andys-pad.com » random http://andys-pad.com/blog Making fun of myself since 1969™ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:58:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 I Hate Smartphones http://andys-pad.com/blog/2010/01/21/i-hate-smartphones http://andys-pad.com/blog/2010/01/21/i-hate-smartphones#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:30:15 +0000 andy http://andys-pad.com/blog/?p=482 There. I’ve said it.

Droid Eris

I hate smartphones. Actually, I have somewhat of a love-hate relationship with them, considering that I have one of the “hot” or “cool” smartphones of the moment – the Droid Eris by HTC. All on the nation’s number one wireless network. As smartphones go, the Eris and the Android operating system that runs on the Droid is pretty darned cool. For all of you that ran out and got an iPhone the moment they came out because you’re all hopeless Apple fanboys, in my not-so-humble opinion the Droid Eris and HTC’s sense UI blows the iPhone out of the water and you don’t have to deal with Steve Jobs. While I’m thinking of it, there’s that little concept called multitasking

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]]> http://andys-pad.com/blog/2010/01/21/i-hate-smartphones/feed 3 My New Home and Other Trivia http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/12/25/my-new-home-and-other-trivia http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/12/25/my-new-home-and-other-trivia#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:43:34 +0000 andy http://andys-pad.com/blog/?p=433 Welcome to my new home on the internet. The same as my old home, only different.

Why, you ask, would I do something as mind-numbingly tedious as uproot my old web site and move it to a new web site just to make it all look pretty much exactly the same? It really boils down to one thing: money. The old hosting provider was charging me $150/year for their service. The new one is charging me $24/year for the same service. So, while I didn’t have any technical problem with the old site – they were available 24×7, their support was good, and they only decided to screw me out of one feature that was present when I first signed up with them – I just

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]]> http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/12/25/my-new-home-and-other-trivia/feed 2 Random Internet Findings http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/07/01/random-internet-findings http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/07/01/random-internet-findings#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:14:00 +0000 andy http://into-the-blue.com/blog/?p=354 I seriously need one of these:

Amazon T-shirt blurb

because this guy says it’s the shit:

Amazon T-shirt review

… and if you don’t believe me, check it out here.

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Tim the Tortoise

Dewey the Dog

]]> http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/05/09/things-to-do-on-fridays/feed 2 Making the ghettobook bag http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/03/02/making-the-ghettobook-bag http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/03/02/making-the-ghettobook-bag#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:15:42 +0000 andy http://into-the-blue.com/blog/?p=248 Last week I bought a new Asus Eee PC netbook. So naturally I needed something to protect it, which meant that I needed a notebook bag. The only problem was that the existing ones are currently designed for notebooks that are somewhat larger than 10″. So naturally that meant that I needed to make one because I’m just like that. Enter the Great Big Netbook Bag-making Caper.

Step 1: prototype

Like any good engineer-type geek, you need to create a prototype of your project so that you can iron out all the bugs beforehand. Since I’m an agile proponent, I created a failing story test before starting on the project.

Note the detail of the card. It is expressed in true Agile fashion stating who I am,

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]]> http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/03/02/making-the-ghettobook-bag/feed 2 You know your day is going to go poorly when … http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/01/06/you-know-your-day-is-going-to-go-poorly-when http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/01/06/you-know-your-day-is-going-to-go-poorly-when#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:06:49 +0000 andy http://into-the-blue.com/blog/?p=206 You get to work after being on vacation, get some coffee and drink it.

Then you see the following at the bottom of the cup:

Coffee Sludge

Oh yeah. Back on the job 30 minutes and they’re already trying to poison me.

]]> http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/01/06/you-know-your-day-is-going-to-go-poorly-when/feed 2 Religion: Sex, Lies and maybe some videotape http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/01/03/religion-sex-lies-videotape http://andys-pad.com/blog/2009/01/03/religion-sex-lies-videotape#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:07:19 +0000 andy http://into-the-blue.com/blog/?p=199 Over the last couple of days my dearly beloved and I have been yammering somewhat about religion. Over the course of those conversations I’ve come to the realization that religion is really all about sex, with the details being the chief differences between the religious denominations. This is what I have thus far:

1. Catholicism: You can only ever have sex with one person. If it’s an underage boy, all the better. If it’s by yourself, you need to say several “Hail Marys and Our Fathers”. Lather, rinse, repeat.

2. Protestant/Anglican: You can have sex with multiple people; however, only one person at a time.

3. Mormons: If you’re male, you should have sex with as many people as possible, but only if you’re married to them. If

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