travis’s brain dump

well, i finally got my hands on a valid image for updating my tmob dash to the latest windows mobile 6 rom.

… wow …

it’s pretty similar to windows mobile 5, however the interface seems a little more user friendly and not so harsh. it’s difficult to explain, but the myFaves interface is way different, really cool looking now. the nicest aspect of it is that it seems to run a bit faster than WM5 did, so i’m pleasantly surprised about that for the moment.  i’ve even scored a copy of office word, excel and power point mobile with this upgrade. can’t beat that! the best news out of all of this… i didn’t “brick” my phone, lol.

i did however nuke my contacts… just glad i’ve got my phonebook backed up at home or i’d be so done for. LOL

tmob customers should be able to get the update for WM6 on the 4th of May (this Friday) from tmobile. now if i can just get the upgrade for the MDA to work I’d have two working WM6 phones.

anyway, time to jet.

So I was poppin around over on Matt and Aaron’s site today (http://www.splu.net) and stumbled across some more Chad Vader humor. They teamed up with the guys who did Mystery Science Theatre 3000 for a little fun and this is what they came up with:

Chad Vader Does RiffTrax

If you’re actually interested in the other portion of this project, head over to RiffTrax and check it out.

http://www.rifftrax.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=66

One more day to go… It seems like this week has just been one of those that drags by like no other. I’m just glad I’ve had some help getting through it. I’ve been really stressed out the last week… you want to name it, I’m probably dealing with it… I think the killer was Arwen being sick for three days… nothing more fun than a child who won’t stop throwing up for 3 days. I’m just glad its over *crosses fingers*

My birthday wasn’t too shabby aside from the sick kid aspect of things. One of those birthdays with events that span a couple of days, which is kinda nice. Thanks to everyone for the phone calls, texts, dinner, gifts… very awesome.  The highlight being dinner at The Fort and the new shirts. Thank you so much!

Well, I have to say that in keeping with tradition it’s time I do something for myself as well. Grills and Xbox 360′s don’t quite cut it this year. Actually it’s kinda nice that this invitation coincides with all the havoc going on right now in my life. I truly need this. For my birthday I’m taking some vacation days and I just got approval for them… This time next week I will be on my way down to Mexico! No cell phone, No work, No havoc, No drama, nothing stressful … just good times and good people. Hopefully a nice relaxed environment where I can recollect my thoughts and look at clearing my mind while enjoying the visit with some really cool people from the area while I’m at it… A big shout out and a huge thank you to the Johnson’s for letting Arwen and I invade their home and for having us down, I look forward to seeing you all. :) The timing couldn’t have been more perfect for this!

I’ll post up some pics and such when I get back, don’t worry. I’m only going to be gone from the 3rd through the the 7th, so it’s not that long … I feel some good will come of this trip, I’m really excited.  Hopefully it’s a chance to reset and be able to tackle things better when I come back.

so what happens when you have all three? too bad the mail man came already…. LOL

(yes, it really is doing all three outside right now)