tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309987652011-11-27T17:14:17.218-08:00Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-34823806963367047492011-07-14T05:58:00.000-07:002011-07-14T09:54:09.849-07:00<div>In today's modern world can we really use the excuse "I couldn't reach you"? </div><div><br /></div><div>I recently read "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> over 70% of the worlds population now have a mobile phone, that’s over 5 billion mobile subscribers, and in places like the US, it’s 9 in 10 people. " </span>in an article about the growth of mobile phones. So pretty much everyone has a cell phone. About 1/2 of those are some form of smartphone, Iphone/Android/BlackBerry etc...<div><br /></div><div>I haven't bothered to look up the stats on e-mail/facebook/twitter, but I am sure that pretty much everyone in the US has at least one account of this type.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lets not forget the IM services out there, Google Talk/Yahoo Messenger/AOL etc..<br /><div><br /></div><div>Personally I have Android smartphone. I have accounts on Facebook and Twitter. I have e-mail accounts with Google, AOL, Yahoo,my personal domain. Because of my e-mail accounts I also have Google Talk,Yahoo Messenger and AOL IM accounts.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh and I almost forgot I have a Google voice account and all of my work related phone numbers and e-mails. Pretty much all of those accounts and services are available on my phone. </div><div><br /></div><div>I am a huge gadget geek. My phone is never more then a few feet away from me. The only time I am away from it, is when I choose to be on purpose. Date nights, family time, vacation etc... Unless I have a reason to avoid it, I am available through my cell phone. For those times when I do choose to be incommunicado, voicemail / text / e-mail pick up the slack. I reply to everything, because I think it is rude not to.</div><div><br /></div><div>Which leads me to my point.. Unless I don't want to be reached, there is no excuse for someone not being able to reach me. </div><div><br /></div><div>I know everyone is not like this, but in today's world how many are just like me. How many can claim "There is no excuse to not reach me" ?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div><br /></div></span></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-3482380696336704749?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588969731324256407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-43511603882772867172010-09-20T07:11:00.000-07:002010-09-20T07:55:38.916-07:00My oldest Son has joined the Marines. One of the, if not the proudest times of my life.<br /><br />I have started writing letters to him. This is bringing something to light that I hadn't realized. I have forgotten how to write a letter!<br /><br />Now I don't mean I have forgotten how to write or spell. I have lost the subtle skill of communicating in written form. The immediate nature of e-mail or text messaging, has removed the need to be thorough when writing. You have to be clear and concise when writing a letter that may take a week to get to it's recipient , and another week to get back to you.<br /><br />I find myself writing, and re-writing sections of the letter. I don't want to leave anything hanging were Chris might have question or worry. If I do, it will be 2 weeks before I can clarify it.<br /><br />I guess this is just another example of technology doing away with the need for an elegant skill. For now I am going to try and revive this need and keep it alive. :)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-4351160388277286717?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-45797324351293260372010-07-14T12:53:00.000-07:002010-07-14T12:54:19.074-07:00<h1>How to laugh yourself slim: The 50 very unlikely - but medically proven - diet tips </h1><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><br />Read more: <a style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153);" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1294170/How-laugh-slim-The-50-unlikely--medically-proven--diet-tips.html#ixzz0tgjgITba">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1294170/How-laugh-slim-The-50-unlikely--medically-proven--diet-tips.html#ixzz0tgjgITba</a><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-4579732435129326037?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-65003995837447902812010-07-12T18:34:00.001-07:002010-07-14T12:56:09.831-07:00<p>Been helping the Wife setup a blog for her to use as a classroom website. <a href="http://mrswardskindergarten.blogger.com/">http://mrswardskindergarten.blogger.com/ </a><br />Which made me realize I have pretty much ignored my personal blog.<br /><br />So I installed Blogger-droid on my Droid so I can update my blog from where ever.<br /><br /><br /></p><div style="clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;">Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.5</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-6500399583744790281?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-64628080587187678362010-07-11T19:41:00.000-07:002010-07-14T13:05:45.194-07:00I have been accused of being addicted to facebook. Well in some ways I agree..<br /><br />I access FaceBook multiple times a day, but if I find myself without internet access it doesn't bother me.<br /><br />It does bother me to be without e-mail access, but FaceBook can wait a day or 2.<br /><br />So I would say I am addicted to checking my e-mail, but not FaceBook.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-6462808058718767836?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-50783650632178381072010-01-18T11:46:00.000-08:002010-01-18T11:49:06.582-08:00The fact that I haven't posted anything to my blog is a testiment to how much time I waste on Twitter and Facebook..<br /><br />I started this blog to have a place to rant/bitch/moan etc, but I have just ignored it.<br /><br />Now is the time....<br /><br />Rant, Bitch, Moan, Rant, Bitch, Moan.. There now that I have that done, I can start posting.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-5078365063217838107?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-1153276638535698632006-07-18T19:31:00.000-07:002006-07-18T19:37:18.543-07:00I watched the first half of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_(TV_series)">Eureka</a>, it was a little slow so I decided to catch the rest on PVR later.<br /><br />The show so far is ok, the actors seem well picked, but something is missing. Again I have only seen half of it.<br /><br />Hopefully the 2nd half will be better.<br /><br />CYA<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-115327663853569863?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-1152796363685895992006-07-13T06:07:00.000-07:002006-07-13T06:12:43.696-07:00I guess you never get to old to game.<br /><br />A couple of friends and I played BattleField 2 for about 3 1/2 hours last night. Nothing like throwing rockets from your helicoptor at your buddies.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-115279636368589599?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-1152674266134702312006-07-11T19:57:00.000-07:002006-07-11T20:17:46.146-07:00I recently decided to try and move all of my web services, E-mail, webserver, etc... to virtual services instead of keeping a physical server up and running.<br /><br />So far so good:<br /><ul><li>E-mail = <a href="http://www.google.com/hosted/">Gmail for Domains</a><br /></li><li>Web = <a href="http://pages.google.com/">Google page creator</a></li><li>Blog = <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a></li><li>DNS = <a href="http://godaddy.com">GoDaddy</a> includes this.<br /></li></ul>Coming soon :<br /><ul><li>Picture hosting</li><li>Projects -- Get PHPBackPage back out there.</li></ul>E-mail : I applied for the beta of Gmail for Domains and was lucky enough to be chosen, the setup was very easy and gmail's interface just rocks!! <br />Cost = FREE<br /><br />Web : I forwarded my domain <a href="http://db94.org">db94.org</a> to my Google pages website. Simple but it works..<br />Cost = FREE<br /><br />Blog : I started this so I could use Picasa to post pictures, but I will probably use it for posting other stuff also. Obiviously so, I am posting this.<br />Cost = FREE<br /><br />DNS : GoDaddy offers free DNS service with their domain registration. Interface isn't great, but it works.<br />Cost = 16.95 for 2 years.<br /><br />Picture hosting : Just haven't spent the time to pick the one I want. I am not sure I want to post a bunch of personal pictures on the free sites. I might just have to pay for that.<br /><br />Projects : Probably look into Sourceforge or something like that.<br /><br />Enough for now.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-115267426613470231?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-1152671447658044782006-07-11T19:29:00.000-07:002006-07-11T19:30:47.660-07:00My family.......<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2277/3336/640/IMG_4860.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2277/3336/320/IMG_4860.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Brittany, Chris, Nick, Sara and my Mother.&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-115267144765804478?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-1152671368029217502006-07-11T19:27:00.000-07:002006-08-07T18:33:07.220-07:00My wife ( the one of the left ) at her graduation. <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2277/3336/640/img_1173.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2277/3336/320/img_1173.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My late Sister and Sara<br /></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2277/3336/640/img_1205.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2277/3336/320/img_1205.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sara and Nick my youngest Son.<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2277/3336/640/img_1219.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2277/3336/320/img_1219.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-115267136802921750?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30998765.post-1152671166934739242006-07-11T19:25:00.000-07:002006-07-11T19:26:06.940-07:00Well I finally got around to starting a blog....<br /><br />I will probably just use it for pictures and the random thought here or there.<br /><br />We will see.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30998765-115267116693473924?l=db94.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Wardnoreply@blogger.com0