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classy lesbian bar…

tapps — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:30:53 +0000

i just realized something. the @maddow talk in milwaukee tonight will be the equivalent of a classy lesbian bar. #heaven #perfectTiming

— tracy apps (@tapps) April 21, 2012

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aaaaand back

tapps — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:14:07 +0000

thanks to being too busy, i hadn’t had the chance to un-hack my website. but now everything should be all good.

now here’s hoping that i actually use my blog again :P

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did you know i started a podcast?

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:15:37 +0000

well i did. go check out fit milwaukee mix podcast. and let me know if you have any good music recommendations for it, k?

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so….

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:48:56 +0000

barcamp milwaukee four is coming up this weekend.

i’ll see you there. right?

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well.. at least it's working.. right?

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:58:38 +0000

if you haven’t noticed… i (FINALLY) finished up the everymoment.org redesign… i also updated my wordpress (which was looooong overdue) and for some reason several of my entries got their post dates all jumbled around.

but hey.. at least it’s working.. right? ??a?a?? ?????a??? ????? ??????

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@podcamp boston 3

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:50:51 +0000

keep an eye on my twitter to keep up with my boston adventures alright.. back to the session. i’ll post a big update on podcamp boston when i get back home. *waves*

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keep up with what's going on here at podcamp montréal

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:59:20 +0000

since we’re all nerds here.. there’s lots of ways to keep up with whats going on at podcamp montréal.

and as always, you can catch up with my stream of consciousness on my twitter

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saving myself over $40

Sun, 04 May 2008 19:07:40 +0000

i’ve been meaning to blog about this for a while.. but alas, life has taken up all my blogging time.

when i moved into my new house… i already decided that the second bedroom would be my office

. the only thing is that there was no phone jack in that room. so i had two choices for my internet options: 1) drill holes in walls and run a cat5 cable to my computer in my office or 2) buy a wireless card for my desktop computer.

after some research, and determining that option #2 would be around $50 and a whole lot less time/effort, it made my decision easy.

fast forward to after the airport extreme card is delivered. i open up my g5… install the card.. and have no issues whatsoever…. well.. until it comes to the point of connecting to the airport extreme router that is just down the hall.

turns out that i need to have an external antenna piece… that came with the computer

I Am Legend film .. now… i bought that computer over 4 years ago.. and have moved 4 times since then… so to find a little piece of plastic would be nearly impossible

so i call the apple store. “no we don’t sell those. you’ll have to go to macsales.com or something like that” don’t you have them in the genius area or anything “no. i don’t think so. sorry”

i look online. the site that the apple store employee told me to go to did not have any such thing. i do a search online. $35 for a cheap piece of plastic… and NINE DOLLARS FOR SHIPPING?! oh come on. you’ve got to be kidding me. this thing probably costs less than a buck to make.

fast forward over my griping and complaining. i look in my “bucket of wires/connectors/adapters” and find an antenna wire for my old stereo that stopped working. it’s just a simple piece of wire… and thats really all an antenna is… right? well.. lets try sticking it in the back of the g5 and see what happens.

*poof* full strength wi-fi signal.

dear apple. you should really stop telling people they have to pay over $40 for something that can be fixed for around $0.50.

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metaFour jazz, TONIGHT!

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:40:14 +0000

for all you people in the milwaukee area, we are playing a gig at the apple store in bayshore

tonight from 8-9:30pm. you should come.

secondly, i think i’m gonna try to do a ustream live webcast of the gig, but i may need to find someone to man the computer to make sure that people don’t stop the broadcast accidently. i’ll see what i can do.

hope to see you tonight!

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merry Christmas everyone!

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:53:18 +0000

ps. if you want me to send you a card (i’ll be sending them mid january, for various reasons) go over here and send me your snail mail address.

pps. if you remember last year i sent out a “mix cd of the year”… i will be doing that again this year. as an added bonus i’ll be sending them along with these cards. so if you want a cd, go over here and send me your snail mail address.

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merry Christmas… to me

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:37:15 +0000

thanks mom and dad for the 1tb external hard drive that ~~i just ordered for myself~~ you just ordered for me for my Christmas gift.The Number 23 movie download

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addicted to RSS feeds

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:31:52 +0000

i’ll admit it. i’m addicted. i sign up for every type of social networking site i can find. i’ve got a myspace, (actually i have two) a facebook, a flickr, a youtube, a glee, a linkedIn, a twitter, a pownce, a jaiku, a digg, a del.icio.us, a tumblr, a last.fm, a frappr, a vox, a blog, another blog, another blog, another blog (etc…) and i enjoy finding ways to link them together via RSS feeds. i guess that makes me an RSS feed junkie.

why cant more things in my life be an RSS feed?

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wow. i love macs even more now…

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:41:49 +0000

so i just upgraded both of my computers to leopard and i must say… i’m impressed. more-so than i even expected to be. i was having some weird issues with my g5 tower before.. so i decided to do a “clean install” and erase everything on the computer when i installed the new OS. i have a backup of all my files elsewhere, so i figured this would be easy. the only thing that would take a while would be re-installing all my programs… but i figured that would be an easy task to do this weekend (tedious, but easy) so i install leopard on my laptop.. and that takes around an hour and a half. so when i left my g5 tower install overnight while i was sleeping. then today i start installing my programs…. and i think “hey.. i have all these programs already on my laptop.. i wonder if i can just drag them over the network” so it try it. and sure enough. it works. crazy! and then i’m playing around with the syncing on both my macs… and suddenly all my settings are remembered. wow. i was thinking that the re-setup of this machine would be a good day and half project… but apple and all their crazy perfectionism made my life insanely easy. so now i can get work done instead of installing and setting things up. oh. and this “spaces” thing is stinkin’ incredible! i remember there was a program that came out years ago that did a very similar thing (something like ‘multiple desktops’) .. but it slowed down my machine so much that i ended up uninstalling it after only a week of using it. spaces is SO nice.. and then there’s the “share screen” feature that they took from the remote desktop app. (where you can take over another computer’s screen if they are on the same network and you have the username and password for that computer) gosh. i really haven’t found anything that apple forgot!

off to work in imovie (and don’t get me started on how cool and easy that

program is to use.. that’s a whole other blog entry. )

ps. yes. i drank the juice. and it was good.

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dear apple, inc.

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:23:35 +0000

first off, thanks for all your great products. i seem to have this obsession with collecting them.

secondly, thanks for having discussion boards on your support website. otherwise i would have not realized that the 1.1.1 software update for my iphone was from a “bad batch” and was causing my phone to 1) overheat and 2) have an exponentially worse battery life than before.

third. please, please, PLEASE have future releases of the iphone software support:

caller/contact groups (like in address book), which can be set to a certain ringtone.
voice activated calling (my bluetooth headset is collecting dust)
allow my phone to learn my email address and stop DEactivating my “R” key when i try to type “thisroad” (thistoad.org is not my email address please have my phone stop making me type that and then go back and correct it. thanks)
bluetooth file transfer
and please allow me to turn off that annoying “would you like to delete this video to conserve space” message after i watch any video on my iphone…

sincerely,
-tracy

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calling all design nerds…

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:23:29 +0000

you must check out my new favorite blog:

heck… even if you aren’t a design nerd… check it out anyways.

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iMacs, dotMac and iLife… oh my!

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:37:19 +0000

apple does it again… i’m even more proud to be a mac user after the new upgrades announced today. (if you aren’t nerdy like me and had four different browser windows open following the story… go here and get all caught up on the sweet-apple-goodness)

:-D !!!

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woot-offs and other such nerdiness

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:45:17 +0000

any other woot-addicts will already know that there’s a woot-off going on right now. well i recently got one of my coworkers hooked on woot.com as well… and it definitely makes woot-offs much more fun.. when we both have a ‘DO NOT WANT’ reaction at the same time in different cubicles. we did come up with a great idea… every day should be a woot-off. we would all lose our minds and every single penny that we earn…. but it still would be fun.

for lunch i battled some crazy construction traffic to get a sandwich from jimmy johns. i’m sad that their delivery radius misses my work location by about 8 blocks. i may stake out an address where i can drive to and see if they’ll deliver to my car. that’d be interesting trying to explain that. “uhh. i’m in little red car at this address” hmm.. that could be fun…. kinda like when we had a pizza delivered to a boat.

i’m also really excited about this “working” playlist i made the other day. it’s filled with girlyman, ani difranco, and joss stone If I Didn’t Care movie download . good stuff i tell ya.

ok. i’m gonna go work, and wait for this next w00t item.

*gets her F5 key all ready…*

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the chinese leftovers that lasted FOREVER.

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:03:02 +0000

so on sunday i ordered some chinese food. since i ordered it for delivery… i needed a minimum $10 order. so i got one regular entrée, and a lunch special. even after tip, this totaled less than $20. i ate lunch and dinner at home.. then i took the leftovers here to work. well… i’ve been eating these leftovers for breakfast, lunch and even dinner most days… and i JUST finished the last of these leftovers… yes. for lunch on thursday

. now THAT is a money saving series of meals!

in other news. i just got an invite for skitch and i can’t wait to get home and download this new mac program. right now it is by invite only… so that makes this even more exciting for me.

alright. i’ve still got some time on my lunch break… i think i’m going to go outside. (or maybe i’ll just drive around and find an open wireless network and send pictures from my iphone… )

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30 inches of computing goodness… scaled down to 3.5 inch iphone screen

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:15:36 +0000

not useful… but certainly fun. see:

(click for larger)

all made possible by a little 3p program called iphone remote.

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twitter and pownce

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 05:26:59 +0000

for those of you non-internet nerds… this post will be completely in a foreign language. even i didn’t know about twitter and pownce until fairly recently. but now i’ve become addicted to both. and if you scroll all the way down my blog (at everymoment.org, for all of you reading from my crosspostings elsewhere), you’ll see a cool little “twitter badge” at the bottom of my page. it’s like blogging for ADHD people. you’re limited to a short post, but you can post from pretty much anywhere. (you can download programs for your desktop, update from the web, or via email.. or even text message) and then they add the ‘social networking’ part into things.. and you can keep track of as many other people’s ‘tweets’ via one of the aforementioned medias. pownce is a similar idea… but it’s like twitter on steroids.

someone noted how this “younger generation” always needs to be “plugged in”… and that’s really true.. at least for me. i’m excited now that i have my iphone, that i can check my email or post to my blog anywhere and everywhere… i guess it’s a pretty interesting phenomenon though. before people had to walk to where you were and talk to you… then we had horses bringing written mail to people who were far away… and trains… and this amazing little “box” where you could hear the person in the earpiece… and they could hear you if they had the same device… then those crazy little “telephones” got more popular… smaller… and lost the wires… oh yea.. and add the internet into this mix… and look where we are today. technology really does change how we communicate, learn and live. not good. not bad. just different.

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photo hunters: sweet

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:22:47 +0000

this week’s photo hunters is “sweet”. and what is sweeter than this?

ps. i’m quoted in today’s paper

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iPhone pictures!

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:24:54 +0000

are over here!!! go look!

and yes.. i did buy something at BOTH apple stores in milwaukee.. and yes… i know that means i’m a nerd. but i’m ok with that.

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i should have brought a longer extention chord…

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:59:51 +0000

so the line starts outside… which is sad.. since i wanted to blog from the line for the iphone… but i doubt if the wireless will reach that far. so i’m in the apple store right now… they have blocked off several ROWS of the parking lot for this line… and it’s already got a good handful of people in it. so i should go join them soon…

don’t worry.. i brought my camera… i’ll post pictures later

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apple geek dilemma…

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:42:45 +0000

alright. i have a major dilemma on my hands here! the iphone comes out on friday at 6pm. i plan to get to work SUPER early so i can leave SUPER early and go stand/sit in line at the apple store.

but now i learn that there will be TWO apple stores by that time! apple store mayfair and the new bayshore apple store will be having it’s grand opening at the same time as the debut of the iphone!

so now here’s the dilemma: should i go to mayfair to get my iphone or to bayshore? mayfair is closer to work.. so i would get in line earlier. but if i go to bayshore.. i would have the chance of getting a free tshirt as well! AHHHHH!!!1 !! why must apple do this to me!?!?!

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png

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:49:45 +0000

when i designed everymoment.org, i decided to make my life less stressful and design my page for the latest standards compliant browsers…. and NOT try to “hack” my page for internet explorer 6 (and earlier) visitors. i figured.. if you are using that out-of-date of a browser.. you don’t deserve to see my site design.

i know…. a bit 1337 of me… but i didn’t care.

well today i found an EASY hack so that ie 5.5 and greater will show my transparent .png’s

but seriously folks… if you are browsing the internet with ie 6 or less you should stop that. stop it now! your browser is out of date, buggy, and NOT SECURE! go download this or this RIGHT AWAY!!! (and yes.. i AM shouting. i cannot express how INSANELY ANNOYING it is to have to design a website.. and then have to BREAK the page so that it will work on internet explorer! please.. for the sanity of all web designers out there…)

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Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:30:31 +0000

so i just installed the photoshop cs3 beta last night.. and my love for adobe has grown stronger. this program just FLYS on my macbook pro.. i can’t wait for the whole cs3 suite to come out.. according to adobe’s website, it will be ready to ship at the end of april! *drool*

anyways.. i just had to share my excitement. adobe rocks my world.

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go fig…

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:42:35 +0000

You Are 20% Left Brained, 80% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning.
Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others.
If you’re left brained, you are likely good at math and logic.
Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet.

The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility.
Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way.
If you’re right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art.
Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

Are You Right or Left Brained?

speaking of right brainded things… i re-designed metafourjazz.com… go look.

and now.. i’m going to bed.

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1337

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:16:37 +0000

last night, i took pictures at a kickboxing class at alive & kickin… and ended up taking 1,337 pictures. all you g33ks out there will find that funny. (and no.. i didn’t upload them all… but you can find all the pics here.)

and in other news.. the office is being transformed into ‘party central’ for our holiday party. i’ll be taking pictures. (surprise! )

anyways.. milwaukee folks… put saturday, january 27th on your calendar. that’s the next metafour gig. 9-midnight. mosaic piano bar (east side of milwaukee), no cover. be there. it will be fun.

that’s all for now.

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iNeed

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:31:57 +0000

THIS!

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kenote in less than 24 hours!

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:56:22 +0000

ok. i realize that i don’t need to remind people about my nerdyness… BUT i just have to post about how extremely excited i am for steve’s keynote at macworld tomorrow! i even made an event in my work calendar to remind me to tune in to see what will be announced.

/nerdy-moment

update: you can see a list of places that will be covering the keynote here.

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guess who got a job?

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:21:05 +0000

yep. i got a job.

finally

:-)

Current Mood: chipper

Current Music: melanie c

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new clothes and jazz hands.

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:36:05 +0000

soooooo… i had an interview today…

and that caused me to participate in a celebratory shopping trip for new work clothes.

which in turn caused me to put on these new clothes and take pictures of myself pretending to be a model.

that of which i will now post for your enjoyment…. (note.. as the self-portrait picture taking went on.. i got punchier and punchier… and as a result… the pictures became more and more ridiculous. don’t say i didn’t warn you.)

(outfit #1: brown shirt and jeans, from j.crew)

(note the tag still attached to these jeans. it’s almost cool enough to leave on there for good… almost)

(here i am checking the time. note that i’m not even wearing a watch. that’s how good i am at this model posing thing…)

(not sure what pose this is… )

(outfit #2: light blue shirt (same cut as the brown one) and brown pants from j.crew)

(here i am obviously pointing at something very interesting…)

(i am now laughing at a joke that one of the other models must have said. wow. that was hilarious. look at me laugh. i must be having a great time with all those people around me……)

(didn’t i warn you about getting punchy? here i am obviously doing a jig. j.crew should hire me as a model.)

(new shoes! i finally got me some doc martins )

ok. wasn’t that fun?

ps. guess who is the proud new owner of JazzHandsForJesus.com? yep. watch out for some fun jazz-hand fun over there… *grin*

Current Mood: chipper

Current Music: michele playing guitar

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[ every moment 3.0 ] » nerdy

classy lesbian bar…

aaaaand back

did you know i started a podcast?

so….

well.. at least it's working.. right?

@podcamp boston 3

keep up with what's going on here at podcamp montréal

saving myself over $40

metaFour jazz, TONIGHT!

merry Christmas everyone!

merry Christmas… to me

addicted to RSS feeds

wow. i love macs even more now…

dear apple, inc.

calling all design nerds…

iMacs, dotMac and iLife… oh my!

woot-offs and other such nerdiness

the chinese leftovers that lasted FOREVER.

30 inches of computing goodness… scaled down to 3.5 inch iphone screen

twitter and pownce

photo hunters: sweet

iPhone pictures!

i should have brought a longer extention chord…

apple geek dilemma…

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go fig…

1337

iNeed

kenote in less than 24 hours!

guess who got a job?

new clothes and jazz hands.

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