Cool! I didn't notice this last week, but SixApart has finally launched a native application for BlackBerry! i just got it installed, and it looks good. functionally reminds me very much of the S60 client, but I do have a few issues with it. 1) Can't add additional paragraphs/line feeds! 2) doesnt use the blackberry auto corrections when typing! 3) seemingly no way to update my category list... 4) no image resizing? So close, yet so far...
Bad mouth as much as you want about my former monopolistic/oligopolistic
(depending on what industry you're looking at) employer, but I will give them mad props for their partnership with Yahoo! (keep up the good work f1x :). I was particularly jazzed when I heard that they were ditching their annoying Yahoo! Photos site and giving all of their customers free upgrades to Flickr Pro. That's just FAN-fugu-TASTIC.
Unfortunately, it has taken me this long to friggin fix it. I've had a Flickr account for a long while, but really never used it much (i.e. since the free version capped uploads per month, and I was trying to be a cheap bastard). What broke down in this whole upgrade process however, was that trying to associate my existing Flickr account to a rogers.com email address didn't always register properly (a widely reported issue). Surely I could have just started a new Flickr account, you might think, and right you'd be... Except my username and custom URL are all tied to my existing account. :( So after digging around on the community forums, sending off some emails to technical support, and twiddling my thumbs for a while, it finally got fixed!
No more stupid "everythingsablur2008". Helloooooo/Welcome back everythingsablur. :)
Now that my Flickr is unlimited, with all my crazy toys and gadgets, and an awesome wedding/honeymoon/vacation/boys trip/etc. coming up, my photostream should be a lot more active. I just need a new/better camera. Any chance I could fit that in the budget somewhere, baby?
... maybe I shouldn't upload pictures from the boys bachelor party trip... Hmmm... Close call!
This is a test post from 
, a fancy photo sharing thing.
Ah, Toronto in the spring... Just like the first snowfall of winter, the advent of warm, sunny weather in Toronto invariably means that all Toronto drivers instantly lose their minds and forget how to drive. Couple that with Toronto's two seasons (winter, and road construction), and that's a recipe for long, frustrating commutes in traffic.
My recent return to the world of BlackBerries (which I'll blog about later) has fortuitously also given me the freedom of just using data whenever the heck I want, so I've been searching for cool new uses for my BB. And sure enough, from the most unlikely source, here's a damn cool one: TrafficEye, from The Weather Network. Yes, the 24-7 TV weather channel has a killer mobile application, and it has nothing to do with weather (though there is a WeatherEye application too).
From your BlackBerry or supported mobile phone (only Rogers/Fido phones, but any carrier's BB), you have access to the following.
That's pretty freaking awesome. And it's FREE. You do get what you pay for though, as the navigating around the application is pretty clunky.
PS: I love the splash screen disclaimer that says "Do not use while driving"! I guess we can all consider Toronto at rush hour is NOT driving. :)
Why aren't my blogs updating/notifying to Facebook?
This is a test post from Maemo WordPy 0.6.1-5 from my Nokia N800 to TypePad!
Things I've noted in my limited testing:
Thanks for the great work so far Daniel!
Can you believe the spring is only two weeks away? Yeah, neither can I. Not after 40 cm of snow showed up over the weekend. The snow is so high outside of my parent's place that you could easily lose my car if it weren't for the remote control-like antennae.
So what is there to do in Toronto these days mired in the (increasingly less) white stuff? Well, unless someone can hire Chuck Norris to come roundhouse kick Ol' Man Winter away, we get the next best thing (term used very loosely).
Marky Mark in da house!
Yep, Mark Wahlberg (sans Funky Bunch, sorry for misleading you in the title) is apparently in town shooting the new Max Payne movie (Really? That was so last console generation...) If you'd ever seen or played the games the movie is based on, you'd know that the story and style have big budget action thriller written all over it. Rumour has it that Mila Kunis is starring opposite Mr. Good Vibrations as an assassin. I wonder if she'll play towards her turn in American Psycho 2, or more like Meg Griffin meets The Bride. All the more reason to wander around town this weekend to see what's going on!
Joystiq posted a list of some of the shooting times and locations (and thus, the street closures) of where they will be shotting in Toronto. Looks like the financial district will be pretty busy this weekend!
It's really good to see big Hollywood still coming up north of the border to make their movies despite the rather abysmal performance of their dollar and the strength of our funny money. With the cost advantage of the old greenback gone, they must still have some reason to come up here. Must be all the snow...
Yeah, I'm a video game geek. My last addiction has really been to Mass Effect. While I haven't picked it up at all since finally hitting 1000/1000 Gamerscore and completing all four romantic subplots (Ashley was a tough one, I screwed it up a couple of times and kept ending up with Liara), I still occasionally catch myself wanting to jump in again and throw up a Singularity and snipe the now floating baddies.
Now comes word from Bioware and the Xbox team that there will be new downloadable content coming on March 10!! Entitled "Bring Down the Sky", the new DLC adds a new planet to explore and quest through, and finally introduces us to the not at all friendly Batarians. If you read the books, these are generally not a nice bunch of people. So new DLC, new race, new planet, and a shiny new 50 point Achievement? My 400 Microsoft Points are SOOOO there.
Link: Xbox.com | Xbox LIVE Marketplace - "Bring Down the Sky" Download.
Now I don't know about the rest of the world, but living and working in the downtown Toronto core - effectively the "capital" of Canada in the same way that New York is to the US - affords me the view of seeing a lot of people with BlackBerries. And I mean a LOT of people. Up until a few years ago, having a BB was always the tell-tale sign of a corporate workaholic who couldn't separate themselves from their day job for longer than 20 minutes. Nowadays, it seems like even John and Jane Everyman has warmed up to the idea of always-on email and the joys (perils?) of being constantly connected. Hard to turn around in this city without seeing someone on an 88x0, Curve, Pearl, or even a <gasp> last generation model. Must be that Facebook app... ;)
But of course, in my effort to always be a little different and find solutions which meet my incredibly discerning needs, don't have a true BlackBerry any more. Nope, I needed something that was more flexible for being off the network, with full Wifi support and a camera, so I ended up with a Nokia E61i and it's been swell (see my two weeks in review). I did, however, attach it to my email via BlackBerry Connect (BBC); the software that allows non-RIM devices to access the BlackBerry service. I've lauded its ability to hook me into the push email that I was already well familiar with from my Pearl and 7250 days, and it's been a mainstay on my device through my two or three refreshes of my phone.
Until today.
Good to their word, Microsoft has coughed up a free XBLA game to all Xbox Live members as compensation for the dismal performance of their servers over the holidays. I was too wrapped up in getting 1000/1000 Gamerscore on Mass Effect to notice the outage, but I'm sure many of my CoD4 addicted friends were a little peeved. Which reminds me, I should post a little guide for Mass Effect as all of the one's I've read online have some sizable gaps.
The game was announced today to be Undertow. I've yet to play it, but it is pretty highly rated, looks pretty cool, and heck, it's FREE. I'm sure there is a lot of whining and complaining (as there always is), but let's be honest. The total cost to of the outage in terms of your annual subscription was like a dollar. This game is about $10. Quit complaining and enjoy your free game. I know I will!
Mark your calendars and set your alarms! Undertow will be available as a free download starting from 2:00 a.m. PST Wednesday, January 23, 2008 through 11:59 p.m. PST, Sunday, January 27, 2008 for all Gold and Silver subscribers.
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