Goodby Blogger

Well switching from FTP to blogspot does a number on your blog.. Other problems exist too.. So goodby, i now use wordpress which i can host both the blog and the CMS. http://www.jholdaway.com

Adventures in Wireless-land

My adventure starts with the upcoming end to my free service from IMMI. At the time it sounded like such a boon to have free unlimited wireless and internet phone service. However I ended up with a broken phone, locked phones galore and a new wireless world. When I left Cingular had a $29 "local" plan which included California and Nevada. Well except for the (rare) exception of Utah, CA and NV is all I need. Now I find that Cingular and all the other providers have met in a dark room and raised the lowest price to $39, with the same 450 minutes that my $29 plan had. Also I did enjoy the paragraph

Cingular also imposes the following charges: a Regulatory Cost Recovery Fee of up to $1.25 to help defray its costs incurred in complying with obligations and charges imposed by State and Federal telecom regulation, a gross receipts surcharge, and State and Federal Universal Service charges. The Regulatory Cost Recovery Fee is not a tax or a government required charge.

Is not the price of service (In this case a massive $39), all the business costs including taxes plus a amount of profit? How did it become ok for a business to charge it's customers (who are already taxed by the government on their Cingular bill) for some of its own tax? Despite the beauty of the phone at the top of the page after dealing with Cingular Trying to get a non-contracted transfer (impossible), I learned it would require a 11 month contract. Or a 2 year where I could get a few hundred bucks off the Samsung pictured at the top. Well for 12 months I can get the same few hundred bucks off a LG Chocolate phone (directly above) which is just as cool good. Well I guess I will now be a Verizon customer. And I must say I fear the same fees, restrictions, and locking policies will be in place at Verizon.

Writely

It seems Google now has a new online program called writely, not surprisingly found on writely.com. The only thing that i would like is as you type spell checking. However with web apps that is not very realistic. One thing that is great is that it auto saves whenever you idle for a moment and every so often as well. This will be great. While microsoft's Office Live is moving towards online storage of files, if editing or creating online is not added it will loose the war (although momentum will carry it through many battles to come.)

If you haven't noticed I use alot of google stuff. This website is powered by blogger even. Other google stuff i use: Gmail, Google calendar, Picasa, Writely and a few more. As long as they stick to their Motto: Don't Be Evil (or even if they stay less evil) i will stick with them, at least when it comes to PCs.

Update

It has been a long time since i had the chance to post anything so i thought I would add a quick entry. I am all vacationed out as my personal vacation then family vacation then extended family vacation ran into eachother with just a coupla weeks between. And a bit of acid reflux (which i had never had, and suggest it should be avoided) made one of those weeks nearly unbearable. However it has been fun, Long beach/Disneyland, then San Diego, and finally Washington, CA. The picture is not of my vacation. those can be found at flickr.com. This is Yoshi's Island 2 which had me excited even before i saw the WiFi logo on the case. Now i will be picking it up in november for sure. I better start saving as Wii will be getting alot of nintendo stuff the 4th quarter of this year :)

Whyyy?? - Part 2

I’m not in existential crisis! Just the opposite. I was fine when existence had no meaning. Meaningless in a universe that has no meaning—that I get. But meaninglessness in a universe that has meaning . . . [to Jaye] what does it mean?! - Wonderfalls

Why are we here: I know that we are here to be happy. Weather you are religious "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." or not "Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government". Why do I have a website: I like to keep a journal and it was a good way to start out with my shallow thoughts. As I continue I want to grow deeper on the outside, an open book to the world. Also I enjoy creating websites. Who Do I like: Family (too many to name) Best friends Rocky, My brother Keith, my cousin Cynthia, Potential best friends, Marc. Famous people Lucy Lu, Joanne Cusak, and Johnny Depp. When do I Laugh: At a good joke, Comedy Central Shows, Youtube, with a Friend, all the time When do I Cry: Rarely, Great movies, when i feel like it. When will I be happy: I am happy in so many ways, but I have some goals based on health, friendship, relationships in general and school that I hope will improve what i find lacking in my life right now.

Back from vacation.

Well another vacation dead and gone. Now I need to focus on school. Deadlines, schedules, requirements, costs almost make the ability to enroll in school more impressive than the degree you receive. I missed the one day i had to register. Got home all tired and Mom wanted to go take Aaris to see Cars. After KFC and the movie I had totally forgot to register for my classes. Now I must wait until august to fight tooth and nail, most likely ending up trying to add the class. And that will do no good if I don't do some learnin' of my own before class starts. I barely got by in the first .NET programing class and this second one builds on what has already excaped my brain. Last semester i got an F because the first assignment wasn't due until a week after drops ended. And i held out hope until the day before. Anyway my trip to Long Beach was nice. Went with Rocky to Disneyland and to a Cuban Restaurant. I also turned my ticket into a year pass, going again in October. But I will be going with Sheri, but maybe I will be able to go out to dinner with Rocky anyway.. or all of us, who knows. When I got back and steped out into the 90 degree Sacramento breeze, I was tempted to turn around and catch another plane back (not really). Its still hot and I can't wait for it to end. I've been letting my forgetfullness throw my money down the drain. I waited too long to cancel the first hotel I booked and had to pay for it and the one I stayed in. I also let my Audible account start another month without getting a book in july.. 22 bucks down the drain, probably my cheepest mistake this month.

Dread Pirate DVD

Well both of my comic books came to day, along with two dvds. One being... get ready for it... Dum dum da dum.. The Princess Bride - Dread Pirate Edition!!! Well you probably guessed with the picture. I hope you have watched this movie. It is the best/cleverest/funniest movie I have seen as of yet. When googling about it, I found this game: It turns out not to be related, but it seems like a good game. But at 50 bucks at target and buy.com its quite too much for a board game. If you havent seen "The Princess Bride" yet then you need to pick it up the next time your at your local video store. Because this has been a small update here are some video links i found the last few days.