Twitter – TweetDeck
I’m not sure how many of you guys use Twitter, but I certainly do. I like Twitter and its really useful and fun. Its a good way to spend your time if you are a little bored. Well I read about this program called TweetDeck that you can run on your computer that allows you to keep track of new tweets, see responses and even direct messages. Its a really unique interface and it makes keeping up with new tweets really simple. I like having it on my computer and its just that convenient. You should definitely get it, if you haven’t already. Click here to download it.

Syed Balkhi Contest
Syed over at Balkhis.com is hosting a contest alongside Market Leveraget and is giving away an Asus EEE Pc as well as a brand new Blue iPod Nano. He requested me to mention the contest on my blog and why wouldnt I? Its really easy to enter. You get 15 entries for subscribing. You can earn entries by earning money with Market Leverage which is a good idea because you make money and you could win something too and you can use the power of social networking by using Twitter to gain some entries as well. Its very simple and the prizes are great so go check it out!

Feedburner Move
If you’ve logged into Feedburner lately you know that it has now been attached to your Google Account. This isn’t a bad move but its frustrating because now in order to log into feedburner I have to log out of my personal email account. Anyway, the point of this blurb is to let you know that you will have to update your feed url on your blog as well as in the Feedburner Wordpress Plug-in (if you use it). The URL used to be http://feeds.feedburner.com/yourblogname and has now changed to http://feeds2.feedburner.com/yourblogname . Notice the “2″, thats the difference so be sure to update your feeds.

Bloggers Slowing Down
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed this but a lot of my fellow bloggers such as Balkhis and TheNetFool have seemed to slow down with the blogging just as I have. I mean, nobody is as drastic as mine and TheNetFool is probably the most active but I was just saying. I believe its because we’re all great college students and are hard at work with not enough time for blogging. Atleast, thats how it is for me. Have you guys seen a trend that bloggers are slowing down or is it just me?

Microsoft MyPhone Launched
Microsoft has launched the MyPhone service for all users of Windows Mobile Phones. I have a Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro Device and I was selected today to Beta Test this service and I have to say that its fantastic. This service gives Windows Mobile users access to the data on their phone – everything from contacts, calendar, tasks, text messages, pictures, video, documents – yes, basically everything on your phone from anywhere in the world. All I have to do now is login to my MyPhone account online and I can view all the data on my phone. Its an amazing piece of work and I love Microsoft for developing this. So far it works perfectly but I was wondering if any of you guys have heard about this service. If not, then you can sign up here for a beta and read more about it here.

Well, I hope you all have a great week ahead and Happy Monday. I’ll be blogging some more this week because my midterms get over tomorrow! Wish me luck!

Now, not having my desktop for a while made me realize a few things. It made me think about 10 things I couldn’t live without and so I figured I’d write them out and see what you guys think about it. One thing to note is that I havent included people otherwise obviously family and friends would be on here so just so you dont think that im being materialistic, I didnt include family and friends since thats a given. The list doesn’t have any order of importance since I think each one is as important as the next so here goes.

1) Phone - I use my phone quite a bit during the day. I obviously use it to make phone calls but also quite a bit for text messaging, taking pictures as well as browsing the internet and checking email. Its something that really makes my life easier because I don’t have to carry around more than one device to do it.

2) Computer – With my computer not being alive for 2 days I realized that I cannot live without it. Everything that I do on a daily basis almost always involves using my computer. Whether its audio editing, video editing or even creating a wallpaper in photoshop, I do it using my computer. Its an integral part of my work and blogging ofcourse, so I really do need my computer.

3) iPod Touch – My iPod Touch is something that I really love. Surprisingly I don’t even use my iPod for music or video. I mainly use my iPod to check email really quickly if I’m at school, to check twitter, to browse the web (Safari is quite amazing), check the weather, catch up on stocks and to watch a video or two on youtube.

4) Music – I love all types of music and on a daily basis I probably listen to music atleast an hour or two hours. Since I did mention that I don’t use my iPod for music, I actually play the music on my computer or in my car as I drive. I think music really helps me avoid school related stress and it makes the drive that I do every morning that much more enjoyable.

5) School - As stressful as school can be, I really enjoy school. No, this doesn’t make me a nerd but I think school, aside from the obvious use of it, also helps me stay refreshed. I like going to class and listening to lectures and such because I think it helps me not only stay in touch with lots of different topics but it helps me stay awake and keep my mind working. As nerdy as it may sound, I actually enjoy school and going to class!

6) Car – A car in Texas is almost a necessity but I think having a car allows me to get to school, go home, drive to the movies or even go to lunch/dinner. I really love my car and my parents will tell you that I do. There is an ad for Mercedes for their Summer Love event that my parents always refer to, saying thats how I feel about my car. Just for reference, here is the ad:

7) My Watch – I love having a wristwatch and without my watch I feel quite incomplete. I like to know the time, all the time. Having a watch on, any watch really, is like knowing almost everything. Most watches not only tell you the time but also the day and date. Its a really simple concept but try going without a watch for a few days and you’ll feel kind of lost.

8 ) Market Leverage – Now you might think I’m kidding, but really, Market Leverage has really been great and has helped revive this blog by running some amazing contests. I really appreciate all that they’ve done and I want to send a big Thank you to everyone over at Market Leverage, specially Dina Riccobono for being so amazingly fantastic and helpful. If you guys don’t know what it feels like to be associated with Market Leverage then please read the title of this post again, and then kindly sign up if you haven’t already

9) Blogging – Blogging has become such a big part of my life over the past 20 months of my life that I can’t seem to go too long without it. Even when I took my hiatus during November and part of December, I always wanted to write a post even while I was studying. I’m pretty sure that at this point, I would keep coming back no matter how long I’ve been away from blogging. It really keeps me thinking and keeps the creative/innovative side of me active and alive.

10) News – A lot of people don’t know it but I like reading the news. I like to get on CNN, MSN and Yahoo and even a few local news websites and check up on the latest happenings. I think its important to know not only whats happening in close proximity to you but also whats happening around the world and how it affects you. The news definitely can be depressing at times, but its reality (as long as you don’t consider gossip magazines).

So theres the 10 things I can’t live without. Can you tell me 10 things that you can’t live without? I think it will be interesting to see the list that some of you guys will come up with. If you decide to write a post, do link back or send me a comment so that I can come around and read your post. Have a great Friday everyone!

In case youre wondering, I’m going to tag some of my most loyal readers and friends: RomanDock Dot Com, Normal Joe, Jim (TheNetFool), Melvin, Andrea, Affiliate Hat, Donny Gamble, Jay (DatMoney), ZK (WebTrafficROI), Franklin Bishop, Freddie Taylor, Bruno Auger and last but not least ProBlogineer.

I saw this outside the Barnes and Noble and I noticed a lady get out of this vehicle by herself. I’m sure she has a use for a truck like this otherwise she wouldn’t get it right? Well, most probably thats wrong. It seems as though a lot of people are driving around large SUV’s mainly because they’re getting a better deal on them. A somewhat stupid way to justify burning twice as much fuel but whatever floats your boat. Either way, I saw this car and the lady getting out of it and I just had to take a picture because it sure is as large as it looks in the picture. I’m sure I could part two Mini’s back to back to make up the length of this car. Hope you like the picture!

Syed Balkhis: Balkhis.com
Debby Phillips: DebbyBanning.com
Market Leverage: MarketLeverage.com
I also wanted to Thank everyone at Market Leverage specially Debby and Dina for being so very helpful . I hope you guys enjoy the video post and give me your feedback!

I think that If I had lost my phone worth $130,000 I would go crazy. Well, it seems as though if you have the €85,000 ($131,000) price tag to pay for the Nokia’s 8800 Arte Pink then you arent worried about money. For the price you get a gold coated handset with 680 white and pink diamonds designed by none other than Peter Aloisson.

Sadly enough, if $4 per gallon of gasoline seems like a pinch to you, it would be hard to imagine how you’d feel if one of these diamonds were to fall out? Regardless of the showy exterior, this Arte Pink phone still has the same specifications as a standard Nokia 8800. Why would you spend that much? Go figure!

I came across this news item about 2 weeks ago and I really didn’t know anything about this until I did a little research but apparently the Police are unhappy with their current sirens in the US. They feel that sometimes while in the process of pulling over the driver, their sirens aren’t doing a great job if the driver isn’t paying close attention to what is behind them or if they have their music too loud. I have noticed that sometimes the sirens aren’t loud enough when I have the music going, well the “Rumbler” is a new siren that is said to fix all that.

This new siren is used along with the traditional siren and helps get attention mainly because it can also be felt. The siren can be felt from 200-300 feet away through the use of high output woofers and an amplifier. The main objective is to produce low frequency sound waves, kind of like a subwoofer that ends up shaking everything. The Rumbler does turn off automatically after 10 seconds and seem to be pretty effective.

They aren’t too expensive costing around $350 a siren and was developed by the Illinois-based Federal Signal Corp. It was apparently that motorists werent responding to the traditional sirens and hopefully the addition of the Rumbler can help them to either pull over or make way for patrol cars.

I was able to pull up a video of the Rumbler in action at night. I do not know too much about who took this video or where it was taken but I was able to acquire it through a little bit of searching on Youtube.

Here is another video of the Rumbler in action that was taken by a Police Officer. This one gives you the full Rumbler experience!

To start off I wanted to do a few questions from my readers. You can ask me any type of question that you want, as long as its not too obtrusive. I always try to reply to questions and requests in email but to have them done through video might be very interesting.

If you have a question that you would like to see me answer, then just leave me a comment with your question. I will answer all questions as long as they are appropriate. I will write a few questions for myself that I think might be interesting and I will try to record them during one video session this weekend. Let me know what you guys think of this idea.

Hopefully the videos will turn out good and that you guys will like them. So, if you have any question you would like answered, let me know!

What seems interesting is that how many people will actually be interested to scroll through an ad manually. I would have thought that an automatic scroll every 30 seconds or so may have been more interesting but that could get annoying if you are on a page for a longer period of time. The idea of the manual scrolling ad is a little confusing to me specially since most people will see a static ad and click on an ad if they are interested however, how many people actually are willing to browse through a scrollable ad to pick one they like. Anyway, it seems like something new that Google is going to try and lets see how it works out for publishers and Google. Have any of you seen an ad like this one elsewhere?