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Decade

2012-01-06T12:38:00.001-06:00

Wow, on Blogger for a decade. Time flies.

Hematoma Entry 2

2011-12-30T23:59:00.001-06:00

Here is the initial swelling on the upper outside part of the thigh. Below the scab area the swelling went away. The hematoma is basically from the scab upwards.

Bruising is basically gone now, but since fluid was drawn off it has noticeably filled back up.

Google Health

2011-12-30T23:46:00.001-06:00

I canceled my Google Health account today.

Hematoma

2011-12-28T19:10:00.001-06:00

I fell recently and my thigh and hip hit the top wooden rail on the cattle run and I ended up flat on the ground.

My leg ended up looking much like that in the picture on the hematoma wikipedia page.

Bruised from the top of the leg to behind the knee.

Although the picture shows what the bruising looked like it doesn't do a very good job of depicting what the actual hematoma looked like that I had.

It was a big bump and only got bigger. It looked about like a third butt cheek on the side of my leg.

Upon my first visit to the doctor he said he could likely not draw much fluid off with a needle as it was a jelly like consistency and it would breakdown over time to liquid that could be drawn off with a needle.

Yesterday the doctor took about 5 oz. of fluid off of it (think about the amount of a half can of a soda). That made a definite difference in size, but there was still a small more solid bump left. Since yesterday the bump does look to have grown a bit, which he said it may. We'll see how things look at my appointment next week.

Translation

2011-12-28T18:13:00.001-06:00

I also added Google Translate to the full site (dropdown in the upper right), so it can be enjoyed internationally. Ha. As it is translating text, hopefully it's much better than Google Voice's translation. I like Google Voice but the translation can make for some good humor.

Mobile

2011-12-28T18:11:00.001-06:00

I did enable the mobile stylesheet on this site a while back

Blogging

2011-12-28T17:08:00.001-06:00

So it has been some time since I posted anything here. Like many I frequented microblogging more and left this one simply out there like so much other randomness. Now my microblogging has fallen off, my football Facebook fan page has not seen me for a while and not contributing much on Google +, so who knows what's next. I could always hook my blog up to share on Google+.

Google Cloud Print in Action

2010-12-09T12:58:00.001-06:00

Maybe you have seen all of the hoopla about Google Cloud Print, but you haven't had a chance to see it in action. Well if you have the right version of Chrome and have enabled Cloud Print, try this. Login to your Google account on your mobile device, then simply open this post on your device and follow this link to the Google Cloud Print beta page. Once there click the "Print a test page" button in the upper right hand corner of the page. If all went well you will have the popup to select the printer you want to print to. Go ahead and select it and print. You should see the Google Cloud Print test page print on the printer you selected.

I have successfully done this from the browser on a BlackBerry 8530 and on an Android 1.6 based tablet.

Curious to know if others have the same results and from what device.

TGIF

2010-04-23T12:20:00.001-05:00

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

PSA

2010-04-20T18:19:00.000-05:00

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Human Target

2010-01-18T17:08:00.001-06:00

Did you see the new show Human Target on Fox? If not, you can still catch it on Hulu.

Xtreme Labs Speedtest Results

2009-12-29T18:24:00.002-06:00

Dec 29 18:19:15

Here are the Speedtest results for my Blackberry:

Connection Type: Carrier
Avg. Download Speed: 2659.5Kbits/s
Max. Download Speed: 2659.5Kbits/s

Avg. Upload Speed: 18.98Kbits/s
Max. Upload Speed: 60.09Kbits/s

Via Xtreme Labs SpeedTest

Merry Christmas

2009-12-29T07:10:00.002-06:00

Okay, the Photobucket Merry Christmas post got axed. Starting up the Jingle each time got annoying.

BlackBerry without BES

2009-12-29T06:36:00.000-06:00

Those that received a BlackBerry for Christmas might be interested in a previous post regarding setting up BlackBerry Outlook Web Access (OWA) with BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS).

Micro-blogging

2009-12-28T21:17:00.005-06:00

Micro as in little. That is how much regular blogging I have been doing. Football season kept me busy and since the season has ended I have simply been slacking from full post in favor of micro-blogging with Twitter, but you'll also find my Tweets here at the top right of this page under Twitter Updates.

Cool Iris

2009-12-28T20:46:00.000-06:00

If you haven't checked out CoolIris, it might be time to take a look. Works with Flickr, Aminus3, and others. (Not compatible with Google Chrome...Darn it. Oh well)

It gives you a wall of pictures to look through as shown for my photoblog pics.aminus3.com below. The screencast might give you a better feel of what it does.

Flags in Missouri at Half-Staff

2009-12-28T18:48:00.000-06:00

From what I have seen many times citizens don't know why flags are at half-staff at Missouri's State facilities. It is often to honor fallen soldiers/Marines or other men/women that have fallen in service to the state of Missouri.

If you see the flags at half-staff and wonder why, a good place to look is the Governor's Newsroom Archives.

This year alone, the Governor has ordered flags at half-staff 20 times.

Zoho Shoutbox

2009-12-18T21:02:00.000-06:00

An example of a ZOHO Shoutbox.

As noted in FAQ & Help Documentation

You can have a Shoutbox embedded in your blog or website to enable your site visitors to talk among themselves. If you are online, you can join their conversation as well. Shoutboxes can also be used in classroom environments. Students can interact on a topic among themselves and the instructor can join in too. Shoutboxes are transparent, everyone's chat is visible to all. Similar to Live Support, you can generate the HTML code for Shoutbox and embed it wherever you need it.

You can see what the Live Chat looks like from the customer/end user perspective in my previous post (that is, if I happen to be logged in to take your chat session).

The only one I haven't tried, at least yet, is the Live Support.

Zoho Chat

2009-12-15T19:48:00.004-06:00

Just playing with Zoho's Live Chat.

Internet Speed II

2009-11-08T22:36:00.002-06:00

My Internet Speed increased a while back. Can't complain about that.

A Bit Late, but Happy Halloween.

2009-10-31T22:20:00.001-05:00

Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!

Hopefully I'll find this to be funny and not look into taking legal action against myself for using a photo of me that I took myself. (somewhat of an inside joke)

Quick Thoughts on CellSpin

2009-10-29T07:08:00.004-05:00

I guess a pro of CellSpin would be that it is nice that the photos, videos, and recordings are hosted at CellSpin and not uploaded to Blogger taking up Picasa room, which I pretty much have full.

Cons

You can't edit posts made via Blogger, CellSpin, etc. from the mobile app. You basically have to go to blogger and/or CellSpin for this depending on the post and how you want to handle it. I haven't gotten very far, but at first glance it looks like editing CellSpin posts via the browser gives the option of appending, but not necessarily editing the actual posts. I'll have to play around with that one a bit.

You might be able to do something on the camera side, but it would be nice to have some control on how the picture displays when posted. Currently being cut off on the right side a bit as they display.

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I still need to try the recordings too.

Any other comparable free tools that anyone likes for blogging via the BlackBerry (Curve 8330)?

Enough CellSpin for tonight

2009-10-28T23:39:00.001-05:00

Uploaded by www.cellspin.net

312 Urban Wheat Ale

2009-10-28T23:31:00.001-05:00

Uploaded by www.cellspin.net

Mobile Blogging

2009-10-28T22:03:00.002-05:00

Just playing with CellSpin. Right off not sure if it is much better than simply e-mailing a post. It would be nice to be able to edit posts that are already on blogger using CellSpin.