Friday, August 31, 2007

Finally

After two weeks of living in my apartment, I now have Internet and cable hooked up.  I didn't miss it terribly since I've been pretty busy moving things from my old place and with other various activities (movies, hanging out with friends, happy hour, etc.).

But it is definitely nice to have Internet again.  

Oh, and cable.  I can finally watch The Hills again.  And Britney's comeback at the VMAs.

The moving itself went fairly smoothly.  I had 4 friends help me out so that sped things up quite a bit.  The weekend after the move, I went up to visit my parents and sister to celebrate Rakhi so I didn't even need Internet or cable then.

We'll see how long I stick around.  I think it'd be nice to move somewhere else entirely.  I've been in Dallas for over 3 years now and it really hasn't grown on me.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

first feature in 10 years? congrats!

Well it looks like Evite has finally decided to get back to work and added a new feature!
 
You can now send event details to your phone (although it cuts off the last few letters on each line).
 
Maybe in another 10 years, they'll add a feature to let you message other invited guests.... but don't hold your breath.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Bathroom Switches

Most bathrooms have two switches: one for the light, and one for the fan.

I grew up in Austin and lived in the same house for 20 years. Almost every time I used the downstairs bathroom I would turn on the fan, immediately turn it off, and then turn on the light. After awhile, it just became a habit.

Yesterday, at a friend's baby party (which is really a topic for another post), I did the same thing on accident.

It reminded me of Austin.
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Now playing: J Holiday - Bed
via FoxyTunes

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Evite Alts

In my previous post, I mentioned that I hated evite because the features it advertises don't actually work.

Well, I'm not the only one who hates it. On a website that I don't hate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evite), more notable tech people voiced their dislike for the site as well.

Luckily, there are some sites listed on the page that supposedly do a better job (including the Friendster founder's attempt at integrating social networking with event planning).

There's always Facebook events and Google calendar if all else fails...