Keith Olbermann on Prop 8
Posted by KeithMcD | Filed under TV, marriage
As is well known now, Proposition 8 in California, which bans Gay marriage in the state, passed narrowly last Tuesday. It was of course a sad day. However, the video below is a great one which should be watched by all. Enjoy.
[Via Ellen]
Tags: gay, keith olbermann, love, marriage, prop8
No on Prop 8!
Posted by KeithMcD | Filed under marriage, youtube
Tags: california, gay, marriage, prop8, youtube
First Openly Gay Racehorse
Posted by KeithMcD | Filed under video
First Openly Gay Racehorse To Compete Sunday
Such an inspiring story.
Tags: gay, horseracing, news, onion
More coming soon!
Posted by KeithMcD | Filed under updates
Yes, I’ll actually post some stuff here - sorry for the huge lag in time.
So, coming soon: technology crap, pictures of technology crap, iphone crap, gay crap, more gay crap.
Hmm - I guess that sums up me then eh? Gay Geek! 
-Keith
iPhone 3G - two weeks later
Posted by KeithMcD | Filed under Software, hardware
So, it’s been two weeks (ok, two and a half weeks) since I got my iPhone 3G.
So far the experience has been amazing. The device itself is extremely easy to use. Everything just makes sense on it and requires very little effort to understand what is going on. I haven’t actually purchased a single app yet from the App Store, but I’ve got a few I’m contemplating (Labyrinth - you know you are going to be mine someday!). So far I’ve been using only the free apps - of which there are many good ones (such as the great Tap Tap Revolution). However, among the free gems, are the truly stupid. I lost count how many “flashlight” apps have been created and have already cleared out many really stupid or just completely worthless apps. Next to go is Scratch.
So most of the apps are good and do add real value to the iPhone. Ok, so next would be iTunes. I have read that some people have some extremely long iTunes syncs. I can’t say that I’ve had a similar experience at all actually. Every so often when plugging into iTunes, it does backup my device, but that usually only takes a few minutes. If an application is updated wirelessly on the device itself or added wirelessly, it does pop up a message on iTunes which is annoying, but that’s really about it. If I did have one tip for people removing apps from their iPhone it’s this: remove it from both the phone and iTunes before you plug the iPhone in. For me, it just goes right back onto the device - there must not be any communication about whether it was deleted from the iPhone between the phone and iTunes.
Ok, so there’s been a pretty great overall experience. However, all is not happy happy in iPhone-land. Although not happening as often now, Safari likes to crash randomly. At one point Justin was in one game, went out and tried to get in another and the whole phone just restarted itself. Just a little while ago, I plugged in the headphones and pushed the play button. The Crystal Method’s “Name of the Game” played but when I went to go to a different track there was no audio at all. Upon trying several different songs there indeed was no sound at all even though the songs were clearly playing and the volume was up quite a bit. I then tried to go into a different app (eludes me now which one it was) and naturally, the iPhone crashed like a car falling down a cliff. Sound does work now though.
There is an application available for free from Apple, the iPhone Configuration Utility, that allows one to view much information about the device - including a pretty detailed system log. But strangely enough, it does not show enough history for the log to actually be useful in determining the cause of a crash or other anomalies.
Well, here’s hoping that the 2.1 software update comes out soon enough and fixes many of these and more issues.
Tags: apple, crash, iPhone, safari
It’s been a long time
Posted by KeithMcD | Filed under personal, updates
Yes, that’s a line from a song. Yes, I barely ever use this blog. In a few days the iPhone 3G I purchased from the AT&T store should be in. I’ll be posting some pictures for that. I’ve been having some stuff going on at home but hopefully should be caught up soon and can work on Places some more again. Little pet projects get pushed aside quite often.
Also, just completed an upgrade to the site so now running on Wordpress 2.6 (supposedly released yesterday too!)
More to come (soon hopefully).
Tags: iPhone, programming, site update
KeithMcD Places
Posted by KeithMcD | Filed under updates
First, it’s been a while since I last wrote and sorry about that. Just moved and have finally gotten fully settled in. Got everything pretty much going and finally have some spare time again.
So, it’s time to catch up on some past projects!
First, I’ve had this since earlier this year but haven’t had time to update it since I did the initial work. KeithMcD Places is a site where you will be able to add/edit and update a map with the places you’ve been. Currently the site is hard-coded with some places that I’ve been. But, going to resume work on the interface and pages. I’ll update here once more is available.
Second, Going to be looking for a new theme or possibly just customize this one. Time for a refresh to keep things going!
So, to recap: KeithMcD Places is a good place to be.
KM
Tags: keithmcd, keithmcd places, places, site, update
Coming soon
Posted by KeithMcD | Filed under updates
Well,
I’ve had a few other features of my site available for a while now, but they’ve sorta been hidden. Take a look at the Gallery and Forums links at the top of the page and let me know what you think. The Gallery is available at a different link, but I’m trying out an embedded version. The page will look pretty bad right now until I can get the visual style to work properly.
Also thinking about making my rss feed a feedburner URL instead so I can track users (if any other than me).
KM
Tags: forum, gallery, site update
Gmail
Posted by KeithMcD | Filed under Uncategorized
Yeah, GMail thinks I’m 1337 - at least for now.
Goals: Status - Week One
Posted by KeithMcD | Filed under goals, health
Well, it’s been one week and how have I been doing? Well, when I started last week I was at 206lbs according to my scale and according to the specific way I weigh myself - sans anything that would skew the results.
Last Monday I weighed 206lbs. Today I weigh 201 lbs. Well, 5 in one week - not bad. Here’s how I was able to accomplish that in just one week.
Monday: Biked 10 miles
Tuesday: Walked 5 miles
Wednesday: Biked 10 miles
Thursday: Nothing
Friday: Nothing
Saturday: Nothing
Sunday: Nothing
Now that just doesn’t make sense. Ok, 25 miles is good for me but that could definitely not have caused that much weight loss. What helped was that Friday night I got really sick with the flu. Usually the flu only lasts for one, maybe two, days but I actually had to take a sick day today from work because of it. I am feeling better right now so hopefully will feel great for tomorrow.
Anyway, here’s a re-cap. To have great weight-loss results, work out and get the flu!
