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iPhone Headphone Hack
Last night I hacked my iPhone 4 earbuds and Sennheiser PX200 headset. Hello iHeiser PX200000.
iPhone 4 cable and controls on my PX200's. Win
Ikea Desk for sale
Ikea desk with shelves, whiteboard and magnetic board. Fits 22" monitor and has doc holders. $130
head cold
Damn I hate head colds... runny nose, head ache, stuffy sinus, watery eyes, blocked ears.
My little ones have it too. poor things. Sucks to feel so useless when sick. Hope this clears up fastWelland 2-Bay RAID HDD enclosure
2-bay, RAID 0,1,JBOD, individual. USB, eSATA.
4TB striped. Media storage for the in-laws and "off site backup" for me... $105 + disks, 2TB WD green $149ea
One month with the Apple iPad
"What's your experience been like with the iPad so far"? People ask me...
Some of my answers:
I feel like I'm in a sci-fi movie every time I use it.
I feel like I'm using technology that is five or ten years away, and shouldn't be available yet I get the same feeling when using the iPad, that I got when I used a mouse on a computer for the first time.
Revolutionary or evolutionary? both. This is the next thing in the computing space. We've been using computers, with keyboards, mice, etc, for ages now. This is the big ticket. Multi-touch, portable, fast, aesthetic, smart, convenient. My main computer is a Macbook Pro laptop. In the last month I reckon I've used the laptop a handful of times.
The iPad caters for 80-90% of my computing now. Most of the things I do are in a web browser, email client, calendar. The only thing the iPad cannot do is edit HD video, which I still do on the laptop, and develop web pages/site
Don't hate it until you try it. I've been carrying it everywhere, on the bus, on the train, at work, in meetings, on the couch, in bed, it's just so convenient and makes anything 'internet'y' so accessible. Truly a "magical device".
New role at work
So i recently commenced as team leader at my work after my manager resigned. Its stressful, demanding, and hard work. I am acting in the role for now, until it is made permanent, it pays more too. Busy time ahead!
One day of fame
Well, sort of. It's not hard in a small city like Perth, Western Australia.
Yesterday was the global release of the Apple iPad. I thought it might be an idea to go line up at the local store before it opens to ensure I get myself the latest hot tech gadget. So I did. On my way to work, I stopped past Nextbyte in Nedlands (an Apple reseller). I arrived at 7:15. The store was expected to open at 8AM.
There were three guys already standing at the front door waiting. One guy arrived at 5AM! The others sometime after. I was standing in line hoping the store would have enough iPad stock to hand out the model I wanted. The owner came out, yeah we have heaps of iPads (over 100).
Soon after, The West Australian (local newspaper) arrived, took photo's, asked questions, interviewed, etc. Soon after that (7:45), Channel 9 news arrived with camera in tow and took loads of footage. They filmed us waiting outside, walking in the store, buying our gear, leaving, etc, etc. The news made the front of The West's web site, and also www.watoday.com.au And that was my day of fame.
Later in the evening they had footage of us in the shop buying iPads on the news. Yay! Here's some snippits of the web sites I saved: [gallery link="file" columns="2"]
Amazon Affiliate
A few years ago I set up a couple of web sites to try out the Amazon Associates program. http://www.buyeyefi.com/ http://www.fireflyhelicopter.com/ I used a mashup script that I'd found on the internet which 'mashed together' content from youtube, amazon and ebay. Pretty neat stuff, except everyone decided to change their API's so my sites stopped working.
Recently I re-vamped the sites, not only making them look nicer, but also updating the products, and ditching the scripts that no longer work. I've thrown together static sites in basic HTML, with nested amazon product links and youtube videos. Search engine placing is pretty good, so that's not a problem, traffic is the secret.
In the entire time I've had the sites running, I've made $92. Of course I haven't seen a cent, I've not hit the min figure for pay out. I'm quite interested to see how the sites go now with the new layouts and content. I've also added Google Analytics to the sites so I can monitor traffic, keywords, etc. Some people have great success with the Amazon Associates program, generating tens of thousands of dollars a year, or more! It all comes down to traffic, and a niche product or topic. EG. You might have a blog or web site about digital cameras
If one of your sites is making $50/day, then how about making ten sites? Make $500/day. Quit your day job! Lots of up front work for an eventual passive income. Some tips from me (and I'm certainly no pro at this):
- Register easy to remember and relevant domain names
- Use a free web template or script to generate your site
- Find a niche subject or product to sell
- Make the site interesting (add video's, people love them)
- Don't cover the site in adverts if you are trying to sell a product, you might end up loosing visitors to competitors when the click on the banner ad
- Load up your HTML with relevant keywords and description so search engines can crawl and index your site
- Be patient, you won't make money over night. If you do, let me know, I want your secrets!
Australian iPad pricing and date
SYDNEY, Australia—8 May 2010—Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on Friday 28 May. Customers can pre-order all iPad models from Apple’s online store in all nine countries beginning on Monday 10 May. In the US, Apple has already sold over one million iPads and customers have downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store, as well as over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore. -snip- Pricing & Availability iPad is available in Australia for a recommended retail price of AUS$629 inc GST for 16GB, AUS$759 inc GST for 32GB, AUS$879 inc GST for 64GB for Wi-Fi models and AUS$799 inc GST for 16GB, AUS$928 inc GST for 32GB and AUS$1049 inc GST for 64GB for Wi-Fi + 3G models. iPad will be sold through the aaApple Store, Apple's retail stores and select Apple Authorised Resellers. The iBooks™ app for iPad including Apple's iBookstore will be available as a free download from the App Store on 28 May. Apple plans to release iPad in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore in July. Apple will announce availability, local pricing and pre-order plans for these nine additional countries at a later date.
James Mandy
internet junkie
