Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Local GA Auto Auctions

Call auction before you go and get details like - How many cars are for sale that day?
http://www.giada.org/auction_directory.htm?bhcp=1
http://www.verastar.com/WebSite/VehicleList.aspx?source=auctionsites&poolid=GA01&ploc=Atlanta%20South&vehicletype=&vehicletypelist=
http://www.auctionaccess.com/customers/auctionlist.asp
http://www.niada.com/Auto_%20Auction/states/georgia.htm
http://www.atlantaautoauction.com
http://www.autonewsdirectory.com/Southeast_03b6d0d5/page_2.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~budan/autos/georgia.htm
Oakwood Auto Auction - 770-532-4624 - 4712 Flat Creek Road Oakwood GA 30566 - Thursday 6pm Public & Dealer Sale
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=from%3A+190+bluegrass+valley+parkway+alpharetta+ga+30005+to%3A+4712+Flat+Creek+Rd,+Oakwood,+GA+30566&f=d&hl=en
Ga. Carolina Auto Auction - 884 E Ridgeway Road, Commerce GA 30529 - Friday 6pm Dealer & Public Sale
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=from%3A+190+bluegrass+valley+parkway+alpharetta+ga+30005+to%3A+500+E+Ridgeway+Rd,+Commerce,+GA+(Atlanta+International+Dragway)&f=d&hl=en
Gwinnett Place Auto Auction - 770-623-0577 - 300 Buford Hwy. Sugar Hill GA 30518 - Last SAT each month 1pm Public & Dealer Sale
BISHOP BROTHERS AUTO AUCTION - 404-767-3652 - 2244 Metropolitan Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30315 - Thursday 7pm Public Sale
http://www.bishopbrothersautoauction.com
Auction Express - 770-887-5959 - 1171 Atlanta Hwy, Cumming, GA 30040 - TUES & SAT 7pm Public & Dealer Sale
Days Auto Auction Inc - 770-974-3838 - 3611 N. Cobb Pkwy, Acworth GA 30101 - Thursday 7pm Public & Dealer Sale
ATLANTA AUTO AUCTION - 4900 Buffington Road, Red Oak, GA 30272
GEORGIA DEALERS AUTO AUCTION - 7205 Campbellton Road, Atlanta, GA 30331
http://www.governmentauctions.org/?ref=google&camp=8&keyw=repossessed_cars_for_sale_
http://www.your-everything-automotive-site.info/default.html

WIFI

The technique is called MAC address cloning. To do this, you just issue a command to the Ethernet or WiFi card to change its MAC address (which is simply 48 bits stored inside the card's static memory). Not all Ethernet and WiFi cards support this feature (for example, the Apple Airport card does not. But, a non-Apple 802.11b PCI card with the open-source WiFi card driver available from SourceForge and the Terminal ifconfig command can be used to do this.).

On a WiFi network, to determine the MAC address you want to steal, you simply need to run a sniffer application (on the Mac, KisMac or iStumbler or MacStumbler; but more commonly on a Windows or Linux system, Kismet.) Use this to collect the MAC addresses of computers using the Network. Then just tell the wireless card driver to reset the MAC address of the card on the intruder computer to match the MAC address of a valid system that was observed. It takes less than a minute.

There are quite valid uses for MAC address cloning. For example, my Linksys router supports MAC address cloning, and I have used it to assign it the same MAC address as my primary Macintosh. This means my ISP and their relevant configuration do not notice if I switch between the Macintosh and the router connected to the broadband modem (this technique and the most useful with some cable ISPs that provision the modem with the authorized MAC address.)

By the way, WEP encryption is not necessarily a protection from this, though it will slow the intruder down. The same tools that monitor the MAC address, Kismet or KisMac, can be used to collect the encrypted traffic and crack the WEP keys after a certain amount of data has been collected and time. (The newer WPA encryption is not so easily cracked, but is not supported on all WiFi routers and cards. On the Mac you need Airport Extreme and OS X 10.3) Your best defense with WEP is to change the WEP key/passphrase frequently.

Here's a good O'Reilly article on the cracking process.
Dispelling the Myth of Wireless Security
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/excerpt/wirlsshacks_chap1/index.html

On the MAC OS, in Terminal.app, notably the general purpose ipconfig utility (for example ipconfig set en1 DHCP will get you a new DHCP license if needed), but I recommend you check out Mac OS X Unwired, written by my friends Dori & Tom, for lots of good information on this subject.
http://www.macosxunwired.com/

Web Photo Albums

So I was looking for the best place to keep my photos. My criteria were:
-free
-easy to upload
-direct link to photos
-folder for organization
-meta tags, search

I am happy with fotki. But here is the list with my notes:

http://img.photobucket.com/
http://www.snapfish.com
http://www.hello.com/ (google) - locked down?
http://www.fotki.com/ (public & private access)
http://www.photosite.com/
http://www.smugmug.com/ $30year
http://www.buzznet.com/ (social networking) (monthly archive of photos?)
http://www.heypix.com/ (social networking) *** (merged with cnet websots)
http://www.webshots.com (sign up to download?)
http://multiply.com/ (social networking) -
http://www.faces.com/ (social networking, locked down?) -
http://fotopic.net/
http://www.pbase.com/ $23year with no ads
http://www.shutterfly.com/
http://www.flickr.com/ - flickr has only 3 folders without pay
can automatically recognize who is in a picture and tag it with their names
http://riya.com
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69514,00.html?tw=rss.TOP
Online printing for snapshot photographers
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6451_7-6245134-1.html?tag=bnav

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 API Reference
http://www.programmableweb.com/apis
Web 2.0 File Repository for PHP
http://labs.beffa.org/w2box/

Microformats: Paving the Cowpaths
http://www.windley.com/archives/2005/07/microformats.shtml
Hyper-Powerful and Inexpensive Solar by Pyron
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/11/pyron_solar.php
cool organizational tool
http://www.backpackit.com/
Collaborative event calendar
http://upcoming.org/
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/cal/
nice photo blog sharing service
http://www.buzznet.com/
http://www.smugmug.com/
The Holy Bible
http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/browse/
One Search. All jobs.
http://www.indeed.com/..>
Hot or Not + Google Maps
http://www.programmableweb.com/api/HotOrNot?pwsession=e3fd93887d498d8e990fe7482f09a5c0
Non-profit Internet library
http://www.archive.org/
Amazon Mechanical Turk (Beta)
What if a computer program could ask a human being to perform a task and return the results? What if it could coordinate many human beings to perform a task?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/002-2146155-2362406?node=15879911
Stream to any web connected device!
http://www.orb.com/
Worldwide database and mapping of 4,518,583 wireless networks
http://wigle.net/
Local events search and community
http://www.zvents.com/
Mobile phone as remote control?
http://plutohome.com/index.php

Monday, October 24, 2005

Adware & Spyware REMOVAL

First identify the items in the control panel - add/remove programs. Try to remove. Then try going to the folder in the program files directory and renaming the files. Select START, then RUN and type in msconfig. Then goto the last tab which has the startup items and turn them off. Then reboot the machine and try to delete any remaining files.

UCmore
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=58660
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/UCmore.html
remove?

ISTbar
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453074559

removal?
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23210,00.asp

http://www.google.com/search?q=istsvc.exe&sa=N&revid=819171526&qpos=0&oi=revisions_inline

MAC OS

Broadband Tuner 1.0
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/broadbandtuner10.html

Lost album art problem with iTunes to iPod
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/247937
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300726
Go into the prefs and choose the option not to show Album art then hit okay. go back in and re check the option and let it re-optimize the art for the iPod and they will show up again.

Applescripts for iTunes
http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts08.php?page=1#importipodaudiofiles
iTunes Companion widget - searches for album cover art
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/music/albumartwidget.html
http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=33155
http://www.slothradio.com/covers/

Good Info
http://wiki.oxus.net/Backup_your_Mac
Cheap Product
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

*Before you wipe the HD with the original files:
-make sure that ALL the data you need is backed up and ACTUALLY works.
-test several applications, addressbook, bookmarks, etc

Mac How-To's A-Z
http://mundy.org/blog/index.php?p=40
Panther Maintenance Tips
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/11/21/maintenance.html
Tiger Info
http://tigervittles.com/
Saft - THE Vital Extension for Your Safari
http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/index.html
nice dashboard
http://www.telerik.com/r.a.d.controls/Dock/Examples/MyPortal/DefaultCS.aspx
Filegazer - enhance navigation & preview
http://lnx.donelleschi.com/Donelleschi_Software/Face..>/Face2.php?pag=17_
RIP DVDs on the MAC
http://handbrake.m0k.org/download.php
How to create a vodcast
http://playlistmag.com/features/2005/07/howtovodcast/index.php
An iPod video file conversion application.
http://homepage.mac.com/tylerl82/
HOWTO Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Using Free Software
http://howto.diveintomark.org/ipod-dvd-ripping-guide/
MAC tool info
http://howto.diveintomark.org/

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

New Web Tech

General Info:
http://arstechnica.com/index.ars
http://www.anandtech.com/
http://miladus.typepad.com/etech/

Create personal search engines using only the sources you trust.
http://rollyo.com/

The Quickest Way to Get Everyone on the Same Page
http://www.jotlive.com/
http://www.socialtext.com/

Hacking Firefox: Speed Up Your Browser!!!
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1854234,00.asp
Firefox extensions - Tweak Network Settings
http://www.bitstorm.org/extensions/tweak/

to create a consistent user experience for free and Open Source software with graphical user interfaces
http://tango-project.org/Tango_Desktop_Project

a need for self-worth, validation, control, vanity, even immortality???
http://www.trendwatching.com/trends/LIFE_CACHING.htm

independent online web publishing
http://www.webzine2005.com/

Create your own place online. Share photos. Create a blog. List your favorites, send a blast, and more
http://360.yahoo.com/reg/sample.html

community services by, for and about people who are together in the same physical place
http://www.placesite.com/

location-aware interaction, using the local network you are connected to as location reference
http://www.plazes.com/

the same server based calendaring and e-mail of Microsoft's Exchange Server.
http://zimbra.com/

http://www.dodgeball.com/
a mobile phone social networking application

http://www.orb.com/
Orb showed the crowd how his software would let them stream media from their desktop using any web-enabled device, without having to worry about the format or bit rate of their movies or music.

Rated Bookmarks: A social bookmarks manager. Using bookmarklets, you can add bookmarks to your list and categorize them.
http://collabrank.web.cse.unsw.edu.au/del.icio.us/
http://del.icio.us/

Cheap Gas Near You!
http://mapgasprices.com/

PEDOMETER
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

Web-Based IM
http://www6.meebo.com/
http://www.iloveim.com/

All the various and emerging flavors of DSL
http://www.xchangemag.com/articles/341infra3.html

Internet TV
Non-Profit Tries To Simplify Internet TV
http://www.networkingpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700855
Internet TV on your MAC
http://participatoryculture.org/download.php

GOOGLE VIDEO SEARCH
http://video.google.com/

HDTV over ADSL2+. Could this be the future of cable television?
http://www.envivio.com/news/archive/2004/041215_free.html

Mac Hacks Allow OS X on PCs
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,68501,00.html?tw=rss.TOP

SIMPLE FLASH APP?
http://www.tivity.com/

WIDGETS for MAC & WIN
http://www.konfabulator.com/

VOIP - Start-Up Intros Software For Skype Calls Over Cell Phones
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=166404241&tid=5979

OUR ALL-IN-WONDER MEDIA HUB?
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,68329,00.html?tw=rss.TOP
http://www.alwayson-network.com/
online mechanism for authenticating and managing real-world user-centric identities
http://www.sxip.com/

ABC Bit Torrent (mainline w/nice GUI)s
http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/

Future and Emerging Technologies
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/fet/press.htm#multimedia

AJAX
http://weblogs.asp.net/mschwarz/

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Punk not dead!


My buddy George Israel invited me out to a Japanese Heavy Metal band at the Earl. Great to hang with him and Shawn from the days of IBM. Good times had by all. The band rocked!
http://www.electriceelshock.com/

1st set of photos from the evening:
http://www.propellstudio.com/EelShock/index.htm

Hair styling by: Michael McReynolds(pictured above) & Caroline Dieter
Hair sponsored by: http://www.gigahold.com/

Saturday, October 01, 2005

TOYOTA - Prius

Toyota Prius
2003 - 71k - $17k
2003 - 43k - $18k
2002 - 98k - $15k
2002 - 43k - $15k
2002 - 35k - $18k
2002 - 23k - $18k
2001 - 71k - $16k
2001 -135k- $10k

Honda Civic Hybrid
2004 - 19k - $22k
2004 - 33k - $21k
2003 - 28k - $20k
2003 - 40k - $17k
2003 - 50k - $16k
2003 - 57k - $20k
2003 - 65k - $17k
2003 - 75k - $15k

-No documentation on battery life estimate!
-The warranty on the main battery is 8years or 100k miles
-According to my dealership, it costs $6k to replace
-Factory warranty on the car is 8years or 100k miles

-What are the lemon laws in SC?
-Call to make sure that you get the $2k tax writeoff (that the dealer aint keepin it)
Tax deduction is for all models of Prius (all hybrids)
http://www.toyota.com/prius/

The 2004 was totally redesigned in response to consumer feedback and as a result of Toyota research.

2001 Toyota Prius - $10,995 - 1-888-827-1976 - David Moore - open from 9am-6pm
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=190650997&dealer_id=888725&bkms=1129338584935&model=PRIUS〈=en&isp=y&start_year=1981&certified=&search_type=both&distance=300&make=TOYOTA&min_price=100&sponsorModel=&address=30047&advanced=&end_year=2006&max_price=18000&compare=181497819&compare=190650997&compare=181713486
-2 owner car, check engine light was on (dunno what that was), back bumper scratches

2003 Toyota Prius Sedan - $13,995 - 770-442-8777
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=181497819&;dealer_id=55707139&car_year=2003&search_type=both&make=TOYOTA&distance=300&model=PRIUS&sponsorModel=&address=30047&certified=&advanced=&max_price=18000&bkms=1129338584935&min_price=100&end_year=2006&start_year=1981&isp=y 〈=en&cardist=20

Toyota Prius Battery Problems
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/toyota_prius_battery.html
I called Toyota. "Joel" informed me that if we did not charge the battery as per the owner's manual every two weeks as required by the manual and any problem developed, that would be deemed negligence on our part and the warranty would be voided. Frankly, I consider this to be fraud. We were never given a single item to read, there is nothing in the advertising and no salesman disclosed, etc., any information at all relating to the necessity to have the battery on the car charged for at least 1/2 hour every two weeks or the warranty would be voided.

Friday, September 30, 2005

New Car Search

Have you found me a car yet? In case you havent read my blog, I am in need of a new/used car. My 1992 Honda Civic is too old, has over 255k miles, and has too many problems now to put money into it. So I am donating it to the kidney foundation and looking for another ride. And no, I do not have any real preference as of yet. Sure, my fantasy car since grade school is a jeep, but they consume way too much gas. Next up would be a 68 drop-top camaro, but it has the same problem. So I am looking at the Toyota Prius.

Advanced Transportation
http://www.zapworld.com/
Fuel-efficiency claims for hybrid cars fall far short
http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=21225877&brk=1
Good hybrid info
http://hybridbuzz.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_hybridbuzz_archive.html
Hybrid car MPG estimates from the government
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/hybrid_sbs_cars.shtml
MPG estimates from the government
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do?action=browseList
Fuel efficient cars to come?
http://listserv.repp.org/pipermail/bioenergy/2001-October/009498.html
Honda Civic Hybrid Info
http://www.hybridcars.com/civic.html
Plastic to Diesel
http://www.ozmotech.com.au/
Hydrogen Generator working prototype
http://h2gen.info/
Honda Delivers FCX Fuel Cell Vehicle to World's First Individual Customer
http://hondanews.com/CatID2045?mid=2005062944530&mime=asc
Prototype: ENV Hydrogen Fuelcell Motorbike
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/03/env_hydrogen_fu.php
The Summer Of Scooters
http://www.psfk.com/cars/

2000 honda insight - $8500 (2001 has CVT option)
42 to 45mpg avg?
May be eligible for a "clean fuel" deduction of $2,000 if placed in service by the end of 2005. The current clean-fuel vehicle tax deduction will end after December 31, 2005.
2005 insight video
http://reviews.cnet.com/2005_Honda_Insight_2dr_Hatchback__1_0L_3cyl_Gas_Elec_Hybrid_5M_/4660-10863_7-6224054.html?tag=vid
How to Demo Your Insight in Just 20 Steps
http://www.insightcentral.net/owners/demo-20-steps.html
CONS: only 2-seater
http://www.internetautoguide.com/reviews/45-int/compact-cars/honda/insight/2000/
http://www.internetautoguide.com/car-specifications/09-int/2000/honda/insight/index.html
http://www.epinions.com/auto_Make-2000_Honda_Insight/display_~reviews
http://www.dealtime.com/xPR-Honda_2001_Honda_Insight~RD-34637254276
purchase:
http://www.dealtime.com/xPC-Honda_2001_Honda_Insight
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=68272
46 mpg in the city and 51 mpg on the highway
http://www.fueleconomy.gov

1997 subaru outback $6-$9k
23/30 mpg

1972 refurb volkwagen beatle convertible - $7k
33MPG?

1992 honda civic (my current car)
Kelly Blue Book Value (Private Party) - $1,625!!!
Kelly Blue Book Retail Value - $3,750
Hwy 37 MPG and city 30 MPG

1986 Jeep CJ7 (car i always wanted)
Hwy 20 / City 19

http://www.autotrader.com/
http://www.vehix.com/
http://www.carsdirect.com
http://www.edmunds.com/
http://www.livedeal.com
http://www.eBay.com
http://www.craigslist.org
http://www.CheapCarFinder.com
http://www.CheapCarSecrets.net
http://www.PreOwnedVehicles.com
Try Auto Auction? (really need a mechanic w/you to make sure its ok)

Dont pay for gov auction listings or anything of the sort!
http://www.icarfinder.com/
http://www.repossessedcars.net
http://www.seizedcars.org/Honda

Thursday, September 29, 2005

HydrogenFuelCell / Biodiesel

Hydrogen Fuel System Kit converts your existing vehicle to run on Hydrogen.
http://www.switch2hydrogen.com/

Running a Gasoline Engine on Hydrogen Using Water
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/watercar/h20car2.htm

Hydrogen Generator working prototype
http://h2gen.info/

Honda Delivers FCX Fuel Cell Vehicle to World's First Individual Customer
http://hondanews.com/CatID2045?mid=2005062944530&mime=asc

Prototype: ENV Hydrogen Fuelcell Motorbike
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/03/env_hydrogen_fu.php

The New Prize: Alternative Fuels
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/10/business/10alternative.html?ex=1127016000&en=8b229bd414989c6c&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Rob Del Bueno

rjdelbueno@vegenergy.com
Retail Biodiesel Filling Point now available in Cabbagetown, Atlanta!
You can now buy biodiesel for your car or truck right here in downtown Atlanta. We currently have very erratic operating hours, but we can setup an appointment for your filling. Please call Robert Del Bueno, at (404)219-9709 for an appointment or more details
http://www.vegenergy.com/

Kris Smith is one of the founders of this company:
http://positivenergy.org/
ksmith@positiveenergy.org
678.528.0224

http://www.greasel.com/

Turbo Direct Injection Diesel)
http://www.tdiclub.com/

From the Fry Daddy to your Car (2004)
http://www.archive.org/details/Biodiesel

FIND YOUR OWN GREASEL!
http://greasecar.com/clasi_results.cfm?make=Any&model=Any&year=&yearoperator=%3E%3D&pricefro m=500&priceto=2000&fuel=Diesel&submit=Search+%bb

Development Yields Antifreeze from Biodiesel
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=35527

check out the biodiesel t-shirts
http://www.rewarestore.com/

American Council on Renewable Energy
http://www.acore.org/

Friday, September 23, 2005

poetry collider

-trainride
She is lost
and yet she continues to leave breadcrumbs
comfortable in the hum-drum, if only for the moment
with the day almost done
she gazes at the world outside
she doesnt run, its safer inside
riding the lines of her life
waiting for superman, in the night
the excitement, the adventure, is someone there?
listening and waiting, she touches her hair
she is leaving
she is searching for a home of her own
feels she is going it alone
waiting and watching, as the days are gone
she is here
within my reach, within my grasp
running in the river
surely not to come in last




072805 -lisa
uncertain is the space
human being is the place
the stars in her eyes i do trace
gentle waters in which we bathe
let the past fall, let the past fade
into your life, i will wade
and test the waters, so clear and blue
till the stars fall down, our love will do
all the dreams and anticipation
yet we are already in, our destination
and as i rest and ponder
i dream of you, and wonder...




072805 - For Alberto
You deserve a getaway, to experience the far away,
of sun and sand, and oceans blue
of time and space, and places new.
Friends so dear and close to heart,
in this life, do take part
and enjoy what there is to see and do
a good time to be had by me and you




overnight - June2005
2 worlds collide
human beings
midnight embrace
gentle whispers on our breath
the warmth of the closeness of you
home

i would like to be more than ordinary
inspire the weak to be strong
another human am i
i wish i could fly




Lisa - June2005
I met someone
truly someone new
smiles, bright eyes and kisses too

a guitar, some wine, and she sings
thoughts, butterflies and daydreams

I met someone
that someone is you

lisa



March2005
here we are,
caught up, trivial, meaning nothing,
oblivious to it all
and thinking we have a grip.
reality comes full, less often than we know
playing the game
shame

take time,
think, understand, let go
converse, gather and begin
the changes that are needed so
children at heart and mind
see




012005
Just your hand on the screen, near me
searching, pointing, looking for something
is beautiful.
I wrap myself in it.
I memorize the imagery, the feeling
You were here
near me




110504
times will change
and plants will grow
the sky doesnt fall
the chinese know

for thru the years
the feeling - the same
you reap what you sow
and you cant hide from shame




100204
she stands in silence
a beauty all alone
the night is young
and choice is hers
will the night yield her strength?
she takes pleasure in the small caress
that she loses in her subconscious
bright eyes and moist lips
she craves her surprise

soft and delicate
she waits with patience
for a lifetime
the night drifts by
as she clutches her love
so unsure of tomorrow
and not prepared for today
she aches for togetherness
she sits as attention is his
she waits




lost is he
as he travels thru time
and licks his wounds from within
cheers and crys
all his to share
he loses his problems
in the vision of today
smiles are his
but only for a moment
on tv




breathe
she inhales her passion
but there is none to be found (not with the naked eye)
so much waiting in her life
as she sits calmly in the pond
dreaming of the frog
that will kiss her lips
and become her happiness




Love hides
in every corner, crack and crevice
to spill onto you
slow down, you move too fast
but life is short
or so they say
the sitcom is yours to live
smiles inside, as passion flows
and hides




Complacency is mine
as the night craves excitement
and i sit in the shadows
comfortable and warm
sturdy in my seat
the bar my home
nocturne is done




A constant craving for being with you
I ache for love, but what I need is patience.
I am infatuated by you.




062904
Trying to find my way back home
The mystery outside alone
The struggle within
Looking, searching, dont know where I've been
No time left
Nothing left to see
Run to the ocean, come with me
Seek the silence
Find solace
Relax
Breathe
me




1201
The feelings that live, breath and pulse. The feelings that fly or are fleeting. Togetherness is all around us, its what we crave, its what we need. A need, want, or feeling to belong – somehow, some way.



052400 (peace of mind)
I feel no pain
I let go and drink the rain

I dream of love
I see the stars and make wishes for tomorrow

I pray and sometimes say
I dream of lives and a better day

All these dreams and days gone by
Laughter and love that brings tears to my eyes
Life to live and love to give

I feel no pain
I feel the strain
as I learn to let go




050800
woke up this morning
more tired than when I went to bed
too much dreaming
dreams in my head





020400
life to dance
life to play
do not waste
don’t throw away
happiness tomorrow
a smile today




013199
she hurts
she aches inside
she stops
she wonders why

the blame comes naturally
some may say the blind can see
and some people don’t
some people don’t really want to

I have thought it
I have known it
I can see it
but I don’t want to believe it

to hear her say it
makes me hate it
makes me question me
some people don’t really want to see

Saturday, September 17, 2005

HD backup/recovery options - WIN

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WINDOWS BACKUP
Norton Ghost

WINDOWS DISK RECOVERY OPTIONS:
Computer First Aid Using Knoppix (Boot from a LINUX CD)
http://www.shockfamily.net/cedric/knoppix/

-knoppix (linux) - boot from cd & try to recover files
http://www.knoppix.org/
1. click us flag 2. click download 3. pick a mirror 4. burn

-unbuntu (linux)
http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/5.04/
goto Live CD and download Intel x86 live CD
if it see files from linux bootup - able to backup!

do the linux approach before the disk rescue software. Less evasive I think - and if successful, better recovery (maybe 100%)

-easy recovery 5.1
-norton disk doctor 2k

The ways, means of Linux on the iPod
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;784806083;fp;2;fpid;37
Installing Knoppix
http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/debian-knoppix.html
Smart Boot Manager
http://btmgr.webframe.org/

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Katrina hits home

A friend of mine and his family were directly affected by the storm:

My father, George R. Israel, a veteran of the Korean War, a retired railroad employee and now a senior citizen has become a victim of Hurricane Katrina. He lived at 108 Washington St., Bay St. Louis, MS. He had a small home just three houses from the shoreline. The storm destroyed his entire block, leaving only the slabs of the foundations of his and his neighbor's houses. He was only able to save himself and a few items of clothing. My father is now homeless and turning 77 years old this month. He's been retired for some time now and lives on a fixed income, so you can only guess how hard this will be on him.

My wife and I have given him what we believe he needed right away. New clothes, cash, shelter and some pictures of friends and family (the few that we had), but it's nothing compared to what really needs to be done. So far my father is still homeless and without any personal belongings. He has received the $2000 FEMA gave to everyone that was displaced, but I understand since he lost everything and is a senior citizen he is entitled to more.

I am writing to you for just that, my father George R. Israel needs your help. Any and all additional help would be greatly appreciated. I'm his only son and can only do so much, but I am willing to do everything in my power to get my father back on his feet, so he may live out his last few years in peace.

Please let me know how he can apply for cash assistance, financial aid, grants, low interest home loans, and or any other services you handle for Hurricane victims. You can review his los here - http://www.propellstudio.com/baystlouis/

Please, do not let this letter fall through the cracks.
We need HELP!

Sincerely,
George R. Israel Jr.
1423 La France St., Atlanta, Ga. 30307
678.637.3616

Mail your donation today.

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Fire Starter

In the middle of the night last week, my friend Frank Lopez and his
wife became homeless. They lost all their possessions. They did not
have insurance. Talk about starting over! They are very thankful
that they made it out alive! Read more about it here:

http://submediatv.blogspot.com/2005/08/visit-from-tyler-durden.html

http://www.canada.com/search/story.html?id=e3f2e18a-e8bd-4eea-943f-73ce25f1d2c5
http://www.kitsfire.com

BURNING HOUSE BENEFIT:
SATURDAY the 13th at Push Push theater. 6:00pm

FRANK LOPEZ (AKA: THE STIMULATOR) AND HOI MI, his wife, have been friends and major contributors to all of us in the Atlanta Community for a decade. Last week their house burned to the ground- they are alive and their spirits are high, but they have lost everything. NOW they need your help. PLEASE HELP – TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES -
INVITE MORE PEOPLE. SUGGESTED DONATION IS $20, But bring what you can- every dollar will help.

If you can't make it, but still want to help you can paypal him. Just goto paypal.com and say "send money" and type in frank@submediatv.com. Every little bit counts.

http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=121+New+Street,+30030

MISC LINX:
Franks last work before the fire:
http://submedia.tv/movies/mark_web.mov
Hillary in 2008
http://www.michaelhodges.com/stuff/funny/2008cc1.swf
White House "Lost In Space" Scenarios
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0808051apollo1.html

Monday, August 08, 2005

The Beachin Diaries

Friday - Eric is in my room at 440am. Just 5 mins before my alarm is to go off. He is excited about leaving for the beach. We put everything in the car - and we are off into the darkness.
We arrive in Panama City at approx 11am. We are at the golf course. We drove thru lots of rain on the way down, but here its sunny - and cool because of the rain from the night before. We easily wrap up the front 9 and order our first beer - just before it begins to rain. We get a raincheck to finish the game the next day - nice! We are happy and content that things worked out so perfectly. The bartendress looks over and asks us if we would like another - without a doubt. The rain ends as we get to know a local course regular who befriends us under the guise of selling us a dozen golf balls. We ask if the course is playable - absolutely, this kinda rain happens daily. We are on the course for the back 9 in seconds as we chug our beer.
We are back on the road heading for the beach, lunch and more intoxicants - well before the second group is even in town. They meet us for a second pitcher as we get aquainted with the rest of the rag tag beach fest crew. We check in and tally up the total for the weekend. It only comes to a fantastic $65 per person for the entire weekend for the room. I really like going on vacation with Kris Sheets. Things just seem to flow... We then shower up and head out for the evening. We cant be out too late because most of the crew needs to be up at 4am. So drinking quickly seems to be of the essence. We have 3 jagerbombs each and 2 pitchers of beer before it is even 8pm. I take a nice walk down the beach as the sun sets and meet the rest of the crew in the back patio of the hotel for the acoustical magic of the crews own Jeff Morgan. We cap off the evening with 8 or so songs as several people on the balcony of the hotel compliment and place their requests. Jack and Coke ease us into the night as it is abruptly ended by the snapping of the E-string.

Saturday - The fishermen awoke, the weather channel was on, and the preparation for the battle at sea was on. Just like last year, I giggled and joked at the early morning antics of the crew as I wished them off and fell asunder... Only to awaken several hours later (1pm) to the weather channel and the call of the Breakfast Buffet at the All American Diner. The weather was rainy so the free golf game did not take place, and the rush to the beach was not necessary. Hunger was the first call. And eat we did - like kings. After the brunch buffet - it is onto the local pawn shop down the road for the famed E-string. We have secured the location of this needed item from the helpful staff of the diner. Exactly where they said it was, we walk in and immediately see guitars. Within minutes we have a full set of strings for $6 (no tax cuz they liked us I guess). Back to the hotel, in the swimsuit and into the ocean. There is light rain that comes and goes as there are many people on the beach and in the water. I cant remember the last time I swam in the ocean while the cool summer rain danced on the surface. I make many attempts over the next 2 hours to body surf. Either Im not wide enuff, not fat enuff, or just dont get it. But it was fun trying. Beach volleyball is underway as I am coming out of the water. I join a 2-man set w/Jesse/Josh/Mehlun from TN. We play for a couple of hours - and yes even in the rain. Again, I cant remember ever playing beach volleyball in the summer rain. And in the middle of the game, we even had to stop for a couple of minutes because it rained so hard. We laughed at each other - being out in the elements - so comfortable. A shower and naptime - before the fisherman got home. And the drinking began once again. Dinner, more drinking and across the street to the Karaoke bar. I got to sing 4 songs, break up a fight, and close the bar down. Back to hotel, a shower and a change of clothes, I take a stroll down the beach as the sun rises. One of the things I truly enjoy on my beach vacations. Its gonna be a nice day. Off to bed...

Sunday
- Its fantastically beautiful outside. So beautiful that Eric leaves the room at 830 for the ocean. The rest of us get up about 10am and see that there is a whole different world out there. Beer drinking commences as we get ready for the beach. Kris secures the room until 5pm for only $10 more each. We head to the pool, worship the sun, with many beers in hand. The only reason we leave is because food is prolly a good idea as we pack up and head back home. Man, I love the beach.

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Warm breezes, sun and sand...

Well needed getaway is planned - heading to PC Beach for the weekend. I hope i invited you already - if not - its official now. And if you know anyone else who wants to go - tell em to hit me up - we have a couplea spaces in my car - or they can caravan with us (approx 5 hrs). We will be leaving Friday about 6am. And I do plan to watch the sun come up on the beach one morning...

The Ramada Limited!
12907 W Front Beach Rd Panama City Beach, FL 32407

Wish I could make it back in time Sunday for tubing in Helen GA! $9 for all day!

Random links for the day:
http://crftp.com/featured_downloads.html
http://www.fairenough.com/main.cfm

Latin Night

Last night was great. Old school style! Savin money by parkin, talkin and drinkin in the car with Eric Rockett -one of my best friends (birthday was yesterday). In 2004, I took him bar hopping in the highlands and closed the night with him on stage surrounded by women at the Pink Pony. Classy! We kept it simple this year- it was "Latin Night" at Tongue n Groove. Nice ambience and music that makes you move. Surprise! I still know one of the bartenders that works there - Michael -cuz I used to work there - about 10 years ago when the club was new. I was a lowly sweeper - but $100 in cash a night was great! Especially since it kept me from going out to the clubs and spending money!

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

LOVE IS...

LOVE is such a blessing, such a wonderful miracle of life.
Thank GOD for LOVE.
Wow. Love seems to get more powerful as you get older. Atleast it sure feels that way. Especially when you feel you are losing love.
And on another note - Storyhill is playing again tonight. If I had it to do all over again - I wouldve totally gone to that - instead of the beach this weekend. A new experience to enjoy - and even more so if Lisa and I went together. Lesson of the story - try working towards truly new experiences.

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

NET BROADCAST VIDEO PRODUCTION & DIST

NerdTV is still encoded in MPEG-4 and still uses an applet player, only the applet is now Open Source, not from IBM, and comes with the assistance of mediaframe.org.
NerdTV will be distributed under a Creative Commons license so if you like some of what you see, you can redistribute it or even edit your own non-commercial version.
so the real heavy lifting for NerdTV will be done through a network of distributed servers I've created as a kind of "poor man's Akamai."
What has changed about the show is just the episode length, which is now about an hour up from 20 or so minutes, and the bandwidth required, now 183 kilobits-per-second up from 128. Pilot after pilot showed that 20 minutes simply wasn't enough time while an hour feels about right. And the extra bandwidth was always needed for the 320-by-240 video window, only now it is finally cheap enough that I can afford it.
MPEG-4 encoder - Sorenson Squeeze 4.1
http://www.mediaframe.org/

First company to announce a realtime H.264 encoder -072005
http://www.techjapan.com/Article1073.html

Stream Quicktime over the net
http://mlearning.rave.ac.uk/mlearning/how_to/qtss.htm
http://catalyst.washington.edu/how-to/digitalvideo/qtstreaming.html

Quicktime Tools & Utils
http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/quicktimeintro/tools/

Sunday, July 24, 2005

Loving Life

OK. Its official. Well it has been for some time now. I didnt think it was possible. I had given up. Call me a sucker, softee, or whatever you want but - I am in love. And I pray that she loves and feels the same way about me. I am so happy with her, with life. Life is new again.
My friends will tell you that Im a hopeless romantic. Im a jumper. I fall so quickly. And yet I waited so long to tell her that I love her. I didnt want to scare her away - that is my only excuse for holding out as long as I did. I am so grateful for the time that I have with her.
I think about her so often throughout my day. I want to call her a million times a day, and ask her... well, like I said - I dont want to scare her away.
She's the shit yo.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

IN CAR COMPUTER

Potential drawbacks: impact on HD and other components, expense on nice car alarm for protection, risk of stolen investment/cost of replacement
Potential benefits: in car movies, wide range of data storage (music, video, photos, etc), GPS mapping?, internet?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/idash
http://idash.sourceforge.net/
http://tunertricks.com/blog/index.php?p=40
http://www.capsgetpeeled.com/blog/archives/000462.html

BROWSER BASED SERVICE FOR COLLABORATIVE TEAMS

Nice list of many:
http://www.thinkofit.com/webconf/workspaces.htm#groupware
http://www.vrtprj.com/products/
FREE - Server based app - It reads a text file, hyperlinks it and converts it to HTML on the fly.
http://twiki.org/
MeshCMS simply helps you to edit pages, manage files and create some common components like menus, breadcrumbs, mail forms, image galleries and so on. There is no database, no content approval and no versioning. meshcms is 100% design flexible and is easy to retrofit old sites with it. It's a small set of simple but effective features. and it's intuitive, which IMO 95% of the cms system are NOT -billy gorman
http://www.cromoteca.com/meshcms/
CMS - free php/mysql based -
http://opensourcecms.com/
Powerful but WIN Only - $70-$230
http://www.groove.net/home/index.cfm
Expensive - $30 per month - per person (WIN & UNIX (MAC))
http://www.popg.net/

Sunday, July 17, 2005

XP Intrusion

Tool that will reset any password for any local account on a machine you have physical access to:
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor (freeware) for NT, 2000, and XP
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

The Art of Intrusion (book by Kevin Mitnick)
http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/2179

Open source, tried and true (several powerful tools)
http://www.nwfusion.com/best/2005/022805opensource.html

SPYWARE/ADWARE REMOVAL - XP

Use firefox or opera instead of the IE browser.

Run these apps in this order:
-registry first aid
-HijackThis 1.99.1
-spybot s&d
-adaware
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AIRFARES

Whats hot right now are package deals, they can be cheaper than the price of the flight alone from Orbitz.com.
http://www.site59.com/
AIRFARES
http://atlantaairfares.blogspot.com/
http://www.mobissimo.com/search_airfare.php
http://www.11thhourvacations.com/window_shop.php3?token=11n_030805_01
http://clarkhoward.com
http://www.sidestep.com/air/
http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/
http://www.expedia.com/Default.asp?CCheck=1&
http://www.hotwire.com/
http://www.onetravel.com/
http://www.orbitz.com/
http://www.travelocity.com/
http://www.priceline.com/
http://matrix.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch
http://www.1800flyeurope.com/
AIRLINES
http://www.airtran.com/specials/sale/ATL179.jsp
http://www.frontierairlines.com/
http://www.americawest.com/
http://www.southwest.com/

Ionizing Air Cleaner - may be more harmful

Thinking of getting an ionizing air cleaner? Several can expose users to potentially harmful ozone levels...

CONSUMER REPORTS INVESTIGATES IONIZING AIR CLEANERS: FIVE MODELS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED; SOME CAN CREATE SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF POTENTIALLY HARMFUL INDOOR OZONE
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv2.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=581595&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=156209
Ionizing Air Cleaners Can Cause Problems
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/cu_ozone.html
Danger: Ionizing air purifiers impure
http://www.aircleaners.com/sharperimage2.phtml

Top Performing Air Purifier - rated by Consumer Reports
Friedrich C-90A - $490 - free shipping
http://www.sylvane.com/friedrich-c90-a.html?source=goog&keyword=friedrich%20electrostatic%20precipitator

Thursday, June 30, 2005

Places Ive Been:

Venice, Italy
Japan -
Paris, France
Sweden

CANADA:
Toronto

Costa Rica:
Jaco

US:
Alabama - Birmingham, Demopolis, Gulf Shores
Florida - Panama, Daytona, Destin, Jacksonville, St. George Island,
California - Santa Barbara, Hollywood, San Diego (Rob Wong 0604),
Carolina - Belmont NC, Charlotte NC, Ski Beach NC, Lake Wylie SC
Colorado - Boulder, Westminster, Vail, Copper Mtn,
Georgia - Atlanta, Dalonaga, Savannah, Rome, Athens, Jeykll Island
Lousiana - New Orleans, s
Maryland - Baltimore, Towson,
Mississippi - Biloxi
Nevada - Las Vegas
New York - NYC, Hunter Mtn, Endicott
Ohio -
Tennessee - Chattanooga, Knoxville,

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

THINGS TO DO (when bored)

- MON=starbar, TUE=Startime/Twains, THURS=Trackside,
- horseback riding
- rafting down the Colorado River (6-8 days)
- skydive
- give someone flowers when they dont expect it
- take some funny fotos of yourself
- throw a party & invite friends & neighbors
- write a love letter
- read atleast 1 chapter in a book
- make a music video (lip sync to a song)
- get introspective, write a blog, poetry
- go see a live band
- write a song
- go dancing
- call someone you havent talked to in a long time
- hang out at the library for atleast an hr
- visit a state youve never been to before
- learn how to tell a real funny joke
- watch the sun come up on the beach with a friend
- write a relative & actually mail the letter
- take a bubble bath
- meet new people for dinner and/or drinks
- exercise for 3 days in a row
- karaoke
http://www.43things.com/

Friday, May 27, 2005

BIRTHDAYS

-JAN 05 - reckless
-JAN 08 - Sue (moms roomate -42 in 05)
-JAN 13 - craig leathers (convergent)
-JAN 16 - chrisnie (candlers girlfriend)
-JAN ?? - Chun Pan Au
-FEB 06 - Lisa Langhorst
-FEB 09 - Michael McReynolds (31 in 05)
-FEB 22 - Mary Francis
-FEB 27 - Todd Briner (convergent)
-MAR 14 - MOM
-MAR 20 - Kris Sheets (31 in 05)
-APR 07 - Vanessa Olivarez
-APR 23 - Candler Blue
-APR 29 - DAN BUSH (33 in 05)
-JUN 01 - Randy Cohlmia
-JUN 02 - kevin patrick smith (musashi)
-JUN 25 - Alex Jartos (30 in 2005)
-JUL 27 - Christy Hubbard (34 in 04)
-AUG 03 - Eric Rockett
-AUG 09 - Paul Sibley (convergent)
-AUG 11 - Alicia Jenkins
-AUG 24 - Adam Shilling (convergent)
-SEP 09 - Cameron Clark
-SEP ?? - Rob Wong
-SEP ?? - Kevin Morningstar
-SEP 13 - Lina Njoki GICHINGA - (31 in 04)
-SEP 18 - Alberto Blanco (35 in 04)
-OCT 10 - Kelby Kessler
-NOV 15 - Sara Beth Dubose
-DEC 03 - Frank Lopez (33 in 04)
-DEC 07 - Matt Hoppe
-DEC ?? - Dave Giordano
-DEC 18 - Brian Holcomb (45 in 04)

Saturday, May 21, 2005

kickball

So Ive been aching for something new. Why not a team sport? Its coed, fun, and it doesnt require too much skills. They say that team sports help build self esteem too.

https://www.worldkickball.com/mywaka/main.php

$61 for the season. We will be playing games every Thursday night at North Atlanta High School in Buckhead. The school address is 2875 Northside Dr., NW, Atlanta.

THE DIVISION BAR: Smith's Olde Bar

Every division has a division bar that they are encouraged to visit after each game. The bar provides discounts to all WAKA players on food and drinks. Each division also has at least two parties during the season: a mid-season party, and an end-of-season party complete with awards ceremony!

North Atlanta High School
2875 Northside Dr., NW, Atlanta
http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=2875+Northside+Dr+Nw,+Atlanta,+GA
http://www.worldkickball.com/gapeachtree/seasonschedule.JPG
http://www.worldkickball.com/gapeachtree/

supchurch2174@yahoo.com

Thursday, May 12, 2005

IDEAS

Ideas for the Google personal page:
-use google suggest rather than regular google
-5 day weather forcast, day and night forcasts, hourly forcast, current doppler radar image
-phases of the moon
-horoscope
-calendar option - day, week, month, year
-RSS feeds
-music/radio/podcast/tv feed
-display a couple of pages from a book you want to read (over time, you read the whole book)
-display security status: any ports scanned? DOS attack? last virus scan, virus warnings


Font recognition web app - 050405

Ideally the program would let you upload 1 character of the font you are looking for (image would be a jpg or gif). If the program is having trouble recognizing the font - it could request other characters via email to the questionee. It could even do other language fonts. My friend Alex Jartos recently passed this URL my way:
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/


Web article followup link - 022005
All i ask is a followup of an article I just read. Will that happen? How will I know? A link to click to recieve the followup via email would be ideal. It would probably increase readership. They publishers could see what articles are more popular to the people. Could this be done via RSS?


HD jumpbacks for sale - 030205
The media industry is moving to HD. They will need HD jumpbacks. They are easy to create.
Make a couple of HD jumpbacks for sale & free on rarevision or itaki website?


Digital Presence - 102204
A small "presence" device that could let others know
your location/distance. It could work off your cell phone? This
would be especially handy in mining, and other related jobs. The user
would ideally be paged by the person looking for them. With the press
of 1 button they could give permission for the "seeker" to get their
location. This could be an option for the user that can be set to
automatically provide info. You could also block certain seekers if
desired. There could be other mini-devices in specific locations to
let the cell phones know where they are at. Example: Ken Boyles
office @ Convergent/Alpharetta GA 770-369-9000.
-121504 - RFID on luggage, A/V recording of college classes &
subscription or per class cost download


All in 1 media device - 090204
Everyone is looking for the all-in-one device, or something close to it. How about the concept of having your PMP (personal media player) act as your alarm clock, waking you with news (which is read in whatever computer voice you prefer or video snippets) from a range RSSfeeds that you have selected, emails or phonecalls that you recieved overnight (you can even voice reply to them), latest music from your favorite bands (selected group) and or their latest videos too. You can go into the kitchen to have breakfast and it can connect (via bluetooth) to your home theater or stereo system (to continue while you have breakfast). You then take that to your car where you can continue the experience (the PMP connects to the speaker equipment in your auto via bluetooth), then to your office. It could hold a digital key to "badge" you in. The PMP would replace your cellphone and your wallet? and would have webcam abilities.


Immaculate Collection - 081304
Collect all content for an artist/musician and create a box set DVD of all the content. The DVDs could be sold on a website, and all profit could be reported and given to the artist featured. Printing and production costs would be taken out of the purchase first. Kinda like a criterion collection.
Content:
-any and all interviews with dates, interviewer, alliliate,
-misc appearance recordings
-graphic timeline of writing, recording, music release, tour or performance dates, etc
-all tabloid material and possible response/research
-photos in chrono order, dates, photographer, location, clothing, etc
-desktop pix
-screensaver
-greeting card template


Details of roadways, traffic and more - 072104
Transportation vehicles should communicate more. Communicate direction, speed, movements, travel time, and other data. Data shared would indicate to the driver if there is traffic, an accident, or inclimate weather. Any vehicle could communicate this to others, as well as people on the web could view. This would also aid police by providing them more data around an accident. The data could also be used to help fine tune driving simulations or Cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, trains, etc.


Bringing people closer together VIDEOPHONE - 022704
Imagine being a business that offers to install these at assisted living homes, child day care, schools, businesses, etc:
http://www.dlink.com/products/?model=DVC-1100
*Broadband cable connection needed.
Product Features:
•Turns Any TV into a Broadband Videophone
•No PC is required to use i2eye™
•Up to 30 frames per second for smooth video
•Up to 22Mbps
Whatchout VONAGE!
http://www.vonage.com/


To build a better doghouse - 020404
Ideally, it would have its own food & water reserves built in. Temp sensitive attic fan to keep it cool in warm weather. Flap on door to keep out the cold. Solar powered. Easily sold to rich folks.


Interactive Religion Family Tree - 020204
Create a user editable Macromedia Flash interactive animation flowchart of the family tree of religions. It would include dates, and other information relating to the various religions -buddism, christianity, muslim, protestant, (versions of the bible,date, people, & reason)


Mega Media Server Service - 020104
Setup some sort of TIVO like device for shows and movies. We should offer it to our neighbors for free for the first 6 months, then $120 a year? That way we get them hooked. They would have to have it. They could even have a storage area. I could create a brochure for them (minimum system requirements) Get DVDs from NETFLIX & copy to HD for them to view? They could even add their own content as well.
093004 - http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040930.html


Ultra Natural/Organic Soap & Lotion products - 011904
Natural herb (like the line of sobe drinks) lotion and soap products. Like using caffiene/gurana/ginseng/aloe/vitamin e/etc on stomach, butt and face to tighten skin?
Never tested on animals - of course.


Math wiki website - 010604
Create a math algorithym website? Organized and detailed. Shows origin of the calulation, creator, history behind it, what it was originally developed for, 3-d examples/graphs, etc. Click a button and it is translated into almost any language. Click another button and all the info on the page is read to you. (subjects: algebra, calculus, physics, etc).
http://planetmath.org/

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Wanting to invest in real estate

-But the market is so hyped about appreciation that you almost always have to make bargain purchases or -significant upgrades to achieve positive cash flow with normal leverage.
-You should only buy real estate when there is positive cash flow.
-Time out of your life: about 3.6 hours per unit per month.
-I found Kiyosaki highly motivational, but I did not leave those books with a feeling that I knew exactly what to do.
-Statement of fact that not everyone can get rich in real estate
-You may fail at real estate. You may lose many many dollars. But if you still do not heed my warnings and want to go balls to the wall in real estate, here are some nuts and bolts books to help you along the long, stressfull, labor-intensive investment career.(But you still may not succeed, by the way.)
-Buying real estate is a very serious decision and you should know what you are doing.
-Why don't you try finding a successful investor within your area and have them give you advice.
-Reed does not believe that real estate can have positive cashflow (*the Australia RE market is like California (high prices compared to rents) and yet I still find CF+ properties (this is before tax, and after All expenses).
-Quote: almost all normal rental properties have negative cash flow.
-Quote: the guru who told you that real estate investment was a way to pick up extra cash lied to you. He told you that because it was what you wanted to hear, not because it was true. In fact, owning rental property almost inavriably has the exact opposite effect on your cash flow. It takes your current annual cash flow and confiscates part of it to feed the rental property.
-Quote: In order for a single-family rental house to have positive cash flow, the tenant must pay more to rent the house than he would have to pay to own the same house. That is obviously a stupid thing to do. And that’s why you almost never see it.
-Quote: So how do you achieve positive cash flow ethically in the real world? You need to buy in the rare market where high cap rates are the norm. Such markets are usually severely depressed like Anchorage or Oklahoma City in the late 80’s. The reason tenants are willing to pay more to rent than they would have to pay to own in such markets is that they believe property values are falling or level, in which case not owning is a good idea in spite of the high rent. Even then, the positive-cash-flow situation is typically a brief window that lasts only six months to a year.

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Here I am with the initial feeling that I should so something and then when I do the research - it looks like a bad idea. I dont want to put my heart and soul into something that I am not interested in. The thought that crossed my mind this morning is that I should try and believe in things more - but I now feel the exact opposite. I want to believe in so many things, that I am blinded by indecision. I just need to do what I want to do.