So Long old friend

I have a couple things to say.

1) I gave away the Hiptop2 and instead bought a Motorola v300

I have moved on. I parted ways with the Hiptop2 on Thursday April 27, 2006 and embraced the Motorola v300. I didn't embrace it like I did my Hiptop2 or the Zen or even the new WXGA. It was a business arrangement. The Hiptop2 let me down on Wednesday night by being down for the entire time- I mean all evening and night. I figured I had enough. I decided that the additional $800 per month was just not worth it anymore.

I know, initially I said friends don't sell friends. I also know that the v300 is a major downgrade. However, I only spent $5000 to get the brand new flip phone. I am going to pimp it and make it into a decent enough replacement. Besides, the Hiptop2 was taking up realestate on my belt which should have been shared between a phone and my Zen. I had to stop hurting- what is the point of push email if it only works sometimes. The phone would often tell me I have no SIM, or switch to phone only mode. Besides, C&W doesn't invest too much into the Hiptop2 infrastructure to give it a good catalog of items- they let it die and I left her.

The giving away part was a snap decision. I originally intended to put her to rest in a nice memorial type ceremony attended by close friends and family. Instead though one of my two best friends quickly asked me to give it to him- and so I did. I know... I gave away a $20g phone... I could have atleast sold it for $5000. Atleast it will always be near me, and if I want it back I can rob/negotiate with him.

2) More confusion and sometimes more certainty about the car

I am at odds with myself about this thing. I view it from all angles. If I don't buy it at all then I have more resources to fix my room and save money. If I save money then I can achieve my goal of making a 'tidy sum' in three years (this being year 2).
My male parent seems to have a problem with me getting that room. Just today a renewed badminded effort was made to push me out of my vision. I tell you, sometimes I feel like I could move out and pay rent- but because I have my goals I say no. Therefore there is a very strong possibility that I won't be able to get what I want.
Then there is the point about being muscled out of what isn't even rightfully mine. Sure it belongs to you but you said I can borrow it- no need to then do a total switch. Things like that make me want to say "fine until christmas kindly youth over ugly- i will get my own tings" but I can't say that. I have to be smart and say think clearly boy, do the best possible thing.
Darn confusing.

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I will be posting pictures of the new phone- not that the v300 isn't a popular phone that most people know- but as a courtesy.
The best possible decision will be made known to me when the time comes.

Want to switch to something a little irreverent and yet a little philosophical. It is a question that I have never had the answer to- how do we treat the Bible.

I know this is off tech topic but I just want to know: The book created about 3000+ years ago had a set context. Men couldn't fornicate; men were commanded 'thou shalt not kill' unless the person wasn't a Jew; women were a little higher than house/sex slaves and you could have as many as you could afford. A few millenia/centuries afterwards we change it up a bit. The book is used to justify the subjugation of the African diaspora and they say that slaves should obey their masters. Just a few centuries before that the book was used to justify the religious crusades which saw the slaughter of any non-christian entity- muslims etc. After slavery the book is used to help set us free. Women come along wanting to vote- the book is used to provide equal rights, finally men could fornicate (boo-hoo) and commit adultery and you shouldn't kill- unless it was a war. Then we have the 2000+ understanding, diversified into several different denominations which are either fundamentalist or have a broader conceptual approach- or just plain new age.

What are we supposed to believe? If the Bible is the inspired word and it was written in context do we continue believing in that initial context? Or is it that the Bible which has the same words for centuries can be reinterpreted to justify a generation. Hmmm.

Priorities Straightened

pri·or·i·ty ( P ) Pronunciation Key n. pl. pri·or·i·ties

1. Precedence, especially established by order of importance or urgency.
2. 1. An established right to precedence.
   2. An authoritative rating that establishes such precedence.
3. A preceding or coming earlier in time.
4. Something afforded or deserving prior attention.

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I have limited resources and several desires. How do I achieve them all? One way is to prioritize and achive things incrementally. Priorities can be established by order of importance, or cost, or urgency, or time to complete the task. The following is a complete list of objectives. Though numbered they are not in order of priority.

1. I want my little lilly-pad somewhat away from everybody else in my house without paying rent. That may weigh in at over 100k to accomplish fully. Repairs needed, not to mention cleanup- and probably different furniture.
2. I want to be mobile- I want my own car. Car loans threaten to charge be $25000 per month. With all the things I want to achive, and considering my priorities the car is very low on my list. I can endure 'this' a little longer.
3. I want to build my PVR. TV Card with Remote and IR Blaster, Round Cables and an Internal Fan for cooling, 1GB-stick of RAM, Cordless Desktop, Sound Card, 5.1 Audio to name a few come in at $28862.24 without shipping from Miami or the 5.1 Audio. The perfect PVR/Gaming system (withouth a mobo or chip change). I don't want to do a mobo or chip change because that would be too expensive- the new X2 starts at U$400+
4. I want to fully network my house, wired and wireless. I already have the wireless, I have a switch- I just need to run the cable. That is relatively inexpensive but it requires time to sit down, calibrate the cables properly for the plug and do everything neatly along the skirting. Time. Cost should be less than $4000.
5. I want a new mobile phone: The Nokia 6255 to be exact. I want to stop using the unreliable hiptop email service and get something a bit more reliable. I would get a cheap bMobile to maintain my postpaid account.

Hmmm. I guess I can start at 4. Then 1. Then 3. Then 2. Then if anything 5. Or, maybe I can scrap 2 altogether, and scrap 5 as well. So I do 4, 3 and 1 and just save my money. Hmmm. How long can I endure not being able to leave home without underbreath mutterings.... We'll see. Taxifare is cheaper than gas money.

Digg

Who knew that Kevin Rose moved on from Attack of the Show since Last YEAR!!? The screen savers used to be my favourite show to watch- after which was Call for Help and then X-Play. G4 has eroded the tech in G4-Tech TV by taking out the more mature presenters. Thankfully these stalwarts have moved onward and upward. I realized that I have been wasting away at work looking for crap to do when I could be getting educated in my favourite past time. Here are a few pages my friend shared with me that have proven to be invaluable.

This week in tech - http://www.thisweekintech.com/
Digg - http://digg.com/
Binary - http://www.binrev.com/
CommandN - http://commandn.typepad.com/
Revision 3 - http://www.revision3.com/
Diggnation - http://revision3.com/diggnation
Hak.5 - http://www.hak5.org/

I think Digg and Revision3 as well as Diggnation will be the ones I most frequently visit. They have a lot of things in Revision3 that I have always wanted to do. Kevin Rose stands out because on The Screen Savers he was the dark tipper.

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I have set up the older PC for my mother and father to use far away from my room. I think she should be fine now- even the printer is down there. My brother used to print random things at 2am until I put a time limiter on the Printer. When he sends his print requests downstairs I no longer have to care. Nobody sleeps downstairs yet so nobody will be waking up. Mom doesn't have to come in and wake me to use the computer- FREEDOM!!! J/K- it wasn't that bad.

The only thing missing on that machine is the internet. My wireless has pretty good range but that receiver is crap. Additionally the reception in that part of the house is horrible anyway. I am going to have to run cable to that machine. If I run the cable I would have to setup those ethernet plugs and the switch under the staircase and then another two plugs in my room and my parents room where the router is. Three plugs, one router, 500ft of Cat 5e cable.
My long term goal for my mom's machine is that it will be a stroage area for all my media. I can't stream consistently over my existing wireless and ethernet is cheaper to implement.