The Basement

Wow………….talk about no time.

I’m actually putting off some work and giving my brain a rest to type this, because i need it.

I’m not dead, i plan to keep this site alive, i also plan to use it more especially as my life evolves.  I plan, until something better comes up, to use this site as my home, my base of operations for my life and my voice.  Facebook, Google Plus, all these are great services, but they are not mine, like this.  Leo LaPorte really summed it up well saying that you need something that is truly your own in today’s world, and this is it.

What has been going on in my life?  oh lots of work, but that’s boring so let’s talk about Fun Stuff

First, let’s talk about Google Plus.  It’s pretty awesome,  it may not be as full featured as Facebook, but i think that is why i like it.  I think i also like the fact that not everyone and their brother is on it, i can read statuses and updates of people that are directly related to what i am looking for, and very easily too.  I know that if i geek out on a post, like minds will read it for the most part.  I think this is something that has long been lost on Facebook.  there is  a million and 50 updates a second about everything and it’s not what i want.  I truly don’t care about your farm, city, or whatever and what color duck you just got, that does not interest me at all.  Then there is the inane updates, the i’m eating cereal, while cool you can do that, i don;t care, that’s more of a personal skip over thing.  When you tell me something funny, or useful, or insightful about your life, i care.  and i feel that is what is lost tot he Facebook community at large and is still active on Google Plus because all the other flotsam is not present. That’s not to say that the Flotsam won’t appear over time, but i feel Google has better controls in place to help keep it at bay. Personally, i would love to see a “game notification” thing that keeps them completely separate from your normal stream so when they do arrive, you have to go looking for them should you choose.  I also hope you don;t need to “add people” to play games and they find a better way of doing it. In fact, i just posted that in Google+ so lets see what happens.

Next, i’m looking at a Nook Color.  I have had a Dell Streak 7inch for about a month now from my Dell rep to play with, i like it, i’m enjoying it, but i don’t have a ton of use for it……except for reading. To be honest, it was pretty useless until i rooted it and put Honeycomb on it because 2.2 just plain sucked on it.  Decent hardware but 2.2 just did not work fluid on it. I’ll post my review i am sending to dell on here soon, after i send it to them. But anyways, i think the Nook Color for it’s size and price point, plus the openness of it (putting Cyanogen on it and such) really makes it one of the cheapest options out there for what i want.  i admit i was looking at the HTC Flyer and the Samsung 10.1 and while i am drooling over the 10.1, i think i like the 7 inch formfactor because it is much more conducive to reading.  Then again, i do also find myself using things like Netflix more and i wonder if it is that much better on the 10.1 versus the 7.  I really wish i had a 10.1 to compare it to the 7.

Well those are my 2 fun things, at least for now, comment on here with your thoughts and let’s get talkin!