Came across a couple of interesting Firefox addins the past few days:

• OutWit Hub: http://www.outwit.com/products/hub/.  Allows you to automate harvesting web sites for information.  Very cool.
• Chickenfoot: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/uid/chickenfoot/quickstart.html.  Allows you to write scripts against a web page.

I wanted to get the photos off one of my old inactive cell phones. Took the Samsung E715 to T-Mobile hoping they would have a data cable to do the transfer. No such luck. Made me think that this would be a good business to have a kiosk at the mall.

Ordered a data cable from EBay for $5 including shipping. Figured I had little to lose if it didn’t work. Cable came and did fit the phone.

Hooked the phone up to my machine and installed the drivers. Problem is that the drivers are for XP and I only have Windows 7 now. Virtual PC was no help as it doesn’t use USB devices. Considered VMWare, but didn’t want the hassle. Decided I would just wait to find an XP machine.

Then I remembered that Windows 7 has XP mode. And it supports USB. Thought I would give it a go. Installed it and was able to install the drivers. But now what?

Eventually found a program on the CD called BitPim. I could not get it to recognize the E715. Downloaded the latest version and still no luck.

After much searching, eventually found a program from Samsung that does the trick. EasyGPRS. Not supported by Samsung, and seemingly only available from this link: http://download.52samsung.com:82/52_official_download/samsung/D418/

Extracted the pictures and am now very happy

Hopefully this will help someone else with the same issue save themselves some headaches and half a day of research.

Here are a couple of links to more information:

• http://completewaveguide.com/
• http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Get_Started_With_Google_Wave
• http://smarterware.org/4475/frequently-asked-questions-about-google-wave
• http://lifehacker.com/5407183/how-to-manage-a-group-project-in-google-wave

Lost Generation by Jonathan Reed

I am part of a lost generation
and I refuse to believe that
I can change the world
I realize this may be a shock but
“Happiness comes from within.”
is a lie, and
“Money will make me happy.”
So in 30 years I will tell my children
they are not the most important thing in my life
My employer will know that
I have my priorities straight because
work
is more important than
family
I tell you this
Once upon a time
Families stayed together
but this will not be true in my era
This is a quick fix society
Experts tell me
30 years from now, I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce
I do not concede that
I will live in a country of my own making
In the future
Environmental destruction will be the norm
No longer can it be said that
My peers and I care about this earth
It will be evident that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It is foolish to presume that
There is hope.

And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it.

And I love the fact it will now export to video.  About time.  PowerPoint is going to be used for much more than as a support for delivered speeches and business presentations.  If they can make it easy to use, it could threaten After Effects.

Office Powerpoint 2010 “Five Rules” sample presentation from Long Zheng on Vimeo.

…Wallpapers!

To get the Bing images to be your auto-rotating desktop background on Windows 7, check out this article with very clear simple instructions on exactly how to do just that.

http://teuxdeux.com/

TED has some amazing videos.  This takes them to a whole new level.  Simply amazing…

Inspired by Benjamin Zander on music and passion and The Dip from Seth Godin: