http://irgeek.net Random Musings of a Random Geek Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:28:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New Star Trek LCARS theme for Nokia N810. I really like the way it's designed and the layout, and even the element seperation, but the colors bring the pain! And here is a shot of the new preview tab for OS2008 ... *Update* - Here is an updated screenshot with proper icons ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2008/02/10/new-n810-theme-for-star-trek-fans/ I don't know if anyone actually remembers when Blockbuster Online broke back into the market. I know I do. It was the day I switched from Netflix. Blockbuster was offering a free rental with every DVD mailer you brought in to the store. At the time I think it was ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2008/01/24/i-am-starting-to-hate-blockbuster-online-2/ testing flickr support in the new maemo-wordpy =) *\*edit*\* it works pretty damn well =) I'm only hoping for templates and article editing capabilities! http://irgeek.net/archives/2008/01/23/testing-new-maemo-wordpy/ Testing WordPy, a wordpress client written in python for the N810. So far so good, but templates and some markup support would be a nice addition. http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/11/25/testing-wordpy/ I got a nifty little suprise in my inbox the other day. It was a tracking number from Nokia for my N810, 8 days early! Two days later and i am posting this from my very own internet tablet :) http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/11/22/suprise/ So they are officially available for order. Currently back ordered but still available, click through the link to find out how to get $75 off! Expected ship date is November 27th. I found out the hard way that no matter what Nokia says when you order from them, it IS ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/11/15/nokia-n810/ The amount of comment spam getting through akismet is getting a bit out of hand. Partially my fault for not checking very often. I just cleared 40+ spam comments and trackbacks that made it through akismet and onto my site. The ratio is pretty good as akismet caught over 4000 ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/11/10/comment-spam-2/ Posting this from a preview N810 of thoughtfix's. This thing is amazing. I am definitely getting one of these as soon as they come out. I am in love! http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/10/24/posting-from-a-nokia-n810/ I have Pownce now. Add me up if you have it. I also have 6 invites, if I know you and you want one send me an email. http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/08/03/just-fyi-2/ Is anybody else completely sick of iPhone news? You all know I am as much an Apple Fan Boy as the next guy, but seriously. I am less than impressed with the iPhone. I think Apple screwed up majorly going with Cingular. And I think they are trying their hardest ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/06/29/iwhatever/ Trying out Matthew's new style for k2. It looks a bit different that his screenshots, but I assume that is because I am on a slightly older version of k2. I plan on upgrading k2 and wordpress in the very near future. What you think of the style? Make ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/06/17/check-it-out/ There is a new personal finance tool that is currently in a private beta called Mint. From what I have read on their website and from other people, it appears to be a product that will be easy to use, and more importantly easy to get the younger generation to ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/06/15/personal-finance-tool/ I don't know about you, but I love the Lucida Grande font from Apple. As far as I have been able to tell it has never been available for windows. Well, today that all ends. Today Apple released Safari for windows. If you install it, it comes with Lucida Grande ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/06/11/lucida-grande-on-windows/ I recently started playing around with flash drives and portable applications and I found several different solutions for carrying your desktop around in your pocket/backpack/wallet/on your lanyard/etc. Me being me, I just had to try them all to see which one I liked best. I could go with the first ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/06/08/what-ive-been-doing-lately/ Things may start to appear a bit wonky over the next week or two, I am cleaning up the site and also completely restructuring how I maintain the site. http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/04/26/spring-cleaning/ As a product of the late 80's and early 90's, I grew up with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I watched that cartoon every day, had all the toys, and was quoted on tape saying that I wanted to be a ninja turtle when I grew up. I remember when I ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/04/24/tmnt/ So I will not be moving into that apartment for various reasons I wont voice on such a public forum. Needless to say I am upset about it, and am back at square one. I hate hate hate looking for a place to live in this city. There are so ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/04/13/le-sigh-3/ I went out today and signed all the paperwork for my new apartment! I am finally going to have a place of my own for the first time, no room mates! w00t! I happened to get lucky enough to find the one apartment complex in the entire desert that is ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/04/04/casa-de-pablo/ So I got 30Boxes and Google Calendar sending mobile notifications to my new Helio phone(more on that in a bit). I really want to start getting organized with all the crap I do, and I want to be very mobile about it. I have run into a few problems. My ... http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/04/01/random-shite/ A pizza of radius z and thickness a has a volume of pi z z a credit goes to Clive ;) http://irgeek.net/archives/2007/03/10/just-a-quick-note/