It’s been a while since I last posted here. I thought life would slow down after BMX nationals in May, but life just seemed to get busier. Well I have a little bit of time this weekend…no BMX, no major plans and a day off on Monday. So here I am, blogging from my new Samsung Galaxy S.
This is the phone I really needed a couple of years ago when I got my Blackberry. After a week with it, I highly recommend it to anyone looking at a new smartphone.
The phone runs on the Android platform which has been developed by Google. With the app store for it (Android Market) catching up with the Apple App store for content, this phone is a real contender when you put it up against the iPhone4.
One of the things I love about the phone is the Swype method of text input. When some people, often iPhone fanboys, see me using Swype they ask me what I am doing. I show them and they just have to have a go. They love it. In fact, this whole article has been written using Swype.
So there you go. Blogging from my Samsung Galaxy S. Great phone, great platform. Expect more blog posts from me on the go now!
OK, plenty of mistakes in my catalogue, but not really anything good. I like this one though that came about when messing around with exposure levels and auto bracketing. I was shooting the sunset over Melbourne from my balcony.
It is a mistake because it is too dark, grainy and perhaps too silhouetted, plus there is lens flare. But I like it for the color, the definition of the clouds, the details such as the cranes and the landmarks I can identify by their silhouettes!
I have two cats, so they are friends! One is medium to large, the other is compact, but they are similar ratios.
I am fairly sure their hobbies are lounging around and bird watching. The big one is not very good at the ‘I’m not paying attention to you’ game, but the little one is. Corporal cuddling only seems to results in drawing blood.
I was pointed in the direction of 27b/6 by the boss (the one from home, not work) and the very first post I read cracked me up. Then I read a few more and I was in hysterics. There are quite a few to get through, so this should keep me going for a few weeks. Let me know which is your favorite.
My latest internerdy web thing is up and running…..ATM Fee Tracker Australia. As of yesterday, ATM operators that are not associated with your home bank or institution can charge you directly for using their ATMs. On top of that, your own bank can charge you a fee to process that transaction.
With the new ‘Direct Charging’ model coming into effect for ATMs in Australia next week, I have come up with a plan to keep the bastards honest (the bastards being the banks). I am working on a site to track the standard fees to be charged by the various ATM providers, as well as look at the disloyalty charges some banks are proposing. We will also cover your home bank’s electronic transaction fees and take reader submissions of unusual fees they are charged (all almost charged because they cancel the transaction to go elsewhere….that is if they are the savvy ones who watch the site).
Keep an eye on the new site, atmfeetracker.com, and help us keep those banking fatcats honest. Don’t forget to bookmark it.
Just installed WordBook on the ‘ole blog so I needed a test post, and this be it. So hello to all my Facebook friends (or should I say “friends”), this is my crappy blog speaking.
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