its easier for me to microblog lately than it is to sit down and spend time actually blogging. so you can find me on twitter as @imaje or on brightkite as imaje as well.
ive also slowed down on the posting because of the ambivalence of posting about my personal life on something that can be viewed by the world. so, if you’re wondering where a lot of posts have gone, they’re password protected 
and you should know the password.
It’s been about 2 weeks since we have launched another game. We call this one Paradigm.
Paradigm is a multiplayer turn based game of numbers and strategy. The player who has the highest score at the end of the game wins. Show some support on facebook and install and play the game 
http://apps.facebook.com/paradigm
shameless plug no doubt, but i’m allowed to plug my own work! launch 10 has launched its first interactive multi-player facebook game today.
pirate ships is a game that allows you to battle against friends or with strangers on the high seas as pirates! place, plot and fire to see who can sink who first. you can play multiple games simultaneously and choose your pace.
join our pirate ships facebook group to help us spread the word and discuss any topics related to pirate ships the game.
so aside from all the self promoting, the game is quick and fun and we would love your support!
at some point in 2004 i decided to actually make myself a website. created a template and embraced CSS and used a not so friendly template version of wordpress. once i got everything working and wordpress all settled.. i never finished.
the other night i made my kitten her very own blog. decided to go ahead and give AdSense a holler, i had never bothered before because about 3 of you actually come to my website (hi guys..). however part of AdSense policy is they don’t give accounts to unfinished websites. I’m going to be putting AdSense on sachi’s website, and figured might as well put one on mine, i figure after 3-4 years of you guys reading my blog i might make enough to finally make a $100.00 check and cash in!
i have now completely updated all the content on my website. updated my theme and made some fixes (but i did this a week or two ago), added a contact form, links (while that’s still unfinished at least i started it), a brief gallery(ill link my crappy gallery some other way), my resume, and a simple home page.
holy shit guys, i finished my website. finally. now its time to redesign it!! haha.
thats right, colour! i spelled it all proper like, impressed? well you should be, not with me, but with the website for COLOURlovers.
Last year during webby’s i ran across this website that was basically a niche social network that was based around creating colors and color palettes. i have used sites like wellstyled’s color scheme generator, colors on the web, colorschemer, webcolorschemes, and kuler, just to name a few, but none of them have appealed to me as much as COLOURlovers has.
the usability of the site is not as intuitive as i would like and it takes a bit of getting use to to figure out how to successfully navigate through the site, but i find myself enjoying the experience. its not only just a tool to help you create colors its an entire network of individuals all passionate about color and all its facets; from linking visual inspirations, or in written form, to naming your palettes and colours alike, its a whole new way of social contribution.
the sheer volume of colors and palettes being created is quite impressive, i myself have joined in the fray in hopes to share my color concepts and to inspire as i am being inspired.
a while ago photobucket teamed up with a company/product called meez. meez are essentially 3d photo avatars you can custom design and animate. i made one a long time ago but almost forgot about it until got an email notice reminding me and inviting me to “come and use it again” now in beta.
simpsons… meez.. i even have a weemee for skype. maybe i’ll upload that next.
Okay yah so — i suck at this blog thing apparently. Every time i come up with something i want to blog about i never do it. I really need to discipline myself to take out a few minutes just to do it. birthday resolution. anyway..
everyone has been posting simpsonized versions of themselves around lately and i’ve even played with the tool myself, but after my friend Nina made one of herself and Chad and put it on her blog, the likeness was so great to see i decided to copy and do the same so i could share with her.
easiest way to share.. is to post here. this is joel and i as simpsons.
so that’s it, you try it and share
i use to use zempt then i switched to wb editor. i still like wb editor but i decided to try out adobe’s new web/blog tool editor program. whereas wb editor is pretty much a desktop blog tool contribute is a lot more than that.
so far the UI is pretty simple and i like it. there is a lot of WYSIWYG stuff that i dont need/want but it doesnt really get int he way. not really sure which one ill use or which one i like better just yet. ive never really liked the native wordpress web based controls. i always preferred something more sophisticated.
wb editor is up to version 3. i’m still using 2. to think there was a time when i thought all you needed was notepad.. pico.. joe.. vi?? i guess thats still all you need but i like technology. hot dog pro anyone? haha!
i have been a sidekick user since the first version. chad and bryan had actually bought them on initial release and after playing with theirs i knew i had to have it. after i got mine i did my best to encourage others to buy it. the phone had so much promise. it was a great geek toy and the potential for development by its users was limitless, or so we thought.
we quickly realized that there just wasn’t going to be any real development for this phone without either signing away your warranty rights or just sitting and waiting forever for any kind of over the air update. however tmobile was really good about replacing the b&w and color versions of the original sidekick as they were prone to hardware malfunction quite frequently.
i have owned a b&w sidekick and upgraded to a color. i gave my b&w to joel who got a free upgrade to color after the b&w broke a few times. that jerk. i had to pay for both! i eventually upgraded to a sidekick 2 and yes, i upgraded to a sidekick 3.
i have investigated a lot of phones through the years. i’ve always wanted something better, something new, something cooler but nothing ever really rose to the occasion. i accepted the fate of the sidekick; it would become a trendy celebrity hip hop toy, and while im sure it was a good move for danger and tmobile it still fucking sucks.
im not a heavy phone user in itself, but i rely heavily on email, aim, and sms (from my phone). I also play the shit out of it (tetris and bust a move). i have one of the original plans that has been grandfathered every time i renew contract. its a 39.99 a month plan for unlimited data, 200 anytime minutes and 1000 weekend minutes. a lot of ppl say “oh those minutes are trash” but as i said before i don’t rely heavily on the phone. however i started to use the phone more and more and occasionally would suffer a .35 penalty on extra minutes which sucked ass. i eventually upgraded and added on unlimited mobile to mobile minutes for 7 bux. one of the major reasons i’ve never left behind the sidekick and/or tmobile was simply because, my plan rules.
here are the specs on the phone. some of the upgrades are a 1.3 mexapixel camera, expandable memory (miniSD), lighter, slightly slimmer frame. mp3 player. improved battery life, bluetooth, usb, added email protocols imap4 (they had pop3), they now offer msn along with aim and yahoo. you can also read the manual online on dangers site.
Specifications:Battery Life Talk time (hours): 5 hours Standby time (days): 60 hours Talk and standby times and other specifications are provided by the manufacturer and are approximate. Actual performance varies based upon features or services used, network configuration, signal strength, operating temperature, customer use, and other factors.
Battery Type is listed here Changeable Faceplates No Codecs AMR EFR FR HR Dimensions Height 1.26 width 1.90 thickness in inches Display Type: SXVGA Colors: (16-bit) 65K Size: (pixels) 240 x 160 Mini Display N/A Memory Memory listed in KB, MB, GB
Expandable Memory: Yes Type: miniSD Frequency Bands GSM 850 GSM 1800 GSM 1900 Phone Style Flip screen Phone book Capacity 2000 in device memory, 650 on SIM Card Operating System Proprietary Weight Weight (in ounces): 6.7 Call Management Picture Caller ID Yes Ringer Caller ID Yes Speed Dial / One-Touch Dial Yes Maximum Amount of Speed Dial Entries: 9 Speakerphone Yes
Type: Full-Duplex Vibrate Yes Voice Dialing No Camera Modes Yes – Airplane mode, maximum. Loud, normal, soft, buzz, and silent Megapixel(s) Yes
Megapixels: 1.3 Resolution In pixels: 38,400 Video Capture No Zoom No Connectivity Bluetooth Yes Bluetooth Profile: 1.2 Browser Type: Type Version: Supports: WAP (1.0, 1.2.1, 2.0), HTML, XHTML, XML EDGE Yes
Class: E2 GPRS Yes Class: Rel 0.4 Infrared (IR) Port No Synchronization Yes, No SyncML Yes, No UMA No USB Support Yes USB Mass Storage Yes Wi-Fi No Messaging E-mail Client Yes
Protocols Supported: IMAP4, POP3 Instant Messaging Client Yes – AIM®, Yahoo!®, and MSN® Messenger MMS / Picture Messaging No SMS / Text Messaging Yes
Concatenation Support: Yes Digital TTY/TDD Support: Yes – two apps available for download through the PDM catalog that support TTY: “IP Relay” and “Sprint Wireless Relay” Predictive Text: Yes Predictive Text Technology: User configurable Auto Text Organization Alarm No Calculator No Calendar Yes Currency converter No Dictionary No Memo / Notepad Yes, No To-do List Yes, No Phone book Multiple numbers per name: Yes Address Field: Yes E-mail Field: Yes Caller Groups: Yes Voice Memo No Personalization & Fun FM Radio No Games Embedded: Yes Games installed: listing of games: Rock and Rocket
Downloadable: Yes Music Player Yes
Type of Player: SonicBOOM Supported file formats: MP3 Ringtones Yes
Types Supported: Polyphonic (# of chords), HiFi – t-zones not supported, but there is a Danger download catalog Themes Yes
Themes Provided: Liquid, Madison, Rodeo, and Surface Wallpaper Yes
Types Supported: Static WHATS IN THE BOX:
PV200 Main Unit / With Screen Cling PV-BL11 1500MAh Battery PV-AC11 Battery Charger / AC Adaptor PV-HS11 Stereo Headset PV-CA11 Carrying Case PV-LN11 Lanyard / Wrist Strap PV-SD64M 64 MB Mini-SD Card PV-UC11 USB Cable TM0607 Gift Box TRAY200UP Upper Gift Box Tray TRAY200BOT Lower Gift Box Tray TM1352 Start Guide TM1353 Reference Guide TM1350 Terms & Conditions Guide ZZZ260R010 SIM Card TM1024 Legal Sticker TM1351 Accessory Guide (will not be in initial BOM)
if you’re wondering what it looks like, it hasn’t changed that much. like i said before they made it a bit slimmer, they also added in a trackball instead of a wheel.
okay so not really, but it does make my life so much easier when i move from place to place. previously in my blog i introduced all of you to a small utility i recently purchased, mobile net switch. it has proved to be quiet useful and im extremely happy with the product this far.
while in the office i can easily log into the domain, auto map the necessary drives i want access to while here, auto change my smtp server, make any necessary host file changes, run any scripts i really want to, change almost every single internet setting..
i never realized just how useful this utility was until i actually started using it. it has definitely made my mobile computing life so much easier than i had ever expected.
now when i go to joels, work, or home; with a single click all the appropriate network settings are modified and everything works smoothly.
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