a day in the life

With the Apple WorldWide Developer’s Conference kicking off in about an hour, I figured I’d throw my $0.02 out there for what I think might be coming. Let’s see how correct I am in a few hours.

•  New iPhone: 3G, GPS, Video Calling (iChat Mobile), Some New Apps (in addition to App Store)
• WiFi Enabled iTunes Sync using Bonjour
• .Mac Rebrand: Possibly to this Mobile Me thing everyone is talking about (OTA Sync)
• OS X 10.6 Timeline
• New iTunes
• New Mac Mini 
• New OS X Touch product

Not even 2 days after Bibles for America showed up on campus passing out materials, the sexual sin jesus freak IS BACK. This is twice in one week now and three times this semester.

This is enough. I contacted the Dean of the Students today along with a few other students. Please feel free to contact them on your own:
Glenn McIntosh
Dean of Students and Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs
Phone: (248) 370-3352
E-mail: mcintosh@oakland.edu
  
Karen Lloyd
Assistant Dean of Students
Phone: (248) 370-3352
E-mail: lloyd@oakland.edu 

Samuel Lucido
Chief of Police, Oakland University Police Department
Phone: (248) 370-3000
Dispatch Phone: (248) 370-3331
E-mail: lucido@oakland.edu

EDIT: I was told by the Dean of the Students office that this soliciter is allowed to be on campus as long as he does not preach or approach students. If you notice him approaching students (which is common during class breaks) please contact the Dean of the Students Office or the University Police.

 EDIT 2:50pm 10/10/2007 : The university police detained the soliciter, took his ID and filed a report and issued a citation. The soliciter then packed up his stuff and left.

Thanks to everyone who helped on this one.

Come on, oh my star is fading
I swerve out of control
If I’d, if I’d only waited
I’d not be stuck here in this hole.

Come here, oh my star is fading
and I swerve out of control
And I swear I waited and waited
I’ve got to get out of this hole.

But time is on your side, it’s on your side now
Not pushing you down and all around
It’s no cause for concern

Come on, oh my star is fading
And I see no chance of release
And I know I’m dead on the surface
But I’m screaming underneath

And time is on your side, it’s on your side now
Not pushing you down and all around
It’s no cause for concern

Stuck on the end of this ball and chain
And I’m on my way back down again
Stood on a bridge, tied to the noose
Sick to the stomach
You can say what you mean
but it won’t change a sin
I’m sick of the secrets
Stood on the edge
tied to the noose

You came along and you cut me loose

I received a email message from RUM Marketing inviting me to RIM Market Research http://www.rimmarketresearch.com. Very happy to participative. This survey was just a preliminary questionnaire, but I’d be happy to provide future feedback to RIM.

So, living in a house with other people can sometimes be hard when you like to enjoy your music on the louder side but it is late a night. To compensate for this inconvenience, I’d like to share a few ways to enjoy full music whilst not bothering the others.
If you use headphones and have external speakers (preferably 5.1 or higher) playing the music simultaneously and synced, you can simulate hearing very full music without sacrificing quality or disturbing others. Over the past few years, have learned 3 ways to accomplish this task.

Universal Prerequisites: a computer, iTunes (latest version), external speakers, headphones

A.
(Platform Independent) Prerequisites: iPod*, iPod Dock
*This known working with the following iPods: 3G iPod (4 buttons), 4G iPod (click wheel), iPod mini. Not tested with iPod 5G (with video).

1. Connect the external speakers to the line out port of the iPod dock.
2. Place iPod in dock.
3. Play song and adjust external volume (as desired) using external volume controls (i.e. remote control, volume pad)
4. Lower iPod volume using wheel.
5. Connect headphones to headphone jack and raise volume to desired level.

B.

(PC Only) Prerequisites: Audio Card, Headphone jack that can be enabled simultaneously with external speakers

1. Lower external speaker volume using external controls.
2. Connect headphones and increase volume to desired level.
3. Remove headphones from ears and adjust external volume to a low level (as desired).
4. Put headphones back in.
*You can get even more control by adjusting the headphone volume (usually system volume).
**For best results, disable all system sounds.

C.
(Platform Independent) Prerequisites: Airport Express (with firmware V6.3 or higher), headphone jack
1. Enable “Multiple Speakers” in the Airport Express selector.

3. Lower external speakers & iTunes volume and play a track.
4. Raise iTunes volume to desired headphone level.
5. Raise external speakers volume to desired level.
6. Put headphones back in.
*You can get even more control by adjusting the headphone volume (usually system volume).
**For best results, disable all system sounds.

This unique method of listening to music gives you the ability to experience the fullness of music you enjoy while maintaining the sound clarity and not disturbing others.

With the recent talk of the government allowing the telcos and cable operators the ability to charge individual site operators for adequate bandwidth to their sties, which is, Total extortion. Its good to hear that Google, eBay and Amazon (to name a few) are up to the challenge. If Google could provide me with great bandwidth, I’d say bye bye to Comcast faster than you can say Broadband.

via Networking Pipeline