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Learning new computer technologies
There are so many computer technologies that I need to/want to learn, that I have no idea where to start. I learn all the time, but never really have the time to spend to sit down and learn something new unless I'm going to use it immediately. My current list of technologies/programs/whatever I want to learn include:
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I won!
Today I ran the Chron's and Colitis Foundation's Guts & Glory 5K Run/Walk to raise money for the foundation. 5K was pretty easy for me, but I started out using way too much energy as I tried to keep up with the young kids who must have been on their high school track team. Turns out, I didn't do so poorly. I finished first in my age group (30-39) with a time of about 21:30. As usual, I wore my Garmin Forerunner 305. I felt pretty good and was pleased with my performance; yes, there were a few people there, so I wasn't 1 out of 1! Unfortunately the foundation isn't one of the largest charities, so the turnout wasn't huge.
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Updated car kit photos
In a recent post, I wrote about the Bluetooth car kit I installed. Well, I finally finished installing it with a little bit of a twist. I ended up getting a 4" external speaker for a CB radio and installing it under my center console and I cleaned up the routing of the wires a bit. It works quite well and am extremely pleased with the setup.
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AOL for free; still costs too much
So after reading that AOL is now offering their service for free, I decided to try it out as I've never used it before (that's right, I've never used it). So I went to their website and picked a username; harder than it sounds as the millions of users already have the cool ones, so I managed to get scottgrubyrules. I logged in and must say that I'm underwhelmed. First off, it isn't a universal binary, so it can't run natively on my Mac. Second, the interface is straight out of user interface hell. There are modal dialogs everywhere and reminds me of the few times I used eWorld back in 1997. The Mac software doesn't seem to let me do 2 things at once, so while it is off munching on a web page, I can't click the other ugly icons on the menu bar. The email interface is poor at best and it wasn't a great experience for the 10 minutes I played with it. I'm not sure what AOL really has to offer for anyone that already has broadband. I clicked on the Calendar button in the toolbar and got a web page saying that it wasn't compatible with my browser. Then the fan on my machine came on as the app pegged the CPU. All in all, probably not a product I'll fire up again. However, I now have a super cool new email address (OK, not really).
