I thought that writing anonymously would not be different than writing if everyone knew who I was. Man was I wrong. I don’t think I would come out and say so and so is a dick head or anything (yet), but I feel more free in what I can and cannot say. The previous posts should have been an indication to you. I felt really good writing it. The brutal truth can be nice. It can also be dangerous. I know that, but they do say that “the truth will set you free”. They might not have meant to use so many expletives in the truth, but hey that wouldn’t be any fun.
Day: 15 February 2005
Online Tax Filing
I did my tax’s Saturday. I was torn between buying the Turbotax software, using Turbotax online or H&R Block Online. I ended up trying an online tax prep (not telling you what one, tax’s are a personal and private thing:). Man was it easy. I have to say if you have a relatively simple to moderately complicated return I would suggest this. I am not an accountant. I hate math. My accountant even told me for simple stuff to use software. He of course is a friend of the family trying to save me money, and it worked. I did the return early and now I hope to get a nice return early. Nightmare is over, for another year!
More Fixation On The Treo
So for the next few days I will be writing about the Treo 650. I get fixated on nice new tech. So far this little device has not let me down. A few quirky issues with bluetooth syncing but otherwise all looks good. even the bluetooth issues are kind of minor. The dam thing still sync’s. I had problems with the built in DUN, but after installing PDAnet my laptop connects via bluetooth to the phone just fine. And it is just in time too. I am packing to go away for 2 days. The train ride is allot better when I can check my mail on my laptop and not rely on my Blackberry. And yes I have a Blackberry and a Treo. I was “given” the Blackberry for work. It is for email and direct connect. I am stuck with it until I can get the Blackberry software for my Treo.
I also got my USB sync cable in the mail today. I am glad it arrived before my trip, but for the amount I paid for shipping they should have driven it over here. I also got a little exoskeleton case for the Treo, and a screen cover. The cover is one that I had on the 600, but this one applied like crap. it has some blemishes. you cannot tell when the device is on, but when it is off it looks like crap. All the accessories are from Boxwave. They are a great PDA accessory site.
Other cool software I tried (i had it for my Treo 600 but never tried it) is Tussh. it is a free-ware SSH client for the Palm. I was able to remotely connect to and reboot a linux server jayson was playing with. it was nice.
I will have more real world opinions after my road trip tomorrow.