tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35183465248932954872012-02-16T19:07:49.096-06:00My own take on the world around me.Adam L. DeVorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941555355628848345noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518346524893295487.post-12118438614539097172011-09-21T19:19:00.001-05:002011-09-21T19:19:25.692-05:002011-09-21T19:19:25.692-05:00Adam L. DeVorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941555355628848345noreply@blogger.com0 This morning I logged into Facebook to find that once again things have been changed, and not for the better.  During the day, I took breaks from work and found that Google+ has gone public beta.  I'm thrilled at this point, but once I actually get logged in, I'm completely lost. I know one friend on Facebook that's on Google+, so I add him.  After that, I can't find anyone.  Either there is no <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TaL3h2RmUOvEoylY1Gd9UePiUz0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TaL3h2RmUOvEoylY1Gd9UePiUz0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TaL3h2RmUOvEoylY1Gd9UePiUz0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TaL3h2RmUOvEoylY1Gd9UePiUz0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdamLDevore/~4/g0PA9JxAcio" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamldevore.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-at-last.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518346524893295487.post-50832031318039181212011-08-11T03:59:00.000-05:002011-08-11T03:59:00.660-05:002011-08-11T03:59:00.660-05:00Adam L. DeVorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941555355628848345noreply@blogger.com0Every day the wonderful people at Facebook decide to make another change to their site.  Most of these changes I could live with; however, they have messed with how I communicate with my friends a little too much.  I didn't mind when the messaging was changed to be one long chain of messages.  This does make it difficult to remember where one peice of the conversation starts and stops, but I <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TCZFkYEt8HEy1cLcwnctJhhJIQ4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TCZFkYEt8HEy1cLcwnctJhhJIQ4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TCZFkYEt8HEy1cLcwnctJhhJIQ4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TCZFkYEt8HEy1cLcwnctJhhJIQ4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdamLDevore/~4/WS8W0wQ2UEM" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamldevore.blogspot.com/2011/08/need-new-social-connection-where-hell.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518346524893295487.post-91814458690268983452011-06-04T20:10:00.000-05:002011-06-04T20:10:16.154-05:002011-06-04T20:10:16.154-05:00Adam L. DeVorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941555355628848345noreply@blogger.com0I spent over an hour at Goodyear today waiting for some work to be done on my truck.  While sitting there I got into a converstion with a guy because with both reacted to something that was happening on the television.  This started with someone trying to outlaw students rights to pray in school.  As we continued talking, I found that this random person had similar background in programming and <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T7hZC7TOIChdmCHiXTSG5rYEXRY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T7hZC7TOIChdmCHiXTSG5rYEXRY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T7hZC7TOIChdmCHiXTSG5rYEXRY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T7hZC7TOIChdmCHiXTSG5rYEXRY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdamLDevore/~4/ynb8KQZwDvs" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamldevore.blogspot.com/2011/06/hour-at-goodyear.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518346524893295487.post-2826695430236560892011-04-23T21:55:00.000-05:002011-04-23T22:12:35.923-05:002011-04-23T22:12:35.923-05:00Adam L. DeVorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941555355628848345noreply@blogger.com0Still no update on when we can expect the firmware update from Dell, and I'm getting more and more frustrated with my DVP.  When it is working properly, it's great, but every now and again it locks up and the screen goes blank.  Removing the battery seems to be the only solution thus far, and I have to do it more often than I care to admit. I'm giving it one more week for Dell to say or do <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RJAA2R9jHMimrlCYJMMCFyWICuA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RJAA2R9jHMimrlCYJMMCFyWICuA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RJAA2R9jHMimrlCYJMMCFyWICuA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RJAA2R9jHMimrlCYJMMCFyWICuA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdamLDevore/~4/AhS4Rj0dnEk" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamldevore.blogspot.com/2011/04/continuing-problems-with-dell-venue-pro.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518346524893295487.post-22811463832074347382011-04-22T06:11:00.000-05:002011-04-22T06:11:24.327-05:002011-04-22T06:11:24.327-05:00Adam L. DeVorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941555355628848345noreply@blogger.com0If you pay any attention to things like this, you know that AT&amp;T is working on buying T-Mobile USA, and the T-Mobile commercials bashing AT&amp;T are still playing.  When I was a Sprint customer, I couldn't care less about this kind of thing.  With the WP7 release and the Dell Venue Pro, I jumped ship.  After all, the DVP is a pretty amazing phone and T-Mobile was the only carrier for it. Months <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5ObVFpdtQ-0--wfTpPWA6F0PHko/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5ObVFpdtQ-0--wfTpPWA6F0PHko/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5ObVFpdtQ-0--wfTpPWA6F0PHko/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5ObVFpdtQ-0--wfTpPWA6F0PHko/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdamLDevore/~4/czaTJWHTsDs" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamldevore.blogspot.com/2011/04/at-buying-t-mobile-usa-and-i-dont-like.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518346524893295487.post-66695002128046224092011-04-21T19:41:00.000-05:002011-04-21T19:41:42.060-05:002011-04-21T19:41:42.060-05:00Adam L. DeVorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941555355628848345noreply@blogger.com0So, I have a DVP running WP7, and I can't play most, if any, of the games my friends do with their Android or iOS devices.  While I wait for the availabilty of Angry Birds, and probably pass out from holding my breathe, I've been looking for other games to play. Looking through the free games, I ran across "Shuriken Ninja".  Seemed interesting, so I downloaded it to see how well it played.  <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TcZRXwyYLRJq9q0reOcrpu41NtI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TcZRXwyYLRJq9q0reOcrpu41NtI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TcZRXwyYLRJq9q0reOcrpu41NtI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TcZRXwyYLRJq9q0reOcrpu41NtI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdamLDevore/~4/g-y9M4s5mHM" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamldevore.blogspot.com/2011/04/shuriken-ninja-wp7-game-review.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518346524893295487.post-29212261249721310812011-04-18T19:53:00.000-05:002011-04-18T20:08:09.407-05:002011-04-18T20:08:09.407-05:00Adam L. DeVorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941555355628848345noreply@blogger.com0Sometimes it really is a bad idea to be one of the first people to try something new, sometimes it’s just a test of patience. At least that is how I see it as I wait for the firmware update to the Dell Venue Pro. My DVP is currently on firmware 2250.1500.7004.105. For the most part, it works smoothly and with very few issues; however, once the issues start, it takes me a frustrated five to ten <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7TFmxbfb5jGWJjrJa0OXkDqOD3U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7TFmxbfb5jGWJjrJa0OXkDqOD3U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7TFmxbfb5jGWJjrJa0OXkDqOD3U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7TFmxbfb5jGWJjrJa0OXkDqOD3U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdamLDevore/~4/hDb8IjlLUUA" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamldevore.blogspot.com/2011/04/patiently-waiting-dell-venue-pro.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518346524893295487.post-32173791856208081652011-04-15T21:19:00.000-05:002011-04-18T20:08:44.495-05:002011-04-18T20:08:44.495-05:00Adam L. DeVorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941555355628848345noreply@blogger.com0 I'm sure any programmer that's worked in the real world has met this guy, been this guy, or likes to make fun of this guy.  This was sent out by one of the DBAs at my work today and I had to share it. The joke is, this happens everywhere.  There's always someone that puts code into production without testing it, and sometimes not telling anyone, and it leads to a horrible crash that no one <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xigKxQBaBGOTWQo-7932RgVWnrw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xigKxQBaBGOTWQo-7932RgVWnrw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xigKxQBaBGOTWQo-7932RgVWnrw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xigKxQBaBGOTWQo-7932RgVWnrw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdamLDevore/~4/NnKdgFHGMu8" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamldevore.blogspot.com/2011/04/im-sure-any-programmer-thats-worked-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518346524893295487.post-14127144659185070762011-04-14T21:12:00.000-05:002011-04-18T20:09:22.004-05:002011-04-18T20:09:22.004-05:00Adam L. DeVorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12941555355628848345noreply@blogger.com0As far as smartphones go, I've been patient.  I am not a fan of anything from Apple and will stay away from as many of their products as I possibly can.  Additionally, the only choice for an iPhone for the longest time was AT&amp;T, a company I have always had issues with.  I'm sure it's a great phone, and I've seen some pretty amazing applications for it, but I'm not interested. As far as Android <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q1X2d1zI72egFfo6SXRnSye6T5U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q1X2d1zI72egFfo6SXRnSye6T5U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q1X2d1zI72egFfo6SXRnSye6T5U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q1X2d1zI72egFfo6SXRnSye6T5U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdamLDevore/~4/mIy4PYYohTA" height="1" width="1"/>http://adamldevore.blogspot.com/2011/04/iphone-android-windows-phone-7.html