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Ok, that’s just my opinion….but this commercial really caught my attention. It’s a pretty hard hit at KFC but to be fair to them…they did respond and say that the beef seasoning used in the chicken is only .02% of the ingredients. Not to mention, they aren’t hiding it…it’s right there on the website for anyone to see. But it sure is an effective bit of advertising.

I really wish we had El Polo Loco here in CO. I miss it. Next time I’m in LA I’m going to In-n-Out for lunch and El Polo Loco for dinner! Wait! Then I’d have beef mixed with my chicken.

AppForThat is a new website that lets you read through user submitted ‘app for that’ lines. Little spoofs of the Apple iPhone “There’s an app for that” commercials. It even looks like the iPhone interface. I’m cracking up reading through all the submissions.

-If you like to poke badgers with spoons, there’s an app for that!
-If you pray every day for the cold, sweet release of death, there’s an app for that.
-If you’ve got ten thousands spoons and all you need is a knife, there’s an app for that.

I could read through them all day. And don’t forget to submit your own…

I don’t normally consider myself to be a follower….but with it’s increased popularity, I’ve signed up for Twitter again. I was a member long ago…before it was cool. But because it wasn’t cool, it didn’t have all that it has now. Being able to search twitter is fascinating to me….real time information from the masses. And I’ve been drawn into following along with some of my favorite artists like Meiko and Joshua Radin.

One of the other things I love about Twitter now vs Twitter then is Twikini. It’s a Twitter application for my Windows Mobile phone and it works wonderfully. Its packed full of so many more features than other Twitter applications I’ve tried before.

Many only let you tweet text…lacking the ability to post an image. Twikini uses the Twitpic service to let you add images right from your phone. Another feature I like is the ability to have Twikini update my location by using the GPS. I hear my stalkers really love that feature.

So if you Tweet…and you have a Windows Mobile phone, I suggest Twikini. Which always brings to mind a picture of a Twitter bird in a bikini…they really need to use that as their logo.

I don’t really use a calculator at my desk, instead I just use the one built into Windows but often there are people at my desk that want to use a calculator, so I asked the person in charge of office supplies to order a few.

This is what came in the Staples delivery…can you tell what’s wrong with it?

This weekend I had the pleasure of going to Red Rocks Amphitheater again…this time to see Flight of the Conchords. They are a musical comedy group with some great music that will crack you up! I’ve been a fan for about a year now after seeing an episode of their show on HBO…but it turns out I became a fan just after they performed here in Colorado.

I finally got to see them this time around and it was amazing. Not only did I get to see Flight of the Conchords but there was a nice surprise with the opening act. Iron & Wine. I didn’t even know he was opening…but when I saw him walk out…I knew!

Then tonight Meiko is playing in Denver. I’ve posted about Meiko before because I love her music and if I could figure out how, I’d have her babies. I think from now on I will pronounce her name Mmmmmm-Meiko.

I’ve included a few videos from these artists below, but if you want to hear more music from them, check out the Music page.

I’m talking to a contractor on the phone today and we are talking about a small issue on the job that I need to get resolved. I tell him no problem, we’ll get it fixed and make the homeowners happy.

He then says “Not to be racist, but he’s Puerto Rican and shes German and I’d never do work for people like that again, they were so difficult to work with.”

How can that not be racist? Just because you said you aren’t being racist doesn’t mean you then have the freedom to say anything you want. If you didn’t want to be racist then don’t specifically point out their race…just say you can’t do work for people like that again because they were difficult.

Not to be racist, but I must have been talking to a redneck.

I’m not sure where this sign is from but it seems they really don’t want you wearing your hat backwards.

I’ve made it easy for anyone that wants to stalk me! You can now view a map with my current location on it.

I got my hands on an update for my phone which now unlocks the GPS. Previously you could only use the GPS with Verizon’s VZ Navigator. A horrible piece of software that costs you $10 a month extra. Now with my GPS unlocked I can use any software I want.

To get my ‘live’ location I’ve signed up for Trackr. Their software runs on my phone, constantly checking my location via the GPS. It then uploads this information to Trackr’s server which then magically displays it on a Google map.

Pretty cool if you ask me. There are some other amazing features with Trackr that I’m excited to use. If you have friends that also use the service, you can setup Geo-fencing alerts. What that means is I can setup a rule that anytime one of my friends gets within 5 miles of my house (or my current location) they will send me a message letting me know I’ve got friends in the area.

If you are a Flickr user (I am not but might consider now), you can take photos and upload them to Flickr from the phone. Trackr then checks your Flickr account and if it finds any photos that are from the date and times that you are logging your location…it will display them on the map as well.

I’m sure some people will wonder why in the heck I would want anyone to know where my exactly location is at any time. Why not? I’m not doing anything so shady that I have to keep my location secret. If I do go to the strip club and I don’t want Mom knowing…I can just turn off the GPS.

Update: Well now after only a couple days with Trackr, I’m moving to Google Maps. Why? The biggest factor is that Trackr seems to prevent my phone from shutting off the screen. I have to do it manually. Since I’m not used to that, I keep leaving the phone on and the battery then dies way to fast.

I don’t have this problem with Google Maps. Yet the features aren’t as full. I can live without the Flickr integration but I did like that Trackr’s map would auto refresh and show my movement live. And Google’s map doesn’t let you scroll around.

A bacon cone filled with scrambled eggs and country gravy topped with a biscuit.

Delicious!

I recently decided, after being a TiVo customer for 6 years, to cancel service for both of my TiVos and move to a new platform. Anyone who has read this site for awhile knows that I love my TiVo and I tell everyone that they should get one. I even have a TiVo sticker on the back of my Jeep. So why am I saying goodbye to TiVo?

Reason 1: The monthly fees. For two TiVos I am paying a monthly fee of $20. What does this monthly fee get me? It allows my TiVo to connect to their server and download the program guide data. That’s it! Sure if you ask TiVo they will list of every other feature as part of the benefits of this monthly fee. But it’s marketing spin. All the features (pausing TV, recording TV, transfering shows to another TiVo) stop working if you stop paying. You can’t use this device if you don’t pay for the service. I should still be able to use my TiVo without the program guide!

Reason 2: Advertisements! You would think if you paid $20 a month for a service that they wouldn’t need to also paste ads all over the interface. You would be wrong. TiVo has been slowly sneaking in more and more ads. Pause a show…an ad pops up over the paused screen. Finished watching a show…the ‘keep or delete’ dialog has an ad plastered there. On almost every page there is some little banner or blurbs for some product, movie release, or additional service. Hey TiVo…do you know why I got a TiVo. So I could easily record all my favorite shows, unlike a VCR, but also so I don’t have to be forced to watch commercials. But then you go and put ads all over my once ad-free TiVo.

Reason 3: The TiVo desktop. This is a piece of software that runs on your PC and allows the TiVo to read your music and picture files. It also allows the transfer of videos to and from the TiVo. The software has a huge issue, that is discussed in many user forums all over the internet. If you leave this software running all the time (as it was meant to be) it continues to slowly eat up your RAM until the PC is unusable until you reboot. I have seen update after update of this software, but it still has this huge memory leak. I have been forced to use a much older version to avoid this problem…which means I can’t take advantage of many of the new features. Fix the existing problems in your software before you start adding new features.

Reason 4: The interface is dated. I’ve been with TiVo for 6 years. Do you know how much the user interface has been updated? About a year ago they changed the font to make it more readable. How about thumbnails of my videos? How about the ability to play other video files without conversion? And why does playing music on a TiVo seem like an after thought? You can’t search, sort by artists, etc. It only lets you browse the folders as they are on the PC.

Not to mention, there is so much more this device could do. It’s just a PC…so why not give it more PC like features. Let me check my email, surf the web, view YouTube videos, use Instant Messenging all from my TV. With Windows Media Center, AppleTV and the cable company DVRs…there is a lot of competition to what used to be a market dominated by TiVo. That’s why they lost me….not because I hate TiVo. I loved it.

So what have I don’t in place of TiVo? I built a new PC with Windows Vista…which allows me to use the Windows Media Center feature built into Vista. I know what you are thinking…Vista sucks. If you disagree, tell me why in the comments. But every person I’ve asked says “I’ve heard it’s slow” or “I hear some software won’t work on it”. You know what I never hear? A first hand account of someone who has used Vista. It’s always “I heard it wasn’t good!”. Don’t believe everything you read on the internet…this whole post could be a flat out lie!