Tag: Personal

Old iPhone

25th July 2009 | 0 Comments

I've been trying to figure out what to do with my old iPhone now that i got a 3GS.  I've been thinking about jailbreaking it, but I don't want to spend a lot of time doing that.  And then last night a crazy idea came to me, turn it into my alarm clock.  Now my current clock radio isn't bad, its just that I hate waking up to talk radio and the battery backup never works.  Anyways i needed to find a way to prevent the iPhone from turning off the display, thats when I stumbled upon LCD Clock (App Store Link).  Its a 99 cent app that has a preference to prevent the screen from turning off.  Its totally a niche app, but it works perfectly for what I need it for.  Plus now i don't need an iHome alarm clock/iPod charger which cost about $100.

Next up I need to configure EyeTV to stream to my iPhone.

On to Round 2

30th April 2009 | 0 Comments

Congratulations Washington Capitals.  Its been over tens years since the Caps have advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and you had to comeback from a 3-1 series deficit to do it.  That just doesn't happen that often.

Flip this House

14th April 2009 | 0 Comments

As some of you may know I've been commuting 70+ miles (one way) to work everyday for nearly two years.  The drive isn't as bad as its sounds because I'm going against traffic, but it is definitely getting old.  Especially when I'm within 5 miles of my house, those drivers seem to be worse than most.  One of the biggest stumbling blocks to moving is that I haven't had enough time to fix up my house.  You'll be surprised how many things break in a course of a year.  Normally I don't have time to fix that stuff because of the long commute and late nights in the office, but I took an extra couple days off this weekend.  And while I didn't make as much progress as I would of liked, I did make a significant dent in my list.

German Engineering

14th March 2009 | 0 Comments

So last night I was in a fender bender.  My car doesn't look too bad, the guy's car who hit me on the otherhand looked aweful.  The airbags deployed on his car and I just heard that the insurance company has totalled the car.  I'm sure it will cost a pretty penny to fix mine too, but the fact that it held up so well is a testiment to German engineering.  Take that Acura aka Honda.