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The First 5 Things I do When I Get a New BlackBerry

Riz from Inside BlackBerry Blog ask this question: "what do you do when you first get your device?" in this article.

This is what I always do, after upgrading from 7520 -> 8703e -> 8830:

1. Make sure the device works: make call to office land line and TALK to real person, shoot an email to people in the office and off-site (personal email account) & setup voice mailbox. This device should function as phone after all.
2. Just like Riz, change font size: BB Millbank 7 or 8, and make sure I still can read: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".
3. Download favorite apps:
   
   • Gmail client
   • Google Maps - a recent favorite app after upgrading to 8830
   • Yahoo Messenger
   • Facebook
     
4. Again, following Riz, rearrange the application icons (X being non important application):
• Top: Messages, Call Log, Browser, Gmail, Calendar, Address Book
• Middle: Alarm, Keyboard Lock, Media Player, X, X, X
  
• Bottom: BrickBreaker, Calculator, Google Map, X, X, X
5. Get the latest OS and desktop upgrade, and test internet tethering.
   

I Hate April

Tons of crap happened this month - I don't want to look back.

R&G Lounge

631 Kearny St
San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel: (415) 982-7877

http://rnglounge.com/

Finally we are set, the paper work is done

Looks like we set to have a reception at Ritz Carlton, HMB. Ida received the countersigned agreement.

Kozy Korner

213 W Wilson Ave
Glendale, CA 91203
Tel: (818) 242-6608

Nice & small Thai restaurants, but parking is bad and the food is bastardized to suit gringo taste. John loves the Orange Chicken, I agree that it is good.

FB Application Notification Filter

I welcome this new FB feature: Hide the application spam only, not all notifications from your friends.

From Noodles

La Bodeguita del Medio

463 South California Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Tel: 650 326 7762

http://www.labodeguita.com/

Order the skirt steak ... I would put the food at 4.5 stars

Anh Hong Saigon

233 W Calaveras Blvd
Milpitas, CA 95035
Tel: (408) 946-9046

http://www.anhhong.com

Jang-Tu Restaurant

1012 E. El Camino Real
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Tel: (408) 245-5720

I have never seen so many 'intestine' written on the menu.

Back To Blogging Again

After 3 months hiatus, I think I might want to start blogging again, need to journal my adventure in creating my own ppm repository and wedding planning.

This is going to be a fun spring.

PS: expect lots of back dating posts.

New Fire Code

Got this from the management:

February 25, 2009

New Regulation:
The new regulation enforced by local fire department reads as follows:

2007 California Fire Code, Section 308.3.1 open-flame cooking devices.
Charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices shall not be operated on combustible balconies or within 10 feet of combustible construction.

Exceptions:
1. Single family homes and duplexes.
2. Where buildings, balconies, and decks are protected by an automatic sprinkler system.
3. Liquefied-petroleum LP (which includes propane) gas fueled cooking devices having LP gas container with a water capacity not greater than 2.5 pounds (1 pound LP-gas capacity)

Alright - time to move out.

Shalimar

1146 W El Camino Real
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Tel: (408) 530-0300

http://www.shalimarsf.com/

Microblogging

Prime example of Web 2.0 terminology inflation, and rightfully NYT is confused:

But Facebook also contains a similar feature called the “status update,” and a program called Yammer lets office workers post short updates about their activities.

Not to mention status in AOL/YIM/MSN/Plaxo and 'What are you working on?' in Linkedin. All those stuff (whatever you may call it) can be linked together and should be linked together.

Currently, I am writing my status at Twitter and it feeds to Facebook and Plaxo.

NYT article: Tweeting? Odds Are You Live in a City

Santa Ramen

1944 S El Camino Real
San Mateo, CA 94403
Tel: (650) 344-5918