if i had a mac desktop i’d be very, very tempted to get this! it’s the sideview of apple’s new wireless keyboard, in case you can’t tell from the picture.ultimate minimalism! it’s so freaking simple and sleek…..yum.
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while i am thankful that adium allows msn emoticons to appear, i wonder if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
90% of the entire screen!
imagine that thing bouncing on your screen as a screen-sized emoticons. the chat window wasn’t even wide enough to show the entire fat-assed emoticon. it’s scary when that thing suddenly pops up right in your face.
the new ipod nano looks hideous. why did they kill the sleek-looking version? so what if this new one is thinner? it’s so much wider and now it looks like some product from creative. like some clumsy, bumbling version of the original ipod nano. ok, i know it’s only 52.3mm wide, but because it’s 69.8mm tall, it just looks squarish and definitely not sleek.
the colours are ugly too, what’s up with the pastel blue and green? maroon looks kinda weird too. are the designers at apple suffering from some colour blind thing? to sidetrack a bit, the ipod (regular) only has two colours, silver white and black. sheesh, pathetic is the word.
i don’t know about others, but when i’m out and about listening to music, i don’t need contacts and calendar functions in the ipod. what’s my mobile phone for, anyway? why the hell would i need a world-clock function in the ipod nano?
eeeeeek. if i were rich i’ll snap up one of the old ipod nanos which are all on sale now. the new ipod nano is just plain weird.
i hope by the time i need to get a new ipod they’ll have come up with the next generation which is hopefully, better than these monstrosities.
for the sake of $100, i have downloaded something called a ftp client or dunno what thing. it comes with an uber cute dock icon on ally, the truck you see next to the trash bin. i still haven’t figured out how exactly i can use this thing in future but at least i’ve downloaded what i need for the sake of that $100.
oh yeah, the red duck you see (4th icon from the left) is an instant messaging thingy, adium, which can log into msn, icq (ha!), yahoo messenger and what-not accounts all at the same time. msn pissed me off big-time cos it was mute most of the time while i was using it. there was a period of time i wasn’t such great friends with adium cos they didn’t display the msn emoticons and sometimes, i had a little difficulty communicating with those emoticon-crazy people i know. now that they enable emoticons, i’m enjoying a really great relationship with the adorable little duckie.
adium comes with funky features like auto-replies and customizable statuses, which is what i’m using most of the time. but i really hate it when i’m not logged in or when the internet connection is down, cos the duckie’s eyes would be blank and i’ll feel sorrowful for its blindness.
ok, i’m getting emotional over a duckie.
main point is, i feel high tech, i’ve got that ftp thing!
my internet connection has miraculously revived itself. it was no use waiting for technical support to answer my frantic calls cos no one answered them even though i waited for more than 40 minutes. out of determination, vanity and wishful thinking, i reset-ted the modem again and again. the led light which was supposed to be lit finally lit up again and i almost wanted to set some fireworks to celebrate. this means i don’t have to camp overnight in school. i was seriously considering doing that for tomorrow or sunday night, cos there’s an obscene amount of work due next week and i need the internet.
sometimes technology makes me appreciate small little things in life, like lit up led lights.
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a year ago, i’d probably be the last person on earth to know how much a can of tuna or a bottle of shampoo would cost, cos i didn’t have to shop for these things. what are mothers for? if i had to buy some groceries, i had the mentality of “just grab the one which looks the prettiest. they probably cost around the same anyway”.
a year ago, i visited supermarkets on an average frequency of once every few months.
this afternoon when i was doing my groceries, i saw some canned tuna on promotion (again).
oh my god, it’s only 77 cents each! the other supermarket was selling them for 99 cents each during their promotion last month! ok, let’s just grab four cans, one of each flavour.
then i walked by the toiletries aisle.
oh my god! the pantene shampoo and conditioners are going at $4.95 instead of the usual $7.95! oh damn, i only have enough muscle power to buy one of each. damn, damn, damn! i wish i drove, i would be able to buy at least two of each then.
i can’t believe the changes in my shopping behaviour. i am now an, [gasp] auntie!
that’s me, blogging live from school. was feeling cranky but i can’t help smiling cos the weather today is terrific. cool but sunny and warm enough to stay outside and get some desperately needed fresh air.
here i am in school, seated on an outdoor bench using the internet connection cos the bloody internet connection at home is down again. i thought it could be that i owe them money, but i just checked and my account is clear. can’t get through to the technical support hotline too. so yeah, i’m really pissed with the internet provider for the time being. i had to use my housemate’s laptop to send an email and i realised she’s completely helpless in technology stuff. waaaaaay worse than i am, ok? and i’m already quite a bad case.
she thought i wouldn’t be able to log on to gmail to send emails cos:
her: telstra next g works differently and doesn’t allow sharing of the connection.
me: oh, but you can still surf the net normally, right?
her: yeah, but they told me i wouldn’t be able to share connections and stuff like email services.
sometimes i think i meet some of the weirdest people in the world.
yeah, weird people like my groupmate who worked in singapore last year. his favouritest favourite food from singapore? fried bee hoon for breakfast.
while exploring all those absolutely cool and fun downloadable things for ally, i stumbled upon bonecho, which is a faster version of firefox for ally. usually i can’t tell the difference between these speed thingys but this bonecho is really noticeably faster than firefox.
it’s 99.9% similar to firefox too, except for small little things which you wouldn’t even notice if you’re not observant enough.
i think these people who write these codes are complete geniuses. yeah they may be geeky and nerdy from time to time but they’re modern einsteins!
now i can explore the world more efficiently. for instance, my search for a offline blogging tool can be made faster.
ok trial 3.
from the last post to now, i’ve explored yet another two options. both of which allows just blogging using simple text and non of those editing, image uploadings or linkings. unless i do them manually, i think.
sheesh, life sucks.
i wanted to download a programme which would allow me to blog even without starting my internet browser. there were a few to choose from so i just chose randomly.
i didn’t know how to configure my wordpress account with bleezer, the first programme i tried.
now i’m blogging on flock, which also works as an internet browser. the configuration is absolutely idiot-proof. but it defeats the purpose: if i am going to blog with an internet browser, i’d just stick to firefox.
ok now lemme try some other programmes.
Blogged with Flock
a really long time ago, i discovered gmail on the phone and i was extremely happy. i could access my email inbox when i’m on the train! on the bus! everywhere! reply mails instantly no matter where i was! in sync with the real inbox and with a pretty user interface too!
i suffered from withdrawal symptoms when i couldn’t access my gmail inbox in australia cos it would cost an obscene amount of money for that luxury.
i still love the application, except when i discovered that i forgot to delete the application from the 6280 i sold. i couldn’t disable the access from the real gmail account.
i did try, i swear i did. i went down to the shop where i sold my phone and asked them if i could get the phone and delete the application. alas, they’ve already sold the phone to exporters (to be resold to developing countries) and they assured me the exporters would “flush the existing things”.
yeah right.
when i was trying out phones in that shop that day, the second-hand phones had contact lists of the previous owners.
oh well, there’s nothing i can do now, except to change my gmail password and pray that the next user doesn’t abuse my email. and i’m also praying the next user is really from some other country, cos just the charges of accessing the application from overseas would be sufficient to deter anyone from using it.
did i mention that i had a copy of my contact list, undeleted smses and photos in the phone as well?
i swear i wasn’t planning to sell that phone, that’s why.
