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The campus responds to iPad

stghwk — Tue, 11 May 2010 03:16:20 +0000

“After people actually get their hands on an iPad, even the toughest critics seem to see ways they could incorporate one into their daily lives,” said Greg Probst, TechZone sales manager. “Overall, the response has been extremely positive and our display iPads are constantly being used.”

The end of civilization as we know it

stghwk — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:24:11 +0000

I can’t help but think that this device, while useful, will be what ends us all.

[via Flixxy]

Can you say step one to:

Blueline Nightclub (is a bad merchant)

stghwk — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:00:08 +0000

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Blueline Nightclub
602 North Main Street
Bloomington, IL 61701

Based on reports, Blueline has a $15 minimum.

Parents are parents

stghwk — Sun, 09 May 2010 20:13:08 +0000

Parents are parents, even if they’re monkeys.

This reminds me of countless times in public where a child wants to either keep playing or hates being at the store so it starts to rebel.

On a side note, Happy Mother’s Day.

The Grand Cafe (is a Bad Merchant)

stghwk — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:30:12 +0000

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The Grand Café
615 North Main Street
Bloomington, IL 61701

They have a $10 minimum to run credit/debit cards yet conveniently, they have an ATM located within 15 feet of the cashier. So not only are they refusing to take a credit card, they’re probably making extra money off of everyone who uses the ATM by having it located there.

Somebody needs to practice

stghwk — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:43:03 +0000

When you’re a kid, it’s all about drawing between the lines. When you’re a grownup, it’s all about parking between the lines.

Some grownups must need to go back to school.

The iPad…

stghwk — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:34:26 +0000

There’s been a lot of opinions out there recently about the newly announced Apple iPad.

One recent post I saw summed up my thoughts exactly.

The iPad was created for the cool kids. It was created for the mother living next door. It was created for the student going to college. It was designed for the people in the world who couldn’t give a shit if they can program the next great million dollar app or not. It was created to give people a way to be entertained without having to book a chiropractor appointment from having to lug their laptop around on their travels.

It other words it was designed for real people living real lives.

Whoops.

stghwk — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:02:32 +0000

So I ran into some issues updating the ol’ blog and MySQL installation… Looks like some files got corrupted and not all of my posts are showing… I’m going to work to fix this but at a later time. Until then, enjoy the old stuff and some new stuff is on the way.

My week with Sirius' iPhone app

stghwk — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:00:20 +0000

I recently wrote that an iPhone app either provided by Sirius (iTunes Store) or from NiceMac would be one of the few things that could get me back to Sirius since my subscription expired.

After a few days with Sirius’ 7-day trial since the release of their iPhone app, the experience on it has been great for the most part.

Let’s review my previous use of Sirius (before my subscription expired).

While in the car, mostly music and sometimes talk. When it was on a talk station, it was primarily Derek & Romaine. When it was on music stations, it was either on Hits 1, The Pulse or BPM (I still like to refer to it as The Beat).

I had two radios: 1 in the car that wasn’t plug-n-play and one that was in a plug-n-play boom box that I hooked into my home stereo. I also used the Internet streaming pretty heavily at work and while in my home office.

And how has my 7-day trial stacked up?

I can’t use it in the car. I have been using it on the iPhone in my JBL On Stage Micro while getting ready in the morning and have also used it at work rather than streaming from the desktop. The one thing that I’m still wanting is a Sirius supported desktop app. I have yet to try the new app from NiceMac but plan on using that tomorrow at work. I really don’t like having to use a web client for a variety of reasons at work, but mainly, if I have no other browser windows open, when I click the icon in the dock, I want a new window, it bugs me that I have to open a new window since one is already open with the streaming.

Is it enough for me to start my subscription back up with Sirius? Not so far. Does driving with terrestrial radio suck again? Yes. Am I willing to burn CDs to not have to listen to commercials? Yes. We’ll see how it goes.

Thanks for rubbing it in Apple!

stghwk — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:30:03 +0000

Apple has sent me a reminder that the iPhone 3G S is coming!

There’s info out there that depending on when you’re eligible based on your plan and when you purchased. Well, at the local AT&T Store where I live, I was #8 or 9 in line… I don’t have much need for a ton of minutes, so I have the 450 minute plan and 1500 text messages. I do, however, receive a plan discount because of where I work… so we’ll see if I’ll be able to upgrade once AT&T’s systems update.

I’m not planning on getting the iPhone 3G S anyways simply because I got the first iPhone the launch weekend, the iPhone 3G morning of the launch (and slept outside the night before). With the limited benefits I would receive from the 3G S, it’s really not worth the extra money and having to sign a new 2-year contract. Who knows, I might be able to go to another carrier when the next iPhone comes out, get more and pay less.

Update: I was given an iPhone 3GS for my birthday by one of my best friends. It was really surprising, but I still have been enjoying the new features. The speed difference really is noticeable when using apps including launching the camera. So while I didn’t necessarily purchase the 3GS, I still ended up with on