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Got A Google Wave Invite!

by *cowboy*
Jul 21st 2009 - 1 comments

About a month ago Google announced a revolutionary product at their I/O Developer conference. The product is called Google Wave and it’s going to change the way we think of online communication. Wave blurs the line between email and real-time instant message conversations. It allows you to easily collaborate with lots of friends at once [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2696-extcpy/0devpreview-445x249.png[/IMG]

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Yes, AT&T Continues To Suck

by *cowboy*
Jul 19th 2009 - 0 comments

I’m very, VERY angry with AT&T right now. Not surprised? Me neither. After the MMS and tethering delay, and ridiculous upgrade rates after the iPhone 3GS launch it seems like AT&T is on everyone’s list. Friday I had quite an experience with AT&T customer service when I called them regarding an extra $54 worth of [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2678-extcpy/0fees-445x148.png[/IMG]

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Are You Prepared For The Worst?

by *cowboy*
Jul 16th 2009 - 0 comments

If you’re anything like me, you probably have a lot of your life on the computer. For the last 10 years or so I’ve been building up a wealth of data ranging from music to photos to emails and code. As my data ‘collection’ continues to grow, it’s becoming more apparent to me how important [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2649-extcpy/0driveFail.png[/IMG]

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Think Twice About Google Voice

by *cowboy*
Jul 15th 2009 - 0 comments

You may have heard some buzz in the last month or two about a “new” product called Google Voice. It’s basically a renamed version of a product they’ve had called Grand Central. Google Voice is extremely powerful and actually quite simple. Essentially, Google assigns you a Google phone number. Think of this number as your [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2638-extcpy/0Picture-1-445x333.png[/IMG]

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Pontiac G6 or similar…

by *cowboy*
Jul 11th 2009 - 0 comments

I’d say that I’m fairly new to this whole rental car thing. I rented my first car back in January when I was in Salt Lake City for a ski trip. We were able to upgrade our car to an amazing Infinity G37x sedan. Epic car. The 2nd car I rented was back in May [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2589-extcpy/0g6-445x333.jpg[/IMG]

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Quick Tips For Stopping Junk Email

by *cowboy*
Jun 30th 2009 - 0 comments

I’ve been trying to decide if this was a worthwhile post for a few days now. I’m sure that some of you are already using these tips (at least the first one) on a regular basis. However, I decided there are still a considerable amount of people who could use the advice! So, let’s get [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2443-extcpy/0Picture-3.png[/IMG]

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Flight Control Game for iPhone

by *cowboy*
Jun 27th 2009 - 0 comments

My co-workers and I have become quite obsessed with a certain iPhone application recently. So much to the point where I think it deserves it’s own blog post! The game is called “Flight Control” [iTunes link] and for 99 cents, it’s sure to keep you entertained for hours. I don’t have very many games on [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2417-extcpy/0photo-21-445x296.jpg[/IMG]

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Improved Screen On New MacBook Pro

by *cowboy*
Jun 19th 2009 - 0 comments

Last week Caitlin’s new 13″ MacBook Pro was delivered by FedEx. I was super excited for it to come, but my excitement subsided when I realized how similar it was to my aluminum MacBook. I knew it was basically the same, but it didn’t register right away. For Caitlin however, this was HUGE. She has [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2339-extcpy/020090612-IMG_5879-445x296.jpg[/IMG]

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MobileMe Finally Gets Useful with Find My iPhone

by *cowboy*
Jun 18th 2009 - 0 comments

I’ve been a MobileMe subscriber since it was released with the launch of the iPhone 3G a year ago. I suffered through the initial hiccups and Apple rewarded me and many others with almost 6 months of free service! I’m not sure MobileMe is really worth the money I pay for it. I don’t really [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2329-extcpy/0Picture-1-445x327.png[/IMG]

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MobileMe Finally Gets Useful with Find My iPhone

by *cowboy*
Jun 18th 2009 - 0 comments

I’ve been a MobileMe subscriber since it was released with the launch of the iPhone 3G a year ago. I suffered through the initial hiccups and Apple rewarded me and many others with almost 6 months of free service! I’m not sure MobileMe is really worth the money that I pay for it. I don’t [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2328-extcpy/0Picture-1-445x327.png[/IMG]

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How To Enable Tethering on iPhone 3.0 with AT&T

by *cowboy*
Jun 17th 2009 - 0 comments

After patiently waiting for weeks and weeks, I finally got a chance to download the new iPhone 3.0 firmware today.  I’ve been very interested in the tethering feature and I was pretty disappointed to find out that AT&T wasn’t going to be supporting this feature. You might remember one of my first posts about an [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2325-extcpy/0photo.jpg[/IMG]

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When It Rains, It Pours… Into My Sunroof

by *cowboy*
Jun 11th 2009 - 0 comments

Last night it started raining around 9pm in Raleigh. It was a hot day and thunderstorms were forecasted for the evening hours. Caitlin and I had just returned to our apartment from a massive trip to Walmart a few hours earlier. This was before it started to look stormy. We had dinner and I began [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2259-extcpy/020090610-img_5868-445x296.jpg[/IMG]

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Will Google and HTML 5 Kill Flash?

by *cowboy*
May 31st 2009 - 1 comments

This past week Google hosted it’s annual I/O conference for developers. The conference is geared towards pushing the boundaries of web development and web applications. This year Google unveiled an amazing new web app called “Google Wave“. There has been a lot of hype and tons of press around this announcement that occurred on Day 2 of the conference. [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2181-extcpy/0picture-41-445x391.png[/IMG]

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The Power of Facebook Ads

by *cowboy*
May 28th 2009 - 0 comments

I’ve been meaning to post this for ages now but kept forgetting about it. A few months ago my sister sent me a screenshot over iChat. To my surprise, it was a clip of a Facebook ad with a picture of OUR (well, my parents) barn in it!! How in the world is there a [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2154-extcpy/0house_closeup.jpg[/IMG]

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Dirt Jumping @ Lake Crabtree

by *cowboy*
May 22nd 2009 - 1 comments

This afternoon a few of my friends and I headed out to Lake Crabtree for some biking after work. We generally go biking 4-5 times a week and Crabtree is one of the most popular spots since it’s so close to work and my apartment. The park has a fun line of dirt jumps that [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2124-extcpy/020090521-img_5743-445x296.jpg[/IMG]

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The Great Scalability Problem of 2009

by *cowboy*
May 14th 2009 - 0 comments

I’ve you’ve been following tech news this week you would have heard about the Twitter #FAIL that has users up in arms. I’m not going to bother typing up a full recap as this has been done many times already this week. However, I would like to reflect on the blog post that Twitter co-founder Biz [...]

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Why I Hate CitiBank

by *cowboy*
May 11th 2009 - 0 comments

Let me start by saying that I consider myself a very responsible credit card user. I never spend more than I have and I always pay off my card in full each month. (Thanks for the good advice, Dad!) So, my current issues with CitiBank aren’t related to increasing interest rates, or other issues like [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2021-extcpy/0screenshot_001-445x153.png[/IMG]

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Spammers Find Twitter

by *cowboy*
May 10th 2009 - 0 comments

As Twitter’s popularity continues to skyrocket, I’ve been noticing an increasing amount of spam content out there in the Twitterverse. Typically, when we think of spam the first thing to come to mind is usually email. Every morning I sift through my email accounts and remove a few unwanted messages. While spam filters can help [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/2009-extcpy/0picture-5.png[/IMG]

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Writing Applications for Twitter

by *cowboy*
May 1st 2009 - 0 comments

Oh hey! It’s been a few weeks (months?) since I’ve updated. It’s always tough to get motivated to blog because I totally hate writing… still trying to understand why I have a blog. Anywho, it’s been a busy few weeks! Lots of biking and working and biking. One of the more interesting things that has [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/1922-extcpy/0tweetcounter-444x328.png[/IMG]

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Red Bull Rampage 2008

by *cowboy*
Mar 28th 2009 - 0 comments

After talking with @nevko about his recent trip to Moab, UT and doing some serious mountain biking lately, I decided to spend some time browsing the interwebs for exciting things. The other day I came across this incredible video that blew my mind. I suspect that even if you aren’t into biking, you can appreciate [...][IMG]http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/journal_entries/1425-extcpy/0rbr081.png[/IMG]