Day In The Life of Baz

So you’re thinking what’s new right? Wordpress widgets have been out for a while now. I just recently decdided to give them a go and see what’s what. I was very content is firing up FileZilla and editing sidebar.php. It took a little bit of work to get them up and running how I wanted, but after that everything seemed great.

You simple drag and drop stuff you want for your sidebar where you want it. So, if you see stuff floating around every now and then, don’t get alarmed. It’s just me, playing with the widgets.

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Car insurance is a pain. Why do we really need car insurance anyway? I mean, I’ve been driving around for years and have never had a single problem. Well, I have bumped a few bumpers here and there, but that’s what they’re for right? I mean, they call them bumpers.

On a more serious note: Texas law states that insurance is a must. The only optional portion is comprehensive insurance. This basically means that if you get into an accident that is your fault, then the insurance company will pay for damages to your car. In Texas this is a necessity if you have a lien against your car: if you’re financing through a dealership or bank.

I’ve always been against insurance in general. I feel that insurance should be “in case stuff happens”. So if stuff doesn’t happen, I’m of the opinion that you should get your money back. So along those lines you’d be better off putting your money into a high yield savings account. But since everyone isn’t so disciplined, we need insurance companies to guide the masses. Especially since I recently got a new car, I would just die if something happened to it and I couldn’t get it repaired.

I’m An Idiot

I had my secondary HD (120 GB IDE) partitioned with 2.8 GB FAT 32 and the rest NTFS. I think the smaller partition was what I used to use as a bridge for when I was interested in running linux. That ship had long sailed and I no longer needed it. Also, I was doing some stuff and got a low disk warning. So I decided that that extra 2.8GB would do me well. Also, I had plans on partitioning my main HD (250 GB SATA) to have a 100 GB section, because this is the faster drive. All this goes into modifiying my ideal system setup.

So I loaded up my trusty GParted Live CD in the DVD Drive and booted up. So my tasks were simple:

1. Delete the 2.8 GB partition on the IDE Drive
2. Resize the rest of the partition to fill the empty space
3. Resize the 250 partition on the SATA drive
4. Create a new 100 GB partition on the empty space.

I’m not sure what sort of experience that you guys have had with Windows in the past. But it seems that every few months Windows gets finicky. No matter how many programs I uninstall or stuff I delete it runs slow, crashes, etc. Instead of trying to figure out what the problem is I usually prefer just reinstall Windows. Reinstalling over an existing bad install, of course, isn’t the greatest idea. So as a result, I’ve devised a perfect drive set up.

Small C: Drive (Partition) - Essential Files

My boot drive or partition is usually the smallest on my system. On this drive I have the Windows operating system and my Program Files folder, where all my programs are installed. I don’t see any reason for this to be more than 80 GB. This drive also has the Documents and Settings folder which have your user folder (username or Administrator). This folder contains a bunch of folders with settings, etc. But a few of them are important to my set up:

• My Documents
• Favorites
• Desktop

A friend of mine recently had an accident with his cell phone. He has had a Motorola Pebel. You know, that cute lil’ clam shell phone. He said he was running when it fell. Sure, he’s a bit tall; a little bit over 6 feet, but it’s just sad that a phone can fall from hip height and be totally useless afterwards.

Picking A Cell Phone

Picking a new cell phone is hard. Now I recently had to pick out a new cell phone myself. I must say, picking a cell phone is very difficult. Me, personally, I’m an online shopper, so online reviews go a long way for me, but there is no better method than going to a store and feeling the phone. Here are a few tips on picking a new cell phone:

1. Read Reviews
   • Don’t just peak at the ratings,read a sample of the reviews
   • Go to both extremes: Read both the positive and the negative reviews. This way you have a better total knowledge for the product.
2. Go To The Store
   • Get your hands on it: Pick up the phone, feel it, press the keys, make sure you like it.
   • Bring your old phone: Most people usually upgrade their phones, so brining your old phone alone will make a good comparison. For example, what’s the point of getting a new phone if it’s bigger than your old one.

Now, there are a few extra things that would be nice if you could. Call quality is a major aspect of a phone. After all, it’s a phone. Good luck on finding a store that would allow you to call up your friends.

T-Mobile makes things a bit easier by offering a very limited pool to pick from. Oh well; they’re great on customer service, their rates are good, so I guess they had to suck somewhere.

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