June 2007 Archives

(My Samsung D900)

Many, many phones these days can play custom mp3 ring tones. Purchasing pre-made pop-song tones is fine, but what about all of those songs they don't have that you love? Also, why pay for a ringtone for a song that you already own?

In this guide I will not only show you which audio editing software is free to download and use but will also go over how to properly cut a song to work as a ring tone, set the volume so that it plays loudly and upload it to your cell phone.

(The Average Bowler's Bowling League, 2006/2007)

Bowling is fun for many people and a good way to socialize during the colder months of the year. There are many leagues all over the US but if you can't find the right one, you may want to start your own. I ran one last year with one other person and with just a couple of hours of work per week, we found it entirely achievable and fun to do.

(code)

Many people, in their quest for a new vocation, have asked me how I've managed to land a successful software development career without proper academic background or training. While I feel like I've known how to write software my whole life, there are some key steps I took to overcoming obstacles, learning new languages, understanding new concepts and building a portfolio capable of landing you in a new career.

Are you looking for something new and exciting to try this summer? Have you ever thought about trying skydiving out? It's safer than you may think. Up until last year I had always wanted to try it but never could get myself to commit. It was on my list of life-long to-dos, and after deciding that now is as good a time as any other, I made my first jump. I found it to be a very unique, thrilling experience that I look forward to doing again. Here's how to finally make it happen:

(Ride No.4 with Ride Mig Bindings)

At the age of 12 I talked my parents into buying me my first snowboard. Armed with a hollow, plastic, single tipped behemoth called "black snow", I was ready to tame the 60 foot hills of my parents' western-minnesota lake cabin. I tried and tried but the dream of carving out paths in maplewood state park just never came to fruition. I gave up then, but 10 years later I was on a proper mountain receiving my first lesson from a friend on how to do the real thing.

(Sony Playstation 3)

The most recent Playstation 3 firmware update (1.80) from Sony not only gave us HDTV owners great new resolution-scaling options, but they slipped in support for media servers as well! I don't run a Media Center PC at home, but found a couple of options for easily setting up a DLNA-compliant media server on my home PC despite the fact.

(My Aloe)

I received my first plant in 2001. It was a 5-leaf baby spider plant which had been cut and given to me by a coworker. I had never put much thought into plant-care before this gift, but within a few years I was finding that my friends were all asking me how I have such a green thumb.

(Warwick Corvette Standard)

I feel like it's a universal desire. Everyone seems to want to play guitar at some point or another. I definitely did. I was thirteen years old and a friend of mine was telling me how his dad just bought a couple of guitars and an amp so they could play together. I was invited over just to mess around with them because neither of us really knew how to play. We were in a dark, dingy basement trying to figure out how to play nirvana songs when Bob, the father, showed up and said "Let's jam. It'll be fun. I'll show you guys what to do." They only had 2 guitars but he brought a bass guitar in with him and asked if I've ever played before. Of course I hadn't, so I told him, "Nope." He assured me it'd be a piece of cake. I slung the bass over my shoulder and right then I got my first bass lesson.