Maricris rocking the Guitar Hero

Cam's swirl

Cam's swirl.

function keys on a thinkoutside bt keyboard

i have a thinkoutside bt keyboard, the "sonoma" model and it's paired with my samsung q1p. i thought i would miss having a dedicated row of numbers, but i've learned to work around it. what i do miss, however, are the function keys of (f1-f12). i thought i read somewhere that you could use a series of key presses to emulate the function keys, but tech on the other end of the support line said that there was no such thing. then, i remembered that i thought i saw the article on jkontherun. that's when i found this post. sure enough, using the left fn key plus the keys on the "a through l" row acted as the function keys.

i tried calling support back to let them know what i found, but it was past their support hours.

removing image persistence from a lcd monitor

i've had the same background image on my lcd at work for a few months and every time i work on a blank word doc, i've noticed that i can see a ghostly after image in the white space. i don't have a screen saver because i thought that lcd's were immune to the screen burn problems that plasmas and crts have. a quick google brought me to this simple lifehacker tip to create a all white background and use it as my screen saver. i started using it today, so i'll report back on it's effectiveness.

it's 7:28 and i'm STILL at the office?

why the heck am i still plugging away when my family is at home, waiting for me, and the cleaning crew are vacuuming away? it's because i spent most of day doing knowledge transfers for my team. i recently became a manager and hired some new folks. so, during the day, i put on my manager hat and teach them "stuff" and when they go home, i put on my propeller cap and geek away.

Cool birthday calendar

A co-worker sent me a link to a cool birthday calculator. Plug in your birthdate and you'll find out all kinds of wacky info about yourself.

Phone pix

I've created a new Fotki photo album called "Phone Pix" to store all my phone cam pictures. You can check it out here.

Mobile Post

Hello, this post is coming to you from my Toshiba e800.

Post Thanksgiving day update

Ok, it's been many moons since this blog has been touched, I haven't reallly been telling anyone that I do have a blog. I've debated, internally, whether I want to commit myself to a blog. I've started many a journal, both off line and on, but have never really kept it up. I've argued with myself as to the importance of recording my thoughts either for public consumption or for personal reflection. In the end, apathy wins out.

My first post

Yeah, I've got a blog.