http://www.wrighters.net/blog some writing about some things Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:03:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, my paphiopedilum is in bloom. Pretty exciting, this is the second orchid that has bloomed since I took custody of a nice collection from a friend. [caption id="attachment_85" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="paphiopedilum in bloom"][/caption] http://www.wrighters.net/blog/articles/2009/06/20/paphiopedilum/ In my quest to get back on the GTD wagon, I decided to spring for a copy of OmniFocus for both the Mac and the iPhone.   One neat feature is the ability of the app to use WebDAV to store the database on a web server and then sync between ... http://www.wrighters.net/blog/articles/2009/04/28/omnifocus-syncing-with-apache-22-webdav/ I received a new credit card and ATM card in the last few weeks as my old ones had expired.  In the past, when I needed to activate them I was able to just do this via an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) system in about 15 seconds.  Done and done!  ... http://www.wrighters.net/blog/articles/2009/04/27/ads-you-cant-escape/ I got an interesting survey this week from ESPN.  The survey asked about ESPN360, ESPN's online video site.  I first used it during the last world cup (2006?  it's been that long?) to watch a few games at work.  ESPN has decided that instead of using a pure ad supported ... http://www.wrighters.net/blog/articles/2009/03/29/is-espn-rethinking-espn360/ This article from the New York Times was interesting.  Turns out that by being very frugal, the Japanese have possibly made their economy worse. However, I'm not sure if "underconsuming" is really that bad of a thing, even if it causes some economic pain.  I love the quote from a 20 ... http://www.wrighters.net/blog/articles/2009/02/21/63/ I saw the WordPress iPhone app come up on the iPhone applications unofficial feed. I grabbed it right away and started this post. Setting up a new blog is easy, you just add the URL and username and password. Once setup, you can see the last 30 posts (configurable), or ... http://www.wrighters.net/blog/articles/2008/07/22/the-new-iphone-wordpress-app/ Like many iPhone owners I couldn't wait to try the new 2.0 firmware. So when macrumors reported it was available early, I downloaded and installed it against my better judgment. You have to download the file separately and then use option click on the "Check for update" button ... http://www.wrighters.net/blog/articles/2008/07/10/iphone-20/ I read Serve God, Save the Planet a number of months ago, but was prompted to write about it based on the story in the NY Times today about a change in the Southern Baptist Convention's official stance on climate change and another story on the addition of pollution to ... http://www.wrighters.net/blog/articles/2008/03/10/book-review-serve-god-save-the-planet/ I got a new iPhone today, and thought I would try to activate it with a prepaid plan - known as a GoPhone with AT&T.  This would allow me to not have to sign a contract and since I use almost no minutes anyway, it would be $5/month cheaper ... http://www.wrighters.net/blog/articles/2008/01/16/no-prepaid-iphone/ Yay!  Apple has apparently announced a fix for the keyboard freezing problem on MacBooks and MacBook Pros that I was noticing.  The software update notice says: This update addresses a responsiveness issue on MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers. Some MacBook and MacBook Pro systems may occasionally experience a temporary suspension ... http://www.wrighters.net/blog/articles/2007/12/18/apple-fixes-frozen-keyboards/