Dave Hakes' – Island Mode

I did the Ukulele Workshop this morning at the MACC. I actually learned a few things! Cool!

Tomorrow is the Ukulele Festival – I’m working that as well…

I love the idea that I get paid for doing this…

My brother in laws birthday was a few days ago, my newphews was yesterday, and my wife and mom’s birthday are tomorrow. We celebrated my wife’s today – she wanted a day for herself…

Got my wife an iPod Touch. It’s a pretty cool little device. When I was doing the Lexus, all the guys who came in from out-of-state had an iPhone (and they constantly wanted me to play with it to see what hacks I could make for it); Rusty (the TD at the MACC) got one (and spent a litle time showing it off to me) last week; I’ve been trying to find a personal use for this thing but can’t think of anything other than the “cool” factor; but when I went to the local Mac store they had an iPod touch…

I instantly saw a use for it for my wife. It totally does all the stuff she needs something like that to do – and she doesn’t have to carry a laptop sized device around with her. Specifically, it can have all her calendars on hand 24/7 (she’s always asking me my schedule, now she has it every morning when she syncs), and her pictures will be on hand as well (she’s always taking pics and telling her mom about them, now she can show her). Those were two big things for her that this thing takes care of. Another thing she always needs on-hand is her address book and music – she’s always trying to refer to them and has to tell people she’ll get back to them when she gets home. She’s only had it for a day and she’s already using it like a pro – she’s very stoked on it – I think I just remedied a few things with this little device…

I, myself, have little use for one – but she definately needed it. I’m still using my 5th Gen 80GB Video iPod everyday and loving it, so everyone has what they need at the moment…

I, also, found it easy to configure to my wireless network as well – she won’t do anything which will require a password online with it, so it’s just for surfing the net on the rare occassion that she doesn’t want to do it on her computer…

All around, it’s perfect for her, I just wish it had more of what I need…

This one ran from Sept 22nd to Oct 3rd. Actually it started about a week before that for me cause I set up the network for their offices, but the main setup for the show began on the 22nd. I was one of the riggers for the run of the show.

During rehearsal days, cause I had nothing to do inside, I ran around outside fixing network and computer issues…

I was kinda an all around A-Boy on this one…

09-01-07 BBC – US Court Allows Navy To Use Sonar
09-02-07 CNN – Iran ‘Reaches Nuclear Target’
09-02-07 New York Times – North Korea To Disable Nuclear Facilities By Year’s End, U.S. Says
09-06-07 Technology Review – Animation For The Masses
09-07-07 eWeek – Office Open XML Down But Not Out
09-10-07 Business Week – Apple Eyes The Wireless Auction
09-14-07 Business Week – How Solid Is Your Brand
09-14-07 CNN – The End Of Oil
09-14-07 Information Week – Hacker Gained Access To Data On Millions Of TD Ameritrade Customers
09-14-07 Information Week – SCO Bankrupt
09-14-07 Information Week – T.J. Maxx Fraud Ring Leader Gets Five Years In Prison
09-14-07 Information Week – Teen Drivers Banned From Using Mobile Phones In California
09-14-07 WebMD – Biking And Erectile Dysfunction
09-24-07 CNET – Businesses Falling Short On Data Disposal
09-25-07 CNET – Trojan Attack Targets Top Executives

They’re just not there yet for my taste…

I want it to record audio and video without adding a single peripheral – for family (video) shorts at the beach, or (audio) recording a lecture…

I want it to take pictures without adding a single peripheral…

There’s no “Mail” App on this thing – what good is that? Giving me Wi-Fi without a Mail App!

I want all of the above to sink to and from my computer with no issues – both ways, not one. As well as Address Book and Calendar syncing to go both ways – this may already be happening but I would want to have one in my hand to assure that I could edit the Calendar and Address book and it would sync to my computer (and vice versa)…

The Hard Drive is too small – give me the 80GB or 160 GB HD in the iPod Touch’s body…

It’s way too small – I want the width and height of a piece of regular paper (8.5X11). Actually, even half that size (8.5 by 5.5) would be great! Should have though of that before – 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches is the perfect size – take a piece of paper and fold it in half to see the size I’m talking about. It’s big enough to get some work done and small enough to fit in just about any bag…

I’m bummed – so close, yet so far away still…