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Entries from July 2008

Watchmen and Plague Year

July 27th, 2008 · No Comments

When I haven’t been writing over at WalletPop about anything from pornography being a lagging indicator of the economy to the minimum wage increase I have been reading Watchmen. Watchmen is the graphic novel which the movie of the same name is coming out in 2009. I am about 2/3 of the way through and [...]

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Tags: Tech · books

Cool Windows Mobile apps to ease iPhone envy

July 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

After playing around with Tobias Buckell’s iPhone, rocking the 2.0 firmware update, over lunch I decided I needed to find some cool new applications for my Samsung i760 which I had just upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.1. I found 4 cool programs which help me feel like I can at least wait for the third [...]

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Tags: Phone PDA

Windows Mobile 6.1 is out for Samsung i760

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Despite missing the end of June deadline leaked on a PowerPoint last month Samsung has made good on its rumored update to the Samsung SCH-i760 on Verizon’s network. The Windows Mobile 6.1 update files are currently available on Samsung’s site for users on Xp or Vista who wish to upgrade.
UPDATE - Mirrored files on Rapidshare [...]

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Tags: Phone PDA · Tech · Verizon

Glad my car started this morning!

July 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday we went up to the new Bass Pro shop in Rossford, Ohio near Toledo, but before we took off I had my dad take a listen to a new noise my car was making. We decided to check out the spark plugs after we got back from stocking up on fishing supplies.
We had a [...]

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Tags: Misc. · Tech