I apologize. My site has been experiencing some issues with it’s database server. I’m currently talking with my web host to get these problems ironed out, as it seems that my database server is the same as their own database server, so I’m inclined to think they want to fix it soon. In the mean-time, I’m taking a look into some wordpress caching plugins to take the load off the server and to keep the site working without the database connection. The downside of this is that I won’t be able to keep track of how my site is performing with my stats program. Any wordpress gurus out there have suggestions?

With that out of the way, I thought I’d post an update about my X41 Tablet PC order - it’s back-ordered, and currently showing a July 19th ship date. This is getting dangerously close to my wedding date of August 6th, so unless I get it about a week before I leave for Tahiti, odds are I won’t be able to play with it until the end of August - which would be torture.

I’m also working on some posts about Orb.com and using it to stream your TV recordings to anywhere in the world, using Meedio and DVD Profiler to setup a cool database for your DVD collection, and compressing your recordings for consumption on your Palm OS device using MMPlayer. The first of these should be finished in a couple of days, so keep an eye out.

So my Lenovo customer service rep thinks I’m insane. He had just called me back when there was an incident in Yucaipa, CA.

Me: Uh, hold on a sec.
Rep: Oh, okay.
rattling
Me: Yup, it’s a quake.
Rep: What?
Me: An earthquake. Hold on I need to go outside.

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Writing a blog post about OneNote, in OneNote…that’s what I’m doing right now. Kinda circular isn’t it? I decided to go out and purchase Microsoft’s OneNote now, instead of waiting until I got my Tablet (the delivery of which Lenovo keeps pushing back) because I wanted to get used to the metaphor that OneNote uses before I really jumped into replacing my spiral notebook.

What follows, are my thoughts after 24 hours with OneNote:

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If you’ve never had a powersupply die on you - consider yourself lucky. I must have the touch of death for powersupplies, because my Avid’s PS is dead, my HTPC’s just died, and my Mac at work has been acting up too.

Here’s what I’ve learned about powersupplies on their death bed: You’ll never think it’s the powersupply until you’ve done everything else. Because seriously, who has extra powersupplies laying around?

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Well, I’ve gotten it ordered finally! YAY! Now comes the waiting. I thought I was so cool getting it so quickly, but even with the help of the great CS rep, it’s going to be 3-4 weeks before I get my tablet! 3-4 weeks! Are you serious?

Anyways, here are the specs:

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RSS - pretty much anybody who reads more than 1 or 2 blogs regularly uses RSS religously along with their favorite aggregator. Up until last week, I was one of the few left who were hopelessly drawn to my web browser, clicking through bookmarks to see if there were any new posts, and I’ll tell you why:

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I’m bummed, no ‘add to cart’ link on their site today, June 14th will be the release date. There is a nice webcast though - running roughly 23 minutes. I’ve roughly transcribed the thing below. It’s pretty interesting and you get the feeling that IBM/Lenovo knows what they’re doing here. Waiting to make a tablet until now has allowed them to learn from mistakes others have made, and it looks like their first Tablet PC will be a home run.

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via TabletPCReviewSpot

It looks as though CNET has some inside info that IBM is either announcing or releasing their tablet PC on Monday! This article coupled with a leak on the Lenovo site paint a picture of me with my credit card in hand on Monday.

Everyone seems pretty excited about IBM’s (Lenovo?) entry into the Tablet PC arena, and I have to agree. IBM’s notebook track record is very good with business users, and I think this will really add credibility to the platform as a whole.

I figured I should write something other than that ‘Hello World’ post that was generated. Well, this is my blog…wierd. Almost too easy to setup - Wordpress is cool. Hopefully this blog will serve as a way for me (and others, if I’m interesting enough) to spread information about how technology can work FOR you, not against you.

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