Well…it’s been 5 days since I last wrote a post…so I guess that it’s time to come back and update the blog.
First let me wish everyone in the US territory a happy 4th of July. Today was a slow work day because of this holiday and this happens with similar holidays that ocurr in the US and Canada since most of the people go home to spend time with their families.
Second there are exciting new things coming in my life but I’ll let you know when they’re official. On Sunday we are planning a road trip to the Irazu Volcano and the Sanatorio Duran so there will be another objective completed this weekend…hopefully
Last but not least I’ve upgraded my network to a GigaLAN and though it’s not all of the systems in my network it’s the part which I work with all day and that’s pretty much what matters.
I purchased a couple of weeks ago the Linksys SD2008 GigaBit switch which has only 8 ports but that’s more than what I need right now and lets face it I could have a 10GB network that my internet connection will be the bottle neck not to mention the fact that currently only two machines actually have GigaBit NICs.
Some may say that I haven’t actually upgraded my whole network but I say well you’re right but I did upgrade the Windows PC and the file server to have a faster connection between the two since I store my photos on my file server and have Lightroom and Photoshop pull the photos from that server.
So there it is…
-LM
My phone reaching it’s last moments…and some great news…
Well…as it turns out I’m really excited to see that my post of Photos from the roof that was submitted to Digital Photography School as what I considered to be my best shot has received more than one thousand views…in one day and that just makes me really happy. I just hope that at least some of those people that came by for that look at that photo stay a little longer to follow my blog
In other news I’m moving to a new position within the company and it’s a change from what I’m doing right now…which is still great…but that’s pretty much all I’m telling about that…
I’m trying to get objective number 11 from my 101 to-do list completed so I’m actually submitting photos to contests to get some exposure and hopefully a change to win a prize on that…or something
Some of you might remember me talking previously about my cellphone being dropped in a puddle on the side walk well the phone hasn’t been at it’s best since then and though it’s still working apparently the keypad got damaged in a way that it causes it to sometimes light up the 4, 5 and 6 keys for prolonged periods of time at different intensities…even when powered off which is a bummer. Apparently the phone loves the ground a lot or gravity enjoys playing with it that recently it once again fell from my hand, bounced on the table and hit the floor…luckily this time there wasn’t any puddles around and it was at the office though the sad part was that it caused for four keys to stop functioning so I attempted to reflash the firmware of the phone as this often resolves it but to no avail so I had a coworker that is known to be quite handy with cellphones to open it up and see what could be done.
The good news is that there’s no water damage internaly and no visible sign of damage so the phone was put back together and something fixed the issue with the four keys that stopped working but not with the strange lighting issue. Well the phone aquired a new issue which it causes for it to apparently loose the SIM and display the message “Insert SIM” or even cause it to reboot all by itself. Rebooting it usually resolves the issue though sometimes taking out the battery and SIM are needed.
Well this hasn’t been the best phone I’ve had and has been by far the most delicate one I’ve had. Sure people would say that if I didn’t drop the phone it wouldn’t have those issues…but seriously…who can honestly say that they haven’t dropped their celly at least once?………………Ok you can lower your hands now
My previous phones were subject to this or even worst treatment…that last Nokia phone is still working and it was even neglected…lots of missed calls…yet it’s still working. My Z610i phone had been dropped and went across the living room of a friend’s house once…and it’s still working. So needless to say the SE T650i has been the worst phone I’ve had so far and even the supposedly scratch proof screen got scratched…wait…what? yes…there is a scratch on it…though you need to have the phone under certain light or at an angle to be able to see it.
I want a smartphone next but I still haven’t decided…though the Z610i was pretty good and must be quite cheap now. It’s sad to see that the Japanese phones made by SE can’t really be used anywhere outside of Japan because those are really cool and sexy but lack GSM in some, if not all, cases…sigh. We’ll see where this takes me…as for now the T650i will have to survive until I’m able to buy another phone that will work…
Finally…last friday night I went out with some friends to go partying and woke up the next day with a headache…and yes I remember the night quite well. I didn’t have my Nikon D60 with me but did manage to get some shots of the night…so I’ll post those tomorrow and talk a bit more about it…
-LM