I came back from BlogHer ’10 with at least ten new flash drives. Sure, they’re small in terms of capacity — the largest holds 1GB, the rest between 256mb and 512mb, but a) they’re FREE and b) I remember paying $29.99 in 2005 for a 128mb flash drive (I still have it, in fact. Sentimental value, I suppose.). Besides, I usually use flash drives for small things, like emails, documents, a few MP3s, pictures of a plus size swimsuit that I need for an article, whatever.
What’s your shameless technology addiction?
I bought my first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, in February of 2009. In February of 2010 I upgraded to the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, though the only reason I upgraded was because the call button on my G1 died, and it was cheaper to upgrade to the myTouch than to purchase another G1. Then, this July, I upgraded to the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide, the Slide standing for the full slide-out QWERTY keyboard (very similar to the G1′s) that the new myTouch featured.
So, I was on phone #3, but still hadn’t been able to do any screenshots, because that required rooting, something I wasn’t willing to risk doing. For the hell of it, I checked the Android Market, and came across the Screenshot app. According to the description rooting was required, but after reading a comment from a myTouch 3G Slide owner that said that he was able to take screenshots on his unrooted phone, I decided to install it and try it.
Needless to say, it works perfectly!
With the cell phones, GPS systems, iPods, DSLR cameras, digital cameras and video cameras, the one thing I’ve found that you’ll always have a need for is USB cables. Most of our stuff requires mini USB, but my new phone and another one of my devices (I forget which one) uses the micro USB connector, so I hit up eBay a few weeks ago to stock up on cables. Seriously, if you need USB cables, eBay is the way to go. It should be illegal to sell a simple USB cable for $14.99 when you can get the same damn thing for like $3 on eBay. I seriously purchased three micro USB cables for $2.99 apiece (free shipping), three mini USB cables for $2.99 apiece (again, free shipping), two iPod USB cables for $4.99 apiece, and two Zune (my brothers have Zunes) USB cables for $3.99 apiece. I hate to think of what these cables would have cost me if I purchased them at a Circuit City or Best Buy or Walmart!
It has been three months since I wrote Blog Advertising Store AKA Paying Post is a scam, and I’m updating everyone to report that despite multiple blog entries, Blog Advertising Store AKA Paying Post still has not paid me. They have ignored dozens of email requests and PayPal requests from me, and continue to go on duping new bloggers who are ignorant of their scamming ways.
It has been three and a half months since I have been due $109.00, and I have not seen a penny of it.
Whether you’ve been personally burned by Blog Advertising Store AKA Paying Post, or are simply commiserating with me, PLEASE re-tweet, Stumble, Digg, whatever, to spread the word. Protect other bloggers from being scammed, and make sure this company goes down.
I’ve drooled over Crumpler Bags in the past, but up until recently I never had a need for one. I had a nice little that came with my Nikon D40x DSLR camera + lenses kit, and that was good enough. Well, it was good enough. It did just fine with holding my camera and two lenses. But now that I have the camera, an external flash, at least six lenses and several filters and attachments, there’s just no way everything will fit into my Nikon bag.
But Crumpler Bags are expensive. Super expensive, in fact. And the one I wanted, the 8 Million Dollar Home, is nearly $200, so I reconciled myself to the idea of not having it until Christmas. Then I got the brilliant idea to check eBay… and OH. MY. GOD., there was someone selling theirs — used just three times, in excellent conditions with photos to prove it — for a hundred bucks. So yeah… I bought it. I had some extra funds in PayPal that weren’t expected or even being counted on for bills, so I went for it. Merry Christmas to me? :D
Now I’m anxiously waiting for it to arrive so I can load it up with Nikon goodness!
While attending BlogHer ’10 last week, I had the opportunity to check out the sponsors area, which is basically a large hall (or in this case, two of them) where companies and sponsors set up booths that promote their products and such. BitDefender was one of the companies present, and they were promoting their new group, BitMoms, which is a mommy blog group that has the opportunity to try out BitDefender and related software. I applied today to be a part of the BitMoms group, as I think they would be a good fit for my lifestyle, seeing as how between my husband and I we have five computers, with children who access them regularly.
Last fall I started having performance issues with Mozilla Firefox. The problem was duplicating itself on both of my computers, so after several weeks of frustration, I gave up and switched to Google Chrome. It was noticeably faster, and did everything I wanted it to do (for the most part; it still needs a lot of development and improvement for extensions and such, and the handling of Flash and Adobe Acrobat/Reader), so I stuck with it.
Then I went to BlogHer ’10, and checked out the Rock Your Firefox suite. I got a tote bag, a t-shirt, cute stickers, and a sneak peek at Firefox 4 beta. So guess what I’m running now? :)
Technology is great for shopping. On a regular basis I rely on technology to help me get my shopping done. I use my cell phone to manage shopping lists. I use a mobile PayPal app to check my available balance. I use my laptop and netbook on-the-go, in conjunction with the free wifi offered by many restaurants and cafes, to make online purchases. One such online purchase is for vitamins and minerals, and that’s a purchase I make just about every month, as it’s something I will always need. I’m post-op gastric bypass, which means there is no way I can get the nutrients and protein that I need from food, as I can’t eat nearly enough. So I rely on supplements to get what I need.
But even if you eat healthily, you should still at least consider the use of nutritional supplements. Many foods these days don’t contain adequate amounts of vitamins, nutrients, and minerals, so unless you supplement, you could be lacking. Take a look at evitamins.com to stock up on all of the supplements you could possibly need.
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I have an issue that I’m having trouble figuring out. Essentially, I have a Linksys WUSB54G that I want to make work with a computer that is running Windows 7. I managed to get this to work last fall, but it took some manual downloading of drivers, older software, and a lot of hunting around. Silly me, I didn’t take notes on exactly what I did. Now I’m trying to replicate what I did, and I just can’t figure it out. I think I would have better luck assembling an airplane from aircraft parts and supplies or selling mens wedding bands door-to-door than getting this to work! So I’m posting here in the hopes that someone may have a working solution! For what it’s worth, I want to install the Linksys WUSB54G on a computer that is running Windows 7 32-bit. Thanks in advance!
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