Your Bank Account

Thanks to the cyber-age, there are lots of interesting to pick up a few bucks. Some carriers allow users to sell wallpapers to other users; it may be a small amount, but if the graphic is interesting, and there are few wallpapers available, then that small amount may accrue quickly into a larger one, and extra money is always good.

Peripherals and Longevity

When buying peripherals, keep in mind durability. Unlike your chipset, your keyboard, mouse, and speakers don't need to be replaced all that often, except for wear. As such, they need to last as long as possible; try to avoid flimsy materials, and to treat your peripherals with the utmost care. Keep that in mind, and your system will have a very long life!

Turning Your Cell Phone into a Pay Phone

Thanks to the cyber-age, there are lots of interesting to pick up a few bucks. Some carriers allow users to sell wallpapers to other users; it may be a small amount, but if the graphic is interesting, and there are few wallpapers available, then that small amount may accrue quickly into a larger one, and extra money is always good.

Remembering that Technology Helps

The interesting part of being human is the ability to find problems in every solution. If we discover anti-biotics, it's just a matter of time before we find that the diseases that they were used to treat become resistant to them. If we find an unlimited power source, we find that it can be used as a weapon. It's all part of who we are.

Worse, we create attributes in order to create problems. The families only spent dinners together because it was convenient to feeding large families; if you had a family of eight or more kids, it just didn't make sense to make more than a few meals each day. If you created meals based on the different schedules, you would be in the kitchen constantly, and nothing would get done by those doing the cooking. Somewhere along the line, the meals became nostalgic, a choice that brought the family together rather than a practical time-management technique.

When we look at technology today, we need to realize that there will be problems that we just aren't aware of yet. We need to advance the technology we have, hoping that the benefits will outweigh the problems. We are living healthier, living longer than we ever have before, and yet we still wait for the other shoe to drop. That's not a healthy way to live; it can drive you crazy. But at least we have better treatments for that than we used to!

Technology as a Tool

Technology is not the evil that some would have you believe. Although it has caused problems, it has enable humans to find solutions to problems, solutions that simply would not have been possible without it. Although technology also creates problems (such as pollution), it is also capable of solving those problems given time.

Like any tool it requires some education, and there will be some missteps as we learn how to properly use those tools. Technology may be the Toolbox of Pandora, unleashing all sorts of new evils, it also puts tools capable of nothing short of miraculous. When we have learned how to properly use those tools, it will be interesting to see what is possible.

This isn't to say that the problems will go away or that we won't find new ones; the problem with being an innovative species is that we are always finding new ways to get into trouble; we are truly the children of monkeys. However, we do seem to find solutions to problems, even those we create; it's just a matter of time. Just as there are problems to be found, there are solutions as well; if we live long enough, we will hopefully gain the wisdom in order to better find the solutions and avoid the problems.

Lost

Lost has got to be the best show on television right now.  I know it's hard to jump into a new series if you haven't gotten into this one, but you are really missing out if you're not a fan.  I had to catch up, I bought the DVD packs of previous seasons - and I was hooked.  I stayed up until 4:00am each evening watching the DVD's.  And this season is just crazy.  The production value of the show is excellent.  The entire thing is filmed in Hawaii and the cinematography is absolutely beautiful.

But the storylines are what's insane.  There are so many questions and weird twists and even supernatural events that make every minute of this show so intriguing.  Lost has a great cast too - a bunch of unique and interesting characters interacting and conflicting with one another.  It's too bad one of the hottest chicks got killed in Season 2, but that's ok cuz she was a bitch LOL!

Anyway, it may be a bit late now, but go buy the DVD's and catch Lost on Thursday evenings on ABC!!!

The Coolest Cellphone Ever

I've had the iPhone for about 2 months now, and honestly, it is BY FAR the best cellphone I've ever owned or used. Apple has done it once again, revolutionizing the functionality and usability of a digital piece of hardware - first the MP3 player and now the cellphone.

And it's not just that the iPhone is a sleek phone with internet capabilities and a cool interface. I can use the iPhone for much of the tasks I use my laptop for! The iPhone uses Apple's Safari web browser. This is a full functioning web browser capable of viewing any website clearly on the iPhone. You are not limited to mobile versions of websites. You don't have to scroll around a webpage because it can't fit on your cellphone's display. You can use the iPhone to view any webpage, and then use the iPhone's intuitive features to zoom in and out of the page, and flip between multiple web sites.

As an internet entrepreneur, the iPhone is ideal. I can check my websites, statistics, google searches, etc all on the iPhone. And if I'm near a WiFi spot, the iPhone will try to connect to the wireless network for internet connectivity rather than rely on its cellphone AT&T connection for improved performance.

Most of my work is performed via email, so the iPhone is also ideal in this respect. It connects to my gmail POP server and downloads new emails whenever I switch to the mail application on the iPhone.

Of course, the iPhone is also a 4GB iPod, so I can work out in the gym with the iPhone, listening to music, and if an incoming call comes in, the the iPhone pauses the music, and allows you to answer the phone, with the earphones still in.

The iPhone has other great features, a stock ticker, weather, maps, notes, camera, calendar, etc.

The iPhone is the greatest phone ever in my opinion, and I would highly recommend looking into it!

Now I wonder how the new MacBook Air is? That looks pretty impressive too, I may have to get one...