faster phone

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I spent most of the day rooting (or hacking) my G1 phone. Now, it's way faster, and I can use it for tethering (as a wireless router). In fact, that's how I uploaded the photo--my internet at home is beyond slow now, so I used my phone's 3G connection to get online. Stoked, no choice.

Year 3, Day 262

What the H?

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My wife's now a high school librarian. I surprised her with a visit today, and got a tour of the library. They have an old, unused card catalog in the middle of the library.

Year 3, Day 261

Back up your hard drives

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If you haven't backed up your computer in the last 30 days, go do it. If you haven't backed up your external hard drives in the last 30, go do that too. I have 5 external hard drives, and I've backed up 4 of them. Guess what? The one without a backup crashed. Fortunately, it was a bunch of stuff from my second grade classroom, and I shared it all with a friend. So I guess I really did have a backup. Yay.

Year 3, Day 260

Day 1,000

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Yay! Post #1000. I've taken and published one photo every day for the last 1000 days.

If you haven't been in a while, go check out my official blog at http://billaday.blogspot.com/ and leave a comment over there.

If you've recently begun a photo-a-day project, keep at it. I've learned a lot by simply posting one photo every day.

Year 3, Day 259

Out at Home

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This is the first time I've been to two baseball games in a row. I'm glad we were closer to the field. This shot is captured as Abreu was getting tagged out by the pitcher. It's one of the many times the Angels had the opportunity to win the game... but didn't.

Year 3, Day 258

Photo Tip #2

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Photo tip #2:
Double check it.

Don't make the silly mistake. I've done it more than once. Make sure to double check. That means: check it twice!

• charge the camera battery


• extra batteries for the flash


• lens is smudge-free


• don't leave the camera in the car


• make sure cameras are allowed


• the date of the event is correct

We have great tickets to the Angel game for tomorrow night. We discovered this... as we were pulling into the parking lot tonight. Don't forget to double check! (btw, we still have tomorrow's tickets, so I'll be ready!) Simple, but important.

Year 3, Day 257

How do you see the world?

originally uploaded by billaday.

When we go out with good friends, I try to take a picture... to remember the times, to have something for Isabelle's yearly book of our lives, for my photo-a-day. Rather than taken the typical "everybody look at the camera and smile" picture, I mixed it up. Personally, I think this is more fun than us standing shoulder-to-shoulder in a static pose.

Year 3, Day 256