The Ramblings of Ken

So, I haven't posted about my new phone yet!

I bought an LG VX8600 from my roommate. I decided when this phone came out that I was going to buy it. I just didn't want to buy it at full retail price. I've used it now for almost two weeks and I love it!!!

The phone is so thin. I can't even tell that it is in my pocket! It supports all of the Bluetooth profiles that I want, except for OBEX. I does Dial-Up Networking, Serial Port, Object Push, Stereo Audio, and Headset profiles.

The music capabilities of this phone are awesome! I use it as my main music player when I'm on the go. I think that my next car stereo will even have A2DP support so that I can just use my phone to listen to music in my car. We'll see about that, though.

I've hacked this phone up to the level that I had on my last phone. I have Mobile Web going through my own proxy server. I've changed the MMS server setting as well, so that I can send free picture messages. What else... I have free MP3 ringtones and VZ Navigator as well! See my post a few down from here to read about VZ Navigator.

I'm quite pleased with my new phone and I would highly recommend the VX 8600!

(Image taken from [url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2087006,00.asp]PC Magazine's review of the LG VX8600[/url])

If you ever wonder why this site is Tigrao.org now you know. Tigrao (Tigger as we know him in English) is just the coolest in the world. He's awesome! 'Nuff said.

Have you tried Google's Voice Local Search yet? I tried it out for the first time today and it rocks!

Description (straight from Google's site):

[blockquote]Google Voice Local Search is Google’s experimental service to make local-business search accessible over the phone.

To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone.

Using this service, you can:

* search for a local business by name or category.
You can say "Giovanni's Pizzeria" or just "pizza".

* get connected to the business, free of charge.

* get the details by SMS if you’re using a mobile phone.
Just say "text message".

And it's free. Google doesn’t charge you a thing for the call or for connecting you to the business. Regular phone charges may apply, based on your telephone service provider.

Note: Google Voice Local Search is still in its experimental stage. It may not be available at all times and may not work for all users. We’re fine-tuning the service to get better at recognizing your requests. It’s currently only available in English, in the US, for US business listings.[/blockquote]

Use it! Google Voice Local Search (I call it Google 411) is the coolest thing since the telephone was invented!

(Image taken from labs.google.com)

For those of you on Verizon Wireless that have not tried VZ Navigator, what are you waiting for?

VZ Navigator is a full-feature GPS navigation system for your Verizon Wireless cell phone. I've been trying it out and I love it! It features full gps navigation, route planning, voice prompt directions, address input, and location search.

I was way excited to find out that my phone supports it! I'll be using VZ Navigator for a long time to come. (There is a hack that enables you to only pay for it once, so you don't have to continue to pay the monthly subscription fee, but we will leave it at that.)

For more information on VZ Navigator read about it on Verizon's Website

(Image taken from verizonwireless.com)

Well, I have moved out of my parent's house. No, this is not the first time. I have lived away from my parent's house before, but I moved back after my engagement fell through. I thought that I needed some time to recover emotionally and financially. Well, I suppose I feel like I've had that recovery time and I moved away.

It feels good. I'm glad to have my own place where I can arrange things how I want them and do everything the way that I want. I now feel like my personality can more fully develop and I can be my own person.

I'm not saying I don't love my parents. I love them very much and they have done so much for me in my life. I wouldn't be anything without them. However, there comes a time when everyone needs to move away to have a chance to grow as their own person.

Summary: I'm glad to be in a place of my own! It's great!

My new computer is finally put together! It's been a sad month without a computer, but it is all worth it now!

The new box in all its glory

This machine just rocks!!! I can play Company of Heroes on the maximum settings with 4x anti-aliasing and 4x antrioscopic filtering! I am very pleased with my purchase!










The massive GeForce 8800 GTX video card


I know you all want to know the specs, so here you go:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core Processor 2.6 Ghz
RAM: 2x 1 GB Corsair XMS2 PC-6400 DDR2 memory modules
VIDEO: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX with 768 MB DDR3 video memory
MAINBOARD: Foxconn C51XEM2AA- 8EKRS2H AM2 nForce 590 SLI motherboard
COOLING: Zalman CNPS9500 LED 92mm Cooling Fan
HARD DISKS: 2x WD1600 160 GB 16 MB cache hard disks in RAID 0
OS: Windows Vista Business x64

Windows Vista x64 runs awesome on this box! Windows Aero and Flip 3D never looked better! Microsoft seems to have done an amazingly good job on Vista overall. I am quite impressed with the capabilities of this operating system, especially when running on brand new hardware. I am very pleased with my new build! Now I'm going to spank everybody at the LAN parties! Muwahahahahah!

The oversized Zalman CNPS9500
keeps the CPU nice and cool

(Athlon 64 X2 logo taken from amd.com)