a holiday in Mexico. Their big national holiday is the Grito de Dolores, sometime in September...

So, it is said that Cinco de Mayo is best celebrated by drinking Corona. I don't think so. Corona = Bottled Urine. Then I think back to two years ago. When I basically had my first Guinness. So, if you celebrate it today, first look it up and learn about the history. Then go have a pint...

BTW, this wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for the Civil War going on at the time (Google the Monroe Doctrine...). The French, of course, probably have a different of view on this. The action that the Mexicans commemorate is also commemorated by the French Foreign Legion as a solemn occasion, where they essentially affirm that they won't back down. The French Army may be a bunch of Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys, but the French Foreign Legion is where the real balls are....

I hope you enjoyed it

I hope you enjoyed the bright yellow ufo that greeted Washington State this weekend. I of course, had to work. All weekend long. But ires all back to normal this morning. The rain is back. And I have to work. Which means the dart is going to suck. I'm so used to Mondays off.

Good Morning, gentles...

Pierce Transit are liars!

First they say that they have to drastically reduce service, cutting over a third of there service (mostly the routes that I have to take to work). But they're still buying new buses. The drivers routinely flout the laws of the road (I can't tell you the times I couldn't cross at the marked crosswalk because the bus was standing in it). I've also seen drivers threaten passengers with an extended denial of service for having the gall to wish the driver a nice day. I've given up on complaining to Pierce Transit about this. Their customer service is dev/null. They just need to fold and stop glutting themselves off of our tax dollars.

Soundtransit is funded differently, and they still rock.

Osama dead

Bin Laden is no more. I’ve been trying to think of what the implications of this are, and to sort my own opinion out on this, but words fail me. All I’ll say is that he can no longer perpetrate evil anymore.

And I don’t think there will be a Beer Volcano and Stripper Factory in your afterlife, Osama…

EDIT:

I saw this posted on as somebody’s facebook status today. And it had been reposted before, apparently. I feel it’s worth sharing, and it sorts out how I feel on it:

”I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that”

Violence. Is. Evil. Period. It doesn’t matter who does it, or for what it is done. It’s evil. If you resort to it, then you’re no better than your enemies.