Mike Milo's Journal

My friend Sue sent this to me the other day… Check it out and I’ll wait for you…

Illustrator wanted to create Mount Olympus Gods

Back again? okay…

It’s amazing how much people value our work! Idiots… And what’s worse is that people will bid and someone will get this job. There’s bids there now! Fools!

Sadly, (or actually befitting) it wont be what the guy wants and he will be disgruntled about using artists in general never knowing that it was his fault because he did not put a value on the art to begin with! Even funnier is that people often want to spend nothing in order to create millions! They’ve got this giant amazing idea that everyone will love but they don’t want to spend anything to make it but fully expect to make a mint from that free work.

Idiots!

Artists UNITE!

So this morning I wake up in a pretty decent mood. I trudge out to the kitchen to kiss my wife who got up early to make me pot luck stuff for my Christmas party at work. On my way I stumble on the carpet mat for my desk chair and my foot gets caught under it and I scrape my entire foot across its sharp spikes that prevent it from sliding. Now if I can manage to mame myself in the first 30 seconds of waking up,
its gonna be a good day ladies and gentlemen!

I am in love with my Evo 4g Android phone. It is an engineering marvel and while many friends I have love their iPhones, for me Android is a bit better simply because I do not have to bow down to what Steve Jobs will allow on my phone but rather can choose for myself what I prefer. That alone makes Android better. Well that plus IT’S GOT A FRIGGIN KICKSTAND!

Anyway, one of the best kick ass features of Android is the fact that you can install apps to your phone by scanning bar codes on websites! Of course you can install directly from your phone by using the standard App Market program installed on all Android phones but again I like choices.

How does it work? Lets say you’re on your computer and you’re searching for apps and you come across one you’ve just gotta have. Well you can fire up a cool lil app called Barcode Scanner and take a pic of the barcode on the website with your phone, which will then automatically send your phone to a link where you can download the file! Sweet!

When you find an app you like, you will see when you click on the install button a bar code like this:

The best place I find to search for and find apps on your phone is to go download an app called AppBrain. Alternately you can go to Appbrain.com and search on your desktop too. It works the same for Mac or PC. As for the Android phone app once you download it, you can use it in place of your regular app store to download stuff and what makes it better is that you can make backups of your other apps online just in case something goes awry on your phone. If your phone is destroyed and you lose all your apps, once you get your new Android phone you only have to reinstall Appbrain and resync your phone and all your apps will reinstall.

You can also search on your desktop after you’ve created an appbrain account. and then install to your account from the web. Then you sync your phone’s Appbrain app with the website  and all the apps you’ve selected on the desktop website  will be installed automatically onto your phone!

One other thing not everyone knows about the difference between installing on an iPhone vs an Android phone is the fact that ANY paid app can be installed onto an Android phone and if you don’t like it, simply uninstall it and your money is instantly refunded! How cool is THAT!?!?!

I know right? Geek out!

If you’re still reading at this point…

Here’s a few other awesome useful tools I use to customize my Evo:
Evernote
A great notepad that allows picture inserts, lists, website links, forex trading and even digital inking where available which will synchronize with your ‘access anywhere’ online account.

Mute
Self explanatory but extremely useful one step button for those meetings where you can’t afford to have the phone ring out loud.

Geodelic
basicly a find it app which tells the nearest you are to stuff like restaurants, shops etc… also has a search feature you can search for other stuff. I found my Halloween costume this year with this app.

The Weather Channel
Obvious but useful when you want to instantly know the temp

Funny Warp
take a pic and warp the face either with the auto warp button or just by dragging your finger over the face.

Cardio Trainer
self invokes and watches for when you move a lot and catalogs it and tells you calories burned all by itself

App 2 Sd
allows you to move installed programs to your sd card

Shopper
scan a book or a product at the store and it will find it cheaper elsewhere

Pandora
endless supply of custom tailored music channels for your tastes.

Google Sky
shows you in real time what stars are in the sky

Camera 360
Much better than the installed camera app. Better control of the flash,  as well as added stuff to play with such as frames and props.

Picsay
Allows you to put word balloons and props on pics you take. Very fun to play around with.
Lookout
Will scan everything you download for viruses and if you lose your phone will allow you to track it online. For free.

I don’t know if there’s any one else out there who’s ever bought a TV and lost the manual only to find later that you need it to reset the moronic V-Chip in it to watch anything but Sponge Bob but… in case anyone ever does look it up on the web, I have not found this answer anywhere else so I will post it on my blog to stand as a beacon and a thumb in the eye of Bill stupid ass Clinton and his clowny time V-Chip. To reset the Megavision Hyvision 192 TV/monitor’s V-chip setting (and for the most part any other V-Chip enabled TV who’s manual you’ve lost) all you need to do is type in 0000 (numbers not letters) and it will unlock the stupid v-chip lock. I hope this helps!

Here’s a down and dirty way to rig up an eye in Flash. While it’s certainly not exhaustive,  you can see how it’s possible to use Flash’s very powerful symbol hierarchy.

A man and his wife were working in their garden one day and the man looks over at his wife and says:
“Your butt is getting really big, I mean really big. I bet your butt is bigger than the barbecue.”
With that he proceeded to get a measuring tape
and measured the grill and then went over to where
his wife was working and measured his wife’s bottom. Yes, I was
right, your butt is two inches wider than the barbecue!!!”
The woman chose to ignore her husband. Later that nigh t in bed, the
husband is feeling a little frisky. He makes some advances towards
his wife who completely brushes him off.
What’s wrong?” he asks.
She answers: “Do you really think I’m going to fire up this big-ass
grill for one little weenie?”

Okay maybe this isn’t perfectly accurate but ya gotta admit… there’s are a few things that are pretty close here…

If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one. If a liberal doesn’t like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn’t eat meat. If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life. If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.
If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches channels. Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church. A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.
(Unless it’s a foreign religion, of course!)
If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it. A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.
If a conservative reads this, he’ll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh. A liberal will delete it because he’s “offended”.

Guy goes into a bar, there’s a robot bartender.

The robot says, ”What will you have?”

2010 Census Information  

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WARNING: 2010 Census Cautions from the Better Business Bureau Be Cautious About Giving Info to Census Workers by Susan Johnson   With the U.S. Census process beginning, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises people to be cooperative, but cautious, so as not to become a victim of fraud or identity theft. The first phase of the 2010 U..S. Census is under way as workers have begun verifying the addresses of households across the country. Eventually, more than 140,000 U.S. Census workers will count every person in the United States and will gather information about every person living at each address including name, age, gender, race, and other relevant data.   The big question is – how do you tell the difference between a U..S. Census worker and a con artist? BBB offers the following advice:   ** If a U.S. Census worker knocks on your door, they will have a badge, a handheld device, a Census Bureau canvas bag, and a confidentiality notice.. Ask to see their identification and their badge before answering their questions.  However, you should never invite anyone you don’t know into your home.
** Census workers are currently only knocking on doors to verify address information.   Do not give your Social Security number, credit card or banking information to anyone, even if they claim they need it for the U.S. Census.   While the Census Bureau might ask for basic financial information, such as a salary range, YOU DON’T HAVE TO ANSWER ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION. The Census Bureau will not ask for Social Security, bank account, or credit card numbers, nor will employees solicit donations. Any one asking for that information is NOT with the Census Bureau..
Eventually, Census workers may contact you by telephone, mail, or in person at home. However, the Census Bureau will not contact you by Email, so be on the lookout for Email scams impersonating the Census.   Never click on a link or open any attachments in an Email that are supposedly from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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