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Yeesh! Talk about neglecting...

So, I have been neglecting this blog for over a month. Actually, I had a lot of stuff I could have been posting but I haven't found it necessary. Strange. The whole purpose of this was to kinda put down the random thoughts that rattle around in my head throughout my day.
Oh well...
Maybe I shall start again...
Then again...
Who knows???

This is a LOT cooler than most people give it credit

Samsung Stratosphere™ a Galaxy S phone

This is a really cool smartphone. Yes, if you are in need of the latest multi-core CPU with tons of RAM and super high pixel counts, then this is not the phone for you. But if you are on the lookout for a good solid performing phone with a slide out physical keyboard then this should be on your short list.

 

FVD Speed Dial

Mozilla Firefox Add-On, FVD Speed Dial, is a stylish speed dial for Firefox. A speed dial is an extension which allows the user a graphical means to often-visited websites. I used Speed Dial by Josep del Rio for a while now and was quite happy. I stumbled upon FVD tonight and was WOW! Now that is cool! So after downloading the extention and get this importing dials from Speed Dial! I was up and running. So far FVD is every bit as convenient as Speed Dial is and more!
 

Current version: 3.7.2
by Pavel Shcherbakov


FVD Speed Dial - Speed dial button, New tab dial, Organize bookmarks, Custom backgrounds, custom dials, organized groups, most visited dials, you can hide your dials and much more!

 If you get the opportunity, go and get this extension and give it a try. I think you will also find that it is a truly stylish and useful add-on to Firefox.

Ok, so still not back in the groove...

First. Happy New Year!!!!
         Albeit, three weeks late...
Second. Happy Lunar New Year!!!
         This one is only three DAYS late...


Its 2012. So it is once again the Year of the Dragon. This should make for a rather interesting year.

Interestingly enough, 2000 was a Year of the Dragon. The very year that many believed would bring about the "end". That the turning of the most significant digit would cause computers around the world to fail. The failure in the form of being unable to calculate time correctly. Well that came and went...

Here we are 12 years later and once again The year of the Dragon has returned.

This time we have a slew of interesting events arriving. There is "evidence" that the poles may reverse. North becomes South. etc. etc. This is supposed to be when the Sun enters its active state. In fact, solar activity has already been picking up. The assumed conclusion of things because the Mayan calendar ends.


I'm just gonna stop here...

Trying to get back into the groove,

So I have been neglecting this blog for a bit. I so should get back to updating. So many things rattling around my head that it never makes it anywhere.

Another Christmas has come and gone. Merry? Yeah. Had some good times. Disappointed? No. Friends and family were great as usual. Got a new phone this time. No. Not the Galaxy Nexus that I am still kinda drooling over. I did get the Samsung Stratosphere which to people who pay attention to these things is basically a rebranded Samsung Epic 4g from Sprint. 18 month old design. Is it the latest and greatest? No. But for the things I do, its perfect. In fact when the Epic came out on Sprint, I was like "ooohh". Too bad I didn't want to switch carriers at that point.

Ok. Lost my train of thought...

BumpTop: 3D desktop fun!

Author: Bump Technologies, Inc.
Date: 2010-02-27
Size: 17.6 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win7/Vista/XP

BumpTop™ is a fun, intuitive 3D desktop that keeps you organized and makes you more productive. Like a real desk, but better. Now with awesome mouse and multi-touch gestures!

Your desktop doesn't have to be a boring graveyard for lost and forgotten files anymore! Transform it with BumpTop. Create the desktop that suits your needs and style.

Piles are how we organize on our real desks but computers force us into rigid, hierarchical folders. Piles are lightweight, flexible and its easy to see what's inside. Let order evolve naturally or quickly get a mess organized with a pile, you’ve got options.

BumpTop piles work like in the real world. Toss items at a pile to add them or pop them into a grid, flip through them with your scrollwheel or fan out a pile to quickly see what’s inside. Converting between folders and piles is seamless too.

BumpTop makes your pixels come to life. Grab, toss, pile and sort your icons and watch them respond with stunning lifelike motion simulated with nVidia PhysX, a gaming grade physics engine. Your flat desktop will pop with BumpTop's saucy 3D visuals and new organization possibilities.

Reduce keystrokes with BumpTop's elegant, intuitive gesture system. Gesture in any direction with the dynamic Pie Menu to instantly invoke a command, eyes free. Or lasso select and manipulate items in a single, fluid stroke with the LassoMenu.

Got a touchscreen or tablet computer? BumpTop's physical effects are even more captivating as icons move under your finger like they would in the real world. Flick through piles, toss icons at widgets to get stuff done, use fluid gestures to advance photo slideshows or manipulate stuff.


Project has been acquired by Google in 2010 and is no longer in development.