Until then feel free to catch me on Twitter or even email me if you’d like. I’m always looking for good conversation & inspiration for things to write.

Later folks.

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Networking with people should be more than swapping business cards. Engaging discussions, getting to know them & allowing them to be a personality rather than just another email address should be a number one priority. With the direction social networking is taking us, it allows us to be more personable with the people we meet, causing us to build better relationships while expanding your social circle. What I’m trying to get at is this; if you take the time to get to know someone, the reward is far greater than what you’d get from the occasional conversation here & there.

As much as I used to despise the idea of social networking, I must admit now that I’m glad I got into it. Because the amount of ideas and great conversations I’ve shared with people these last few weeks have made it all worth it.

I think later on this month, I’ll make an attempt to reach out & send postcards to the people in my circle as well. A little goes a long way when it comes to showing that you’re willing to invest time in people & it’s well worth it.

Later folks

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Why do I say this? I started looking at some draft posts that i’ve made over the course of the week and realized that I haven’t finished them yet because I was trying to force it. Writing this has been no problem for me so far because I’ve just let the topic flow freely without trying to stunt myself with reaching for something that’s not there. This is the main reason people suffer from writers block, too. I don’t even really like to use the term “writers block” actually, I prefer to call it “thought constipation”. As weird as the term sounds, it fits the situation perfectly, I think. Your mind shifts into neutral because you’re trying to pull things from it and suddenly you lose everything you had before.

Before you go to work on your next entry, take these steps:

• Take a deep breath
• Turn on your favorite songs (make a writing playlist beforehand)
• Have your drink of choice on hand
• Wear something comfortable

And most importantly:

• Just relax

Oh by the way, I haven’t forgotten about that big post I said I was going to write, i’m still working on it.

Later folks.

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Also, I tweaked the CSS, so now you’ll be able to see links apart from normal text. This should end the confusion on things I link in posts now.

And on that note, I leave you all with this thought:

How would you feel if your favorite web series suddenly ended?

Later folks.

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Sprints Blackberry Curve press release

Blackberry Curve fact sheet

I’m psyched about it not only because it means that i’ll be getting a new phone soon, but because I can now stay more connected to everything when i’m not near a computer. While my Treo could do most of the things that the Curve does, it seems like the Curve will be better suited for my needs - namely email. While the Treo had does have an email program, it doesn’t work how I thought it would, especially with Gmail. Instead of downloading what is in the inbox, it takes everything from your account and puts it into one folder. I always found myself sifting through things I sent weeks ago as well as messages that I had already archived. I’ve read where they have various programs available for the Treo that do what the Curve does for your email, but IMO something like that should have been there out-of-box.

Another plus is the fact that I won’t really have to spend extra money on the BIS service because it’s included in those new “simply everything” plans that Sprint has now. I know if I would’ve had to pay that extra $30 for the BIS capabilities, then I wouldn’t have bothered getting the phone & just stuck with my Treo until something else that I liked came out, I’m cheap like that.

Last night I installed a plugin called Zemanta, that I’m actually finding to be kind of useful. What it does is install a sidebar in the writing area of Wordpress, so while you’re typing up a blog it suggests articles & pictures that relate to your topic. The time I spent writing about how I wanted the Curve, it would display images like the Sprint logo as well as articles about the phone, which I thought was neat. I’m thinking that it’ll help as time goes on when I’m stuck trying to write about things.

Apparently it also links keywords as well, interesting.

I’ve spent most of the weekend messing around with Wordpress and I must say that I really like it so far. It’s more sleek than 2.3 which makes it easier to find things and heightens the experience. Kudos to all the people who worked on it, because it’s a nice piece of software.

I need to fix the CSS so links show up & don’t appear as normal text.

April is finally here, so that means Spring should be here soon which also means that I won’t have to wear a jacket when I step out the house anymore. It also means today was April fools day, which seemed to be choc full of happenings this year. I think one of the better ones was the Steve Jobs interview that Mahalo Daily did. Here’s a link to that if anyone missed it.

Steve Jobs interview @ Mahalo Daily

What were your favorite April Fools stuff from today? I’d like to see if i’ve missed anything that was really worth laughing at.

One last thing, if you don’t already know Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile sent Engadget legal papers demanding they stop using the color magenta on their mobile site. No joke. Here’s a link to the article with the letter.

Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile demands Engadget Mobile discontinue using the color magenta

Big business never ceases to amaze me.

Later folks.

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Random thoughts

• I’ve been hearing rumblings of the Blackberry Curve coming to Sprint for quite some time now & at this point from the information i’ve seen, all that’s left is an official confirmation from Sprint themselves. I’m actually happy that it’s supposed to be coming out in April, because my contract is up in June, which means it’s time for me to upgrade and grab myself a new phone. I’ve been using the Palm Treo 700p for two years now & it’s really starting to show its age. I love the phone don’t get me wrong, but at this point I can’t be bothered with the random resets and the constant freezing which from what I’ve read rarely happens with the Blackberry. I think the only thing I’ll really miss is the touchscreen interface, because it made doing just about everything a quicker experience overall.

I’m a big fan of Palm and enjoy their products, but they really need to get their act together. Last I heard, their new OS isn’t coming out until at least Q1 ‘09, which in my eyes is going to be too little, too late for them. Their phones are huge, the OS is starting to show its age and their general public perception isn’t all that good at the moment. I’m hoping they can get their act together and make me regret moving on to a Blackberry at some point, but I doubt it.

• AOL needs to get their act together and give their AIM client some spice so I’m not always wondering why I still have it installed on my laptop. The only thing saving it from getting the boot is the fact that I talk to friends & family on here. I wish they would add some features so that I could interact with other AIM users, you know, kind of like how the social networking sites are. I’m not asking for the world either, just an option or two that allow me to find people to chat with when I’m up at 5am and can’t sleep.

• Why is Twitter so addicting? I’ve been on it for a few days now & it’s found its way onto a permanent tab in Firefox. I woke up this afternoon to discover it was down and didn’t know what to do with myself. Does Twitter have an app for the Blackberry or should I just be content with the mobile version they have for phone browsers? I need help.

• I’m still not satisfied with how the site looks, I think the next few days will be spent working on a few cosmetic issues that I have with it. I guess I’m a perfectionist when it comes to how I want the site to look.

• When is MF Doom going to drop a new album? I’ve heard things about Madvillain 2 & the album he’s doing with Ghostface dropping this year, but nothing concrete enough to get me hyped.

• Speaking of which, I need new music for my iPod. I should ask people on Twitter for suggestions on stuff to check out.

• Rum or Vodka? - Decisions, decisions.

• Microsoft should never have released Vista. It’s just like ME, except more bloated.

That’s it for tonight I think, catch you later folks.

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I never did get up this morning to cook, sleeping seemed like a much better idea at the time especially when people started calling me at 10AM to see if I wanted to play Halo 3 before work. Regardless, after I decided to finally get up to spend quality Xbox Live time with my cousin & brother I headed off to work where i’ve pretty much spent the entire day on Twitter & various other places to kill time.

Spending the day on Twitter has made me realize that I enjoy social networking sites more than I’ve originally let off, or maybe I’ve just been ruined by how clunky Myspace is which made me assume all social sites were the same. People keep asking me why I haven’t made a Facebook yet & apart from the usual “I’m too lazy” excuse I’ve been riding with the “all those sites are lame” line, too. I suppose that’s going to change now, because if Facebook is even half as fun as Twitter is then I’ll enjoy it a lot.

I almost feel defeated because I’ve put off making a Facebook for so long & now I’m all anxious to go home so I can set one up. Like i’ve said before though, I’ll go ahead and place the blame on Myspace for being so clunky, unintuitive & shallow as my reasons for not wanting to venture out into other social sites. Better late than never is what I always say anyway, so that’s always a plus.

I really need to relax this weekend, because it seems like the last few weeks all I’ve been doing is running around while leaving little time for me to just sit down and collect myself. Aside from cleaning the apartment and paying some bills, luckily I have nothing to do until I go back to work on Wednesday. For the most part, I really want to keep this week as slow as possible to give things a change of pace from what it’s been usually.

All in all, today has been pretty good and tomorrow should follow suit since I already know what I need to get done:

1. Upgrade WordPress without breaking the site
2. Set up a Facebook page
3. Stare at Twitter
4. Cook/clean
5. Waste away on Xbox Live
6. Recompile Apache & update the permalinks

Nice & simple, I think.

Later folks.

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1. I turned on commenting, so that the 3 of you who read the site can now comment on the nonsense I write if you’d like to at some point in time.
2. I set up the “related posts” feature so that when you read a post, it’ll show you any other posts that the system may think would be relevant enough for you to read.
3. I fixed the twitter system on the sidebar so that it now looks neater & is no longer a jumbled mess.

I’m hoping eventually that these things will help spark some interactivity between myself and anyone reading the site, I figure it would make things more interesting.

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Have you ever had moments where you can’t concentrate and it sounds like there’s a busy train station in your head? I’ve felt like that ever since I got to work tonight for some reason & i’m not really sure why. I tried watching a movie hoping that it would calm my mind down, but that didn’t work. Same goes for listening to music, nothing. Hopefully writing will calm the noise down so I can actually concentrate on things.

I think the weather is starting to turn the corner into getting warmer that it has been, because the last few weeks have been nice enough to the point where I don’t have to wear my huge jacket when I go outside now. I’m hoping this year though that we have some sort of transition from winter to summer, since last year we went directly into both seasons with a sprinkle of spring & fall mixed in for maybe a week or two. Why am I even talking about the weather? That has to be the most boring thing to speak about, especially when you can only go in so many directions with it, but hey, that’s what popped into my head at the time.

I need to do some cooking when I get home tonight, so I can have food to take with me to work tomorrow, instead of ordering out again. Not that I mind ordering out, but it’s been a while since i’ve had my own cooking & I actually miss it for once. I wanted to cook today, but sleeping in seemed like the better idea at the time, so the most I got down was thinking of what i’d cook tomorrow and then seasoning up the meat so I wouldn’t have to rush in the morning. I figured that i’d broil some chicken breasts & have some ravioli with it as well, seems like that would be a nice combination for a Saturday meal. That would also give me an excuse to use the flickr account I made and upload pictures of the aftermath to show off my cooking skills. I suppose if I don’t get lazy after I work i’ll go ahead and do that as well.

I need new music, desperately. I’m getting tired of listening to the same stuff over & over, because I can’t find anything else to listen to that I like. Looking at those “top ____ songs” lists don’t help either, because either those songs suck, or they only made it on the list because of who made them which I guess would also fall into the “it sucks” category as well. Fact of the matter is, if anyone could be so kind to recommend some music to me, i’d really appreciate it. It doesn’t matter what is it, i’ll try it with open ears in hopes of catching something I like.

Is it just me or does it seem like the internet is a barren wasteland when it comes to sites? Now I say this because earlier I was going through my bookmarks to see what needed to be deleted or not so I could clean everything up, when I came across a few sites that I hadn’t been to in ages. I get a bit excited with thoughts of how I always used to visit the site and began to wonder what it looks like now. Low & behold, however, the site was nothing more than one of those spam pages where it shows the name of the site and a bunch of links to shopping and such. I suppose it goes to show how easily you can just give up on something when it comes to the internet and not even think twice about it. For instance, if I didn’t care to blog anymore I could just choose not to come to my site anymore and let the domain expire. I may have lost $10, but in the end at least I wouldn’t have to bother with it any longer. Could you imagine what the world would be like if you could do that with anything?

No wonder most people have become so impatient nowadays, it’s because the internet has taught people that they can cut & run without thinking twice. I admit though that I’m guilty of this myself. If a site takes too long to load, I end up closing it & moving on to the next thing. Now that I think of it, that would probably explain why I stopped going to those old sites I had in my bookmarks. They took too long to load for me one day and the stigma of that made me not even want to bother with the site anymore. In result, I stopped going there & forgot all about the place. Moral of the story here folk; having patience is actually a good quality, because sometimes wanting to rush all the time will cause you to miss something in the end.

Amazing how the internet has made us so impatient, isn’t it?

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I bought the domain, set up Wordpress, installed plugins, found a nice theme…

Yet I haven’t lifted a finger to even blog, until now.

I figure that it would be a lot easier to just open the site and start typing rather than saying, “you need to blog today” all the time. It also will be better to write off the top of my head, rather than finding things online to comment on. Doing that makes this feel like a job & that’s the last thing I want this to seem like because then I won’t enjoy it. So instead of making the task of blogging obtuse, i’ve decided to make it easy on myself.

Writing can be a task at times, but I think that’s only the case when you make it seem like hard work. I actually enjoy writing, but for some reason I always have to turn something into a big project before I bother doing it.

Time to change that habit.

So like I said, from now on i’m just going to open Wordpress, then start typing. Whatever my brain sends to my fingers and shows up on the screen is what i’ll be blogging about at that very moment. At least this will keep the blog more spontaneous feeling than something that’s manufactured and closely monitored. My mind is always open & it needs to be emptied regularly so I can sleep like a normal person for once.

Here’s hoping it works.

I just got done watching the final Grand Theft Auto IV trailer that Rockstar released, (which you can view here if you want.) and I must say that this made me even more hyped about it than I was before. I’ve always been a fan of the games, but for some reason this one just seems to be much more bigger than the previous games. What sucks now is the fact that there won’t be any more trailers and I’ll to wait patiently until it comes out next month.

I’ll survive I suppose.

While on the subject of games, I’m glad that this year the summer season won’t be too bad in terms of games, because last year was absolutely horrible. This year we’ll have a decent amount of games to hold us over until the fall, which sure beats last year when my friends & I had nothing to play except for Gears of War, that got really old after a while.

I’ve noticed lately that TV shows are starting to get really boring. Most of the shows that I really like a lot have either been canceled, are on hiatus because of the writers strike taking so long to end or have ended due to the creators not knowing where to take it next. Lately I’ve found myself just watching older shows/movies, because the mess they try to shovel down our throats now is getting a bit ridiculous.

Maybe I should stop being so picky and just watch TV with an open mind. At least that seems better than staring at the wall most of the day because I have nothing else to do.

Actually, it won’t be that bad for much longer since baseball is starting up again. Now i’ll have something to watch up until the fall when football starts back up again.

On that note, i’m tapping out now. Here’s hoping I can stick to this idea of just typing whatever is in my head rather than searching for something that isn’t there & not writing at all.

Until next time….

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