Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

[vansmack]

Interesting:

Sprint?s 4G move opens way to merger with T-Mobile

Requires registration to read, but basically, it says that Sprint has left enough spectrum free in it's 4G upgrade (WIMAX) so that it can move to LTE in 2-3 years, and if T-Mobile were to make the same move (very likely) a Sprint/T-Mobile merger is not out of the question.  Deutsche Telecom has been looking to sell T-Mobile (US) for some time, but at&t and Verizon are worried about anti-trust, leaving Sprint at the only potential purchaser at the moment.

[sweetcell]

CNN: Playboy unveils 'safe for work' website
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/07/20/playboy.safe.for.work/index.html

[vansmack]

Anybody else use Dirpy to convert online videos/music to Mp3/Mp4/flv's?


Dirpy, which is currently in beta, is an advanced Digital Video Recorder (DVR) service that lets you download or convert your favorite freely available online media. Dirpy offers many useful features like real-time conversions, ID3 metadata tags, offsets, support for high quality formats (including HD), and more.

It's kind of nice for videos for phone screens and Mp3's of live in studio performances...

[vansmack]

Wyclef Jean is running for President of Haiti.  He can't be any worse than their previous leadership....

http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2010/08/wyclef_jeans_candidacy

[vansmack]

Game Changer.



Engadget is reporting that Sony Ericsson is making a 4 inch Android phone with a PSP like slideout gaming controller.  It's set to run Android 3.0 this fall.  This could be huge.

[vansmack]

I always get nostalgic when I see my original little black book:

[walkonby]

i need information about new phones with shiny buttons from japan, but only if the people who give me such information are not on the same coast as me.

[chaz]

I've only got steak dinner non-information to give you.

[vansmack]

By Japan, I think you mean Korea and Taiwan, but, sure, go ahead....

EDIT: I get it now.  I only use the subcription/notification feature that this wonderful board offers to monitor this thread so originally the joke was lost on me...

[vansmack]

Anybody else watch Hard Knocks this season?

Antonio Cormartie killed me last night with his disussion of his kids names (those he could remember) and how many 3 year olds he currently has?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5qzQ2HBh0s&feature=search

[walkonby]

i got to hear a clip of it on howard today about the guy with 7 kids who most are age three.  is the show worth my time to try to find a way to watch it?

[Jaguar]

In one of the schools that I use to teach in, there was this 8th grader who had just fathered his 8th child, none of whom he was actually being a father to. Sickening. No wonder this world is so f***ed up!

[vansmack]

i got to hear a clip of it on howard today about the guy with 7 kids who most are age three.  is the show worth my time to try to find a way to watch it?

No, not at all.  Only if you like football.  Moments like that one are fairly rare... 

But that took me by surprise in such a way that I had to rewind it a couple times just to see if he was kidding.  He wasn't.  2007 Season - 10 interceptions, 4 conceptions.  Incredible.  And by the time he's 5 years out of the league, he'll be broke paying for his (currently) 8 kids with 7 mothers....

[sweetcell]

Things Smackie Already Knows But Bear Repetition:

ukraine has some very, very, very beautiful women.

[vansmack]

Things Smackie Already Knows But Bear Repetition:

ukraine has some very, very, very beautiful women.

The legs, good god, the legs.  They just don't stop!  It's been 10 years since I was in Kiev....

Bring a lass back for me, will ya?