Archive of 2009 | The Kyle File

November 2009

Permanent link to “Dial2do plus Gizmo 5 plus Google Voice equals win win win. I love it.…”

September 2009

Permanent link to “Funny quote about goalball, a sport played by blind people”
Permanent link to “As seen on Twitter: funny tweet about coffee”
Permanent link to “Trying not to tweet this.”
Blassic (The…

This is Blassic, the Classic BASIC version 0.10.2. I have packaged it for installation on Ubuntu and other Debian based operating systems. I have packaged a 32-bit and a 64-bit version. The 64-bit package is tested with Ubuntu Karmic, but neither the 32-bit or 64-bit package has been tested on any other system at this time. Testing is needed. Please test and leave your comments. I am also posting the debian/ directory that I added to the original Blassic source code, in case someone would like to fix it up so that it can be officially packaged for Ubuntu or any other Debian based system. This little gem hasn’t really gotten that much attention over the years, but I hope to do my part to try to change that. Have fun. Unfortunately, all files were lost to Posterous.

Permanent link to “Blassic (The Classic Basic) Packaged for Ubuntu and other Debian-based systems”
Pray for Health…

Origin of Post I originally posted this via email to the Obama Prayer Team on my.barackobama.com as well as on my community blog there. I felt I should add this to my own personal blogs as well, since the MyBO site is considered to be a place for supporters of President Obama, but this post should be seen by people who both agree and disagree with his views, because it’s about the state of our nation and health care rather than specifically about the President or his views on the subject. I have kept my original post intact, for the most part, only adding headers and some formatting. I am also including a comment I received on the original community blog post, because I feel it is supplementary to my own prayer. My thanks to the author of the comment, who will be duely attributed. Rationale I strongly believe that health care is a fundamental Human right for all people. Yet in our great nation, health care is a multi-billion dollar industry that seeks wealth at the expense of those…

Permanent link to “Pray for Health Care As a Fundamental Human Right”
Permanent link to “Will this tweet twice? Still trying to stop tumblr from retweeting my msgs.”
Permanent link to “Fixed. Now texts and email to posterous will no longer tweet twice.”
Permanent link to “Just fixed the link in my twitter bio to point to my posterous blog.”
Permanent link to “Posterous autopost rocks!”
Permanent link to “Christian Haiku”
Permanent link to “Channels Only This hymn was written nearly 100 years ago. It still speaks…”
Permanent link to “Tumblarity”
Permanent link to “Coffee Poll”
Permanent link to “Christian Haiku”
Permanent link to “Christian Haiku”
test post and a…

Markdown Test Well, I saw a post from Tumblr that said I can use markdown in an email post by using the !m code placed anywhere in the subject or body of my email. Just testing if it works. So now I can definitely use Posterous for my audio files, since they have a download link Posterous died and took some of my audio files with it and Tumblr for everything else. This rocks! Tumblr Suggestion Please give me the ability to show download links for my audio files. Then I can post them to Tumblr as well. At this time, it is impossible for people who use screen readers to listen to mp3 files that I make and post on Tumblr. Update Markdown works great! Thanks @Tumblr for letting me use it in email posts. Now for the audio download link. Update I can continue to use Posterous to post audio files and just drop in their link here along with the copy of the file, but I definitely prefer to use Tumblr alone. It just works so much better for me. I have sent a message to Tumblr support asking…

Permanent link to “test post and a suggestion”
Dial2do Pimps Your…

This service is unfortunately dead. This post is preserved for archival purposes only. Have you ever wanted to tweet or tumble from a phone using your voice? How about reading and responding to email? Well, a new service called Dial2do may be able to help. With Dial2do you can do this and much more. Just dial one of the phone numbers they have from 24 countries around the world and use your voice to tell it what you want to do. Send text messages, read and respond to email, send yourself reminders, tweet and tumble, set and hear appointments in your calendar, you can do it all. Send, Read and Respond to Email With Dial2do it is possible to have your email read to you. You can even send or respond to a message using your voice, and the recipient receives a text transcription of your message along with a link to the original voice message you recorded. The time you get to record is rather short, so make the most of it. I think they give you about 30 seconds. They also automatically sort…

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Surfin' Santa? A…

Me: So, when it's Summer here, places like New Zealand and Australia have Winter. Gabby: Really? Me: Yep, and as we're getting ready to have fall, they're getting ready to have Spring. Gabby: So when we have Winter, they have Summer? Me: Yep, you've got it. Gabby: So they have no snow for Christmas? Me: Nope, it's too hot. Gabby: What do they do for Christmas if they have no snow? Me: I'm not sure really, but as it's summer, maybe those that live near the ocean can go to the beach. Gabby: To the beach? On Christmas? Me: Why not, don't you think that might be kind of fun? Gabby: But if they have no snow, how does Santa move his sleigh? Me: Doesn't his sleigh fly? Gabby: If it's hot outside, wouldn't Santa be hot just flying around? Me: Well, um, ... Gabby: And he can't wear shorts because Santa doesn't ever wear shorts. Me: Well, .. I'm not sure then. Gabby: Those people who live near the ocean are very lucky. Me: Why are they lucky? Gabby: Because Santa can get to them. Me: How?…

Permanent link to “Surfin' Santa? A conversation with 6-yr-old Gabby”