Monday, November 24, 2008

November Twenty Four

What to write today?

Wow, I sat in front of this laptop for the past few minutes thinking of what to write for today, and I drew a blank. I wanted to write something that would have a focal point, but it is not there. So, here's another rambling.

My MacBook is finally on its way to New York. It should be at the recipient's hand by this Wednesday. Let's hope he can fix it.

Lots of people from my work are gone for the week. Regular gasoline are now selling in the Denver area for as low as $1.679/gallon. If you have an iPhone (or try their website), by far one of the best free application is the Bible, and Pandora. This is on top of the default apps already included with the phone such as maps, weather, stoc, iPod, and YouTube.

The Bible is a neat application that allows you to select many translation to view, from KJV to The Message, and if you wish, there are even various language translation available for viewing. You can choose Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, Korean, German, Dutch, Spanish, and many others. Some of the versions are available for download, so if you happened to be in an area with no cell phone coverage, you can still view the downloaded version. Oh, it also has a daily reading option, so you can read two chapters from the Old Testament, and one chapter from the New Testament. I use this option daily.

Pandora is a unique radio station like application. You enter a song name, or artist, and it will then play songs by that artist, as well as similar genre. If you enter Garth Brook, then it will play consecutively songs by him and the country music genre by other artist, e.g., Clint Black. Choose Irish Tenors, and you'll get a lot of old traditional gospels. Selecting Thumbs up or Thumbs Down refine your music selection for that genre. Its really kewl.

One other program worth mentioning is Shazam. This program listens to whatever song is being played on your radio, TV or whatever music is playing, and after a few seconds it will tell you the name of the song! Very kewl!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Six more entries... Here's 10 ideas for your last few days:
1. Do a picture post.
2. Tell about your favorite websites.
3. Tell about your first date with Jan.
4. Tell what fatherhood has meant to you through different stages of your children's lives.
5. Write a how-to about car maintenance (oil change, spark plugs, etc.)
6. Write a book review.
7. Tell about a mistake you made and what you learned.
8. Post a YouTube video and comment about it.
9. Write a wish list for retirement days.
10. Write lessons you hope your grandchildren will learn.

The Nugen's said...

I think you should go 10 more days and write about all the things Steph suggested! :)