Twitter Updates for 2007-09-30

Morning. Not yet a good or bad one. To bed determined after coffee. #
Menudo with homemeade corn tortillas is on the menu for breakfast. #
Morning brewcast on the way. I feel better already. #
@brendajos Ricky Martin is still making the rounds. #
When I get to a computer, I’m going to register for Blogtoberfest. Are you going to Blogtoberfest? You sould. #
You should. #
Talking about holding out for a better offer when you’re unemployed. #
Updating to wordpress 2.3 #
@conniereece I signed up for Blogtoberfest using my wife’s PayPal. Alma Mata. Will I have trouble getting in? #
@conniereece thanks. I look forward to seeing you again. #
I have both computers chugging away. Trying hard not to fire up a third. #
Transferring files from my phone’s 1GB card to a 2 GB card. More podcasts. More pics. Nice. #

Finally upgraded to WordPress 2.3

I know it has been out for a while, but I never got around to upgrading to the new version of WordPress. Today, in a fit of productivity, I got around to upgrading. For me, the best upgrades are the ones in which I don’t notice any difference. I can’t feel any difference between this upgrade and the previous version. This is good. I’m sure if I look, for differences, I’ll find them. But why? I trust the geeks who put some hard work into writing WordPress. It’s much more than I’m capable of doing.

OK, so the only noticeable difference is this new Tags box.

Twitter Updates for 2007-09-29

hi, twitmunks. My 30 minute nap turned into 3 hours. oops. #
having some cold broccoli beef that was mysteriously abandoned on the table. #
enjoying a beer and online video #
Checking out ways to use my video camera for online video. #
Having issues with my mac detecting the video camera more than once. #
Kyte.tv is just not working for me. #
I’m dazzling people with aqua velva-ness this morning. #
Hunting for barbacoa #
Going home with me booty, arrrrrr! #
Boy is having fun with the camera tripod I bought last night. #
The boy is fascinated with all the doodads on the tripod. He loved using it to pan around with the camera. #
Waiting for the mythbusters #

Morning Sickness

One of the sad parts of being with a pregnant woman is the morning sickness. Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do. There is no hack that’s going to make it go away. Drugs are out of the question. It’s just me and the kids for the first couple months until Mrs. Mata’s sickness goes away. We’ll see her crawl out of the bedroom once in a while between meals and naps. Otherwise, we shall miss her.

Experimenting with a DV camera

Play Quicktime version

I got a hold of a DV camera and got a firewire cable off eBay recently. I’ve been playing around with video as of late. What I like about using a regular camcorder is that the quality of the video is better than the other camera that records direct to a memory card.

I like that I don’t have to worry so much about running out of memory. I know that I can swap out memory cards. Somehow it’s not the same as swapping out DV cassettes. On top of that, there is no comparison when it comes to video quality.

I also recently purchased a tripod for the camera. Hopefully this will cure the shaky camera syndrome. Even if it’s a “cheap” Wal-Mart tripod, I know it will help me quite a bit.

Twitter Updates for 2007-09-28

Explained subtle difference between life saver and light saber to the boy. #
I’m not a country music fan, but this morning is ok. #
Hi Twitmunks, I’ve been off most of the day. Busy. What did I miss? #
This is such a long Friday. #
@epodcaster Good job, John! #
@epodcaster don’t trade the necklace for a gadget, that’s taboo #
@preppydude that is a cool word. How do you use it? #
shutting down. going home. #
I got the sleepies now that I’m headed home. #

Twitter Updates for 2007-09-27

last I heard @ericaogrady was under the knife and tweeting. @ericaogrady are you OK? #
@DearYvette my favorite cheese is extra sharp cheddar. #
Watching novela about a tequila dynasty love story. That reminds me, higher corn prices caused low agave farming Hi tequila prices pending #
The tequila family in the novela has created an organic tequila. sheesh #
@DearYvette Would be cheaper to keep cows high than destroy them. It’s not like cows are that smart anyway. #
@Enlighten_Up Tequila has a 7 year cycle, so it couldn’t hurt to stock up before the shortage hits in a few years. Still a while away. #
In tomorrow’s episode, a tour of the hacienda where the blue agave grows. And all heck breaks lose. (univision) #
Getting sleepy. Heading to bed. Good night friends. #
Good morning Twitmunks #
Driving mini me to school. #
16 ER doctors at Valley Baptist Medical Center quit. They cite management’s Six Sigma effort compromises patient care. #
My son thinks the moon followed us to school. #
@HRBabe it’s too early for anger. Take it easy. #
finally put google talk on work computer. I can tweet #
just got my paycheck direct deposited. woohoo! #
Almost home. #

Twitter Updates for 2007-09-26

Spleens must be useless. Every accident victime has it removed in the movies. #
I know it’s early, but I’m sleepy. Going to bed. Night all. #
Would it be crazy to set up a grand central number with my latest podcasts? #

Twitter Updates for 2007-09-25

You can watch video of Halo 3 Prelaunch party in Dallas at http://www.sharedigitalmedia.com #
You can hear interview of attendees at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/shaine #
In Dr’s waiting room with the Mrs. #
Are we on again? #
The mrs got called in and never came out. She said she’d call me in. #
Guepa! #
Doctor did a sonogram. We could see the gestational sack. It’s official. #
Headed home with my people. #
At the grocery store parking lot waiting for Mrs Mata to buy a pie. #
Which is better, kids getting injured from playing outdoors or fat with carpal tunnel syndrome playing video games indoors? #

It’s Official. Success, she is with passenger.

Alma went to visit our family doctor today. She had a slight cause for alarm, so I went with her. I just want to mention that it’s official, the doctor has pronounced her pregnant. He whipped out the sonogram to check it out and showed us the gestational sack. You can’t see anything other than a little bubble on the thing; but parents eat that sort of thing up. We walked out with a fuzzy black and white image with a circle in the middle. We came out of there with some vitamins and magazines to accompany our sonogram (or is it sonograph?).

We ran the numbers. We are going to be in our early 50s by the time this kid leaves the house. That gives us a meager 10 years to enjoy being single again before retiring. In all, we’ll have over 30 years of parenting experience when this is all over. Parenting can be so joyous and depressing at the same time. This is a lesson that I was attempting to teach my daughter today. Most things worth having tend to be a royal pain. You only subject yourself to problems for things that you really want. This is true with children, sports, careers, art, or whatever. Success at something is a real pain in the ass. Of course, I would say that in a kid-safe way.

Twitter Updates for 2007-09-24

Hello all. #
Did we have a good weekend? #
Dr Dean Edell says women who bottle up anger are more likely to die. Mrs Mata is safe. #
Driving into the sun makes it difficult to see traffic lights. #
@epodcaster Did Leslie contact you for an invite to Halo3? #
Hello @brendajos #
Scheduled Blog Talk Radio show for Halo 3 Pre launch for 7:30 pm cst, tonight. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/shaine 646-716-8227 #
shopping for guayaberas #
researching transportation bill that is messing with truckers working on the border. #
Bunch of savages in this town. #
Just had an 86 cent lunch hot dog. #
@WiredPig from a Stripes convenience store. The hot dog still looked young. #
My bluetooth earpiece started talking suddenly and then stopped. Was not on a call. ???? #
I just tried a live video stream on ustream. Neato mosquito. #
@mdeleon having a firewire cable opens up so many possibilities for me. I am in awe. #
@mdeleon yes, to connect camera to computer. Lots of old dv tape to transfer and save. #
@doctorlinguist inflammation of the sinus? Or do you mean the cause? #
@doctorlinguist sinusitis is when your nose is stuffy without any snot, right? #
@doctorlinguist I don’t want anybody palpating my sinuses. #
@doctorlinguist what can ER do other than observe a miscarriage? #
@WiredPig my blog is mobile accessible. Got plugin from alexking. It’s more so I can check comments while mobile. #
Headed home. Thanks for all the fish. #
Saw a lady get cut off in traffic. Now she’s being a jerk by tailgating and honking at the other jerk continuously. #
Poor van is not doing well at all. Hate to prolong its suffering until payday. #
@Aleksnet Que comen las tortugas recien nacidas? #

Live Report from Halo 3 Pre Launch Party in Dallas

Some of my friends who are able to attend the Halo 3 Prelaunch Party in Dallas today will be calling in to report on what’s happening on Blog Talk Radio at 7:30 PM. You can join us by visiting my profile at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/shaine or by calling in to the show at 646-716-8227. The show will run for 30 minutes. I am so jealous that they are able to attend. But, at least I can be there vicariously. Join us.

UPDATE

You can watch a live stream of the event from Carol Turner’s site at ShareDigitalMedia.com. Click on the antenna icon to watch.

Twitter Updates for 2007-09-23

about to start RGV Life podcast on talkshoe #

Twitter Updates for 2007-09-22

@Dayngr I missed the Abbot and Costello reference earlier today. They have to wait for next hurricane season. We are at the letter J now. #
I was just updating my Plaxo. #
@doctorlinguist I believe Plaxo is a pharmaceutical. I meant the "identity aggregator". #
I’ve simplified my blog even more. #
brought down my rss backlog to the 850s. I’ll stop here. #
ok, couldn’t resist looking through rss until Sept. 1st. That got me to 798 posts. I’ll work on them this weekend. #

I just received my new…

I just received my new firewire cable from eBay. Normally at the retail store it is 45$, online it is 5$ including shipping.
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Twitter Updates for 2007-09-21

@Scobleizer People love you. That’s a good thing. #
@chrisdoelle Preppydude uses the long-distance option on grandcentral #
Going to the c-store for a quick errand #
Distilled water is good when you’re thirsty. deelish #
Watching homage to Marco Antonio Solis on Univision #
I wonder how many tweets I have? I’m feeling Twitter envy, @brendajos. #
I have a meager 2690 tweets, including this one. #
@brendajos not anymore #
Univision kicked butt on this show. #
Guy here in my town locked his keys in the car with his son. Called FD. Smashed window before it got too hot in car. #
Next tropical depression is Jerry. We had Dean. Would be cool if other tropical systems are named Lewis and Martin. #
I just sneezed and spit all over my phone. Sheesh. #
Fixing to go to bed. Night all. #
My son heard report on the radio about lady who burnt her kids. Asked why. What do you tell a 5 yr old? #
Happy 26th @Marti_L #
I was just checking out www.foneshow.com #
Going for a walk. #

Recent Job: Setting up BlackJack Phone With Exchange Server

This week I got a quick job to set up a Samsung BlackJack phone operating on the AT&T network with an Exchange server. If you’re not familiar, the BlackJack uses Windows Mobile. I was surprised that the phone’s operating system is generally the same, but different enough from my T-Mobile Dash that it seems foreign. One noticeable difference is that the Internet sharing feature is buried in the Windows folder on the BlackJack, as if to keep users from connecting their computers to the web via their phones.

We had problems at first because the user had to change the password on Exchange so that we could connect the phone. We logged into the Exchange webmail service, changed the password, and then used the new password to get the phone operating. Afterwards, I instructed the user on some of the features of using mobile email, scheduling, and other features. In all, it took an hour, mostly due to fumbling with the password problem.

Twitter Updates for 2007-09-20

hi everyone. long day without tweets #
what did I miss? #
@mdeleon Thanks. It seems more popular than other shows. #
shows of mine, I mean. #
@mdeleon I have OSX 10.3.9 and can’t listen to BTR using computer, was this the same problem you had? #
@mdeleon what did they chat about? #
@mdeleon Did Alan Levy say anything about making BTR listenable on old macs? #
@mdeleon Yeah that would be good. But they’re hosting on windows servers. #
listening to John C Havens on blog talk radio #
writing talking points #

Twitter Updates for 2007-09-19

Found internet connection sharing on a Blackjack phone. It requires drivers. Same service on my Dash worked out of box on Vista. #
This morning I did a morning commute show, just for kicks. I actually had 14 listeners while I drove around. #
@celloplyr87 what is ftl and ftw? #
@celloplyr87 Oh, ok. The Dash is mine, the blackjack is a client’s. Thought I’d try some features. #
@celloplyr87 I’m a legislative aide, but I do computer stuff on the side. #
@celloplyr87 Have you seen preview of the HTC Touch? #
@celloplyr87 True. But HTC Touch will win on price. #
@celloplyr87 I don’t think T-Mobile has it yet. Don’t know. #
checking to see if Blog Talk Radio still only allows one show per day. #
sloooow connection. taking a while #
@ChrisDoelle Lemon grass is good stuff. great tea #
@ChrisDoelle we just use lemon grass. usually for tummy aches #
wow, I’m doing a second show on Blog Talk Radio. I wonder if it’s a bug, or they’ve opened up the feature? #
I have no show prep. No matter. Wanna chat at 9 pm central? http://www.blogtalkradio.com/shaine #
I like the built-in chat they put on Blog Talk Radio. #
Later, I’m going to get a GrandCentral number so local people can call the show free on a landline. #
@ericaogrady I’m in already, thanks. I figure if I invite myself again, I can have more to give out. #
GrandCentral is awesome. #
@ericaogrady you mean without the @? #
@preppydude how do you use grandcentral? #
@ChrisDoelle 646-716-8227 #
@ericaogrady I guess it may be inconvenient. But it’s faster than blog, comment, comment, comment, … for conversation #
Call @ericaogrady for Twitter consulting. #
thanks to @ChrisDoelle and @epodcaster for calling in and offering career advice. #
I lost the chat halfway through the podcast. #
Will hit the shower and go to bed soon after scheduling tomorrow morning’s show. #
I feel good after talking to Chris and Jennifer. #
@ChrisDoelle The audio of tonight’s recording http://tinyurl.com/ywglxo #
Having lunch. Shells, veggies, and a little ground meat. #

Shaine

The old blog

Month: September 2007