http://www.johnalexgolden.com aka. John Alex Golden..."dot com..." Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:32:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I heart my iPhone. I really do. Despite the problems with calls (which has gotten WAY better since the 2.1 firmware upgrade), it genuinely is the best phone I've ever had. It's fast, it doesn't crash on me, and it's contact and call management is nothing short of suburb. Three ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/10/why-does-google-contacts-suck/ http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/09/oh-i-wish-it-were-this-easy/ The Impulsive Buy is a hilarious website where a guy reviews products with the sort of random absurdities that you'd find on [adult swim] on a regular basis. For a hilarious read, you should go back to his review of New Kids on the Block's Summertime. His latest review covers Twin ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/09/twin-lotus-toothpaste-now-racistier/ While it'd be a stretch to call me a "gamer", I do genuinely enjoy both playing video games and, frankly, watching people play RPG games (the idea of developing the skills to actually play one myself seems like it would have about the learning curve of teaching me to operate ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/09/zero-punctuation/ This weekend, we had the big move in our house: two roommates moving out, three moving in. As a part of this, my roommate Jordan had to clear out his bedroom, including the multiple cups of change that have been accumulating over the last five years. That's right, five years. After ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/09/coinage-the-coinage/ Lets go. http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/08/volunteer-on-flickr-photo-sharing/ So, CNN has this article on how Obama is calling people whom he didn't select to be VP. OK, fine, whatever, not a bad article. Until you get about three-fourths of the way down, and they start talking about how Hillary might still be a dark-horse candidate for the VP ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/08/obama-notifies-candidates-on-shortlist-cnncom/ Low-tech TV recording secrets of 'The Daily Show' | Crave, the gadget blog - CNET. This somewhat HILARIOUS article from CNET describes how "The Daily Show" gets their footage for each show from various news outlets and entertainment programs: 15 rack-mounted Tivos, many of whom are the old school ones that ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/08/the-daily-show-tivos-and-sneakernet/ Answer: Moderately. Veronica Belmont posted this photo on her Flickr account of her and Felicia Day, commenting on how people think they look alike. One commenter posted "My Geek Dreamgirls!" And I couldn't resisit: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="377" caption="Geek Dreamgirls"][/caption] Yessir, it's a little rough around the edges, but it's getting there.. :-D http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/08/how-much-do-i-suck-at-photoshop/ CNET's Crave Blog has an article about Wireless USB, a technology that'll eventually allow you to plug things like hard drives, digital cameras, and other USB devices into a hub and use them wirelessly. It's a neat technology, sure: I'd love to be able to access my hard drives while ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/08/can-i-have-that-wireless-monitor-now-please/ ...but that doesn't mean you have to post it every time you see it. I stumbled upon a site called WikiMapia, which appears to be a sort of Wikipedia for mapping (and by stumbled upon, I literally mean StumbleUpon...it's a service you can sign up for and hit a button to ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/08/yes-arlington-does-rule/ Thanks to Virginia for this hilarious piece of art from the Museum for Communications in Frankfurt: That is high-freaking-larious. :-) http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/07/phone-sheep/ So I'm browsing through my Google Reader and catching up on DCist posts, and I see a really nice photo of the Smithsonian Castle that looks kiiiinda familiar.  Sure enough, it's a shot I took from the top of the Newseum overlooking the Smithsonain Castle! DCist used it (with permission) ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/07/published/ Behind me, at the Apple Store, from my iSight...and the line I'm in! I'm getting an iPhone, baby! ;-D UPDATE: W00t! http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/07/ipocalyspe-nowending/ New pony at the farm (again). It's like a revolving door at Hornet's Hill :-) Gus is an older Arabian pony, jet black with a mane longer than you'd believe (or can see in most of these since they're in black and white). Difficult to shoot some of these cause it ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/07/gus/ Having now had 24 hours to recover (read: SLEEP), here's what I learned about taking photos having been the "official photographer" (haha) at the JJ Dinner in Arlington... --Shooting indoors is HARD! - Yes, horses may be temperamental, and the security guards at the monuments may shoo you away if you ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/07/things-i-learned-shooting-photos-for-the-jj-dinner/ IPhone: Friend Book to Beam Your iPhone's Contact Data with a ShakeWhile this is pretty neat, it's a little kitschy. You hold two iPhones together and shake them, as if you were shaking hands, and it transfers the owner's contact information between the two phones.Really? http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/07/shaking-iphones-instead-of-hands-really/ This is what happens when I finally clear out the "newsletters" folder in my Gmail... iTunes is giving away an audiobook copy of "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coehlo. For those of you who haven't read it, you're truly missing you: the story centers on an Andalusian shepherd boy, Santiago, who dreams ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/07/the-alchemist-free-on-itunes/ The line for the Apple iPhone 3G began to form Friday--an entire week before the device goes on sale. Are ya kidding me guys? Seriously? Look, I want one too. I want one BADLY. I want one so much I'm willing to ditch Verizon, whom I've had for SIX YEARS ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/07/newscom-iphone-3g-queue-forms-in-manhattan/ "The Future" at the National Archives Our military, past and present. "Images of the Fallen" is a part of the Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial at the Newseum. These are the images of the reporters, photographers and broadcasters who died reporting the news in 2006 and 2007. "Our liberty depends on the freedom of ... http://www.johnalexgolden.com/2008/07/independence-day/