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Here we are on the hill by the high school enjoying the 2012 New Years fireworks. Sarge was not too happy especially when I was lighting fireworks.

Kinda reminds me of the beginning of Desert Storm when they showed Bagdad on TV.

Oh man what I would not give to have this car!!

“In case you didn’t know, the Mad Max series is due for a fourth installment. Tentatively due to hit theaters sometime in 2012, Mad Max: Fury Road is set to star Tom Hardy, Teresa Palmer and Charlize Theron… but, of course, the real stars we’re most interested in will be the cars, which are currently being designed.” – Autoblog.com

Check out the video below.

2011 Mad Max Concept

Getting a new tattoo. 24 years after my first one.

A good friend of mine recently got an iPhone 4 and asked me how he can use it to create, edit, and store documents such as Excel and Word. I was gonna write him a lengthy email explaining how to do this but I figured it would be better to write here so more people can use my method.

First off you need to get a DropBox account. DropBox is online storage where you can place documents online so that they are always available to you. It is completely secure and there is even a public folder where you can put documents you want to share. DropBox gives you 2 GB of free space and you can earn more by referring people to them. They also have a very reasonably priced subscription plan where you can get 50 GB of space. Right now they charge $9.99 for 50 GB and $19.99 for 100 GB. I only use the free space am am up to 3.5 GB due to referrals. You can install DropBox on all your computers and your files will be synced. Dropbox also keeps the most up-to-date version of you files on your PC and/or iPhone/iPad so that you can access them when offline.

So….go to http://db.tt/VLNxuRi to install DropBox on your PC, MAC, or Linux machine. Yes, I get more space if you join by clicking the link.

Now that you have DropBox set up on your computer, you now need to go to the Apple App Store on your iPhone / iPad. Search for DROPBOX and install. IT IS FREE!!

Now that you have it installed on your iPhone / iPad just click on the DropBox icon and you will see the directory structure like shown below.  See that folder that says “Public”? That is where you put documents that you want to share with others.  Others can see, but not edit these documents unless they download them.

Just tap one of the folders to enter it.  Below you can see I entered the Public folder

You can not edit or create documents in Dropbox.  You need Office 2 Plus for this.

Office2 Plus is not free if you want to be able to create or edit documents. I am not sure what the price is right now since I have already activated the edit document functions.  For Excel spreadsheets you can only edit .XLS files, not the new .XLSX files. So remember this if you want to be able to edit your spreadsheets.

Here I open a Word document in Office2 Plus, edit, and then save it.

Here is a list of some of Office 2 Plus features:

WORD PROCESSOR FEATURES

1. Word 97-2010 (.doc & .docx) compatability.
2. Character formatting including bold, italic, underline, font face, size, color and highlight.
3. Paragraph formatting including indent, left, right, center and distributed justification style.
4. Bullets and numbering.
5. Support for tables, and images.
6. Full text search capability.
7. Copy and paste.
8. Undo and redo.
9. Auto-correction and auto-capitalization.

SPREADSHEET FEATURES

1. Excel 97-2003 (.xls) compatibility with support for multiple worksheets.
2. Multiple cell types, including Numeric, Date, Time, Currency, Percentage and Text
3. Cell formatting options, including bold, italic, text and background color, cell sizes and alignments.
4. Merged cells, text wrapping and freeze panes.
5. Copy/cut/paste operations.
6. A range of functions, including date/time, math, statistical, string and trigonometric functions.
7. Import/Export to and from desktop computer over wifi network.
8. Tight integration with Google Docs, enabling direct editing of Google Docs spreadsheets.
9. Access spreadsheet files stored in a MobileMe iDisk account or any other WebDAV-based server.

You can find out more about Office 2 Plus and how to use it here: http://www.bytesquared.com/products/office/iphone/more_info.asp

You can also link the following online storage sites to Office2 Plus.

1. Google Docs

2. Mobile Me

3. myDisk

4. icloud

5. box.net

6. Other WebDAV sites

Here is Sarge the Wonderlab at today’s puppy treff.  He loves messing with his girlfriend Luna the Saint Bernard.

Rule 1 : Life is not fair – get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6 : If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault , so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

Now this is cool.   Part of it is sad though when you think about the world is being influenced by product logos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81d8SUaCMJo&hd=1

What do you expect from myCRAPPYwebsite?

Now THAT is gonna leave a mark!