ElmoFromOK not a muppet

I do not realize how dependent I am on a cell phone until I do not have one. Then I realize how hard it is to stay in touch with clients, talk to friends, arrange meetings, etc.. I feel so disconnected with the world.

The cheap little old cell phone that I got to replace the cell phone that was stolen a few months ago is no longer charging. I have three months left on my sprint plan and do not want to renew, so buying a phone from them is not an option. The cheapest phone from them is like 300 dollars without a plan. Lame. read more »

and that's why I want this:

This saturday is the Oklahoma Wine Festival.

Oklahoma WineFest ’08!
Saturday, November 15, 10am-8 pm read more »

I have an idea for a cool twitter app. I am working up some rough ideas and will hit the programming soon. Anyone in ok who knows a lot about programming for twitter willing to help me with questions? I am looking at you foamish..

Over at the Oklahoma Social Media Ning group, Bill asks:

Been messing with streaming video for my blog and plan to stream a course I will teach, about Social Media, next semester. I hear you are a pro and thought others might find your thoughts of value so I am posting my questions on the forum - hope you don't mind.

I think I want to upgrade but need to do it on the cheep - been using a logitech attached to my laptop but want to invest in a camera - suggestions on a good inexpensive camera to use? read more »

This image really sums it up...  http://www.patrickmoberg.com/november-4-2008.jpg

Since I was young I have always wanted a pet monkey. I just love the idea of having one of the little guys climb up on my shoulder and hang out or go swinging around the house and be hilarious. I imagine it would be a difficult task keeping one of the devils but I still want one:)

Today on the geek blog Boing Boing I found this cool story about kids who ordered monkeys from the back of comic books in the 70's. Hilarious! read more »

I completed the first RefreshOKC podcast this weekend, which was a conversation with Derrick Parkhurst about Thursday nights Open Beta event, and the Extended Beta social networking site that is behind it. read more »

My wife, Elizabeth, wants to start organizing her recipes more easily and it occurred to me that we could use a software solution for this. But many of the recipes she wants to save are from books or from handwritten family notes that have been handed down for years, and the idea of retyping all of these is not very appealing.

I was looking through the various option that are available and it occurred to me that someone should be using the powerful little webcams that computers are coming with these days to pull the recipes in. read more »

Vlad Studios

One of the first things I like to do when i get a new computer, is set up the desktop and appearance of the machine. I visit Vlad Studios for my desktops. Talented guy doing great artwork for you desktop!

One of my favorites: read more »