Barb’s Connected World

My personal cell phone these days is  a Blackberry Curve 8330 (yeah, it’s pink). Mostly because it is the twin on the one I was issued at work so I don’t need a whole different set of accessories (desktop charger, cables, etc.).

I actually like the device alot. Email on the go for sure keeps me uber connected, but I’ve only enabled a few of my email addresses for this.  I resisted getting a smart phone for a long time, but now I don’t know how I managed without one. 

One thing that I didn’t like was the default theme pack offered by Verizon. But there certainly is a large variety of user designed theme-ware to be found online. The iPhone like bBerry theme caught my eye, mostly because of the Blue Marble shot of Earth and the clean, Zen iPhone iconography.  I customized it even further by adding a wallpaper (just like the one that comes with the theme itself) with my name on it (Photoshop, how do I count the ways).  I like the “Today” default view.

I’ve been a Quicken user since the beginning of time. DOS version 3 I think. I’m sad because competition is always good.  Anyway, C|Net states notices will go up on the MSFT web site within the next 24 hours. Support for existing Money users will end in January 2011. Fortunately, Quicken has always had a good conversion program for people switching from MS Money.

Many of you will remember the 31 Days of the Dragon and HP Magic Giveaway Contests. BuzzCorps was the magic behind the curtain for both. As a start-up company, BuzzCorps used the power of the Internet through influential bloggers for grassroots “buzz”/word of mouth marketing. It was a win-win for all involved.

As they matured, more clients and staff came onboard. And now BuzzCorps is announcing a new name – Ivy Worldwide.

What better way to kick the new branding than by holding a contest to design a new logo. With prizes including:

Winning Design Grand Prize
• $2,500 Cash

2nd Place Design Prize
• Loaded HP Mini 1000 XP edition series (up to $500 in value) or HP Photosmart Pro B8850 Printer (up to $500 in value)

3rd Place Design Prize
• Wacom Intuos4 Small Pen Tablet (up to $200 in value)

Ivy Worldwide has a temporary website with all the details/rules/instructions at http://www.ivyworldwide.com/

The contest starts now and the contest ends June 12th at midnight Central Time.

Best of luck to all who enter. I look forward to seeing all the great entries!

Trying to access the WHS console with my ASUS Eee 1000HEB PC had been an adventure up until today’s update for WHS. Most 10 inch Netbooks have a 1024 x 600 screen resolution, and prior to this update, viewing the entire WHS console was problematic.

Windows Update should offer this patch for your WHS, or you can update manually.