Visit the website, jazz.thepodcastnetwork.com or stream it below.
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Tony Stewart Denied Daytona Win
I've been a Tony Stewart fan for a very long time. I've seen the ups and downs, and this season Tony only wanted two things... a win at Daytona and the Championship. Well, at least he has a shot at one of them.
In NASCAR's season opener, the Daytona 500, it looked like Tony was on his way to a first place finish. He managed to get by Kurt Busch, who was the cause of Stewarts last place finish. Kurt inadvertantly bumped Tony in the left rear causing both Stewart and Busch to hit the wall resulting in damag that put both drivers out of the race.
It's sad really. Both Steward and Busch had great cars. Tony had a speeding penalty for leaving the pits too fast and and had to start a push from the rear. He did it, with speed and accuracy. This race Tony showed a lot more patience than in previous years. He knew the car was fast, he just had to stay clear of the "big wreck". He did that, and took back the top spot.
I give Tony high marks for performance and racing skill. The finish was one of the best I've ever seen. As Kevin Harvick and Mark Martin drove neck and neck across the finish line, the rest of the field was wrapping themselves up in a major crash that saw Clint Boyer slide across the finish line upside down. It was incredicle. Harvick just nosed Martin out for a win. I would have loved to see the old man win.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
NASCAR Race Day Podcast: Daytona 500
Comments on the Daytona 500
Download here, or stream from below.
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Download here, or stream from below.
[audio:http://www.digitalthom.com/audio/nascarraceday_20070218_1.mp3]
Saturday, February 17, 2007
The Jazz Show #19
Visit the website, jazz.thepodcastnetwork.com or stream it below.
[audio:http://jazz.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_thejazzshow_20070218_19.mp3]
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Get the TPN Widget Today!
Tim King from +grooveARMY has written a brilliant widget for TPN which will run on your desktop to make sure you never miss another TPN podcast!
The Yahoo! Widget Engine (formerly known as Konfabulator) is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. With the TPN widget, it will sit unobtrusively on your desktop and display the latest 14 podcasts from across TPN. Pretty cool huh!?
Sunday, February 11, 2007
The Jazz Show #18
Visit the website, jazz.thepodcastnetwork.com or stream it below.
[audio:http://jazz.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_thejazzshow_20070210_18.mp3]
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Friday, February 9, 2007
Being the First Born Guarantees Your Success
I'm the oldest child in my Family. Yes, the first born. And with that comes all the fame and fortune. Uh, if there were any fame and fortune to be had I guess. But alas there is not. I do however, think being the first born gave me a skill set that successive siblings didn't get.
I know the title of this post and the paragraph above sounds self righteous, self centered, and egotistical. But that's not how I want it to come across. This post isn't really about me, per se, but more about the position of the first born child.
Admit it, as the first born, I get to experience everything first. I get to help Mom and Dad hone their skills. I get to see all the mistakes and the successes. I get to learn how to deal with Kids and Adults. It's an environment few experience. If you are a middle or tail end child, typically you could care less about all that stuff and find it easier to stay clear of the Family all together.
As an example. I joined the Marines right out of High School. I was scared to death, I didn't know what to expect. I was told to never volunteer, ever. And I soon found out why. If you volunteer, you get to show all the other Marines how something is done. Most of the time, it wasn't very fun. Some times though it was. However, my last name starts with an A and I typically was the first name on a list of alphabetical last names. So if someone didn't volunteer, I got to demonstrate anyway because I was first on the list.
At the time I hated it. I never wanted to go first. But today, I am very thankful that I was forced to be first, stand in front of the crowd, shoe everyone what to do. What I didn't realize at the time was happening, I was learning to be a leader. Yes, a leader. Someone who will take charge, not afraid to be first, to make decisions, to mentor, coach, and make everyone feel safe. It's in my nature, and I it's because I was always first.
I noticed this not too long ago in my oldest Daughter. She has become a natural leader. She leads the younger siblings (but they would never admit it.) She understand how to do things, doesn't have a problem being first. Looking at her and what she has gone through (lived through my Wife and I honing our parenting skill), I'm very proud. I know she will succeed at what ever she does in life. In fact, I find I'm less worried about her future than I am of the younger siblings. Mostly because the pecking order prevents them from leading, and forces them to follow.
Of course this isn't true in every case with every Family. But I firmly believe the order in which you were born can have a direct affect on your future.
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I know the title of this post and the paragraph above sounds self righteous, self centered, and egotistical. But that's not how I want it to come across. This post isn't really about me, per se, but more about the position of the first born child.
Admit it, as the first born, I get to experience everything first. I get to help Mom and Dad hone their skills. I get to see all the mistakes and the successes. I get to learn how to deal with Kids and Adults. It's an environment few experience. If you are a middle or tail end child, typically you could care less about all that stuff and find it easier to stay clear of the Family all together.
As an example. I joined the Marines right out of High School. I was scared to death, I didn't know what to expect. I was told to never volunteer, ever. And I soon found out why. If you volunteer, you get to show all the other Marines how something is done. Most of the time, it wasn't very fun. Some times though it was. However, my last name starts with an A and I typically was the first name on a list of alphabetical last names. So if someone didn't volunteer, I got to demonstrate anyway because I was first on the list.
At the time I hated it. I never wanted to go first. But today, I am very thankful that I was forced to be first, stand in front of the crowd, shoe everyone what to do. What I didn't realize at the time was happening, I was learning to be a leader. Yes, a leader. Someone who will take charge, not afraid to be first, to make decisions, to mentor, coach, and make everyone feel safe. It's in my nature, and I it's because I was always first.
I noticed this not too long ago in my oldest Daughter. She has become a natural leader. She leads the younger siblings (but they would never admit it.) She understand how to do things, doesn't have a problem being first. Looking at her and what she has gone through (lived through my Wife and I honing our parenting skill), I'm very proud. I know she will succeed at what ever she does in life. In fact, I find I'm less worried about her future than I am of the younger siblings. Mostly because the pecking order prevents them from leading, and forces them to follow.
Of course this isn't true in every case with every Family. But I firmly believe the order in which you were born can have a direct affect on your future.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Inspiring Words of Encouragement
Take a few minutes and subscribe to Zig Ziglers weekly podcast. It's a fantastic show, fairly short, less than 15 minutes, and is very high quality. I've enjoyed everyone so far.
Zig's website and the iTunes link.
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Zig's website and the iTunes link.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Picasa vs. Flickr… a no brainer
I use Gmail almost exclusively. I have several accounts and use them to basically store and archive all my other pop email. I also like using Google Reader, Docs and Spreadsheet and Calendar. I really want to use the web album, but for the price, Flickr is much cheaper and I get unlimited space, at the moment. Here is what Google wants us to pay for a Picasa Pro account:
6.25GB ($25 per year)
25GB ($100 per year)
100GB ($300 per year)
250GB ($500 per year)
Flickr?
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6.25GB ($25 per year)
25GB ($100 per year)
100GB ($300 per year)
250GB ($500 per year)
Flickr?
Yeah, I'll stick with Flickr. I wonder what Microsoft has up it's sleeve for a web based photo application?
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
T-Mobile MDA so far so good
Here's my take on the T-Mobile MDA after using it for a few days. First, I got into this device knowing it wasn't the fastest PDA/Phone combo on the market. I knew the CPU was slower then my Dell Axim x51v, and it didn't have as much memory. But what made up for these short comings was the the form factor, slide out keyboard and Bluetooth.
1. WiFi. Nice. Connected right to my Belkin router no problem (once I entered the security key of course.) The speed isn't really a big deal for me, it seemed fast enough, and I could surf to just about any website. The only problem I have is with Windows Mobile 5, Internet Explorer just sucks. I'm so used to FireFox that anything else is a handicap.
2. GPS. This stuff is cool. I stumbled on to this web site where Stephen has done a pretty good job of tracking his T-Mobile MDA use. Two posts I especially liked were this one and this one. The first post was on how to use Windows Mobile Live Search. I played with this for several hours. It was a blast. The other was for a Bluetooth headset which I'll talk about later. Suffice it to say, so far, the GPS stuff has been been great. What I wish though was when I disconnected from the WiFi the system would ask me if I wanted to connect to GPRS or give me a setting to do it automatically.
3. Bluetooth. Worked no problem. I tried a Samsung WEP200 headset but it was way too small. I liked the fact there wasn't a piece that went around my ear, it literally just stuck into your ear hole. But, I just couldn't couldn't get it to stay. So, I took it back and got the H700 from Motorola. I love it. The mic boom folds back and allows for me to put it into my pocket (since I can't stand to walk around with the thing in my ear) and use it when a call comes in. I just flip out the mic and the devices connect, and I'm now on the Bluetooth headset.
4. Memory. Ok, this is probably my biggest problem. I did buy a 1GB MiniSD card, and will likely purchase several more, to install applications on. The amount of memory built in is small, and I still don't understand why the manufactures can't get this right. I mean come on, we can get gigs of memory in much smaller places, we can't figure out how to make these devices have more memory? I think it's a scam actually. So hopefully the MiniSD card will help with the memory problem.
5. Email. The out of the box application wasn't very good. The setup was clunky, and there weren't a lot of configuration options. I primarily got the device for email, and honestly, the Palm Treo 700p I had was much better at email. I did purchase WebIS FlexMail in hopes I would have a little better time with email. I guess I'll have to see how it goes.
6. Slide out keyboard. This is a pretty cool feature, however some options aren't accessible when using the keyboard. I still have to use the stylus to get to some features. But the trade off is having a fuller size keyboard when I am typing email, texting or editing office documents.
That should do it for now. I'll post more as I get time to use other features.
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1. WiFi. Nice. Connected right to my Belkin router no problem (once I entered the security key of course.) The speed isn't really a big deal for me, it seemed fast enough, and I could surf to just about any website. The only problem I have is with Windows Mobile 5, Internet Explorer just sucks. I'm so used to FireFox that anything else is a handicap.
2. GPS. This stuff is cool. I stumbled on to this web site where Stephen has done a pretty good job of tracking his T-Mobile MDA use. Two posts I especially liked were this one and this one. The first post was on how to use Windows Mobile Live Search. I played with this for several hours. It was a blast. The other was for a Bluetooth headset which I'll talk about later. Suffice it to say, so far, the GPS stuff has been been great. What I wish though was when I disconnected from the WiFi the system would ask me if I wanted to connect to GPRS or give me a setting to do it automatically.
3. Bluetooth. Worked no problem. I tried a Samsung WEP200 headset but it was way too small. I liked the fact there wasn't a piece that went around my ear, it literally just stuck into your ear hole. But, I just couldn't couldn't get it to stay. So, I took it back and got the H700 from Motorola. I love it. The mic boom folds back and allows for me to put it into my pocket (since I can't stand to walk around with the thing in my ear) and use it when a call comes in. I just flip out the mic and the devices connect, and I'm now on the Bluetooth headset.
4. Memory. Ok, this is probably my biggest problem. I did buy a 1GB MiniSD card, and will likely purchase several more, to install applications on. The amount of memory built in is small, and I still don't understand why the manufactures can't get this right. I mean come on, we can get gigs of memory in much smaller places, we can't figure out how to make these devices have more memory? I think it's a scam actually. So hopefully the MiniSD card will help with the memory problem.
5. Email. The out of the box application wasn't very good. The setup was clunky, and there weren't a lot of configuration options. I primarily got the device for email, and honestly, the Palm Treo 700p I had was much better at email. I did purchase WebIS FlexMail in hopes I would have a little better time with email. I guess I'll have to see how it goes.
6. Slide out keyboard. This is a pretty cool feature, however some options aren't accessible when using the keyboard. I still have to use the stylus to get to some features. But the trade off is having a fuller size keyboard when I am typing email, texting or editing office documents.
That should do it for now. I'll post more as I get time to use other features.
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