First and foremost Happy New Year to everyone.  I hope it was a save transition for all.  With the dawn of the new year comes another law that will takes effect for California drivers.  Which coincides with the cell phone law of 2008 and prohibits text messaging with a cell phone or other text-based communications while driving a vehicle.  To learn more watch "Drivers put the brakes on texting" by KABC-TV Los Angeles, CA.  I know this is a good thing for all of us.  It just seems like there taking away more and more of our rights as an US citizen.

On that note I charged up my AT&T Tilt Smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.1 and Jabra BT250v Bluetooth Headset with Vibrating Alert and took our daughter to cosmetology school.  I secured the ear pierce and made sure it was paired to my phone.  I backed out and headed down the road.  I was in the mood for some rock-n-roll.  I put in Rock N Roll Jesus by Kid Rock.  As Roll On played throughout the vehicle I realized I was not hearing in high-fidelity stereo.  I raised my ear pierce and the music flowed and sounded great.  I laid the ear pierce down next to me to hear the music.  Within 3 miles the phone starts ringing so I reached down and fumbled with the ear pierce to get it in and turned on before missing the call.  Of course doing so did two things.  1) Stopped the stereo effect of the music and 2) The call required me to turn the stereo down way low to not disrupt the call.

As you can see by this post that made me think that perhaps we have lost high-fidelity stereo in cars.  What is hi-fi let see what Wikipedia has to say:

High fidelity or hi-fi reproduction is a term used by home stereo listeners and home audio enthusiasts (audiophiles) to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound or images that are very faithful to the original performance.

Well according to this definition we have lost high fidelity in car stereos while wearing ear pieces.  I recall shooters wearing an ear plug that allowed talk to come through but not the sound waves of a shot.  Someone needs to build a Bluetooth pieces that would allow that ear to hear the music come through.  I know wake up Admiral but who knows perhaps we have an inventor reading and can us out with this.

Happy New Year and may 2009 bring joy and happiness to all.  Obey the rules of the road!

My Ustream favorite has returned to Friday nights.  Taphandle-tv had to switch to Monday’s for awhile and I was unable to attend during that time.  I was disappointed but Greg "Lordo" Lord (facebook profile) did us all a favor and returned to Friday nights at 9:30 PM ET (6:30 PM PT).  If you have never visited Ustream.tv stop by and check it out and then click on Taphandle-tv for some real action. 

Lordo serves up drinks at Taphandle-tv.  I have blogged about this show before but tonight Lordo took a shot of Cabo Wabo.  I know your think so what, well Lordo put Cabo Wabo Blanco Tequila in a custom mini oak barrel and aged it for 5 months.   White tequila in and a golden brown smoky flavor stronger flavor but equally smooth tequila out.  Check this barrel out:

Lordo on Taphandle-tv about to take a shot of that aged Cabo Wabo Blanco.  Such a sweet taste you can see Lordo’s excitement.  Goes down as smooth as it looks.  If your not farmiliar with Cabo Wabo Tequila check out there site.  Sammy Hagar brought Cabo Wabo mainstream and such a hidden gem.

Stick with the show on occasions it starts off slow but as you can see below the show gets hot sometimes on fire.  The show is interactive with polls and a live chat room great times had by all.

Just when you think the show could not drink any more beverages he whips out the big daddy drink the Sloe Comfortable Screw.  Check these ingredients out.

Southern Comfort
Sloe Gin
White Rum
Brandy
Vodka
Triple Sec
Sour Mix
Orange Juice

Shaken not stirred.  Oh yes Lordo enjoying that beverage that over 40 people voted on.

I can tell you from a bar manager from days of old.  I would hire Greg "Lordo" Lord to bartend at BB’s lounge in the Holiday Inn Chico, CA (no longer BB’s).  He has a personality that would bring the customers back night after night.  While watching the show Zane Savage stopped by to say hi.  Zane Savage streams 24×7 and is crazy and worth a bookmark.  The Yeti made a grand appearance tonight and had a couple of beverage with Lordo.  Say hi,

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Was reading MakeUseOf.com post about using Microsoft Office Word 2007 called Using Word 2007 for fast and easy blogging. The real question will be rather or not it works with Fam5 and if it bloats the code behind the scenes.

It uses a standard Word 2007 window screen as seen below.

Gives you all editing features of a Microsoft Office Suite. I use other products such as Live Writer, Scribefire and of course Wordpresses own built in editor. If this does not mess up the blog or over inflate the code it will be a nice option to add to my arsenal.

UPDATE

The post worked and did not bloat the code. Yes I am pleasantly surprised and look forward to using Microsoft Word 2007 in the feature.

The idea that Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld can live normal lives is absurd.  These two continue to do great things for the world.  Not just in software and comedy but for the greater good of the world.

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Thought the piss on guy had the market covered.

70 Creative Advertisements That Makes You Look Twice | Interesting

Found this post from one of my many readings.  Thought I would share it for those that using Microsoft’s tools.

Download Windows Live Wave 3 Beta Programs

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