I was going to write about my amazing Grandparents, but I couldn’t get my parents dumb pc to accept images from there brand new scanner. So here is a little about a man and his friends that have helped make life easier.

I could rant about the classic pc vs mac conflict for a long time, but I think we all know how that one goes.

I know that is not just Steve Jobs who made everything apple, but he’s the big name we hear. So I’ll just say Steve and friends cause I know there are a crap load of brilliant developers out there that we should all be shaking hands with ever day. (even if you aren’t a mac person)

What Steve and Friends have done for us as culture is amazing. I sometimes wonder if they realize the impact they’ll forever have on the future of system interface and operating systems. I’m a mac lover, but not a super mac geek so I don’t know everything about how and why. I do know that with out Steve and Friends it may have taken an extra decade before the market realized that less is more and simple is more complex.

I think I’m going to make a shirt that says ‘I like Steve & Friends’, but its going to be made out of all 1’s and 0’s.

Thanks Steve and Friends, with out you I think the suicide count would be a little higher.

Who busted the Internet & Turned off the Servers??

I’m not exactly sure what is going on with Web lately, but it seems like it must be spring cleaning for a lot of people. There a couple of servers down that, apparently, I’m connected to. I’m actually just really glad that my host servers haven’t gone out. (they’ve had a few glitches in the past and I got freaked)

For me it started yesterday with Twitter, then my email wouldn’t send, but I could get on the web and browse. I started to get concerned. Now it’s morning and my email is still acting weird, not to mention another web app I’ve got says there server is down for upgrades. Seems kinda fishy. I think a lot of us could do with out various parts of the web, but if some how email broke, on a global scale, our world would erupt.

Every time I write about the internet breaking I go off on some tangent in my head and some how come back with something to write about. All I’ve got this time is Snake Plissken and Escape from New York.

Why?

I like Web Application that are easy and worth using, and I find myself blabbing about them all to often. So, in order to focus my ideas and keep myself from blabbing too much, I am going to do one post a week about Programs for Web use.

~ if you like short posts, forget about What I’m Thinking…

What I’m Thinking is…

There is a crapload of Programs out there being used for every different part of the web, and there are a million different Reviews for every product. I would like to know what the day to day bloggers use, not just the review guys.

I’ve always thought that I would suck at being a sales person, that was until I bought a Mac. Now I know that I could work in a Mac store and not feel like I’m ripping people off. Why, because I actually like Mac’s. Same goes for most products. You might use a product, but would you feel good about selling it?

Review↓

I’ll keep this simple and short…

• Woopra, Stats App A+
  Still in Beta testing, but it’s amazing. If you’re a stats person you should look. Requires Standard Membership w/approval, copy & past of code.
• Twitterrific, Twitter App A+
  Requires Adobe Air, Very Stable, Looks Good, Fun sounds of Birds to let you know of new Tweets, and an easy to use interface. how could twitter be hard, right…
• Here is what they say…
  Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed reader extension for Mozilla Firefox. It’s got a lot of what you need and not much of what you don’t.

  I’ll save this one for next time…

That’s it for this week… If there’s any Program you use that you really like lets here it. Even if it’s as simple as a browser. (i like firefox, but it has its issues)

I noticed this Application the other day while twitting to the masses. If you have ever wondered how Twitter can be useful, this is the answer you are looking for. There are a few requirements though. 1.) You must Like your computer. 2.) You should probably like talking to people you don’t really know.

Twhirl is a small interface that connects you to all the people you follow in a small window with a simple design. It has all the options, and some built in one so you can choose your color scheme. Originally didn’t see much use for Twitter, I don’t text from my phone, and I don’t usually chat with people I don’t know. Problem Solved. Twhirl isn’t a chat room, only the people you follow are there, and since I spend a destructive amount of time on the computer, I don’t have to use my phone for texting that much.

Twhirl is an Adobe Air Application. I haven’t spent much time reading into this new development. But!!! it’s Adobe, that pretty much makes it solid for me. I would definitely suggest doing a little research before you go downloading a bunch of stuff, but this one is worth your time. (Well that is if you’re up for it.)

Review:

As far as I’m concerned MiniTwit isn’t much use at this point and I don’t really think I need to say much about it. Although, if someone has a good review on it lets hear it..!! (this isn’t Internet Exploder, there is room for improvement)

So, Check out Twhirl, It’s worth your time if you’re a Twitter geek!!!!

A couple of days ago I mentioned a Program called Woopra, which got me talking about web apps that are built for desktop use with a Web2.0 doof like myself in mind. Also, over the last few days I’ve talked about a few other apps that I’ve found to be useful. It seems like every day I find a program that I want to try out. Believe me not all of them work out, but there are a lot apps out there so I’m going to keep plucking away at until I find the ones that are really worth using.

Here is a small list of some Programs that I am currently using on trial, freeware, or $paid. Some of these are mainstream products and some are not. If you have any programs you’re testing or really like, let me know because I’m always interested in knowing what’s out there.

random order with numbers…

1. Adobe Golive 9: Web Authoring
2. MiniTwit: Twitter App
3. Woopra: Stats Machine
4. Charlotte: Web Searching
5. RAGE Domainer: Domain Tracker
6. SunFlower Public: Web Monitoring

I’ll let you know when I’ve decided on what’s going to stay↓ and what’s going to GO→

Any Suggestions???

I’ve been using this program for about 3 or 4 years and it awesome. This might not be anything new to alot of you who get new things regularly, but I usually wait until my shoes have ducktape and im the same with my computer and cars.

Anyway, Mac Mail Version 3.2 is my new best friend for having an rss reader. This makes me lazy because now i dont have to turn on the browser and look i can just look in Mail. Thing of it is that i look at email all day so its nice to get to see the rss come in, instead of just going to look and finding 25 every morning.

So here it is, the box… ha ha

Seriously though, this thing kicks some major butt. Here is what i got just in case your wondering…

• MacBook
• Intel Core 2 Duo
• 2.4 GHz
• Memory: 2 GB
• Bus Speed: 800 MHz

Now i can have more than 3 apps open at once. Now i can listen to iTunes while i work and not my iPod. Now i can use the web and not wonder if my browser is going to freak out because my processor is over loading. And now i can have my files on my desktop with out worrying about the hard drive taking a crap on me.
I love this little HD but now its just for back up. Also you might get to see my scruffy mug a little more now that there is a camera right in my face. oh, yeah!!!

Yes thats right i upgraded, I finally did it. Its been about 7yrs since i bought a computer. Thats a long time in the computer world. If it was a dog it would make it around 50yrs old. Im totally exited because this thing is so fast im amazed, but some of the system operations are a little different and i some things have moved. Not much but sometimes it the little things that count. I’ll let you know later.

This isnt fair well, this is thanks for the hard work.

Look at that badboy, still standing with pride. Bullet proof. I never upgraded anything but the ram, and it still runs like new. Can your PC do that. This thing doesnt even have a dvd drive.