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This overview details the features (with screenshots) of 10 different programs other than iTunes to manage your iPod. Tutorials are included for every program, and they’re all either free or Open Source.

If you’ve been wondering why I’ve been writing so many “How to use XYZ to manage your iPod” tutorials lately, now you know why.
 

Avatar was a great story of becoming a man, finding oneself and your destiny.  It was a great battle of David vs. Goliath.  It was a moving retelling of how the west conquers and destroys other cultures and peoples in our never ending expansion and consumption, while in my opinion it wasn't  heavy or preachy.

Lucy bought this notebook for us to write a letter in to each other every year near our anniversary.   If you got to this page then you have the special honour (or not) of reading my draft of what I'm gonna write to her for December 17th, 2009:

Lucy, you know you're a princess and you've often said I rescued you when I married you.  Here's a little story I made up of us in an alternate life.  Don't worry, I'm not gonna make you change your life, I'm just using this as a creative way to say how I love you!

Executive Summary: if you don't use a feature, turn it off.  from WiFi to push email to GPS, screen brighness, even MP3 equalizer and the phone itself!  The more it does the more the battery will be used.

Lithium batteries (blackberry 8120, iPhone, laptops)

Official iPhone battery info here

"Initialize a new battery. New batteries should be fully charged before their first use to obtain maximum capacity. Nickel-based batteries should be charged for 16 hours initially and run through 2-4 full charge/full discharge cycles, while lithium ion batteries should be charged for about 5-6 hours. Ignore the phone telling you that the battery is full--this is normal but is not accurate if the battery is not initialized. #DO NOT fully discharge a lithium-ion battery! Unlike Ni-Cd batteries, lithium-ion batteries' life is shortened every time you fully discharge them. Instead, charge them when the battery meter shows one bar left. Lithium-ion batteries, like most rechargable batteries have a set amount of chargers in them.[1]

What's happened in 2009? So much! 

This is the year that all three of The Boys started playing for football teams (weekends are busy in a whole new way). This is the year that Ian reached the milestone where he cycles to school without his Mum trailing behind (which means more independence for both of them!).  Of course this is the year when Simon moved up to Secondary School and Lucy's counting down the years until our time at Mayfield Primary ends (It'll be 11 years when Ian finishes in 2011).  The annual Summer Fayre and International Evening were intense but fun--as always.

Runkepper

LineRider (free?)

Last.FM (free)

Facebook (free)

RSS Player  (£1.79, RSS Reader (free)

Tom Tom UK & Ireland (when needed) £60

Co Pilot (supposedly better & cheaper @ £27

Skype (free)

Google Maps (free)

http://majicjungle.com/chopper_iphone.html

Google Earth (free)

iPoo (.59)

http://www.evernote.com/ (organizer) free

Itranslate (for italy) free

http://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6274

http://www.top5soft.com//tansee-ipod-copy-pack.html

http://www.top5soft.com/video/ipod-to-itunes.html

https://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/

GOAL:  2 finish by C25K by 15 November

5K runs:

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/events/foundevents.asp?evntTitle=5k&evntDate=m%3A112009&distance=&county=&area=South&evntSurface=&sp=&v=1

application website:

http://c25kapp.com/

creator's twitter page, new version coming soon:

http://twitter.com/c25kapp

WHEN                             NOTES

Friday, 04-09-09 b4 late, riverside house

Sunday am, 06-09-09

Tues, 08-09-09 after speed school, 2 extra sets of 60 seconds

Marriage TV Show:

http://www.lovemarriageandstinkingthinking.com/

Guidance and Revelation idea

http://www.markgungorshow.com/show/485

A review will go here (once we've tried it out going out of town for my birthday next month).

Happy Birthday to me....

Another first.  This is the first birthday party where the ideas and games and teams have all been thought up by one of the kids!  Daniel did this invitation as well:

Just listened to another of the great BBC quiz shows.  One thing they have in common that you just don't really get from equivalent programs from the U.S. is...

..that it's not about winning.

The U.S. is so competitive. Sports, business, career, you name it.  Anything you can do in the U.S. someone else can try to do it better.  It's what makes us (yes, I'm still American) so good at so many things.  The Olympics, the computer industry...

But the British gameshows make the competitive side a silly joke.  They have teams and they announce points for the two sides.  At the end of each show they announce the winner, but IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER.  Who's Line Is It Anyway, QI, The News Quiz, Nevermind the Buzzcocks, they're all wonderfully uninterested in who wins. It's the taking part that matters. 

Even answering the questions is just an excuse for the panelists to go off on tangents, make jokes and make us as the audience laugh (which is the real point of these shows).

Most of the time I spent was trying to get the graphical login screen back and "switch user" option, but it seems the management software for this new N WiFi card doesn't allow it. 

But, the speed it's showing is over twice the speed.  I should be getting a better signal, and I've turned off SSID broadcast (for what it's worth) and can still connect with all the devices in the house (Blackberry included). Dan says he is getting a stronger signal on his iPod touch, but it looks the same here on the PC in the gamesroom.  Three antenna's on the router and PCI card should make some difference!

The item I got is from a manufacturer I've used before; German DLink.  I like them and Netgear best.  Although Linksys has devices that are very configurable (They're the consumer arm of Cisco) I've had issues with both their devices and support, so I don't like using 'em anymore.

Here's my kit: