Dec
26
2008
So Christmas is officially done for this year and it was a lot of fun. I didn’t get much because I didn’t ask for much. I gave my brother $50, my mom a book that she wants (its the next one in the series that she is reading) and $30 to chapters, my dad a Tim Hortons Thermos and a $10 Tim Card. Anyway here are some pictures from the day.
no comments | tags: christmas, family, fun, gifts, holiday
Dec
21
2008
So the snow keeps coming down. On friday it snowed all day and last night is was snowing and today some more snow. When will it let up some. Anyway it is a great time to make some money. Today my dad and I were out plowing peoples priveways. We should have gotten out earlyer because most of the work was already done. I made a video on friday here it is.
no comments | tags: snow, storm, winter
Dec
12
2008
So right now I am in room 321 on my laptop and when I turned it on I found a little READ ME.txt file on my desktop. I a guessing that it was Tony, the LAN technician at our school, as he is the only one that has that type of access. This is what the file said.
Next time log off your computer before going, you could easily have lost all of your files if I felt like playing a joke on you…..=D
You’re lucky this time.
P.S.
Don’t forget not all kids don’t like messing with other people…
If it is Tony that put this file there all I have to say to him is “WTF”. This makes no sense to me because I always log off my laptop before going anywhere, if I don’t then I get a double profile when I enter the WiFi again.
Anyway why would he play a joke on me. He would get fired if he did.
no comments | tags: file, lan, message, tech, technician, threat, tony
Dec
11
2008
The only text messages I get on my private cell is news updates from my carrier and messages of replies from facebook and twitter saying that my status is updated now. Today I got a message that kinda went out of this steady pattern. It was a chain letter. Yes the very same style of chain letter that specifies that if you forward to X number of people this good thing will happen. The only difference is it was an SMS message rather then an email.
This is what the message said.
Fwd:FW:Fwd::Attention! All cell phones Customers send this message2 10ppl and cell company will credit ur account $60.00 merry christmas.
I copied it exactly.
Now not only is this waiting my time and [the stupid person who forwarded it to me]’s time it is also waiting mine and his/hers money. Unlike the Internet, where you can get a free email account and do this, you actually have to pay for this.
Lets do the math
On average I have seen text messaging prices between $0.02 and $0.10 per message in and per message out (varies who your carrier is). This specific message says to send it to 10 people. This is my formula. {SMS_In_Price} + ({SMS_Out_Price} x {Users_To}) = {Waisted Money}. Lets put in some values, I am using the higest price I have seen ($0.10), 0.10 + (0.10 x 10) = $1.10.
Well ok that is not that much but by doing this more and more you are waisting more and more. Save that money and put it to good use like texting friends with IMPORTANT information.
Another note. No matter what the platform (email, sms, im…) is don’t forward chain letters.
no comments | tags: angy, chain, letter, sms, spam, stupid, text message
Dec
9
2008
Sure enough just after I posted my previous post my blog was blocked as you can see from this screen shot. I can still access the admin side of things to post new things but the main part of the site is blocked.
no comments | tags: blocked, blocker, followup, microblog, school, screen shot
