http://www.tienshiao.org The Official Tienshiao Ma Fan Club Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:15:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have always like the click sound that the iPhone made when you typed a key. It seemed like just the "right" click too. Very similar to the sound of the click wheel. Unfortunately, I've finally decided to disable the sound because it seems to induce a bit of lag ... http://www.tienshiao.org/archives/2008/04/17/iphone-keyboard/ 1. Cheez-It White Cheddar 2. Cheez-It 3. Cheez-It Reduced Fat 4. Target brand Cheez-It clone 4. Safeway brand Cheez-It clone 5. Trader Joe's brand Cheez-It clone White Cheddar rocks. I like Trader Joe's in general, but sorry, their imitation Cheez-It isn't very good. The real Cheez-Its are cheesier and saltier. The Trader Joe's ones are almost ... http://www.tienshiao.org/archives/2008/04/09/tienshiaos-official-cheese-snack-rankings/ Dublin needs more Dog groomers - Even Petco has a week long wait for appointments. Independent Audi Shops - Apparently there are no independent Audi shops within like 30 miles. http://www.tienshiao.org/archives/2008/03/26/dublin-needs/ My goal for golf is to get to the point where it is like throwing a ball or shooting a basketball. Throwing a ball is a similarly complex motion. It is similar in that there is a multiple hinge lever motion to multiply the force. Position, balance, body turn all play ... http://www.tienshiao.org/archives/2008/03/18/golf-goal/ Over the Thanksgiving break, I worked on a little "webtoy" that basically brought features of the BART website (and their PocketPC/Palm app) to the iPhone. It is basically a little website for BART that provides an interface targeting the iPhone. You can do all the important things like plan a trip, ... http://www.tienshiao.org/archives/2008/02/01/ibart/ So I'm watching 24. I've never seen a broadcast episode. I'm going though them on DVD. I'm on Season 5 or something. And once again, Jack has Mr. Bad Guy and in the same room is some female Mr. Bad Guy pissed off. And Ms. Pissed Off somehow manages to kill ... http://www.tienshiao.org/archives/2008/01/11/24-women-scorned/ A couple weeks ago, I picked up an iPhone (right before 1.1.2 came out). Compared to my Wizard, the iPhone is a joy to use. The OS is more fun, more pleasing to use. I like the iPhone's email client better (though I'm not sure I like the 200 email per ... http://www.tienshiao.org/archives/2007/12/12/iphone/ This last Friday, I went into the city to give a career presentation ("Being a Computer Programmer") to disadvantaged Chinese high school students at the Community Youth Center. Right afterwards, Dilbert gave a career presentation as well. LOL. Mine was a bit less cynical. Dilbert's version has some truth in it, but ... http://www.tienshiao.org/archives/2007/11/19/life-imitates-art-or-something/ Most of the recent phone buzz has been around Google's "gPhone" and Apple iPhone (much to Nokia's and Sony Ericsson's demay). Google's "gPhone" is really Andriod, a mobile phone stack. Though no Andriod devices are available right now (publicly), that doesn't stop people from comparing Google's offering with Apple's. Maybe it ... http://www.tienshiao.org/archives/2007/11/14/andriod-vs-iphone/ On my Mac, I've been pretty happy with Mail.app as an IMAP client. It seems to fit just right. It does the things I need the way I want them to, without doing too much more. HTML mail would be nice (and I guess it is in Leopard) but really ... http://www.tienshiao.org/archives/2007/10/30/imap-clients/