One of the things I hadn’t thought of looking into backing up on my Helio Ocean was my bookmarks. Sure, I have my custom bookmarks for Opera Mini stored on their server, but the ones to my native Helio browser are gone. I had quite a few that I can’t seem to find at the moment. So, in the meantime, I thought I’d pop a few in a post so I can surf back here and recover them later.

Note: feel free to add your own via the Comments box below!

• 30 Boxes: http://m.30boxes.com/
• ABC News: http://wireless.go.com/wireless/abcnews/index
• CNN: http://m.cnn.com/
• eBay: http://wap2.bonfiremedia.com/
• ESPN: http://mobileapp.espn.go.com/wireless/espn/redesign/index
• Facebook: http://m.facebook.com/
• FedEx: https://www.fedex.com/mobi/
• Fox News: http://foxnews.mobi/
• Foxmarks: http://my.foxmarks.com/mobile/
• Google Mobile Apps: http://www.google.com/m/products?hl=en
• Google Search: (”soft” mobile gateway) http://google.com/gwt/n
• Helio Magazine: http://www.heliomag.com/mobile/
• Heliocity: (mobile downloads & more) https://downloads.heliocity.net/
• HelloTxt: http://m.hellotxt.com/
• Live Search: http://m.live.com/
• MapQuest: http://wap.mapquest.com/
• MSN: http://home.mobile.msn.com/en-us/default.aspx
• MySpace: http://mobile.myspace.com/
• National Weather Service: (set your location) http://cell.weather.gov/ and http://mobile.srh.weather.gov/
• Remember the Milk: http://m.rememberthemilk.com/
• The Washington Post: http://mobile.washingtonpost.com/
• The Weather Channel: (change location for yours!) http://weather.mobi/xhtml/cc/BHM
• USA Today: http://m.usatoday.com/
• Wunderground: (beware of ads!!!!) http://mobile.wunderground.com/
• Yahoo!: http://wap.oa.yahoo.com/
• YouTube: http://m.youtube.com/
• Animal Planet: http://m.animalplanet.com/

Also: you can view the mobile version of any Tumblr blog by adding /mobile to the end of the the URL.

Example: http://nitallica.tumblr.com/mobile

Sources: MyOpera, Heliocity & Heliocity Forums, Great Mobile Sites Directory

I received an email from CA Marks, of Alabama Improper fame. She’s started up a new site called Color Me Huntsville which covers local happenings in Huntsville, Alabama. I spent the morning going over her site and so far it looks great! Kind of reminds me of the early Terminal days.

So if you’re in the Rocket City area, be sure to check out her site! Also, be sure to tune in to her column by the same name in The Huntsville Times, as well as her MySpace page!

Things have been pretty quiet … or mostly quiet. Jessie’s mother is on vacation, so she’s spending the week with her. I miss her terribly, but I’ve had time to devote to a couple projects that I’ve been wanting to give attention to, so it works out for that.

Sew, sew, sew…

When I was younger, I loved to sew. I used to cross-stitch, make stuffed animals and various clothing items for myself and friends. I haven’t stitched anything in years, with the exception of a couple of costumes that Jessie needed for school about 3-4 years back. I had been wanting to start it up again, but wasn’t sure how or if I would have enough time.

A post on the Soldiers’ Angels blog yesterday has really kicked this need into high-gear. There are several sewing projects on the Soldiers’ Angels site, and several of them are various Blanket teams/projects — the newest being Blankets of Belief.

Now, I know I don’t have the time to commit to quilting or sewing blankets and such by hand, but there was a link on the Blankets of Belief page on how to make a “no-sew” blanket. These are basically fleece blankets that are constructed in such a way that no sewing is involved — if you can tie a knot, you can make one of these!

Sounds perfect!

As soon as I’m able, I’ll be stocking up on materials to make one of these. If it turns out well (read: pretty!), I’ll post pics on here.

Bama Angeling

I’ve been doing a lot of work on the Bama Angels site and have started expanding my “pimpage” to a few social networking sites. So far, it’s up on MySpace, Twitter, Pownce, Facebook, and FriendFeed. I’ve had a LOT of positive response from area Angels and now I need to work on finding information to post to Bama Angels.

I usually get announcements via word of mouth or The Birmingham News, but it would be nice to get all that other Alabama and military related news that gets missed!

If you know of anything, please feel free to send it my way!

Car Update

It’s in the body shop and I was told yesterday that they’ve ordered parts and will begin taking it apart and working on it hopefully today or tomorrow. Realistically speaking, I’ll be lucky if I get it back before the end of this month.

Not thrilled with that, but what can I do? ;P Have otherwise been going back and forth with the insurance company regarding other stuff that’s still unsettled and may need legal handling, but can’t really post about that yet. (will update when able)

I know I’m lucky that we don’t have to pay for all this stuff out of our own pockets (or rather, out of our savings accounts), but honestly, this whole process is enough to drive anyone bonkers!

I decided to kill a little time waiting for Futurama to come on, and stole this from John.

1. Are you ready for 100 questions?
Um, sure why not…

2. Do you watch college football?
Absofreakinlutely.

3. Who will fill this survey out after you?
Someone bored.

4. Who was the last person to send you a text message?
Jim.

5. Do you love anyone?
Yep.

6. Are you happy?
Yep.

7. Where was the last place you went shopping?
GoGamer.com

8. How do you feel about your hair?
It’s wild and unruly, it’s pretty cool that way …

9. Where do you work?
UAB.

10. Last thing you ate/drank?
BLT and sweet tea from Hamburger Heaven.

11. Do you wish you were someplace else right now?
Nah … I like living here.

12. Do you have any pet peeves?
Plenty … how much time you got?

13. Do you have any expensive jewelry?
Depends on your definition of “expensive” … I have pretty simple tastes, nothing overly extravagant.

14. AIM or Yahoo?
Neither.

15. Do you like math?
Sure.

16. How many hours on average do you work a week:
50 (day job + side project)

18. Favorite baseball team?
Haven’t watched it in years.

19. Favorte NBA team?
Ditto.

20. Do you watch the Olympics?
Sure.

21. Last restaurant you went to?
Hamburger Heaven

22. Who was the last person to call you?
Jim.

23. What’s your sign?
Does this look like a bar to you? I didn’t think so.

24. Do you have a favorite number?
Yup.

25. Last time you did volunteer work or made any donations?
Earlier this week.

26. What do you spend the majority of your money on?
Bills.

27. Where does your family live?
Not too far from me.

28. Are you an only child or do you have siblings?
1 younger brother.

29. Ever been called a bitch?
Yep.

30. Got any guilty pleasures?
CHOCOLATE!!!!!

31. Do you drink beer?
Not really.

32. Whats your favorite color?
Blue.

33. Did you ever collect Beanie Babies?
Only kitties, lizards, snakes, wolves, and frogs.

34. Ever bought anything online?
At least once a week.

35. Myspace or Facebook?
Both.

36. Do you have T-Mobile?
Hell no. I roll with Helio, baby!

38. Do you sometimes wish you were someone else?
Who doesn’t?

41. Last time you saw your parents?
At my wedding.

42. Do you have any talents?
A few.

43. Ever been in a wedding?
Yep.

44. Do you have any children?
Yep.

45. Last movie you watched?
Inuyasha: the Movie

46. Are you missing anyone at the moment?
Yep.

47. Did you take a nap today?
I wish.

49. Ever been on a cruise?
Nope.

50. Did you notice number 40 was missing?
Yeah … along with several other numbers.

52. Do you have any wealthy friends?
I wish, LOL!

53. Ever met anyone famous before?
Does someone from “The Real Life” count?

54. Favorite actor?
I have to pick one?

55. Favorite actress?
Hrm, I have several.

56. Are you multi-tasking right now?
Yep.

57. Could you handle being in the military?
I think so …

58. Are you hungry or thirsty?
Neither.

59. Favorite fast food restaurant?
BK.

61. What is your average cell phone bill?
$150

62. Do you own a camera phone?
Yep.

63. Ever had to take a sobriety test?
Nope.

64. Do you believe in Karma?
Absolutely!

65. Can you speak any other languages?
A little Spanish and Japanese.

66. Last time you went to the gym or worked out?
Right before my wedding.

67. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
10 … 21 if you count boots.

68. Do you have a photo hosting site that you use?
Zooomr, baby!

69. Last place you were?
At my desk.

70. What is your college mascot?
An elephant.

71. Ever been to Las Vegas?
Nope.

76. Have you ever been gambling?
Yep.

77. How old are your parents?
21 years older than me.

78. When is the last time you updated your blog?
Today.

79. Do you have your wisdom teeth?
Nope.

80. Favorite place to be?
New Orleans (pre-Katrina)

81. Have you been to New York City?
Nope.

82. Favorite sit down restaurant?
Cajun Steamer

83. Ever been to Disney Land?
Nope. Been to Disney World though, it was way cooler.

84. Do you have a favorite cartoon character?
Yup, several.

85. Last thing you cooked?
Shell pasta with meat sauce.

86. How is the weather today?
Kinda rainy right now, a little warm for this time of year.

87. Do you email?
Every damned day.

88. Last letter/piece of mail you received besides junk or a bill?
Merle Norman catalog.

90. Last missed call?
Telemarketer. (scum sucking maggots)

91. Last voicemail you received?
See #90.

92. Do you drunk dial/text?
God no, this isn’t college.

93. Stupidest thing you ever did with your cell phone?
Not capturing “the perfect shot” when I had the chance.

94. What is the best city in the state that you live in?
The one I’m in now.

96. Did you just die?
WTF?

97. Are you bored right now?
I’m filling this stupid thing out, aren’t I?

98. Last concert you went to?
I honestly can’t remember at this moment. It was probably Obliviaxe (which should tell you how long it’s been).

99. What do you think about before you go to bed?
Probably work.

100. What are your plans for tomorrow?
Work, make/have dinner, work on side project.

As much as I avoided most of the social networking type sites when they began gaining in popularity (i.e. MySpace, Facebook, etc.), I found myself eventually dragged into them in order to keep up with loved ones. For instance, I originally joined MySpace so I could keep up with my brother and help out with his campaign last year. Since then, I have been discovered by more people from high school and college than those I had previously connected with via Classmates.com and Reunion.com. (Funny how that is!) I’ve since in started getting back in touch with old acquaintances via MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook (a LOT of my former co-workers are on the latter two!), MeetUp, Virb, Jaiku, … heck, even one of my Twitter friends recognized me in a restaurant a week or so ago!

Cool how that is.

In fact, a friend of mine from college now surfs — well, he surfed during college, but now he does it for a living. Funniest looking thing he was back then: tall, skinny, long blond curly hair that he usually teased up into a ‘fro. Sweet guy though, I heard he married a girl from Vestavia. He now goes all over the world. He had emailed me a schedule of places he’s going: Southern CA, Outer Banks NC, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Japan! (I never knew surfing was big there?)

Another friend I ran across on MySpace — he was one of my best friends in high school. He graduated 2 years ahead of me and went into the Navy. He now lives in Nevada and bounces between there and Japan and works for the gaming industry.

(Color me green with envy on that one! )

Anyways, it’s just neat how people you know are everywhere and can be found literally anywhere.

Don’tcha think?