Yipes!

Life goes on...

Yipes! Almost a month with no updates! What on Earth happened!?!?!

I'm so sorry, y'all. Work has unfortunately consumed me. 80+ hours a week == lack of sleep and updates. I sincerely apologize!

That being said...

This is my first post using MarsEdit, which is supposed to be the best blogging app for the Mac. I'll let y'all know what I think of it after my trial expires. My main concern is whether or not it properly supports my tags, heh. At the very least it does support the 'drafts' functionality.

Also, I've been playing around with Journler (before it's no longer free), so we'll see how that goes, too.

Lastly... does anyone know how to make a good glossy Web 2.0 icon WITHOUT using Photoshop??? It seems like PS's layers dialog is the ultimate when it comes to making Web 2.0 icons, so I may be up the creek without a paddle (in this case, a $500 paddle called Photoshop...). VectorDesigner is close to being great, but their plugins leave a lot to be desired (they require you to manually place focal points by X,Y coordinates, yet don't even provide a ruler!), so we'll see...

~hhh.cubed ^_^

P.S. MarsEdit DOES support tags...!!!

Sorry

Ack, sorry for the updates! Work has been slamming me hard. Again, my apologies.

Yay! My MacBook Pro 17" is here!!! <3 FedEx for delivering toys even in the cold rain. ;) Expect more updates later from my new machine, heh.

~hhh.cubed ^_^

Slow Day

Sorry y'all, but I don't have a real post today. Things have been busy with work, but I promise an update tomorrow!

In unrelated news, the Apple iPhone SDK came out today! I will definitely be playing with it tonight. My goal is to get my Nike+ Amp watch working with my iPhone eventually, or at least I hope so.

Last but not least, I finally won a Prosper.com bid! FINALLY. We'll see if my new strategies can improve my win rate.

~hhh.cubed ^_^

<3 Tuesdays

Ahh... I love Tuesdays. Hear that? That's the sound of Apple announcing new products! And today they finally announced the product I've been waiting for: refresh to the MacBook Pro line! 17" MBP here I come, complete with 2.6 GHz 64-bit Intel Penryn Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB 667 MHz PC2-5300 memory, 250GB 5400RPM HD, 17" high-resolution matte LED-backlit screen, and 8x Dual-Layer SuperDrive. It's pure sex.

I threw in an extra battery and extra power cable, as well as a neoprene sleeve, and Logitech MX Revolution wireless mouse. I would've also ordered an Intuos3 6x8 graphics tablet, Canon CanoScan LiDE 600F scanner, and Logitech NuLOOQ jog dial had my credit limit been higher. I think this is the first time I've applied for a credit card where I got a significantly lower credit limit than all my other cards (which average at $10k limits). Ah well, you can't complain about 0% APR for 12 billing cycles!!

If you're wondering where to go to check out the latest and greatest credit card deals, look no further than App O Rama, whose mantra is "Profiting from Credit". Granted I'm not profiting per-se, but I'm sure saving a heck of a lot of money, thanks to the promo rate, as well as the 1% cash back.

Speaking of credit card cash reward programs, I'm getting more than $500 this year, wowza! I love this Costco Cash Rewards American Express credit / membership card!

Anyways, sorry for the late post. I'm about to crash so I'll post first-thing tomorrow on my latest Prosper.com experiences... stay tuned, folks!

~hhh.cubed ^_^