Kastang Ramblings of a Geek

The Past Month…ish

Twitter has ruined any form of blogging I used to do. I really have to work on that. Here is what has been going on the past month or so....

iPhone

My LG enV started acting up a month ago, I brought it to Verizon and they gave me a bunch of crap that they would not replace it. I was not eligible for a discounted upgrade for another three months unless I wanted to extend my contract two years. Instead of selling my soul to Verizon again for another two years, I made the switch to AT&T and the iPhone. AT&T rocks in my area, I have yet to see "No Service" on my iPhone. So basically AT&T + iPhone = WIN.

I have been testing out many Applications on my iPhone. Top 5ish favorite apps:

• Facebook - Feeds my Facebook addiction while on the road.
• BeejiveIM - Best IM client for the iPhone. Worth every penny.
• AroundMe|Yelp - I like AroundMe more, but I keep both.
• Amazon App | Snaptell - Take pictures of books at amazon and upload to Amazon reminders, but later for cheaper. Same with Snaptell for books or DVDs.
  
• Remember The Milk - Still working with the free trial, but will be buying a year subscription when it runs out. Best GTD app for the iPhone with a nice web interface.

Other apps: Shovel(Digg App), EverNote, Last.fm, Now Playing, Shazam, Weather Bug, Google App, Urban Spoon, SnapTell, 1Password, WarcraftStat, Characters, Chest, WoWTalent, Stanza.

College

College went very well this semester. Classes I took: Comp 1, Introduction to Object Oriented Programming(Java I), Discrete Structures, Intro to Symbolic Logic, Intro to Sociology. Easiest classes were Intro to Sociology and IOOP. Finals were not nearly as bad as I expected them to be. Finished the semester with a 3.756 GPA.

Next semesters lineup is: Calc 1, Computer Organization, Foundations of Computer Science, C++, Java II. Hoping this semester will go as smoothly as the first.

World of Warcraft

Started playing WoW again the day after finals were done. Went from 70 - 80 in about 13 days. For those interested, I did 70-72 in Borean Tundra, 73-74 in Howling Fjord, 75-76 in Grizzly Hills, 77-78 in Zul Drak, and hit 80 in Sholazar Basin. Still haven't really touched Ice Crown or Storm Peaks yet. I am geared for Naxx according to be.imba.hu Getting into a group will be the difficult part. I don't for see myself quitting WoW again anytime soon. I really enjoy the new WoLK content, BC content just got boring that is why I took my break.

I will have to start balancing WoW with College in a little over a week. I hope it won't be too difficult or I will have to force myself to quit WoW and only play in between semesters which I hope does not happen.

Christmas

I asked for books this year. I hated having nothing new to read when I wanted too. This collection should last me for a bit hopefully:

• Dresden Files - Grave Peril
• Dresden Files - Summer Knight
• Dresden Files - Death Masks
• Dresden Files - Blood Rites
• Dresden Files - Dead Beat
• Dresden Files - Proven Guilty
• Dresden Files - White Night
• Watchmen
• I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Most of the books I received for christmas were from suggestions from friends. My friend Snowchyld currently has me hooked on the Dresden Files. I am currently on the 4th book of the Dresden Series. After completing Summer Knight, I am going to start World War Z based on suggestion from Nelson Minar.

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Well, Thats about it.