Thanksgiving: Another Day The Bank Is Closed

The one "true" American Holiday to sit around with people you really can't stand and gorge yourself. Well, okay, I'll be fair, not everyone is hanging out with the family. Some are hanging out with friends.

As for Das Behr... it's like Christmas-

Just another day the banks are closed.

On a lighter note

I'm thankful for the friends I have.
I'm thankful for the doctors' who have saved my life (more than once)
I'm thankful for working at a really cool company

There no muss, no fuss and no cranberry stains to ruin a nice shirt.

I'll be washing my car and war-chalking with the PSP, maybe even go an catch a movie. No really, it's true.

You see, Das Behr was raised as a N'Englandah. My home state isn't a "state"- it's a Commonwealth. I'd been to Plymouth in my youth. Seen the rock and the boat and the plimoth plantation. This was all back before "Cranberry World", and not being there bothers me. No not in a way that I miss my family, please-save it. I've been estranged from most of my family for decades. For Das Behr thanksgiving is about N'England.

Though, it may be different in the future. When I'm in the position of hosting a dinner party with chosen family members in attendance. Ah to daydream...

Yet for now in the cold reaches of reality-

Today's just another day the banks are closed.

So Sayeth Das Behr

Version 3.1, Baby!

Yup, a new PSP version. Basic functionality vastly improved. Although, this text GUI is slightly better, I can deal.

Now, where can I get an EyeToy?

Gimme a "QWERTY" keyboard

Okay?

Plain and simple the GUI (Graphic User Interface, pronounced as "Goo-eey") on both the PSP and PS3 sucks. The GUIs designers must've thought that the best carry-over for those that text via cellphones- would be to use the same interface. But c'mon now kids, it's a bad idea! At least the Mylo got right- a qwerty keyboard that slides out from under (behind, perhaps?) the PSP looking off-shoot. It's frustrating to use a cellphone-like interface, especially frustrating is the fact that unlike the cellphone GUI which has the cursor automatically moving one space to the right, the PSP/PS3 GUI doesn't do that simple functionality. This in turn makes for a labor intensive text entry. One thing looms as a saving grace though... the PS3 "accepts" the usage of a USB qwerty keyboard. Too bad the PSP doesn't have that saving grace.

So Sayeth Das Behr

Tappin' the Rogues

Das Behr got bounced into another cube last week. Admittedly the sweet suite of a double wide cube was a bit too big for this Bear. Now Das Behr is located in a more intimate space, just big enough for moi. And I can still see the aircraft on their final approach.

It's surprising to Das Behr, that with all of the high-tech offerings from the SilliValley, there are still those folks whom unwittingly have their wireless fidelity enhanced networks open for the world to see. Albeit open if some one is looking, that is.

The driving force behind my most recent acquisition was to help me help others. Then there are the many footnotes. There's war-chalking the rogue WLANs. Hell, if there are open networks to tap into, then Das Behr will go a-tappin'. It's a really cool device. One whom knows the capabilities of a PSP, also knows that it is not merely a "game system". It is also not a toy. The PSP is a portable entertainment device. Is it a computer? No. It's not. The device doesn't "do" computing. There aren't any word processing applications on board this wonder. You want computing? Get a notebook. You want a portable web-surfing device that when properly outfitted*, will carry your photo album, MP3 collection, your collection of video clips and movie trailers AND your very own golf game against Tiger Woods...

You want a PSP.

Das Behr was displaying a image slide show of recent downloads. Many beautiful semi-clothed and nude men. Upon gazing at the slide show, Greg states with a grin,

"Oh, it really IS a playstation."

Yup, it sure is!

*(Das Behr PSP is equipped with a 1GB SanDisk memory stick)

WarChalking via PSP

No, I'm completely serious. I've used the PSP, basic functionality stuff, y'know? So, then I got to thinking, why not buy one. So I went into GameStop on Stevens Creek to seek a purchase on a used PSP. I spot and breeze past a cute, early 20-something, sales boi attempting to explain the "high cost" of a PS3- to a trailer trashy looking female with bad skin.

Avoiding that train wreck, I go over to the counter and ask a way too perky female sales rep if there were any used PSPs on-hand and the cost...

Seven minutes later, I'm walking out of the store with a basic pack. Expenditure- $175.00 tax included. Next purchase will be a SanDisk memory card and a used UMD game... SOCOM looks interesting...