An open letter to Comedy Central

Submitted by Tsaot on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 00:38

As you may of heard, as of March 9th, 2010, Comedy Central is pulling The Daily Show and the Colbert Report off Hulu. Now I enjoy these shows and Hulu has allowed me to watch them with surprising ease. I know that each show is posted on it's own site as well, but honestly, neither site can compare in ease of use or quality to Hulu. I'm going to miss the shows. Effectively, they have been cancelled for me because I refuse to check Comedy Central's flawed site every day for full episodes when the perfect delivery method has already been created.

Comments Gone

Submitted by Tsaot on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 20:07

Well, in my earnest efforts to get my site working in a reasonable manner, I have changed my comments system away from the Drupal default to Disqus. As a result, all the old comments are new gone hidden away until I can figure out how to import them (if possible). This may not remain the case though as I've never used Disqus before and I'm kinda antsy about tying part of my blog directly to the cloud. We'll see how this goes and if it goes well, then it'll stay. I'm committing myself for a month to the service (barring any major circumstances), so we'll see what happens.

Upgrades All Around!

Submitted by Tsaot on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 01:35
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Shortly I will be releasing my first commercial app on Windows Mobile. As a result, I'm moving my blog from www.tsaot.com to blog.tsaot.com and turning WWW dot into my commercial page. This is an exciting time for me as I'm finally doing something I enjoy for a living. My first app will be small and I will announce it when it is ready in the next few days.

Sadly, the move of my blog will not be a pleasant thing as Wordpress is not built for such actions.

I'm getting tired of the Kindle's UI

Submitted by Tsaot on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 11:46
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Kindle's too simple interface. I'm getting tired of the Kindle's UI. The Kindle 2 has been out for nearly a year now and the best the dev team has been able to give us is a list of every file on the device and a context sensitive menu. I will admit that the interface is simple and anyone can use it.

Verizon Rant

Submitted by Tsaot on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 23:04
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All I can seem to type recently is rant material. Maybe I need to start looking for the good in my life instead of the bad.

In any case, I'm mad a Verizon.

In the next month or two I'm going to be booted off of my dad's cellphone plan to make room for my younger siblings. I need to get my own plan as a result. I've known for months that this was coming up so I've been watching the different coverage maps, cellphone releases, and data & texting plans. What I've found is that I really need to stick with Verizon.

Gateway Update

Submitted by Tsaot on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:30
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I just want to post an update to my Gateway troubles. They ended the discussion by telling me that as this is a Game issue, the cannot provide free customer support under warranty as it is not a Gateway hardware or software issue. So even though the laptop was advertised as a mid-range gaming rig in the store, they will not support it as such. Honestly though, this is the last Gateway/Acer laptop I buy. It has heat issues along with the enter button being mapped to the num-pad enter event instead of the normal enter key.

Gateway Wants My Money, Not My Business

Submitted by Tsaot on Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:34
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Dear Gateway,
My keyboard acts funny in only one kind of application. What's going on?
Dear sir,
Your laptop is under warranty but we don't know your Name, Age, Address, etc... please post them in this insecure communications forum and we'll store that information away. Also, I don't know what could cause your problem. Maybe $Jefferson$ or $Benjamin$ could jog my memory.

So yesterday, August 29, 2009, I fired off a support e-mail to to Gateway concerning how the enter key on my MD2614u behaves in games. The short story is: it doesn't.

Announcing Tsaot's Twitter Reader!

Submitted by Tsaot on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 17:25
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Hey! I'm back in the game. I will be updating this blog again on a regular basis. For this event, I am releasing my favorite app: Tsaot's Twitter Reader. This application is a Twitter reader for Windows Mobile 2003 that eliminates the need for a twitter client cluttering up you desktop by putting your feed on your PDA on your desk. If you have a Windows Mobile touchscreen device and need to get rid of an extra screen on your desktop, go download it! I do admit that I have ulterior motives for releasing this program.

Tsaot's Kindle Calculator

Submitted by Tsaot on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 20:38
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I recently spent quite a large sum of money for the new Amazon Kindle 2. Part of what convinced me to do so is the amount of money I would save on buying new books, something I do quite often. Alas, the Kindle is $360 (or, if you're like me, 377.98 with overnight shipping). As a result of this steep entry fee into the Kindle store, I would not actually see any savings for quite a while. If I buy enough books, I know I could start to see a savings, but again, only if I buy enough books.

How many books? Crap. This requires math. To the quick-and-easy Math Machine: Microsoft Excel!

Flash Fiction: Free Speech

Submitted by Tsaot on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 00:04
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Jared stormed into his office building. Casual greetings were either ignored or withheld if his face was seen in time. In his hand he held a printout of an e-mail he had received earlier that morning. In short, it said statements made in his Twitter account about co-workers were offensive and disciplinary actions were to take place this afternoon at two. He slammed the door open as he strode into Andrew's office.

Andrew was expecting this. He saw the anger on Jared's face and pardoned himself on the phone. Can I call you back in an hour?
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