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Ok just recieved my cellular telephone bill. Im sure someone out there hears me when I say. Whats with these $39.95 a month plans that get carried out into hundreds of dollars in the long run? I mean come on you cant expect eveyone to pay an arm and a leg for these things. However call me a sucker I am going to pay it. I just dont think it is fair for them to charge that much for overage. The moral of the story is “DO NOT” use your cellular providers data service (i.e. Ringtones, Weather, etc. ). They will only grant you a one way ticket to an early disconnection fee.
This is not my first cell phone bill nor will it be my last cell phone bill. Please I would love some feedback on this post. Im sure I am not the only one who has ever dispised their cellular or static telephone company.

Well once again I am moving to another home. Wow seems like I just got here and already time to move. Well I’m not going too far. I plan to move to the small town of Nekoosa, Wisconsin on 2/1/06. I have been looking for a place for some time and this place is right for the time being. I appologize for the lack of blog activity lately. I have been extremely busy with work and also learning some new programming skills. There are many other reasons that I wont get into here. Just so you know I am alive and doing well. Cheers everyone :)

My most recent web design project calls for an sql database to store and retrieve information quickly and efficiently. I have dreaded this day for months. I will admit until recently I have had somewhat poor luck learning php and mySql or (Server Query Language) . Until recently I had a break though. I finally understand the way it all works. I also recently developed an unknown talent for JavaScript. I really like this programming stuff, especially when it involves web pages and the internet. I am constantly learning new things and won’t stop here. I by no means am claiming to be an expert in database development and php scripting. Just like to write a post with some recent stuff in it. I will be posting some example pages here for all to see the results of my progress.

I recently was commisioned to design a website for CATSKIER.COM and PLANETXC.COM . The site will include online sales and also product manuals and training information. I am really excited about this project and cant wait to complete it. The company SISU company is a local company here in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.

The Motorola V710 appeared to be an excellent phone. It had everything the Razor had to offer and more. However there were several things I didn’t like about the phone also. Now I will admit most of the features had been disabled by my carrier.

One of the main features that have been disabled is the ability to place an mp3 file on the external transflash card, and use the file as a ring tone. This is obviously an attempt to encourage use of their data service to obtain ring tones. So just to make things worse the camera takes grainy photos and even worse video. The phone obviously has the capability of a 1995 webcam :) . After about 4 months of use my Motorola V710 just froze up and stopped functioning. So I purchased a Nokia 6255I and am actually impressed with Nokia’s new camera phone. This phone features to memory card expansion slots for storage of mp3’s, photos and any other data you can stuff on a MMC card. However once again I believe this feature has been disabled by my carrier. It also takes crystal clear photo and video that is actually worth shooting. The infared feature seems to work however transfer of photos from the phone to any other device via Bluetooth or infared has also been disabled. It seems to be an overall great phone. However the phone is rather blocky and I have never been a big fan of Nokia’s phone interface. This phone is a nice phone however with all these features being disabled it makes for a sour experience.

VLC player is a great little video player that supports almost any format of video you can find. This application goes way beyond the call of duty by providing stereo options, zoom options, playlists, always on top, audio scope view and more. If you haven’t already tried VLC you should definitely download it and give it a shot.

Link: VLC Player