I have some domains that are getting ready to expire and I simply do not need them. They were for websites that I was working on or for ideas that I had in the past. Either way they are getting ready to expire and I do not want them anymore. I would rather offer them to someone who may want them, better then letting them just expire.

MY2002COOPERS.COM 6/17/2007
MYPROFILESPACE.NET 4/14/2007
PROFILEGIRL.NET 4/12/2007
SMSTEXTER.COM 4/21/2007
WORLDTEXT.NET 4/10/2007

They are all registered at GoDaddy and these are the dates that they expire, so if you want them get them before they are gone or expired.

I am sure this is good news for many. Now that it’s been sooooo long in the waiting. We all knew about this product for a very long time now. With the very unlike Apple pre-announcement of this. Then when they officially unveiled it and gave us all a “ship date”. It’s to bad this ship date did not hold up but at least it’s finally coming. So for all you Apple Fanatics who ordered right away, go to your Apple Account and check to see if your tracking number is available, Apple usually ships Fed-Ex.

Don’t forget you most likely need some cables to go along with this, so this may be a good time to run out and buy some. That way you can actually set this up and use it when it arrives.

I am a little jealous for those that will have this soon, but for me I still prefer that Mac Mini that I have been using. I am going to stick with that for now, I think for my needs and wants the Mini still offers a better “media center”. Plus with my new WD MyBook 500gb USB drive and Drive-In I am well into having my entire DVD collection stored for easy and safe use. Something I could not do (at least yet) with the AppleTV.

Maybe the USB port on the AppleTV will have some better use in future versions, then maybe I will look into this more. Until then this Apple Fanboy will live through other’s blog’s and rambles about how nice it is.

I found this over at Veronica Belmont’s blog. I am sure that you know her from CNET’s Buzz Out Loud Podcast.

Its a short quick history but kind of true and very funny.

I suppose you could exchange the cat in this example for just about whatever you may want.

Things I do & do not like: (updated & posted as they come up)
See my previous post for more of a review.

Updates will be placed at top of list (directly below) as I add them.

I do not like the fact that I cannot (or cannot figure out) how to set the Clock Applet to 24 hour time.

I do not feel like I wasted my money.

I do like this device very much as a wi-fi finder.

I do not like the fact that I cannot (or cannot figure out) how to import RSS feeds via an OPML file.

I do like the fact that I was able to import my html bookmark file from Firefox. I exported them from Firefox, then uploaded it to a web hosting account, then downloaded it to my Nokia. I could have also gotten it from a USB connection or even the memory card. I always upload a copy for backup anyway so for me this was the quickest way to get them.

I do like the way PDF e-books display. Simple to navigate and read. I am reading Ancestor by Scott Sigler, thanks to DNDS. I am glad they were able to post this, it gave me something to test the Nokia with!

I do not like the fact that it would not mount via a USB connection on my Powerbook. When the USB Cable was plugged in it showed the USB connection on the Nokia however neither the device nor the memory card would mount. Oh well, I have a card reader but the device mounting would be nicer.

I had been toying with the idea of getting an “internet tablet” for a while now. I decided to go with the Nokia N800 after reading some good reviews about it. I use the ” ” around internet tablet because its not so much an internet tablet as a large “phone” that does not work as a phone or have a network. By that I mean its not as large as I would like, I think tablet and think a little bigger, and before you say it, yes I did check the specs and dimensions before I made this purchase. So I did no what I was getting into.

I do like the Nokia N800, the screen size and quality is nice and the unit is comfortable in your hand and even has a little fold out stand to have it sit up. Just in case you were watching a video or having a video chat with the built in camera.

Overall the features it has are top notch, it is very easy to set up to a wireless access point and get online, it even picked out quite a few points in my area that my Powerbook has never seen before. A+ on wireless. Setting up my email account (Gmail) and GoogleTalk were as easy as can be. I even downloaded, installed and logged into my GizmoProject account. Again very simple and seemed to be reliable as well.

Keep in mind I have had this for about 6 hours now. So even though I have some good opinions and observations I have really not used this device for long, these are more first thoughts. Which are important to me.

The speed of web surfing was a lot slower than compared to my Powerbook over wifi but I did expect that. The general use of the tablet was fairly quick and responsive. Communicating over GTalk was about the same as on a regular laptop or cell phone.

Overall I do like the Nokia N800 and would recommend it to someone looking for a device like this. I do not think mine will get much use though. For me its to much like a phone without a network. The browser is much better than a phone but I also do not use my phone to surf, I want it mostly for email, chat and text.

Bottom line is this is a very nice toy and fun to have and play with, but I feel my Blackberry Pearl has much more use to me. For example if I am out and about I can always get my im’s, texts, and email on my BB Pearl, and if needed find some wifi for the Powerbook. If I have the Nokia I still need to find the wifi.

I may feel a bit different about this device if it had a network and I could actually use it to communicate without finding a wifi access point. Granted its not hard to find one that is open but its still not as easy as a smart phone or Blackberry.

So for someone like me who has a good reliable smart phone and laptop avoid the expense, unless you just want another cool tech toy to play with. Overall I think the Nokia N800 is a great product just not for me.

Check out some pics of my Nokia N800 unboxing.

I had an account with VizaWeb for a while now, and have had a few other hosting accounts at the same time and had started hating paying for multiple accounts. So I recently combined all my hosting to another host (Dreamhost) and canceled my account with VizaWeb.

With VizaWeb I had my payment set up via PayPal as a subscription and it was easy, I did not have to worry about making my payment, it was being done for me, which is nice one less bill to worry about remembering. This was also a quarterly bill and was $35 and some change. Not the most money but not something I just do not want to give away either.

However when I went through the process to cancel I forgot and did not even think to cancel the PayPal subscription.

I do realize that this is my fault for not canceling however you would think that VizaWeb may send a reminder when they let me cancel the account or at the least respond to a support ticket with the request. But I guess I am no longer a customer why would they respond? They were not the best at responding when I was a customer and now heck they have my money already.

I did make sure the subscription is already canceled so at worst I will be out my $35, but I still do not want to pay for something I cannot and do not want to use. I could not even use the account if I wanted because it was canceled back as of March 3rd.

So this is the story:

1. PayPal billed on March 12th.
2. Support ticket sent March 14th @ 6am. Still no response.
3. Support ticket replied to March 16th @5:55am. Still not anything.
4. Support ticket replied to March 19th @ 6:13am.

[UPDATE]

So I had this issue and my last email or update to my Active Support Ticket was on March 19th at 6:13am. I kind of thought it was a lost cause and even though I consider $35.85 a decent amount of money I was not really willing to fight to get it. Just use it as a lesson to never use VizaWeb again and never recommend them again to others.

Then out of the blue today (March 21st at 2:15pm) an email shows up from my support ticket. That email simply read:

“I have refunded the payment. I apologize for the delay.

Thank you,
R. Mueller
VizaWeb Inc.”

Well thanks! I mean that will all the sarcasticness that I can muster up.
And yes I am aware that sarcasticness is not really a word.

It took me from March 12th to March 21st to not only get a refund but a response. If they would have responded quick and told me they had to look into it or research it I would have understood, but that long to simply reply is just not acceptable.

So beware of VizaWeb. Just my 2 cents.

So today is the deadline date. March 15, 2007, the date that Flickr gives the Old skool members the final F You. I blogged and complained like the rest, but I am still here and have decided to stay. I wonder how many actually left.

For me it really came down to the fact that I just like Flickr and am very comfortable with using the website and also the tools that are associated with it, such as Flickr Uploadr for Mac OS X and also the iPhoto Plugin. I have also been a member for a while now, since April 8th, 2005. Almost 3 years now! Speaking of which, its almost time to renew my membership, now that I have decided to stay.

I am sure that Zooomr is great and most likely just as easy to use with just as many options for uploading. I just cannot move, I both fear and like to resist change. Lucky for me I have an old Yahoo! ID that I had forgotten about. I had set one up way back when the whole Yahoo! 360 was cool.

So I am still a happy Flickr user. So be sure if you don’t already to check out my Flickr photo’s.

After

Originally uploaded by uninorth13.

This is a true Mac geek. I have never thought to use old Mac hardware for anything even close. Very cool idea, I may have to use this as inspiration in the future.

I have avoided it at all costs up till this point, I always felt I had enough social network stuff going on and do not really even use what I currently have. So why did I need this. Well its easy (and fun). I can very simply send a text from my Blackberry. That works for me.

So if you are on Twitter let me know, I am on using robertnelson.

So I have had my account set up for a few days now and found about an hour or two to play. I knew going in I would end up a more casual player as I lack enough time to play seriously. However its a game and it still is fun for me. Just in case anyone here plays, my character info is:

Server: Nordrassil
Character Name: Karia
So far I am a Level 3 Warrior