http://www.powertrip.net/wagahai Just another blog Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:28:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently I upgraded phones again, this time the blackjackII. The quick review on this is that the battery life is more than acceptable for the type of phone that it is.. listening to an online radio station for 40min did show a bit on my battery meter, but a ... http://www.powertrip.net/wagahai/2008/03/29/blackjack-ii/ There are people that I've encountered that have a mental block when anything with "technology" comes up. This block has nothing to do with people's financial class or exposure to technology. I've seen this in people who are near genius level and in the "average joe". Most of the ... http://www.powertrip.net/wagahai/2008/01/13/technology-have-and-have-nots/ So, after our cable box finished receiving a firmware update, I went surfing to see what was on and found a Dr Phil show about Cyber Bullies. I have a few things to say. The coverage of the Megan myspace case from Missouri I don't really have much to add ... http://www.powertrip.net/wagahai/2008/01/08/cyberbullying-dr-phil/ After noticing some friends have their resolutions online, I feel compelled to do the same.. This year.. NONE. I like the way I do most things. I like the attempts I make to continue improving myself on a personal, work and other levels. I have nothing that I feel needs ... http://www.powertrip.net/wagahai/2008/01/02/new-years-resolutions/ With the speed of the Internet, a change in how people relate has occurred. For some unknown reason, I feel the need to post about this. Before going into the online/off-line worlds and the relations, I need to define "friend". For the purpose of this post, a ... http://www.powertrip.net/wagahai/2007/11/05/online-relations-friends-groups-relationships/ Posting this for family/friends curious about our safety and the San Diego fires. The summary: On Monday, October 22nd at 4am the smell of smoke in the area woke us up. We turned on the news and didn't see anything regarding our area and attempted to sleep. About 5 minutes ... http://www.powertrip.net/wagahai/2007/10/24/san-diego-fire-report-2007/ For a while I was quite addicted to Second Life. When you find a good group of people to chat with and can create scripts, objects and be creative it is really fun. I was able to also be a DJ, run a small lottery and explore creating ... http://www.powertrip.net/wagahai/2007/08/10/secondlife-going-downhill/ Discussion of operating systems and platform are as bad as discussions about religion or politics. There are reasons behind someone's choice to back one over another and 99% of the time you won't change someone's mind. An example.. I'm a PC guy and use RH Linux for my servers and ... http://www.powertrip.net/wagahai/2006/10/11/operating-systems-and-mac-vs-pc/ A review/editorial/commentary of "Second Life".. For those who don't know, "Second Life" is an online world created by Linden Labs. It's a virtual environment where you can do many of the things you can do in the real world and more. The environment is built by users.. each chair, ... http://www.powertrip.net/wagahai/2006/09/01/a-year-in-secondlife/ Went today to Wild Animal park with some friends, 2 mini video clips to share ;) Lorikeets in action and asking for attention. http://www.powertrip.net/wagahai/2006/05/21/wild-animal-park/