Sunday, January 31, 2010
Why I Hate Shopping At Vons
I hate shopping at Vons because I have to carry a Vons card. Without it I feel like I'm getting totally ripped off. Albertsons also makes me carry a card, but at least they provide a keychain version. I don't mind putting my keys on my groceries as much as I do having to shuffle through my wallet for my Vons card, what a hassle. Since the Albertson card is attached to my keys, I have less of a chance of losing them. I did however seem to have misplaced my Vons card. Grrr... Guess I won't be shopping at Vons for awhile.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Google Wave Invites
To me Google Wave is just a fancier version of email. Well, it's more like a hybrid chat-email thing. As of right now, I can't really think of a reason to use Wave over Gmail. Anyway, if you do want a Google Wave invite, leave your email address. I have about 20 invite as of right now.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
nemussync googleaccounts error - 1
So I have been using this great Cydia App called NemusSync to sync my local iPhone calendar to my Google calendar and vice-versa. It was working fantastic until I dropped my 2G iPhone and had to replace it with an unlocked and jailbroken 3G iPhone running software version 3.1.2.
NemusSync installed fine on the new iPhone, however it always failed to sync with my account. The error message would state, "failed to sync accounts" and then some crap about "nemussync googleaccounts error -1". I tried to delete the /var/mobile/Library/Calendar/Calendar.sqlitedb file but that didn't work.
I was fairly annoyed that my calendars were getting out of sync. However, it turns out that in the iPhone software 3.0+, you can set the iPhone's calendar to sync with the Google calendar without a 3rd party app using CalDAV. Here's how:
It's pretty awesome because it will auto-sync itself, you don't have to tell it to like NemusSync. Yay! for using calendars!
NemusSync installed fine on the new iPhone, however it always failed to sync with my account. The error message would state, "failed to sync accounts" and then some crap about "nemussync googleaccounts error -1". I tried to delete the /var/mobile/Library/Calendar/Calendar.sqlitedb file but that didn't work.
I was fairly annoyed that my calendars were getting out of sync. However, it turns out that in the iPhone software 3.0+, you can set the iPhone's calendar to sync with the Google calendar without a 3rd party app using CalDAV. Here's how:
More info on CalDAV can be found here.
- Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars
- Select "Add Account...", then "Other"
- Under Calendars, "Add CalDAV Account"
- Enter account information:
- Server: www.google.com
- User Name: [your username]
- Password: [your password]
- Description: [whatever]
- Hit "Next"
It's pretty awesome because it will auto-sync itself, you don't have to tell it to like NemusSync. Yay! for using calendars!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
My Mistake Turned Into A Reward
Today, I decided to go to the laundromat to wash the clothes I took on my crazy Vegas trip. I used up the last of my quarters and needed to get change for the dryer. I pulled out $9 (a $5 bill & four $1), don't ask me why $9.
I stood behind this elderly lady who was having trouble with an old $5 bill at the change machine. I just stood there patiently waiting for her to stop blocking all 3 change machines. She finally moved over to another change machine. I went up and inserted my $5 bill into the machine she was fumbling around with. Then I looked down and saw that there was a bunch of quarters in the change slot as my change was coming out. "Crap!" I thought.
I turned to the old lady and asked her if she still had money in this machine because I just put in $5. She looked at me and exclaimed, "What!?! I have money in there! I just put in $5, you're supposed to check first!" I said, "I'm sorry. It's my fault, I didn't know until it was too late." I told her if she put in $5 and I put in $5, then we just need to count out 20 quarters for the each of us. Then she told me to stick out my hand. I said, "Ok," and held out my hand. She then proceeded to fill my hand with all the quarters from the change slot. She instructed me to go over to the counter and count the money, "I trust you."
Having just gotten back from Vegas, I started to count the quarters by making piles of 4 quarters. I counted out $5, then I started to count out another $2. Then is when I realized there's more than $10 worth of quarters here. The lady finally came over, she must have finally changed that $5 bill that caused all this. This is when I asked her, "How much did you put in? It looks like more than $5." She said, "I don't know, it was either $5 or $10." I concluded, "It must have been $10 because we have a total of $15 here, and I just want the $5 I put in." She looked at me and told me, "Thank you for being honest." I told her, "There's no point taking money that isn't mine." The last thing she wanted me to do was push the quarters I counted out into the pocket she was making out of her sweater. I did that and went back to my business.
My clothes were tumbling in the dryer when I overheard her tell her elderly friends about her quarters and a "nice young man" situation. I didn't want to interrupt her storytelling nor did I want anything, I just wanted to finish my clothes and go eat lunch.
My clothes finally finished and I was getting them out of the dryer. The lady came up to me and asked if I was the "nice young man" who counted the quarters? I told her, "Yeah." She then slipped a folded up bill into my short pockets. I told her that it "was unnecessary" and I can't take her money. She insisted and said, "that it's hard to find honesty nowadays." I asked for her name and she told me it was, "Flo." I introduced myself and we shook hands.
After I finished getting my clothes out of the dryer, I told Flo I was done and I hope her and her friends have a good day. She told me, "God bless you," and I took off.
If anyone was wondering, she slipped me a $5 bill.
I stood behind this elderly lady who was having trouble with an old $5 bill at the change machine. I just stood there patiently waiting for her to stop blocking all 3 change machines. She finally moved over to another change machine. I went up and inserted my $5 bill into the machine she was fumbling around with. Then I looked down and saw that there was a bunch of quarters in the change slot as my change was coming out. "Crap!" I thought.
I turned to the old lady and asked her if she still had money in this machine because I just put in $5. She looked at me and exclaimed, "What!?! I have money in there! I just put in $5, you're supposed to check first!" I said, "I'm sorry. It's my fault, I didn't know until it was too late." I told her if she put in $5 and I put in $5, then we just need to count out 20 quarters for the each of us. Then she told me to stick out my hand. I said, "Ok," and held out my hand. She then proceeded to fill my hand with all the quarters from the change slot. She instructed me to go over to the counter and count the money, "I trust you."
Having just gotten back from Vegas, I started to count the quarters by making piles of 4 quarters. I counted out $5, then I started to count out another $2. Then is when I realized there's more than $10 worth of quarters here. The lady finally came over, she must have finally changed that $5 bill that caused all this. This is when I asked her, "How much did you put in? It looks like more than $5." She said, "I don't know, it was either $5 or $10." I concluded, "It must have been $10 because we have a total of $15 here, and I just want the $5 I put in." She looked at me and told me, "Thank you for being honest." I told her, "There's no point taking money that isn't mine." The last thing she wanted me to do was push the quarters I counted out into the pocket she was making out of her sweater. I did that and went back to my business.
My clothes were tumbling in the dryer when I overheard her tell her elderly friends about her quarters and a "nice young man" situation. I didn't want to interrupt her storytelling nor did I want anything, I just wanted to finish my clothes and go eat lunch.
My clothes finally finished and I was getting them out of the dryer. The lady came up to me and asked if I was the "nice young man" who counted the quarters? I told her, "Yeah." She then slipped a folded up bill into my short pockets. I told her that it "was unnecessary" and I can't take her money. She insisted and said, "that it's hard to find honesty nowadays." I asked for her name and she told me it was, "Flo." I introduced myself and we shook hands.
After I finished getting my clothes out of the dryer, I told Flo I was done and I hope her and her friends have a good day. She told me, "God bless you," and I took off.
If anyone was wondering, she slipped me a $5 bill.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
22 Inch Dell LCD Monitor (s2209w)
I recently got a new Dell 22 inch HD 1080p widescreen monitor (model s2209w
). It's nice and everything but it seems "small." The new monitor doesn't seem to be that much bigger than my old 17 inch Samsung monitor. I believe it is due to the Dell s2208w's widescreen feature. The Dell monitor height is about the same as my old Samsung monitor's height. The Dell is just "longer."Maybe it's just because I'm spoiled because I have my 32 inch Sharp TV sitting pretty much a foot away from the new monitor and it's just a matter of perspective. I'm not sure, but I don't get the "Wow" effect like I do with my 21 inch Dell monitor at work (model 2007fpb
).
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
iPhone Text Message From 1969
This past week I have gotten 5 text messages from no one dating Dec. 31, 1969. Three of them have timestamps with the following time: 10:59AM, 11:29AM, 2:59PM.
I thought I was the only one, but there are other people with the same issue: Yahoo! Answers.
I have an unlocked and jailbroken iPhone running software version 2.1 on T-Mobile. I'm also using the T-Zone hack. I believe only people with iPhones running on the T-Mob network are experiencing this. So I suspect it has something to do with T-Mob's network. However, at this time, it is inconclusive what is the causing factor of this phantom behavior.
I thought I was the only one, but there are other people with the same issue: Yahoo! Answers.
I have an unlocked and jailbroken iPhone running software version 2.1 on T-Mobile. I'm also using the T-Zone hack. I believe only people with iPhones running on the T-Mob network are experiencing this. So I suspect it has something to do with T-Mob's network. However, at this time, it is inconclusive what is the causing factor of this phantom behavior.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Where to find Lucas
So I still can't find Lucas. I have been searching for Lucas for more than two weeks. I started looking for Lucas after my food poisoning incident. I was eating an apple and thought to myself, "Lucas would go good with this!" I have been looking for Lucas ever since, but still haven't had much luck.
If you're reading this and thinking, "What the heck is Lucas?" You either A) Don't live close enough to the Mexican border to know, B) (if you do live close enough to the Mexican border) you didn't buy enough junk from the ice cream man/truck, C) did buy Lucas from the ice cream man/truck, but your memory sucks!
Lucas is a "Mexican candy." Well, it's more like chilli powder, but I guess since the ice cream man sells it... it's candy? As a kid I spent a lot of money on the Red Lucas and the Green Lucas. The Red Lucas (Acidito) was a little sour and spicy, the Green One (Limon) was a sour lime flavor. These little cylinder canister with a cartoon duck on them used to cost 50 cents! Expensive for when I was a kid, but I would totally pay 75 cents for one now.
"How do you eat Lucas?" one may ask. Well, the idea is to "sprinkle" (and by that I mean-> pour excessive amounts) of it on a food like apples, oranges, watermelon, and etc. What really ends up happening, or at least when I was a kid, was we just poured it into the palm of our hands and licked it off. Either way, it was good!
Anyway, back to my problem about finding them now to pour into my hands, errr... I mean to sprinkle onto sliced apples. First I googled it and Google told me that they discontinued it because there was traces of lead found it in. Great! Another food item that I love but got discontinued. But being the persistent bastard that I am, I read somewhere else that you can find Lucas in San Diego Walmart stores. For reals!?!? I didn't believe it because why would a big chain like Walmart risk selling "contaminated" food products? So I decided to check it out... nope! The San Diego Walmart I visited did not sell Lucas.
Then one day, "The Fellas" called me and asked if I wanted to go near the Mexican border because they knew I was looking for Lucas. I couldn't make it, but told them to find it and buy like $5 worth and I'll pay them back. An hour later they called back to tell me they didn't find the original Lucas, instead found watermelon, cucumber, and other fruity flavored Lucas. I said, "Thanks, but no thanks."
They ended up buying me a bottle of Tajin Clasico. They told me the sales person told them it's the closest thing they have to Lucas. It kind of does taste like Lucas, but the texture is all off. Lucas is purely powder it from what I remember and basically dissolves in your mouth, where as Tajin Clasico you kind of have to chew.
In my search for Lucas, I did find some decent replacements: 1) Acirrico Sour & Hot Powder (ASHP), and 2) Acirrico Fire (AF). I think the ASHP is the best substitute. The AF is kind of weird at first. It's more sour than spicy. I would rank what the Lucas replacements I have tried so far from best to worst:
1) Acirrico Sour & Hot Powder
2) Acirrico Fire
3) Tajin Clasico
But at the end of the day, I still don't have Lucas.
If you're reading this and thinking, "What the heck is Lucas?" You either A) Don't live close enough to the Mexican border to know, B) (if you do live close enough to the Mexican border) you didn't buy enough junk from the ice cream man/truck, C) did buy Lucas from the ice cream man/truck, but your memory sucks!
Lucas is a "Mexican candy." Well, it's more like chilli powder, but I guess since the ice cream man sells it... it's candy? As a kid I spent a lot of money on the Red Lucas and the Green Lucas. The Red Lucas (Acidito) was a little sour and spicy, the Green One (Limon) was a sour lime flavor. These little cylinder canister with a cartoon duck on them used to cost 50 cents! Expensive for when I was a kid, but I would totally pay 75 cents for one now.
"How do you eat Lucas?" one may ask. Well, the idea is to "sprinkle" (and by that I mean-> pour excessive amounts) of it on a food like apples, oranges, watermelon, and etc. What really ends up happening, or at least when I was a kid, was we just poured it into the palm of our hands and licked it off. Either way, it was good!
Anyway, back to my problem about finding them now to pour into my hands, errr... I mean to sprinkle onto sliced apples. First I googled it and Google told me that they discontinued it because there was traces of lead found it in. Great! Another food item that I love but got discontinued. But being the persistent bastard that I am, I read somewhere else that you can find Lucas in San Diego Walmart stores. For reals!?!? I didn't believe it because why would a big chain like Walmart risk selling "contaminated" food products? So I decided to check it out... nope! The San Diego Walmart I visited did not sell Lucas.
Then one day, "The Fellas" called me and asked if I wanted to go near the Mexican border because they knew I was looking for Lucas. I couldn't make it, but told them to find it and buy like $5 worth and I'll pay them back. An hour later they called back to tell me they didn't find the original Lucas, instead found watermelon, cucumber, and other fruity flavored Lucas. I said, "Thanks, but no thanks."
They ended up buying me a bottle of Tajin Clasico. They told me the sales person told them it's the closest thing they have to Lucas. It kind of does taste like Lucas, but the texture is all off. Lucas is purely powder it from what I remember and basically dissolves in your mouth, where as Tajin Clasico you kind of have to chew.
In my search for Lucas, I did find some decent replacements: 1) Acirrico Sour & Hot Powder (ASHP), and 2) Acirrico Fire (AF). I think the ASHP is the best substitute. The AF is kind of weird at first. It's more sour than spicy. I would rank what the Lucas replacements I have tried so far from best to worst:
1) Acirrico Sour & Hot Powder
2) Acirrico Fire
3) Tajin Clasico
But at the end of the day, I still don't have Lucas.
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