Last week while listening to TWIT, Jason Calacanis (of Mahalo.com) mentioned a really interesting service which I think everyone should use.
I sincerely HATE voicemail. The reason is that it takes longer time to dial and listen to it than to read the same text in an email. Visual VoiceMail on my iPhone helped out a bit - but again, I have to open up a VoiceMail app, click on the thing, and still - listen (sometimes for longer than I’d like). Then you do not hear the number so you replay the damn thing over and over.
The Solution: PHONETAG.COM… I kid you not, this is one of the best services I ever used. I do not mind paying for things that make my life fun again. Here’s the winning scenario:
It comes down to price in the end. If you receive a bunch of voicemail I think even $29.95/month is worth it (for the unlimited plan).
- You get a phone call which goes to a voice mail.
- 20 seconds later your voicemail comes via email (or via SMS) transcribed into text - together with an MP3 file attached (in case you want to save it or listen to it).
For $9.99 you get 40 transcribed messages a month.
If all that is still too much, for $.35 cents a message (up to 40 messages a month) you can get the service on pay-per-message basis. This plan is working for me at the moment very well.
There’s a free trial too. If you hate voicemail as much as I do - you will thank me in less than a week for writing this post! Everyone reads text faster than listening to voicemail.
Hope you have fun 
(and save some time and money).
TiVo is one of my favorite “gadgets” of all times. Sincerely, it’s been getting better and better with ever iteration and is something I definitely cannot live without. I do not remember last time I watched live TV.
There are just couple of things missing. The title sums it up, the only things I really need in my TiVo (besides the NetFlix playing capabilities coming up soon), are the ability to add custom folders and store the shows there, and ability to set the TiVo’s Suggestions not to record Standard Def programs, but rather only things that come up on HD channels. SD = what a heck is that?
Sincerely - this would be like couple of lines of code for them to make it work - that’s how simple it is (assuming they do not even have to even give us ability to name the folders, but just make one special folder, call it “Saved shows” and let us “move” any of the items right in there.
Too much to ask? I’ll email them and let you know what they say 
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Tesla Motors may have a really nice looking electric sports car, but one that tops even that (IMHO), is The Scorpion.
The skinny on this beast: Acura TL S 450HP Turbo Charged 3.5L V6 Engine; 6-gear transmission, 2,200 pounds. Car uses electrolysis to convert water into gaseous hydrogen which is then mixed with 91-octane gasoline to improve fuel economy and minimize the carbon emission pushing this beauty up to 200 miles per hour.
Need I say more than the pictures below? The only thing prettier than it’s front is it’s butt!
Via: Geekologie
Update: dummy be forgot to mention the price: $150,000. If that’s too little, $100,000 more gives you extra 150 horsepowers .
This is a historic moment for the United States,
and definitely a historic blog post for years to come!
With a huge win over John McCain, Barack Obama
wins the US elections and becomes the first
African American president in Nation’s history.
This clearly shows that everything is possible in this wonderful
country and it further affirms my decision
to come to this great land over 10 years ago
when I was just turning 18.
I was maybe too young to follow the elections in previous years, or maybe, as some of us will agree, none of the elections were as interesting and fun as this one, but I am sincerely glad the guy I was backing up prevailed.
Also, one of the main reasons this is such a historic event is the fact that without the technology behind the scenes, I sincerely doubt Obama would have ever been able to reach as many people as he did and get his message across. With his awesome website at http://my.BarackObama.com and biggest following of anyone on Twitter (http://twitter.com/barackobama), he started a new trend which I sincerely hope continues.
I hope he takes this success and the technology that helped him get in touch with people (and ultimately get elected) into the core of the United States so that the “connection” we all now have with him can continue while he runs this country into a better tomorrow. He oppened the doors for millions of americans to get in touch with him and have their say - I hope this door stays wide open so “we the people” can be heard.
About two years ago, or maybe even a bit longer, I got myself an HP LaserJet 1020 printer for about $120 USD. I needed something that printed documents “fast” (compared to the ink jets) and something that would last a bit longer than the usual ink jet cartridge. The solution was to find a laser printer which would not burn a hole in my pocket like almost everything else I get.
Little did I know that 2 or more years after I purchased it I will still be running on the original toner!!! I use this printer all the time, have printed thousands of pages on it - and it still keeps on printing. I really have no idea what’s going on but I’m loving it, and furthermore, I am dubbing it - The Magical Printer! Read more
