Gonna be short, saw a boutique today and the name stood out "Illusion Boutique" which is quite possibly the most appropriate name ever attached to a business. It's like the owner said we aint messing around we want people to know exactly what our business does and that is help people to lie about they look, lol.
delusion (n): the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Shocking Music
So I've been having an issue where my new in ear buds shock me at home but only on my laptop. It wasn't happening at work and it certainly wasn't happening when I was using my zen.So as it turned out tonight I had on my rubber slippers and it seemed ok it was a little uncomfortable but barely noticable. Then I put my foot directly onto the floor, instant shock.
Seems current is leaking from the speaker in the earbud into you know who.Rubbish ain't it? I guess this is just another reason to upgrade to some shure earbuds.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
AIG - 170Bn in Bail Outs 165M in Bonuses
Going to be very brief, just read this article and this one too, which points out the dollar amount of the bonuses. All I have to saw is wow, legal obligations? The company would be bankrupt and most of those people would be looking for jobs. This has no direct impact on me but there is something about the level of insanity expressed here that makes me quiver.
The company just lost 60 billion dollars in losses for one QUARTER and are surviving on tax payer cash but believe people are still entitled to bonuses? They want to keep the best and the brightest? The company is lucky to be in business, if/when it returns to profitability then quality of employees could be a major consideration but you've made your bed you must lay in it.
The company just lost 60 billion dollars in losses for one QUARTER and are surviving on tax payer cash but believe people are still entitled to bonuses? They want to keep the best and the brightest? The company is lucky to be in business, if/when it returns to profitability then quality of employees could be a major consideration but you've made your bed you must lay in it.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
7-Day Cruise
Got back today from a 7-Day Caribbean Cruise and that was the best vacation of my life. The food, the service, the food...lol.
May or may not write something extended tomorrow, regardless 10pts to Carnival Victory and "Karl with a K" the Cruise Director.
May or may not write something extended tomorrow, regardless 10pts to Carnival Victory and "Karl with a K" the Cruise Director.
Friday, January 30, 2009
DropBox etc.
For once I find myself only somewhat excited for anther big google announcement. The 'GDrive' Project is imminent and what it is supposed to mean is data accessible from anywhere the net is available.
Now I love the idea of Cloud Computing, that no matter where I am or what computer I'm on my bookmarks, email, photos and documents are online.
For years the two I've most wanted have eluded me, music and files. Not that there aren't plenty of sites, like www.filefront.com, that you can upload your files too or even registering for website to access my files and perhaps stream my music from. What I wanted though was a bit more cultured, I wanted to be able to stream my music straight through the music player on my comp or phone and for files I wanted them available not just online but offline on whatever computer I use.
So the impending GDrive annoucement should tickle my fancy but I've gotten my wish there with DropBox, which allows file syncing across multiple platforms, so when I create a document on my work laptop it is automatically uploaded to the net and when my desktop is turned on it is automatically downloaded. If I make further changes on my desktop to that file the updated file automatically goes out to the web and then automatically gets updated on my laptop.
What is more useful is that if I am away from a designated PC I can log into the web interface and perfrom a one-time download of the file in question and then manually upload. I can even share this folder with other dropbox users. Simple, practical and brilliant. My only compliant is that it is 2GB free or 50GB for $100US a year. I could go for 10GB for 30 or 4oUS but I just don't need 50GB.
With services like iMeem and last.fm already available and the Zune music store being an all you can download buffet for $15US a month, its not long before a GPRS/EDGE/3G & Wifi enabled phone/mp3 player gets a service where you pay $X a month can play w/e the service has available on demand completely eliminating the need for exesive storoage on the phone.
Did I mention this thing runs on windows, linux and mac? MADNESS
Anyway, shameless plug www.getdropbox.com
Now I love the idea of Cloud Computing, that no matter where I am or what computer I'm on my bookmarks, email, photos and documents are online.
For years the two I've most wanted have eluded me, music and files. Not that there aren't plenty of sites, like www.filefront.com, that you can upload your files too or even registering for website to access my files and perhaps stream my music from. What I wanted though was a bit more cultured, I wanted to be able to stream my music straight through the music player on my comp or phone and for files I wanted them available not just online but offline on whatever computer I use.
So the impending GDrive annoucement should tickle my fancy but I've gotten my wish there with DropBox, which allows file syncing across multiple platforms, so when I create a document on my work laptop it is automatically uploaded to the net and when my desktop is turned on it is automatically downloaded. If I make further changes on my desktop to that file the updated file automatically goes out to the web and then automatically gets updated on my laptop.
What is more useful is that if I am away from a designated PC I can log into the web interface and perfrom a one-time download of the file in question and then manually upload. I can even share this folder with other dropbox users. Simple, practical and brilliant. My only compliant is that it is 2GB free or 50GB for $100US a year. I could go for 10GB for 30 or 4oUS but I just don't need 50GB.
With services like iMeem and last.fm already available and the Zune music store being an all you can download buffet for $15US a month, its not long before a GPRS/EDGE/3G & Wifi enabled phone/mp3 player gets a service where you pay $X a month can play w/e the service has available on demand completely eliminating the need for exesive storoage on the phone.
Did I mention this thing runs on windows, linux and mac? MADNESS
Anyway, shameless plug www.getdropbox.com
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Ligher Side..
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Movies/popup?id=6384064
Couldn't help myself, some of those are just down right hilarious. It is simply amazing how much stupidity can be condensed into one sentence!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Text Messaging is 20x the cost of email (at least in Barbados)
This was brought to my attention by a friend.
So a character (or one letter) is about 8 bits. 8 bits make 1 byte and 1024 bytes make 1 kilobyte. So 1 character is 1 byte.
A text, message is 160 characters of body. There must be 22 characters (+12345678910) for the number sending and the number receiving (probably in a header of some kind) so thats 182 characters, at least in Barbados. Call it 190 to be safe.
190 characters or 190 bytes is 20c bds (whether you use 25 or all 190). That's about $1 a kilobyte vs 1c per 1kb for data.
Therefore an email that contains 200 characters (including the header) costs 1c since thats not one whole kilobyte but a text message which is of comparable size is 20c so text messaging is about 20 times as expensive as sending an email AND the charge is flat not per kb.
wtf!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
