Apple Files Patent for New Digital Camera
Apple patent references a digital camera. Will Apple surprise us at Macworld?
Got a Cold? Stay away from NyQuil/DayQuil
Vicks changed the formulation of their popular NyQuil and DayQuil products, removing the active ingredient pseudoephedrine due to its use in making crystal meth. The new active ingredient does nothing for nasal congestion, and the entire product is less effective. Check the labels before buying your usual cold product to avoid “surprises”.
Ever get the feeling the people at Blockbuster are calling you an idiot?
Unsurprisingly, the managers at Blockbuster really do call you an idiot behind your back, and possibly even in their computer system. For an added bonus, sometimes they’ll even print it on your receipt for all to share.
Free Credit Report Check
You are entitled by law to get a free, that’s right, free credit report on your credit. Here is a link that will direct you to get your credit report printed out.
HOW TO: Survive worst case scenarios!
Packed full of useful information such as “How To Survive A Volcanic Eruption”, “How To Navigate A Minefield”, “How To Escape From A Car Hanging Over The Edge Of A Cliff” and of course “How To Cross A Piranha-Infested River”.
Free Audiobooks, Speeches, Video Lectures
Directory of 500+ free audio books, video lectures, historical speeches. Many can be downloaded or streamed. Good stuff to load up on that new iPod you’re about to get!
Xbox 360 as new film distribution model?
Are the Xbox 360 and upcoming PS3 “Trojan horses to get Microsoft and Sony devices into as many homes as possible”? A great article on how gaming is impacting – and could potentially, evetually revolutionize – the film industry.
The origin of Google
the original Stanford presentation authored by Larry Page. a piece of history that Stanford is clearly proud of. includes the basis of the Google PageRank algorithm. fascinating stuff !
The Matrix Explained (almost)
Buddy has spent an awful lot of time and effort trying to sort out the Matrix for us.
I thought it was impossible for me to hate BB any more. Then I saw the news
They say they waited for hours outside a local best buy store to buy the new Xbox 360 then were told the price would be different from what was advertised. Employees say management took advantage of the situation to make more money.
Camping
I can not wait ’till I get off work. I will be parking my posterior with Will Fowler and Breanna Talsma, and we will be camping outside of Best Buy for that Toshiba laptop that’s going on sale. I am just going to have fun, I’ll take a bunch of pictures and document the event. This is the first time I am doing anything like this. I figured I am 21-years-old and still haven’t done something like this and that it was about time. Well, Gotta go get in line. PEACE!
1980 Games Online…
Games From the 80s and early 90s. Lots of ninentdo and arcade games run right on the site… Enjoy
New version of AVG Free now available!!
The newest version of the popular AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is available for download. The new version of AVG Free provides increased scanning speed as well as additional improvements which include a new event-history log and added options for filename extension definitions.
What’s Goin’ On?!
Well…recently I have been hesitant about writing about my personal life because…well…there is just so much to write about. So I will break it down into topics and cover them as such.
Educationally
School is…well…difficult. Not so much as grades. It’s all psychological stuff. I’m kind of sick of getting taught at. A person, gets up in front of the class and starts talking. Each period is like a monologue of personal beliefs. I want to be involved. I think about the most influential teachers in my life and all of them involved me somehow in their lessons. Richard A. Guidry was probably one of the best teachers I ever had along with Major Hernandez. Both teachers at Highland High School. They made school fun. I didn’t fall asleep, why? Because I was active in participating. Not listening to some guy drone on and on. I want to teach someday just so I can make history fun for someone. That would be cool.
My grades are good. I think. I got my mid-term grades with 4 F’s. Apparently some projects were lost, tests not graded so instead of putting an ‘Inc.’ they put an F. My motivation for school plumitted after I got that, oh and after I spent 30 hours outlining the book of Daniel and getting a ‘C+’ even after I showed it to the professor and he gave his approval.
Betty got a nasty letter from one of the staff members. It was about being late on the last two payments of her school. I thought she was exaggerating when she told me that it was rude and uncalled for and that she was just being emotional. I read the note, my billed is payed off and even I was offended. Basically the letter bashed her character, told her she lost her testimony and should not be allowed to go on her extended ministry to work at a growing church because she is not fit to represent the college. This can be slightly discouraging to a women that works two jobs, and is not getting any help from friends or family. Her church was supposed to help her but she has yet to receive another payment. But whatever…
Employment
I did end up getting that job at working for as a help desk operator. I hate that title, it’s so feminine, and it doesn’t even explain what we do. We are not helping with internal issues within the company. In fact, we are Corresponding Network Troubleshooting Analysts and with a title like that we deserve six figure incomes! Yesss! Well, I get $10 an hour. But most of all it gets me some extra income so, hopefully, I can get a place on my own. Well…the job is cool. I sit around all day waiting for some upper-middle class, fat, balding, white guy from Philly to ask me questions, while using lingo that he doesn’t understand himself, incessantly crunching on potato chips in my ear sending chills down my spine and giving me attitude because he spent the last 45 minutes power cycling his router with Hajid from India. However, when I am not on the phone I surf the internet mindlessly looking for something mildly entertaining. So that’s work.
Socially
I am loving my 15 minutes of fame here at school though. I somewhat turned into a hero of some sort here at school…It is funny how the person who thinks outside the box is the persecuted one but once he becomes the man at the top of the ladder he becomes the gifted one. I still think out of the box but now it is not frowned upon. In fact, people really like it, and in turn really like me. I use my new found power not to hurt those below me though. I talk to guys I don’t know and encourage them. I help people feel at home and try to give people a good laugh, yes, even at my own expense. People know that I am real. They know that I am not putting on a show just like other people. They see my good days, they see my bad days. They see when I’m struggling with something and I think something inside of them says, “See, you’re not alone. Even Joe Philipson deals with his own wars.†I think that helps people. I never had much respect for a guy that had everything going good for him.
Betty and I are doing great. I will not go into any detail but things are going soo good right now. I really like this girl and hope that it ends up at the marriage altar. It is a struggle though. So many things go through my head. Things that I am not sure if they are natural or not. I sometimes do not know how to handle certain situations or what I should be expecting out of a relationship. This is the first real relationship I have ever attempted. I just take it a day at a time.
I have the best roomates in the whole world. , Chardon, and Maciaha (I still can’t spell it). Maciaha gets mad at me because he’s supposed to, that’s what room leaders do, especially when Dr. Weaver and Dr. Goetsch are giving you beef. We all work full-time and work really hard. Yeah we don’t have the cleanest room, but I feel that it is presentable none-the-less. Chardon works in the kitchen. He has to work on campus because he’s a Canadian citizen and technically can not work in the US. fills sandbags all day, it’s hard work but somebodies got to do it. He talks in his sleep every night at 12:00 and 12:30. When he is really tired he gets up and walks around. It was scary at first but now has become something to joke about the next day. All my roomates are really considerate and easy to get along with. I have some videos that I am uploading on video.google.com. I will post links as soon as they are approved and posted ready for viewing.
Economically
Everything is going good in this area. As I stated above I have a good job that I like. I am invested in several companies that are doing really really well.
Apple – AAPL
Boeing – BA
Titanium Metals – TIE
Sarah Lee – SLE
Prepaid Legal – PPL
Mattel – MAT
Johnson and Johnson – JNJ
I have found that this is an extremely addicting hobby but also very fun and educational. I have also decided to sell my United States Treasury Bonds and purchase more stock in TIE. This should be exciting.
Holidays
I am working Thanksgiving Holiday so if you want to send me an e-mail wishing me a Happy Thanksgiving it would be much appreciated. However, before work I will be going over the Jones’ house for fellowship with Betty, which should be fun, and that night I will be camping at Best Buy, in line waiting to get those holiday specials. I will be there taking pictures to document this radical event. So, I guess that is where I will leave it. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and a happy 1 year blogging for me. See you all later.
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*Hint – ROT13
NESamp MP3 Player – Futurenews.at
NESamp MP3 Player – Futurenews.at: “Sonntag, 20. November 2005″
Make an MP3 player out of an old NES controller. Have a look!
Map WCBC Students
Click here so we can map all the WCBC students. Tell all your friends about it and to do it. When you register put where your from, not that you live on campus.
Also, Hyundoe and I have started a WCBC forum for all us college students.
Upload to Google Videos
Ever watch video clips off of Google Videos? Ever wonder how to upload your videos on there to share with friends and family or just with complete strangers? Google is now allowing you to upload your videos to Google Video.
Upload Videos
Free Text Messaging
Gives a site linking to other sites that provide free text messaging to peoples cell phones from your computer. If you’re not allowed to carry a phone on you at work you can still text your friends.
Digg This!
New firefox extension adds Digg This! to the right-click or Tools menu. the Digg This! menu speeds up the process of submitting stories to the news website digg.com
Check it out! and Digg it.
Need your help…
To all my readers,
Ok all you faithful readers of my blog. Even those of you who don’t read my blog faithfully….Amanda….there is this website Frappr.com. It maps locations and you can sign groups up and I started a group for the people that subscribe to and read this blog. So if you would please register here We can all get to know each other. I know some of you are out there and read but never comment or anything. It can get lonely. So help me out.
Thanks,
Joe
P.S. I have been blogging for over a year now. Make it a birthday present 
Google Video Downloader – Final version
Google Video Downloader – Final version. Get the download link from Google Video (http://video.google.com)
Google Purchases Riya for $40 Mil
With Riya’s software Google uses face recognition technology to identify people in photos. The system can also recognize text such as street signs.
Why should you care? What if you wanted to do a search on not a word, or a topic, but on someone. You can google someone and get pictures of what they did yesterday, where they went. Where your car is parked. These are crazy times.