Just wanted to take a second to thank Google for allowing me to make a call to the U.S. from my email for FREE!!!!! It even uses my Google Voice number so it shows up from the Lansing area.
A while ago I bought an Amazon Kindle
To start, the battery lasts a long time. I can go weeks at a time without charging it. It’s slim, fairly simple to use and easy on the eyes.
UPs:
- Charges your CC without having to login
- Group books together to reduce clutter on the home screen
- Copy PDFs/Books from the computer over to the Kindle
- Free 3G world wide (if you get the 3G version)
- Computer application if you want to read from your laptop/desktop
- Make notes / Bookmark
- Built in dictionary
Downs:
- A bit slow at times
- 3G is not the fastest where I am at.
Overall it was worth the $189 for the Wifi+3G version.
2009 was a good year. I did a bit of traveling for both work and pleasure.
Cozumel, Mexico – 7-8 days on a scuba diving trip
Germany – 3 weeks on a work related trip
New York – 2 weeks on a work related trip
Colorado – 1 week vacation
2010 is no different.
March
Texas – SxSW Festival
Texas(again) – For MOSQ school
and a few other place(s) I won’t talk about at the moment.
With experience comes different ways a person may code. Take a look at the code of one of your first big projects. How is your code? If it was anything like mine it was pretty bad. Recently I have been rebuilding a web app of some business tools. It started with v1 of my “core tools” I use to help me along. Those tools drastically changed in the way I coded them and in turn required a more efficient way of coding to use them. So, I started rebuilding with v2 and am much more pleased. Updates will be easier to make, new features will be easier implemented and all around a better general feeling of the code.
Sometimes its necessary to start from scratch as your results will be much better. I am still a ways off of being done, but so far so good and I am really happy with how its turning out.
ac⋅knowl⋅edge
1. to admit to be real or true; recognize the existence, truth, or fact of: to acknowledge one’s mistakes. - dictionary.com
A relatively harmless word I would say. I came across the usage of the word that I find quite interesting. The other day I ordered some power cables for some servers I picked up (another story) and in the “status” of where my order was there was “Acknowledged”.
I feel that Received to Confirmed would be plenty enough but they went the extra mile and inform you that your order has been seen. Now how long does a typical order sit a received but not acknowledged?