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November 2009 - January 2010

Google Wave invites


Anyone want a Google Wave invite? If so, let me know and I'll get in touch to do so. (If you are reading this from Facebook, please go to the blog directly and comment there)



New Hosting Provider


My blog has been hosted on 1&1 for ages. However, as one of the 2 person team known as Reaktix (the other being Jeremy Tymes from Grand Rapids), I am a provider of hosting services backed by a large hosting provider from Boston, MA. In order to show my trust in my own hosting service, my blog is now hosted on Reaktix Hosting's Pro Linux plan.


If anyone ever sees any problems, please let me know!

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Phone Spotlight: T-Mobile Shadow 2009


The HTC-made T-Mobile Shadow 2009 (branded as the T-Mobile Shadow) is a great smartphone for beginning smartphone users. It has a phone case design similar to many featurephones, lacking a touchscreen or trackball, and has a Microsoft built custom interface that makes Windows Mobile 6.1 much simpler to use. It features UMA, allowing you to use wifi to extend T-Mobile's range (much simpler than the Femtocell products that other carriers provide), a 2.0MP camera (like most HTC products, there's no flash), and all the standard Windows Mobile 6.1 standard features


Phone: T-Mobile Shadow 2009
Manufacturer: HTC (design by T-Mobile)
Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1
UI: Shadow UI (custom built by Microsoft, HTC, and T-Mobile for the Shadow)
Carrier: T-Mobile (exclusive)
Processor: 260 MHz (trust me, this is enough for this phone)
Voice Network: GSM, UMA
Data Networks: GPRS, EDGE, WiFi





Merry Christmas!


Merry Christmas everyone!



It's my birthday!


I am officially 23 now :). 



HTC - Most Prolific Smartphone Manufacturer?


So I have a theory.. that HTC has the most smartphones available on the market today, with a myriad of possible combinations.


I have attached a list of the most common ones (in the US and Canada) here: HTC Phone List.ods



Some Programming Humor and more Apple hatred


So BSD systems have this method in their shutdown code called:
die_you_gravy_sucking_pig_dog()
Even Apple's OS X (derived from BSD) has this in their source, though they change it to:
log_and_exec_reboot_or_halt()
via a #ifdef _APPLE
Further proof that some Apple developers walk around with a stick up their ass (or at least their managers....). This doesn't apply to all Apple developers, since some of their stuff kicks ass (I'm looking at you Safari)



Umaga is dead


WWE wrestler Umaga (real name Edward Fatu, former stage name Jamal) passed away last night at 6 PM at the age of 36. He was found unconscious with a bloody nose earlier in the day.


He was fired from the WWE in June for failing a drug test, and then refusing drug rehab.



Google Android


In the United States, its hard to find a smartphone being advertised that isn't powered by Android (except for the "JesusPhone" aka the iPhone - the biggest piece of crap ever made, come on, my old Motorola W490 FEATURE PHONE could at least do multiple things at once)


So, I'm making a list of all of the ones currently available on all the major carriers in the United States:

Prices are as of 11/27/2009 at 1:30 PM from their respective websites

T-Mobile USA
  • T-Mobile G1 - $129.99 with 2 year contract, $399.99 or $20/mo without
  • T-Mobile myTouch 3G - $149.99 with 2 year contract, $399.99 or $20/mo without
  • Motorola CLIQ - $149.99 with 2 year contract, $349.99 or $17/mo without
  • Samsung Behold II - $229.99 with 2 year contract, $449.99 or $22/mo without
Verizon Wireless
  • Motorola DROID - $199.99 with 2 year contract, contract required
  • HTC Droid Eris - $99.99 with 2 year contract, contract required
Sprint PCS
  • HTC Hero - $179.99 with 2 year contract, contract required
  • Samsung Moment - $179.99 with 2 year contract, contract required



openSUSE 11.2 xD