From a friend of a friend who’s in the mortgage industry, is a slideshow that shows how much of the economy mess we’re in came about. The end really cracks me up, but then when you replace the stick figures with actual people it’s so sad.
http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&pli=1
Way to go Congress… nice regulating! Thanks a lot big business, way to look out for the average Joe!
ugh
i just put up a new section on my website that lists Dallas Cowboys tickets. it’s not pretty but it’s pretty nifty. i built it as a test case for the new TicketCity Webservices, which includes shopping cart functionality. the shopping cart feature is really cool and completely innovative! now TicketCity affiliates can build out completely robust websites and leverage the shopping cart to insure maximum conversion at the point that they transfer their visitors to the TicketCity website (directly onto the checkout page). >> Signup for a TicketCity Affiliate Account < <
you can download the source code for review. but mainly i just like listing Dallas Cowboys tickets on my site 
this year i'm hoping things don't end with the first game of the playoffs... ugh. the boys should be stronger than they've been in a very long time. however, after watching the first quarter of the Chargers pre-season game it's clear that they need to work on special teams! regardless it was good to see Romo lead Barber, Crayton, Witten & TO on an 8 play drive resulting in a touchdown against the Chargers defense which is hyped to be the #1 defense in the NFL.
so if you want to score some Dallas Cowboys tickets (pre-season or regular season) checkout my page >> Dallas Cowboys Tickets
ok first if you’re not familiar with HULU… check it out. a while back NBC told Steve Jobs ‘no thanks, we’ll distribute our own online videos.’ you can bet that HULU also had a lot to do with the writers strike not too long ago. anyhow it’s an awesome service for online video freaks.
this post is however geared towards WordPress bloggers who want to embed HULU videos into their blogs. i found a HULU WordPress Plugin and figured i’d share it with you as well as a sample clip here on my blog.
here’s the first episode from ‘Start-up Junkies’ a show i watched on MOJO HD that i really enjoyed.
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For those who can’t read Chinese, I’m just pointing out that you can buy 2008 Olympics Tickets at TicketCity.
This is my first blog post using the iPhone wordpress app. I really like the interface. I doubt having the wp app on my iPhone will result in more posts, but it might.
that’s right, TicketCity has brought back their FREE college fantasy football leagues (powered by U-Sports). college football season is just around the corner. in fact i just got my EA SPORTS NCAA FOOTBALL 09 for XBOX the other day and it’s fun stuff! Not only are the TicketCity leagues free, but team managers are eligible to win $35,000 worth of prizes! that’s hard to beat… about as hard to beat as my team suckas
hook’em
i saw The Dark Knight Friday.. and wow.. it was as good as i expected. i recommend it to anybody looking for high action, great CG, some good laughs, serious reflection and just a plain old good time at the movies. i must say though, i’m not sure younger kids should see this one. i don’t know at what age some of the violence in this movie is acceptable. The Dark Knight has a PG-13 rating and it’s all purely based on violence, because I didn’t notice any profanity or any sexually explicit moments. anyhow, if you liked Batman Begins there’s no way you’ll be dissappointed with the Dark Knight.. so go check it out!
so earlier this evening i downloaded and installed the new iTunes 7.7 software and also the work-around install for the iPhone 2.0 firmware (for my 1st generation iPhone). the installs were trouble free and easy enough, although i’d say the iPhone firmware update took 15-20 minutes. after resyncing my iPhone i started exploring the iPhone App Store. there are a lot of apps, free apps, apps for as cheap as 99 cents and i think i saw a few apps for as much as $59.99. i didn’t buy any apps but i did install a few free ones that i found to be pretty cool… and i held myself back from buying the Super Monkey Ball game for $9.99 although it seems like it’d be the coolest game currently in the iPhone app store, since it utilizes the way cool accelerometer.
here’s a few free iPhone apps that i grabbed:
WeatherBug - nice interface with more info than the standard iPhone weather app. i wasn’t happy to see that you could only save 3 locations though that limitation needs to go away.
iTunes Remote - an official Apple app that allows you to remote control the iTunes software from your iPhone. this is a really nice feature. now that i have this capability i’m going to get iTunes installed on my media pc in the living room theater (currently just using Yahoo unlimited).
AOL Radio - this is iPhone app is going to be used a lot at work finally an app that will give me access to the talk radio shows and music stations around the country without needed to stream via our company bandwidth (which is a precious commodity). no more reliance on my iPhone’s 8Gb drive of limited music and stale podcasts.
Pandora Radio - if you don’t know about Pandora you’re missing out on more than you can imagine. Pandora is one of the coolest music related websites ever and now it’s on my iPhone. this app too will be used extensively while i’m working.
BoxOffice - very cool iPhone app for looking up movie times and nearby theaters. nuff said, it’ll be handy.
Jott - tomorrow i’ll actually play with this, but it looks like a nice app for voice recordings. seems like a better solution for notes than the ‘notes’ app since you don’t have to type (except to label the recording)
so there ya go, a few ideas for iPhone apps you should check out. in the not too distant future i hope to have a couple iPhone apps of my own creation on the App Store. i’m not saying what they are yet… but i’ll definitely post about them once they’re actually completed.
ok i’m tired and it’s late so i’m crashing.
Summer is here, my sun burned forehead can testify. i’ve been without my bbq grill for a few months, since i caught it on fire, but not for long. i ordered a replacement grid and i can’t wait until it comes in. in fact, i’m also planning to go buy a new charcoal grill this weekend. my bro JJ, who is a master on the bbq grill, has been blogging about all things barbeque. he’s got some great bbq tips and how tos. so if you’re like me and a lover of bbq, but a relative dummy on the science be sure to check out his bbq blog.
it’s been announced… straight from Steve Jobs himself. the new iPhone planned for release on July 11th will not only have 3G (which should’ve been included on version 1 imho) but more importantly it will indeed have native GPS!! with the open SDK and soon launching App Store this device is a bargain at what the old iPhone sold for. but hold up… the iPhone 2.0 is going to retail for $299 for 16GB and $200 for an 8GB. yeah that is cheap. afterall what’s a decent GPS only device running these days… $200+
sorry Apple haters… they’ve once again pushed themselves out to the cutting edge… and for once their not pricing themselves out of the lions share consumers. i dunno about all you other windows developers but my plans to dabble in the world of iPhone development just bumped up a notch on my endless todo list.
here are some great blogs that ran live during Steve Jobs keynote
News.com
Crunchgear.com
