Just came across a new iPhone App called tigertext that allows you to send text messages what have an expiration date. Of course if you follow what one of my favorite University Professors said about writing that , “Imagine everything you write will eventually appear on the front page of the New York Times” ,  you might not need this app.

Yeah Right.  Welcome to the real World.

Never before has it been so easy to ask for what you really want of other people.  silent and instant you bang out a text message (pun intended) and find out whether or not it worked. hey for anyone who like to “play a numbers game” you could highlight a few names and send the all the same message in the time it takes to craft just one.

Hangover.

so Sunday morning — OK Afternoon — it was a good night afterall you’re looking at your iPhone sent messages and it looks like somone must’ve slipped it out of your pocket and started sending all kinds of  SMS notes to your entire contact list.

Panic.

Not to worry you were using Tiger Text  Right? (I like that the authors oft his app have given their muse credit in the name of the app.  not to mention if you are a young lady who wants to send a hot pic out you can use this app to delete upon open so you can give a peek and nothing more to keep this kind of thing from ending up on whatever ex-revenge site at some future date.

Calm Restored.

So hit up http://www.tigertext.com/ and you can go on acting however you like safe in the knowledge that you have control of your texts.
unless you send it to the wrong contact. (see pic)

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You’ve seen them all over the place lately,. You might even have bought one or a few. These little guys are great. They promise all the light you’re used to but at about 1/4  of the electricity you’ve been burning. I suppose that over a year it can add up to make it worth paying extra. The best part is the new bulbs don’t take an extra few moments  to light up any more so overall the process to switch out your old school incandescent bulbs can be pretty non-invase into your life. but there is always a catch to the free lunch.

I’m not going to go on about how there is mercury in them or that the extra energy to manufacture them is taking an additional toll on the environment or carbon footprint. that’s not what my blog is about. nor me for that matter. I’m a practical guy and when I see a way to lower my overal costs for energy I’m willing to take a shot.

So don’t be like me and

ignore the notice on the box that mentions dimmer switches.

Don’t do it.

WHY?

BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ.. “do you smell something?” Buzz BUZZ  BUZZ

oh yeah I need to keep this on full power. I’ll turn it up…

POP!!!!

Now the box says that this thing should have lasted for 7-10-Years!  buuuuut now it’s a acrid smelling bulb that no longer lights up. No the glass didn’t shatter. But  some electric  component inside the base part that screws in to the fixture let g0.  So now that I destroyed one I did some research  for everyone and when you have a dimmer controlled light set up  you need to buy dimmer ready CFLS ( they do make them and they sell for a premium example: case of 6 bulbs regular- under $10 bucks in costco — the dimmer ready ones are over $10 bucks each) so you pay more but considering this thing blew up on me after about 20 minutes at a low setting you can see that it can be even more expensive to keep blowing them up.

so hope this helps you out and have a safe and happy New Years Eve

Welcome 2010

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Two British Men were convicted this week in the attempted 2006 Heist of nearly $324,000,000. The pair were captured on video tape visiting the bank after hours with the colusion of a Securtiy guard who worked at the bank. The plan involved the use of a USB Flash drive used to upload keyloggers into the banks system which would captue passwords and logons for the group to have used to then transfer funds out to banks located all over the world. The scheme was foiled when the hackers were unable to successfully complete the transfers and their failure to complete the necessary forms properly lead to their detection by other Bank Employees.

the full Article can be read here

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What in the world is a bippy. I know this is off topic but if you know please tell me I’m not interested enough to look it up.

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