Just finished messing around with a new gadget called CoolShirt, basically I built a service that finds cool shirts and adds them to a database, then the gadget queries the DB and displays a random shirt from that collection. Its fun, did it as a learning experience for a gadget I am building for work. Yes if you buy a t-shirt through the gadget I do get a commission. 
Anyway, have fun with it. Click the ding! to download.
This is where I will link in any code or gadgets that I create. Feel free to download and use. Unless stated otherwise the works listed below are GNU GPL3.
Vista Sidebar Gadgets
An updated version of the Twitter tool by Charles Schmidt @ http://www.pickelhau.be. I updated so the time displays correctly and I added the ability to send direct messages from the Gadget. KNOWN ISSUES: status send will fail when a ” is used in the status. Will fix soon.
This is a little gadget I wrote just as a learning exercise. It is amusing, enjoy.
I finally got around to updating an sidebar gadget, I had been using a twitter gadget by Charles Schmidt, but the time was off and I wanted to be able to send direct messages from it. So I just wrote it. It receives all your statuses, allows you to send new status and also allows you to send direct messages. It doesn’t currently allow you to receive direct messages, but It will soon as I get around to building it. If you like it or have suggestion, write me a comment.
The blackberry 9000 has been unveild with the name blackberry BOLD. Looks to be pretty sharp, ere are the specs:
If you want to see RIM’s official site for the bold go here. A pretty good write up with video over at crackberry.com.
Looks exciting, may have to check it out when it ever hits t-mobile, if it does.
A friend, well aquaintaince of mine I met at a work convention sent me this picture with the caption. “I showed my grandmother your pic from the show and she said you look like the prick who TP’d her house. She asked me to send you this pic.”
Needless to say this was quite disturbing, so I thought I would share. Sorry Granny, didn’t TP your house, but maybe I should.
Whats the point to a box that always turns itself off?
Well I wanted to write a note and apologize for my Hiatus. I have been working like mad, been to Phoenix and Miami and just been a non stop coding machine. I recently took over all of IT and Operations on top of my programming assignments so I have been working non-stop. So the few readers I have I apologize for being gone for 3 months.
Had fun out in Phoenix, did alot of business met some great contacts and had a blast. If you want to see pics from the Convention, shoot me an email and I will email you some links.
Thanks!
Matt
I have been wanting a new blackberry for awhile, but I don’t want any of the current models. So I as excited to see the new blackberry 9000.
While it is kind of IPhone-ish I still am interested to get my hands on it and seee if it something I want to use. So if you want more info hop on over to Engadget for more.
In an interesting case right here in my area, an elmo doll has started making death threats against a child. THis sounds like some kind of prank, but read for yourself.
“A cuddly, programmable Elmo doll revealed its dark side yesterday after fresh batteries were installed.
Instead of singing songs or reciting the favorite color of its 2-year-old owner, James Bowman, the doll started making death threats, the family says.”
Read more over at TBO.com
Well with the business I am in we have alot of data, over 5 TB of data. Thats alot of data to loose if your file servers decide to stop working. I have been looking around for data services that do backup and recovery. I was wanting something local where I could have a tech on site and I came across a few options. Right now I am looking at fastteks.com, their data recovery and backup services have got my interests peaked. Anyone have any comments onthem?