Writing by Jose on Thursday, 3 of April , 2008 at 10:37 am
Ok, I sat up last night thinking about what I wanted to say for my first opening episode. It will only be me for right now as I discuss the details of the show and tell a little about the cast. I actually tried recording some last night but it was kind of late and you could defiantly tell it in my voice. It’s really weird though, after you talk and then play it back over the speakers. I guess it’s just something I’m going to have to get used to. So make sure you guys stay tuned because I plan on having the first episode up tomorrow. Glee…
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Writing by Jose on Wednesday, 2 of April , 2008 at 12:06 pm
Ok, I know I have talked about some things that I would like to see happen on Kinston.com, but almost everything I talk about here is completely out of my hands. I make suggestions to the media/web committee and they do with it what they please. But when it comes to this blog, pretty much anything I want to do is up to me. So… I am in the process of talking with some of my friends and my brother about doing a podcast.
Yes, you heard correctly… A podcast. I like the whole posting thing, but I think you as the viewer would enjoy a much richer discussion if it were audible. I will still be posting in the blog, but my main effort is to start up a really cool podcast.
If you have never heard of podcasting, it is a really easy way for anyone with some knowledge of recording audio on a computer, to upload your thoughts and ideas to the internet for everyone to listen. Up until the newest version of iTunes, it was kind of frustrating to find podcasts. You would have to actually search the net for podcasts and then manually download the MP3’s of the show. But now iTunes has streamlined podcasts by allowing the developer to submit there podcast feed and they list them all in there podcast section.
So… hopefully in the next week or two or three or… lol. Just kidding. Maybe a week, I will have a brand spanking new podcast to upload to Press Play. I think it’s going to be awesome and so should you. Leave your comments about stuff you want us to talk about and maybe we will have visitor guests on the show later on.
PS. I’m sorry but I don’t know if there will be a Random Crap today. I’m really busy today and I just don’t know if I’m going to be able to get to it. Sorry 
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Writing by Jose on Sunday, 30 of March , 2008 at 10:00 am
So, I’m currently on my way to the beach. With my trusty iPhone with its wonderful Google maps. The occasion? My wife’s side of the family has there Easter cookout a week after so the other side of the family can all meet together. Makes sense I guess.
But the main point about this post is to talk about the iPhone’s ability to cut your trip time in half. You see… AT&T’s data network pretty much spans all major roads so I can enjoy youtube to its fullest even on the move. The network performs very well but there is one drawback with Google maps. There is a semi GPS feature that comes with it. Instead of using satellites, it uses cellular towers to triangulate your position. Well obviously this doesn’t work unless there are more than one tower in the general area.
Well, were getting closer to our destination and I need to use my maps so… Catch you later.
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Writing by Jose on Wednesday, 26 of March , 2008 at 2:21 pm
Man oh man… What’s up everyone. Again I have procrastinated my week away. Good news though. I got my replacement motherboard in and everything’s back to normal. Well, once I catch up with my work at home it will be normal. I took Monday off to hang out with family from Easter and get my computer back up and running.
But enough of that and now to our main feature.
This Wednesdays random crap is SPAM
OMG… if you have ever had an email account or any kind of forum or blog, you will know that spam is a very evil and nasty thing to deal with. Obviously there are precautions you can take to avoid spam. Like not putting your email address in every single box that asks for it online. I wouldn’t recommend giving your email address out to people who don’t really like you either. All they would have to do is spend about 5 minutes searching online for naughty sights and put your email address into the newsletter box and you would receive spam every single day for a very long time. That account would basically be ruined. But I’m not really going to talk to much about how to fix this though. Another time maybe.
What I want you to know is where it came from. Trust me… it’s old. The first message believed to be spam was through Western Union in the 19th Century. It was sent by Morse Code and this message was sent to a large number of destinations at once.
-.. — -.-. / -… .-. — .– -. .—-. … / . .-.. .. -..- .. .-. / — ..-. / …- .. - .- .-.. .. - -.– / ….. —– / .–. . .-. -….- -.-. . -. . / — ..-. ..-.
Translates to:
doc brown’s elixir of vitality 50 per-cent off
Pretty crazy stuff. Many people think that the only type of spamming is email but spamming is the abuse of any electronic messaging system to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages.
• instant messaging spam
• Usenet newsgroup spam
• Web search engine spam
• blog spam
• wiki spam
• mobile phone messaging spam
• Internet forum spam
• junk fax transmissions
So much spam… it makes me want to cry. Even after one day has passed on this site, I will have about 20 messages that are all spam. Some companies provide really good filters though for fighting the problem.
The first email spam was released on May 2nd, 1978. Gary Thuerk sent an unsolicited electronic message to large numbers of the users of ARPANET, promoting a new product from his company Digital Equipment. The reaction from the net community was fiercely negative, but Gary’s spam did generate some sales. Gary was interviewed on the CBC Television.
Big spamming problems didn’t start occurring though until the 1990’s though.
So now that you truly know about spam, check out what I like to do with my spam when it starts to over flow on me 
Spam Wiki page
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