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Don’t Format Your Memory Card

dipietro — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:53:53 +0000

I just read this article about memory cards with your camera. To sum it up, only erase your memory card via the camera only, and you dont need to format it. Formatting doesnt allow data recovery…at all.

Trust me, I did this by accident in Paris, I lost a whole days worth of photos, including those from the top of the Efile Tower and Notre Dame.

Cool link and short read.
-Mike

Who Am I? (Musically)

dipietro — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 21:16:18 +0000

I got this out of, although I’m sad to admit it, a myspace message. I thought it was rather cool though, and is why I’m sharing with like, all one of you who are probably reading this.

So who am I? I’ll break it down for you with the first bands that popped into my head for each letter of my name. Enjoy .

M – Modest Mouse
I – Iggy Pop
C – Cold Play
H – Hot Hot Heat
A – (The) Allman Brothers Band
E – Eazy-E
L – Lloyd Banks

D – De La Soul
I – Ice Cube
P – Paul McCartney and Wings
I – Ice T
E – (The) Eagles
T – Talib Kweli
R – Radiohead
O – Outkast

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Brain Tricks

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:16:05 +0000

Check out this cool brain trick, you’ll be surprised how your brain doesnt always see whats really there.

-Mike

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12 October 2005; Save that date

dipietro — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 03:29:35 +0000

For those of you who haven’t read the blogs lately, we’ll get down to buisness rather quickly. AppleInsider has posted on more than one occasion about new iPods this October.

Invites have just been sent out by Apple inviting the same crowd that was present on the last special even last month.

Speculations anyone? The 5th Gen iPod is what we know will come out of the announcement, the question is what will it birth with it? Bigger screen? Video playback? Different UI? Camera?

The speculation is endless. Guesses are we will see a 40GB model and, for the first time ever, an 80GB model.

Looks like I might be getting an iPod as a belated birthday present after all, but we can only hope this is what it brings.

Mike

Welcome to dBlog

dipietro — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 02:06:01 +0000

Welcome to dBlog,
Unlike my other blog (http://www.mdipi.com) this is more of a personal, whats up with me, type of blog. Unlike some other things you’ve seen, I dont intend to bore you with my drama, or how much homework I have on any given day, etc. This will be more of a spot for me to express things on a more personal level, instead of a professional analytical enviornment.

That’s pretty much the setup. You’ll see shorter, more frequent postings. I have a feeling that both blogs will still continue to be strong, but this will deffinatly be my new child for now. Cult of the Mike isn’t going anywhere though, so don’t be too concerned (if you were concerned in the first place that is). Althogh lack of updates lately have been abundent, my time is pressed. Currently my day is something like this:

6:30: Wakeup, shower, dress, pack for school
7:20: Grab a breakfast and run out the door
7:30: Get to school, do some last minuet work, socialize
7:50: Class until 3:05/3:20 or 11:15/12:05 (M,T,Th,F and W,S, depending on the day/week)
3:20: Water Polo practice until 5:30/5:45
6:00: Dinner and socializing
6:45/7:15: Homework
11:00: Bed

As you can see, blogging intensly doesn’t fit very well into any of thsoe time slots. That schedual is pretty much what I go through on a day to day basis, 6 days a week. Sundays i tend to just do homework, go to Church, and then maybe watch a movie and try to unwind. I intend to work on a few essays that aren’t so time oriented and release them over my school breaks to Cult of the Mike and see how that goes. If it works out, that’s what I’ll do during the school year.

I’m about finished working on a new project. Until hosting for it is bought, and the beta is in place, I don’t want to officially say anything too much. So far what I can tell you:

I’ve built a CMS from scratch
It will revolve completely around the Mac
It will be somewhat user oriented, with a community

I’m finsihing it up like I said, then all I have to do is purchase the hosting, upload everything, and get it off on a beta test run!

Off to a good start so far, this post was a bit lengthy, but hey, its the introduction, so a lot had to be covered. You wont see too many monster posts, I swear (I even had my fingers un-crossed).

Keep your eyes pealed,
Mike