Today I am starting a long an arduous but slightly relaxing journey. I am going to try to read all of Stephen king’s “under the dome” in one week. The book is massive; 1070 pages of text. I am currently on vacation and I want to get it done by school on the 30th. I’ll …
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VIM vs. EMACS
There has been a long debate over which text editor is Really king. VI or EMACS. Both have their loyal fans that scoff at the other side’s text editor. No one really can prove that one text editor is better than the other one. Yet people will probably still be arguing about it ten years …
Hipster PDA vs. Iphone 4
Old School vs. New School. Pen vs. Finger. The match of the century the longtime cotender Hipster PDA versus the new kid on the block the Iphone 4. There are many differences between these competing devices. Two will enter and one will leave. First up the challenger of time, the GTD killer app, more hip …
Navigating the Minefield: Firefox 4.03 Beta
Lately new versions of the Firefox 4 beta have been coming out( code named: “Minefield”). There are many new features in the newest versions of the browser. Most notably interface changes(Tabs on top), and some speed improvements. There is also the new tab management feature called “Tab Candy”. In the betas Firefox 4 seems much …
Desktop Iphone Homostasis
Now that I have the new Iphone 4 and have been messing with it for the last week or two I have found out about some very cool apps and services. Two apps have “revolutionized” the way I utilize my iPhone 4. They both are similar to each other in that they bridge the gap …
Testing Posterous
I am currently testing Posterous. Posterous is like tumblr and twitter in that it is a microblogging service. I really like the interface and has a very nifty autopost feature. I am hoping to use it so that I can post from my email. It is also nice because it will host some of my …
New Site Changes
Bshootz.com is now officially a “network”! I can now host as many WordPress installs as I want to. I did this so that I can host my new mini blog “Quips” which you can now find at quips.bshootz.com. Quips is going to host my shorter blog posts instead of cluttering up the main blog hosted …
The Ink List
I am starting to plan out what inks and misc. fountain pen products I want to buy next. I just wrote them down with my new Burgundy Parker “51″ Special. I thought you might want to see my list as it grows. Here is a picture. I’ll have some pictures of my new 51 Special …