I’ve had a Nokia 6160 phone since about 1997 – when I moved to Texas. And for even longer I’ve had AT&T Wireless service – back when they were CellularOne – and then more recently when ATT sold off to Cingular.
So finally my old phone starts to act up and it’s time to get something new and whizzy. But Cingular wants me to sign up for a 2 year contract – even though I’ve been a subscriber to the company they just bought for 8 years. Well hell – may as well shop around, then.
Nextel caught my eye. Partly because they’re geared for business use. And partly because they make phones for people, not kiddies. Only one of their phones has a camera, everything else is just for work. And then I read about their built-in GPS and the TeleNav software which lets your phone function like a in-car GPS. Well I’ve been wanting that a while, but…
I was looking around a while for a nice RSS feed reader that would work like an IM client. That is, something lightweight that would sit in the system tray until I wanted it, would be easy to customize the console view, look great, and only show the text of the feed – I don’t need yet another browser applicati0n.
And I found it: KlipFolio.
Looks great, can be skinned, and has cool modules to do things like check weather, GMail, and ftp servers. They have their own “klip” format to encapsulate feeds. Which is good and bad – the bad is it looks more like a closed system. The good is that adding feeds through their klipfarm.com is as easy as clicking a link – and the klip modules allow you to make setting changes on a per-feed basis – awesome. They also have modules to include generic…
I must say that WordPress installed very easy. As painless as it could be. Plug-ins and themes are a bit more work than they could be – some of the newer BBS systems have that down to almost an art form.
But most open-source content systems are pretty good these days. Installation is usually a snap and the community surrounding the projects donates themes and plug-ins and you name it. And it’s all free.
If you have the smarts to drive the bus, that is.
All in all this is one awesome machine. I could have saved a couple of hunred bucks with a Dell or Gateway, but it was worth it to get enough speed to last me for 2 or 3 years. There’s bound to be price reductions for the holiday season, so if you’re looking for a cool new PC, I can recommend the Micron whole-heartedly.
