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Twitter Updates for 2008-10-21

EclecticGuy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:59:59 +0000

is off to EMC’s Innovation Conference #
I’m at the EMC Innovation Conference and looking forward to Alan Marcus’ from the World Economic Forum presentation #

Mt Biking at Great Brook Farm

EclecticGuy — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:40:30 +0000

Had a great ride with Chris and Tom at Great Brook Farm State Park last night. The place has changed a lot since the last time I rode here. We got “lost” a couple of times. Tophet Loop and Heartbreak Ridge rock!

Tom took a close look at the mud under this bridge on Tophet Loop East.

Here’s the route we took in basically a clockwise direction.

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Mt Biking Mine Falls

EclecticGuy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:19:01 +0000

Chris, his friend Alex and I had a tame ride in Mine Falls this evening. It was a perfect evening to ride – cool, dry and no bugs! No casualties either. Afterwards, we headed to La Carreta in Nashua for dinner.

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Mine Falls in Nashua, NH

Canoeing on the Squanacook River

EclecticGuy — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:39:03 +0000

Took Nick, John and my 6 y/o nephew William canoeing on the Squanacook River this morning. We spent most of the time tracking and catching turtles sunning themselves on logs. Caught 2! We saw several Great Blue Herons and a small Hummingbird Moth landing on Water Lilies out on the river.

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Mt Biking by the Nashua River

EclecticGuy — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:06:04 +0000

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Went Mt Biking with my friends Chris and Tom yesterday. It was more a fun ride. On the way back, Chris and Tom both got a nasty scrape; Chris from a tree that tried to lance him and Tom attempting a steep descent covered with scree. The scree won. Oh, and Chris also hit a hidden stump off trail and took a tumble. As for me, I just had a few small “fall over sideways from a complete stop” in to soft sand & gravel.

Some of my favorite iPhone apps

EclecticGuy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:41:06 +0000

Let me start with the AOL Radio app. This is a little gem and it is free too! Basically, it plays over 200 CBS owned radio stations from across the USA. The song’s title, artist and album artwork are displayed if available. You can browse by Stations, tag Favorites, look at Recent stations or songs and browse local based on your location. The interface is simple and easy to navigate. One of the coolest features is Find – which looks like a little magnifying glass next to the song’s album art. Touching it brings up a panel that lets you Find on iTunes, Find on AOL Music or Remember This Song. The Recent Songs list also lets you Find! For people like me that can never remember the names of songs and artists, this is a great feature!

Next up is Chopper – a very addictive action game. I am not a big video game fan (actually, I am a recovered Gameaholic from the early 80s) but it is good to have a game or 2 ready to fill in a boring wait or keep the kids occupied. This game is relatively simple – guide a helicopter by tilting the iPhone to make it ascend/descend and move forward/backward and hover. There are 60 missions (levels) to complete. The basic idea is to rescue little people while avoiding missiles and bazooka fire. Enimies can be crushed by landing on them! Fun, and addicting.

If you are a Facebook fan – like me – then you will really like the iPhone Facebook app version 1.1. Sure, the Facebook Webapp has been around for a while but this dedicated app has some great features and is fast. Some differences from the Webapp are: it supports Facebook chat, it is integrated with the camera and photo album on your iPhone so you can take a photo and immediately share it right from Facebook, you can alos write on your friends’ walls, and the coolest feature – photo tags are displayed when you touch a friend’s photo! This 1.1 update is siginifacntly more stable than the first version too. DId I mention it is free?

And let’s not forget the WordPress app! This little gem finally takes blogging on the road. You can use this free app to edit and create new posts on WordPress.com blogs or your own installations of WordPress. It supports multiple blogs too. A nice feature is its camera and photo album integration. Not a bad 1.0 product!

iPhone activated

EclecticGuy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:27:05 +0000

If you read my post yesterday, you know the story. The Apple store had to send me to the AT&T store this morning. My account was completely messed up. The gent at AT&T got things sorted and working in 10 minutes. Thanks Dennis at AT&T in the Burlington Mall!

What a commute in the rain!

EclecticGuy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:29:03 +0000

Check out the 4 mile, 3 lane backup on Rt 2 heading east towards 128!

Looking east.

Mt Biking Beaver Brook

EclecticGuy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:52:40 +0000

Rode with Chris and Todd at Beaver Brook. This was my first time there, lots of uphill. A big thunder storm was moving in from the west and after about 30 minutes it started to rain, making the trails slippery. We took the short way out and headed for a Mexican restaurant for burritos.

We went counterclockwise from the starting point.

The English Beat, The Fixx and The Alarm

EclecticGuy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:55:04 +0000

Went to see these 3 bands in concert last night and sat in the front row. It was a great show at the Tupelo in Londonderry, New Hampshire. I had not seen The Alarm before and I have to say they were awesome. Great punk with a dose of pop. They really knew how to work the crowd with lots of energy. All photos taken on my iPhone.

The Fixx is always a good show.

The most impressive thing was, right after The English Beat started their 1st song, the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate. After taking our seats again, the band picked up right at the last note! It was amazing to see.