Creeva’s World 2.0

This post has multiple parts to it, so fair warning I’m guessing this one is going to be long.   Lately I’ve been more and more annoyed at traditional hard copy media.  It’s a pain in the butt to deal with and takes up way too much physical space (for those that know me you find that sentence greatly amusing).

Pictures

This started happening over the last year with photo albums.   Photo albums are terrible.   It means normally that one person has a copy of the image and you can’t share them.  It is essentially technology of the last generation.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m a believer in having prints, but the pictures themselves.

I’ve made it my mission to start getting the family photos and scanning them in.   I’ve managed to get most of my father’s photos from the era he was with my mother.   The ones I’m missing are any he has of the kids hanging on the walls in his house.   My next run is going to be the pictures from his current family (so a good 15-16 years worth of pictures to go).

My grandmother on the other hand has been very tightfisted with her photos.  I can understand her being protective, but so far I’ve managed to get 59 photos out of her to scan (out of literally over a 1000-2000).   I have managed to scan my photo album, and more recently used the digital SLR and took pictures of my scrap book from high school.   So both of these can be tucked away in boxes that I don’t need to look at and take up physical space in my house.

All the photos I have are now uploaded to Flickr.   You can also read about my photo sharing issue with my mother over here.

Continued tomorrow in part 2

My complete and daily online activity for you to go all voyeuristic on.

	8:00am	Creeva shared a link on Google Reader. Enjoy the Sounds of Classic Arcade Videogames
	8:00am	Creeva scrobbled 2 songs on Last.fm. (Hide Details) leolaporte – TWiT 180: How Is Babby Formed leolaporte – TWiT 181: I Am Not Spock
	8:22am	Creeva posted 8 items. (Hide Details) LeVar Burton, The Internet’s Latest Superstar [none] [none] [none] We Are Having A Baby [none] [none] [none]
	9:30am	Creeva updated their status on Facebook. Brent tired and cranky.
	10:59am	Creeva updated their status on Facebook. Brent LeVar Burton, The Internet’s Latest Superstar – http://s3nt.com/da0x.
	11:00am	Creeva posted a note on Tumblr. LeVar Burton, The Internet’s Latest Superstar – http://s3nt.com/da0x
	11:02am	Creeva posted a note on Tumblr. LeVar Burton, The Internet’s Latest Superstar
	11:27am	Creeva posted 14 photos on Flickr. (Hide Details)
	11:27am	Creeva posted a note on Tumblr. 02-26-09_1122
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	11:54am	Creeva posted a note on Tumblr. LeVar Burton, The Internet’s Latest Superstar
	12:36pm	Creeva updated their status on Facebook. Brent so much to do, so little time.
	1:24pm	Creeva dugg 12 links on Digg. (Hide Details)
	1:24pm	Creeva dugg 2 links on Digg. (Hide Details) Riding the Rails? Know Your Hobo Signs (PIC) Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg Team Up For A-Team Spoof
	2:34pm	Creeva updated their status on Facebook. Brent water – it does a body good.
	2:48pm	Creeva updated their status on Facebook. Brent This weeks chain mail of the week is about a drug recall from 2000 – not even worth blogging about, so just sending out an fyi.
	4:56pm	Creeva posted 2 items. (Hide Details) LeVar Burton, The Internet’s Latest Superstar We Are Having A Baby
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	5:55pm	Creeva published 4 blog posts. (Hide Details) LeVar Burton, The Internet’s Latest Superstar We Are Having A Baby We Are Having A Baby LeVar Burton, The Internet’s Latest Superstar
	5:55pm	Creeva updated their status on Facebook. Brent We Are Having A Baby – http://s3nt.com/dbme.
	5:56pm	Creeva bookmarked 14 links on Delicious. (Hide Details) No description available. LeVar Burton – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia No description available. No description available. Burton’s Star on Flickr – Photo Sharing! LeVar Burton — Because 140 characters isn’t always enough Diggnation — Revision3 The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte Twitter / BrentSpiner Twitter / creeva Twitter / levarburton LeVar Burton Adobe – Adobe Flash Player
	5:56pm	Creeva posted 6 tweets on Twitter. (Hide Details) tired and cranky LeVar Burton, The Internet’s Latest Superstar – http://s3nt.com/da0x so much to do, so little time water – it does a body good This weeks chain mail of the week is about a drug recall from 2000 – not even worth blogging about, so just sending out an fyi We Are Having A Baby – http://s3nt.com/dbme
	5:56pm	Creeva posted 6 Jaikus on Jaiku. (Hide Details) tired and cranky LeVar Burton, The Internet’s Latest Superstar – http://s3nt.com/da0x so much to do, so little time water – it does a body good This weeks chain mail of the week is about a drug recall from 2000 – not even worth blogging about, so just sending out an fyi We Are Having A Baby – http://s3nt.com/dbme
	5:56pm	Creeva posted 2 items. (Hide Details) LeVar Burton, The Internet’s Latest Superstar We Are Having A Baby
	5:57pm	Creeva posted a note on Tumblr. We Are Having A Baby
	6:54pm	Creeva posted a note on Tumblr. We Are Having A Baby

My complete and daily online activity for you to go all voyeuristic on.

	12:45pm	Watched 16 videos on Hulu. (Hide Details)
	6:44pm	Updated status on Facebook. Brent @randymatheson innerspace is watchable, but she doesn’t agree it’s a good movie.
	8:51pm	Updated status on Facebook. Brent Watching Knocked Up.
	8:53pm	Posted 2 items (Hide Details) My Normal Information Consumption Watched Knocked Up
	9:45pm	Posted 2 items (Hide Details) @creeva that was a disturbing, yet funny kind of flick :) @creeva My husband loved it…..we have polar opposite senses of humor!! :)
	9:45pm	Posted 39 photos on Flickr. (Hide Details)
	9:51pm	Updated status on Facebook. Brent @miragi I’ve seen it before – just felt like watching it again.
	9:53pm	Posted 9 notes on Tumblr. (Hide Details) My Normal Information Consumption img613 img615 img625 img595 img611 img594 Hellboy_poster_L[1] Watched Knocked Up
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	10:45pm	Bookmarked 2 links on Delicious. (Hide Details) My Normal Information Consumption | Creeva’s World 2.0 Watched Knocked Up | Creeva’s World 2.0
	10:45pm	Posted 2 items (Hide Details) My Normal Information Consumption | Creeva’s World 2.0 Watched Knocked Up | Creeva’s World 2.0
	10:45pm	Updated status on Facebook. Brent New Blog Entry – Watched Knocked Up http://ping.fm/3wnhr.
	11:15pm	Posted 3 items (Hide Details) Consumed "The Bourne Ultimatum" Consumed "Hellboy" Consumed "Murder She Wrote – Season Two"
	11:17pm	Posted 8 tweets on Twitter. (Hide Details) @randymatheson innerspace is watchable, but she doesn’t agree it’s a good movie @shanepardue the three amigos is the first movie I offered up she doesn’t agree I’m alive and awake now New Blog Entry – My Normal Information Consumption http://tinyurl.com/atvmxo Watching Knocked Up @miragi I’ve seen it before – just felt like watching it again New Blog Entry – Watched Knocked Up http://tinyurl.com/bgp9k3 cleaning
	12:28am	Updated status on Facebook. Brent cleaning.
	12:28am	Posted 8 items (Hide Details) creeva posted a text message @ OH, US creeva posted a text message @ OH, US creeva posted a text message @ OH, US creeva posted a text message @ OH, US creeva posted a text message @ OH, US creeva posted a text message @ OH, US creeva posted a text message @ OH, US creeva posted a text message @ OH, US
	12:28am	Posted 7 items (Hide Details) @shanepardue the three amigos is the first movie I offered up she doesn’t agree I’m alive and awake now @randymatheson innerspace is watchable, but she doesn’t agree it’s a good movie Watching Knocked Up @miragi I’ve seen it before – just felt like watching it again New Blog Entry – Watched Knocked Up ping.fm/.. cleaning
	12:49am	Dugg 9 links on Digg. (Hide Details)
	12:50am	Dugg 2 links on Digg. (Hide Details) Last known survivor of 1906 San Francisco quake dies at 106 3Tera Brings Windows to its Cloud

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A few weeks ago I wrote about the NYPD want the ability to turn disable cellphone coverage in the case of a terrorist attack. Now it seems that states and local governments are fighting for their own ability to do that.   In my previous story I pointed how fruitless and ineffective it would truly be during a terrorist attack, I think it’s insane.   The question I have now has anyone thought about how this is a terrorist attack against our own people?

The idea of a terrorist is that they use fear as an attack weapon.   If there is an emergency going on and people can not get through to there loved ones that this wouldn’t inspire fear.   Heck it may scare some people if they can’t send a message about the emergency to Twitter or Facebook.  We’ve all seen enough movies that we are ingrained as a people if hte enemy is going to attack they will cut off our communications so we can not coordinate a counter offensive properly.   This is an of it’s self stupid since something will always get through, example Independence Day and the Morse Code maneuver.  Yet this would scare and dare I say terrorize people since not only would you be scared since you can’t call, no one around you can call and is freaking out also.

This is a sad side effect of living in the era of constant communication, we take it for granted.   When it would be ripped away form us, and we wouldn’t know what is going on, what ideas is that going to put in your mind.  People in the middle america may think a cell tower is down, what if they drive an hour – even the most idiotic person isn’t going to think all the towers are down.   Some people may think since I’m saying that the government has an inadvertant take on an idea that could become a terrorist weapon that I’m a nut job.   I however think this is a fairly obvious look at human psychology.

When I was four years old I really wanted to see Flash Gordon, even at that young age I was a sci-fi junkie.  Neither of my parents however were too keen on seeing this, I think the answer was always no.  I’m not sure why – I think Queen was still popular at the time.   I know that it was based on pop ideals and all in all it wasn’t that great of the movie – but geeze when your four year old is obsessed with something this small and it isn’t going to hurt him in anyway, indulge him.

My grandmother in Greenville seemed to agree with my modern view point on it.    We were down visiting and she agreed to take me.   We only managed to get down to see my grandparents in Greenville a couple times a year, so my grandmother spoiled me when she got the chance.  We went to the movies and I loved it, to this day I still immensely enjoy this movie, more now because of the memories then the movie itself.   After the movie my grandmother took me to McDonald’s and I had a hamburger and french fries with lots of ketchup.

What I have outside of memories is the rest of the story that I had forgotten over the years in direct memory, my parents in later years filled in the blanks.  My grandmother originally was going to get me some food during the movie’s intermission.   It had been so many years since my grandmother had been to the movies, that she thought there still was intermissions.   By the time the movie was over she felt bad that I hadn’t eaten and taken me to McDonald’s.

This grandmother died when I was young,  so I only have a few vague memories and stories about her.  I’m sure the rest I have will make it to the blog eventually.   The interesting side note is my wife once criticized Flash Gordon, I relayed this story to her, and never since has she bad mouthed the movie.

My complete and daily online activity for you to go all voyeuristic on.

	2:38pm	Updated status on Facebook. Brent New Blog Entry – Free Software on Craig’s List – Should You Trust It? http://ping.fm/YbayR.
	6:29pm	Shared 3 links on Google Reader. (Show Details) Mac: 25 Years in Pictures Video: Steve Jobs Giving His First Big Demo NASA Releases Video Tour of the ISS
	7:43pm	Posted 2 items (Show Details) Free Software on Craig’s List – Should You Trust It? My Hosting Debacle and Resolution
	8:12pm	Posted 2 notes on Tumblr. (Show Details) Free Software on Craig’s List – Should You Trust It? My Hosting Debacle and Resolution
	8:20pm	Bookmarked 2 links on Delicious. (Show Details) My Hosting Debacle and Resolution | Creeva’s World 2.0 Free Software on Craig’s List – Should You Trust It? | Creeva’s World 2.0
	8:20pm	Updated status on Facebook. Brent New Blog Entry – My Hosting Debacle and Resolution http://ping.fm/HZHiA.
	10:47pm	Posted a photo on Flickr.
	10:55pm	Posted 3 items (Show Details) Free Software on Craig’s List – Should You Trust It? My Hosting Debacle and Resolution The World, The Flesh, and The Devil
	10:55pm	Published 3 blog posts. (Show Details) Free Software on Craig’s List – Should You Trust It? My Hosting Debacle and Resolution The World, The Flesh, and The Devil
	10:55pm	Posted 3 items (Show Details) Free Software on Craig’s List – Should You Trust It? My Hosting Debacle and Resolution The World, The Flesh, and The Devil
	11:54pm	Posted 8 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details) New Blog Entry – Free Software on Craig’s List – Should You Trust It? http://tinyurl.com/bvfbd7 Watching Lady Eve with Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck New Blog Entry – My Hosting Debacle and Resolution http://tinyurl.com/b2ldbu @adam_baldwin yeah – now I can leave of video comment of me mooning the blog…… Lady Eve was Meh – watching The Man Who Knew Too Much – Jimmy Stewart version now Will spring get here already – it’s been cold enough already New Blog Entry – The World, The Flesh, and The Devil http://tinyurl.com/bqbzf7 tired, bored, and more of the same
	12:04am	Dugg 23 links on Digg. (Show Details)
	12:12am	Dugg 8 links on Digg. (Show Details) 8 Aggressive Car Buying Tactics Lawyer loses $182,500 in e-mail scam 54 MPG Diesel Engine? Hell Yeah! Wal-Mart Worker Accused Of Rolling Back Prices Themselves Top 11 Reasons To Choose LINUX As Your O.S Facebook Email To Ex-Googlers: "Hey, We’re Hiring!" The Top 15 Countries by Internet Population Police hired actors to rob bank
	12:35am	Posted 3 items (Show Details) Consumed "The World, the Flesh, and the Devil" Consumed "The Lady Eve – 1941" Consumed "The Man Who Knew Too Much by Alfred Hitchock"