OK, I've been falling behind on my posting. What with RL work and the time I put into my GoSpeed RL story I've neglected to post about what else has happened the past week or so. Starting from old to new here we go:

Eshi's build from 19 July 2008:

A big,tall, beautiful flower tower :)

ABBA Poses for a Poco Loco photo shoot. She's the blue eyed mouse...

The Celebrity Go-Kart race for SLCN.TV and RFL

I don't know who won the race as we all had too much fun. Afterward I kinda started a firefight of monsterous proportions that even Paisley Beebe got involved in:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paisleybeebe/2684953388/

I got my own blimp...

I blowed up Dita Tran real good with a Humbug:-P

Eshi Otawara builds yet another tower of flowers:

I take yet another tour of the SS Galaxy. This time I fly my blimp :)

Lastly I revisit the Yamato in Japan sim and see it has grown tremendously in size. From 1 to 5 sims!

The four new ones are still closed :(

BYE BYE for now!

Things that I wanted and like

When deciding to go for the iPhone 3G I wanted two things in particular, and so far, the phone has excelled in delivering these features.

• I wanted to have a more easy experience of having an office in my pocket, of being able to take calls and make appointments in my mobile diary easily when away from home.  The iPhone certainly makes this easier.  When a call comes in I can put it onto speaker phone by pressing an onscreen icon, and by pressing another one, a large calendar appears so that I can check and make appointments with ease while talking.  I was theoretically able to do this with my previous phone, but the small screen and the fiddly buttons meant that I never tried it more than twice.  Now I can do it with confidence and ease.  My phone book syncs with the hundreds of contact details in my email address book and my appointments sync with my desktop calendar.  It really is helping me run an office away from home.

• I wanted meaningful access to the internet so that I could keep up with emails while away from the office and also 'play' in idle moments when sitting waiting in car parks or on trains or in cafes when I don't have a paper to read.  I have to say that the internet experience far exceeds anything I dared imagine for a mobile phone.  My previous experience had been of slow connections on a small screen that had to be moved up and down and sideways with buttons.  The iPhone is amazing.  First, it has four ways of connecting to the internet and always selects the fastest available.  (WIth an O2 contract, unlimited free internet connection and wi-fi access is included in the bundle.)  I used the slowest connection (the standard WAP connection) while in the middle of nowhere on holiday for a week and it was perfectly adequate for sending and receiving emails and checking the odd fact.  The fastest connection is through wi-fi.  At home my phone automatically logs into my wi-fi network and will do so in the various wi-fi hotspots in my home town.  (While travelling back from holiday I was amused to discover that I had been connected to a wi-fi network in a Little Chef in the middle of nowhere.) Once connected, there is no fiddling with buttons to read part of the screen.  You are shown the whole page on the screen, and then using your fingers, you just zoom in on the part you want to read.  They really have solved the problem of how to make a large screen usable on a small device.  The phone also supports PUSH email (which you can get for free - see 'Free' PUSH Email), or you can tell it to fetch your email every 15 minutes.

Things that I hadn't expected and love

I could write reams on this but need to limit myself, so don't panic.  The Apple store has hundreds of applications for the phone, many of them free, that can be easily downloaded and installed and I am sure that more will appear as time goes on.  Think of the phone as a mini-computer. For example, there are applications to link your phone to Flickr, Wordpress, Typepad, Twitter, Facebook, to get weather reports for your location, to give you currency exchange rates, and to give you information on your stocks and shares.  Five things, in particular, have dazzled me so far.

• I was worried about text input.  I have chunky fingers.  I had got used to predictive texting on robust buttons.  I wasn't sure how my hands would adapt to a touch-screen qwerty keyboard.  I was genuinely surprised and relieved to discover how easy text entry is.  I rarely hit the wrong key, and when I do, the inbuilt dictionary instinctively recognises the fact and offers me the correct word, regardless of my spelling - like intelligent predictive texting.  Consequently, writing fairly substantial emails is a realistic possibility.

• I have been really impressed by the GPS (global positioning system) function.  I thought this would be a cute novelty, but it has been integrated into several applications which exploit it.  At its simplest you can find out where you are and see this on Google Maps.  You can then find routes to any destination, together with stage by stage instructions.  As I am someone who always gets lost, this will prove useful.  However, this facility is linked to the contacts address book and to addresses in other functions so that whenever you find an address you can just press a key and get a route to that address from your current location worked out.  OK, it isn't SATNAV for driving, but it will help you find addresses that you otherwise might spend hours looking for, and it will help prevent me from getting lost in London.

• Following on from the above, there is a wonderful free application called Vicinity which 'does what is says on the tin'.  It tells you where you are and then provides information on all the things you might want to know about the area within a 10 mile radius - shops, super markets, garages, taxis, take-aways, banks, pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels, local places on interest, Wikipedia articles, Flickr photos of the area.  It will be really useful for the times you find yourself in a new area and need a coffee, taxi, or somewhere to take the mother-in-law.

• When I was in hospital recently I passed some of the hours of enforced stillness on my back by watching videos and TV programmes that I had downloaded onto my iPod Nano.  The screen was small, but the experience was better than staring at the ceiling for 6 hours.  The larger screen on the iPhone makes the experience of watching videos and TV programmes much more enjoyable.  I would estimate that the screen in at least 3 times larger than my Nano screen.  The iPhone iPod experience is great.  You can download new material from your iTunes account via a wi-fi connection.  There is also a free application pre-installed that links you to YouTube so that you can download and watch free videos with ease.  And I really, really do mean 'with ease'.

• One of the most impressive silly 'play' things is to do with music recognition.  There are two programs that will tell you artist and album details of any music that you hear.  Shazam listens to a recording, while Midomi will take words either typed, spoken, or sung (yes, sung) and then search the database before coming back with the answer.  If nothing else, it will amuse your friends at boring parties.  The programs then link into iTunes so that you can buy the tracks if you want to, and into YouTube so that you can download any relevant available video.  Everybody I have shown this too has been skeptical at first, and then totally amazed by it.

Things that I miss

On my old phone there were various functions that the new iPhone doesn't have that I feared I would miss.  To be honest, I don't miss making video calls, or the ability to take videos (I never did get round to posting to YouTube).  The three things that I have missed so far are:

• The ability to send MMS.  Yes, that's right, the new iPhone 3G won't send picture messages.  OK, you can email pictures, but you can't send MMS.
• The ability to send sounds and icons in text messages :-).  Yep, the phone won't do that either.  Straightforward text, or nothing.
• The ability to transfer information between phones (sending ringtones to friends) via bluetooth.  Be warned - although the phone does have bluetooth, it only links into headsets and can't be used for transmitting and receiving from other phones or for 'toothing'.

The puzzling questions

Given that the phone will do so much so well, there are puzzling questions:

• Why can't the phone send MMS?
• Why is a phone, which is so visual, and exploits visual media (the way you can change pictures with your fingers of by changing the angle of the phone) limited by an inflexible 2 megapixel camera.  My old phone had a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, zoom, and macro.  Sony are about to bring out an 8 megapixel cameraphone.  Why on earth didn't Apple put a better camera into this handset?

However, despite the minor limitations, it does so much so well, and I love it!

Dopo 6 ore (quasi) non stop sono riuscito a installare il Custom Firmware 2.0! Siccome la procedura di WinPwn mi era nuova, sono riuscito a incasinare l'iPhone.. era rimasto aggiornato alla 2.0 (versione bloccata), con la schermata fissa che dice di collegare l'iPhone ad iTunes. Così ho fatto il downgrade della baseband, ripristinato alla 1.1.4, sbloccato e upgradato alla 2.0 custom. Usando WinPwn 2.0.0.2 mi crashava (e crasha ancora) quando usavo l'IPSW Builder (aggiungendo anche Cydia). Alla fine ho lasciato perdere quella merdina ci Cydia e ho inserito solo il YouTube Fix, e magicamente è funzionato. Una cosa sola mi ha dato fastidio: mentre il BootNeuter stava flashando per la prima volta, mi ha concluso la prima operazione, mentre mi ha dato un errore nella seconda; poi si è riavviato e tutto è funzionato. Che ci sia comunque qualche errore? Sta sera ho visto però che è uscita la versione 2.0.0.3. Ma tanto il prossimo aggiornamento lo farò solo quando uscirà l'Installer 4.0 perchè la trovo una procedura molto lunga, buggosa, crashosa e complessa da svolgere.

MA PARLIAMO DI FIRMWARE 2.0!

Bellissimo stupendo fantastico! Ho già installato 15 apps dall'App Store (tra cui iBeer e iPint)! Purtroppo qua in camera non c'è il Wi-Fi e quindi non posso usare tutte le apps come Facebook, MySpace, Wordpress, e tante altre. iBeer lo trovo scattoso ma più bello perchè ha le bollicine e il sound, mentre iPint è molto fluido ma allo stesso tempo molto sempliciotto. Il menù impostazioni è tutto diverso e sento già la mancanza del campo edit del campo EDGE. Infatti se apro qualunque applicazione che usa il web mi pare che mi tolga 26 cent ogni volta che ci provo. Un'altra cosa: ho visto che tante applicazioni usano la localizzazione (anche Foto!) col gps o con le celle e questa è una bellissima cosa!

Ho deciso che mi comprerò l'iPhone 3G con un abbonamento  (e questo purtroppo mi farà passare da Vodafone a TIM). Ormai ho un account per quasi ogni social network (solo i più famosi, come Wordpress, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr) e non posso proprio farne a meno, quindi se lo comprerò potrò avere il completo accesso da ogni parte io sia. Spero che escano anche le apps di Ustream, Justin.tv, Mogulus e altri servizi di video streaming, e soprattutto che aggiungano registrazione/upload video su Youtube.app.

Insomma, anche se ci sono tanti bug, è di certo un firmware stupendo, e questo rende l'iPhone il miglior telefono esistente!

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Ahhh! Ahora resulta que después de tanto tiempo llamándolo sake no es sake. Yo no lo sabia. Sake en Japón, en realidad significa bebida alcohólica. Y lo que en realidad es el licor de arroz (que creo que para mi seguirá siendo sake) es “nihonshu”.

Fuente (s):

Un español en Japón

Oy.  I've been thinking about this post all day, but never got around to publishing it -- it's one of those days, you know?  Better late than never with the post, I suppose...

Another cemetery photograph today.  Somehow this stone practically reached out and wrapped itself around my heart and would NOT let go.  I must have taken 20 pictures of it before I finally managed to tear myself away.  Head stones for children and babies are always heart-wrenching to me (to everyone, I'm guessing), but this one especially touched me and I thought about it for days after.  I think it's my favorite shot from that day.  Something about the combination of such a young, innocent death and the language on the stone: "A little lamb safe in the fold."  Perhaps because it somehow evokes the pain of loss and the peace of heaven...  Anyway, I love it.  I hope you like it, too.  :)

Ok, how about some lovely flickr favorites for friday?  Behold:

rain day - Yesterday was like this -- just wet and rainy all. damn. day.  I'm pretty happy to see the sun today.

indecision

stockpiling - Cutie-cute pin cushions!

words - Good reminder.

hearts

a beautiful thing is never perfect.

americano

Huh.  For some reason, I'm suddenly craving coffee.  I think right now would be a great time for an afternoon pick-me-up, so I'm off!

Assuming we're somewhat motivated to get some work done this weekend, I plan to have another progress report on the renovation next week.  Wish us luck.  Have a great weekend -- see you next week, friends!

I've archived this set of photos away from my main Flickr page. The photostream must keep moving forward:

Exhibit A - a set on Flickr

Five diptychs carefully selected from the "Girl and a Bucket" series. I call it "Exhibit A" because it is my first attempt to use Flickr as a gallery space. But it also provides evidence that for a moment I was completely in sync with the world.

Each offers a wide look and a close look at the same scene. Some are strong enough composition-wise to stand alone. Paired up, the best shots are diluted, brought down by the weak ones (though they were all carefully chosen) for the sake of fulfilling a thematic quota.

But this is how I like them. What's captured in these shots is a real moment with a woman I'll never see again. It's evidence that I have only so much time on this Earth and that I better not screw up like that again.

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? (Luke 12:6)

Even in hard times of life, I can be amazed at the Creation of God. He created the world and universe around us, yet He focuses His attention on this little planet we call Earth. He made you and me in His image, meaning we have a soul. In Genesis, we read that He gave man dominion over the earth, to take care of it, and even to have dominion over the animals.  Not that God is incapable of taking care of these things (He is the Almighty, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient). However, there is an interesting order.

I think that God put into us a concern for the things he is concerned about. He cares for the Luke and Matthew express His care for the sparrows. I would imagine He has a care for the other animals too.

Yesterday I received a call from Mom that Jake wasn't doing well. He struggled to walk, he could decide on being inside or out, he didn't even want to eat. Jake's passing seemed to be near, and if I wanted to see him again, I should do so.

I got ready for my afternoon/evening job and headed out to Mom and Dad's. As long as he walked slowly, he did fine, but if he tried to move quickly, his rear legs would give out on him. His countenance expressed that he was not well.

I got to pet him for quite a while. He rested his head on my right hand as I petted with my left. After a while, Mom noted that the droopy look he had for the better part of the last couple days had gone away and he had what seemed to be kind of a cheerfulness.

As the night progressed, his condidtion failed to improve.  This morning, Jake was humanely put to rest. He will be missed and his character was one that could always bring a smile to your face.

For those of you forgot what the field looks like, and for those of you have never seen it, there is a great UNHCR photostream over on Flickr.  Click the pic or HERE to be taken there.

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Terraske thuis

Originally uploaded by Reinhilde.

It's too hot in the garden - I know, it's always something about the weather - so we took our chairs and a table to the front and had some coffee and biscuits in the street. Youngest of the neighbour's kids was happy - now she could ride her bike too. In no time about 4 bikes, a scooter, her truck, 2 walkbikes, a skipping rope and pavement chalk was all dotted around. Luckily the car drivers in our estate know they have to drive (very) slowly during the summer holidays, so we had time to pull her stuff out of their pathway.

This is what holidays should be - niks moet, alles kan (nothing has to, everything can be) :)

Tomé unas fotos bien wapas, deberían chequear mi Flickr y decirme qué tal! ;D

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18366144@N07/sets/

O que eu não adoro é o aplicativo que o wordpress tem pra colocar as fotos ali ao lado, acho feioso. Tanto que estava fazendo manualmente até que alguma coisa não saiu bem entre a versão do internet explorer do meu trabalho (é sexta, me dá uma folga) e a página do wordpress, e eu deletei meu mini-flickr até segunda ordem.

Mas ó, as fotos continuam em flickr.com/cicilia e /ciciliaa (que critiva), onde aparece até o Tiago Reino Fungi, que garante um "mais visitadas" para muitas fotos do primeiro endereço.

Tá vendo ele ali, ó?
Aliás, hoje o moço aí de cima, meu top no sistema de buscas do flickr, está de aniversário, parabéns pro Tiago!

Personalidad, imaginación, creatividad, clarividencia y talento. Son cualidades que manifiesta Ángela Mengoa: Una joven fotógrafa Boliviana, que con estas sumas de cualidades, ha presentado al mundo por medio de la red social Flickr, obras magistrales y extraordinarias, en donde no duda ocultar sus principios, valores y convicciones.

Sin lugar a duda, un sitio de primera línea.

Grain (1).jpg, photo by smartee_martee.

21 July 2008 ... fields of grain in Solon, Michigan.

This is a part of Overnight Photo Trip July 2008 (slideshow). If it's anything like his other sets, it's sure to grow.

I have a cyber stalker.  It's kind of weird really.  I guess I should start a little from the beginning.

One of my co-workers at the library is a photographer.  A wonderful photographer at that.   She took some pictures of us and posted it on her flickr account.  It just merely a bunch of pictures Librarians..I guess you would say. 

Month or two later, I get this message from a man on one of the social networking sites.  He asks if these pictures are of me.  And there are two links..one to a blog and the other to my picture.  I tried not to think much about it and simply ignored the message. 

Here at the library we have a instant messaging set up for the patrons to ask the reference librarians questions on their research.  I was informed that someone wasn't asking questions on research but questions about me.  They requested to speak to me and asked if I was in the building. 

It was all a little odd and after hearing about this, I decided to check out the links that were sent to me.  Upon looking at the blog, I found that there was a link entitled "Do you think that all librarians are hot?"  Apparently this blogger had linked to my co-worker's album.  This encouraged more than two hundred thousand hits on her account in one day.

I guess my little stalker found me alluring because he posted below in the comments....

She's hot (with a link to my picture).  Where can I go to 'check her out.'

Then directly below he posted again.  And this is what scares me.  He googled me.  He knew my full name.  Where I lived and where I worked.  He posted all of this in the comments for the whole world to see. 

I was more then a little freaked out.  I immediately had my co-worker remove all my pictures from the album. 

And now I'm stuck wondering what this freak wants with me. Why would anyone go through that much trouble to find out who I am and then try to contact me through my place of business. Fantastic.  Just the icing I need on top of a fantastic week.

a biblioteca de arte da fundação calouste gulbenkian passou a divulgar o seu acervo fotográfico, livre de direitos de autor ou direitos conexos, no flick. ver aqui

I went to the doctor's office on Wednesday because I've been in extreme pain for a couple months now. I think I mentioned it in an earlier blog. Well, he said that I need to have a colonoscopy so that they can figure out what's wrong. He said that, with my symptoms, and the location, I might have colitis. I never thought that at 28, I would need a colonoscopy. I'm eating healthier than I have in my whole life. My habits have changed significantly. The last thing I need to do is quit smoking. So I'm kind of confused as to what's going on. Right now, I just want to figure out what's wrong so I can make it better.

'How does one acknowledge God's blessings?' I asked.