Must have iPhone/iPod apps:

This is a list of what I think is the best iPhone/iPod apps to have on your iPhone/iPod which I seem to be using every day.

1. Private I
2. If Found
3. ICE - I have 2 different version loaded
4. Google Mobile App
5. Flashlight
6. G-Spot
7. G-Park
8. Birthday List
9. Big Clock
10. Pageonce
11. Passwords
12. People
13. GasBag
14. iFlix
15. StuffRadar
16. Ya Mapped!
17. ShopList - Make a shopping list for use at the store.
18. Shazam
19. iTalk
20. Radio Finder
21. KickScreen
22. Remote
23. Shipments - Track your packages ordered.
24. Speedtest
25. Trapster
26. AirSharing
27. Feeds
28. iMake
29. SportsTap
30. TipBuddy
31. Vinoriffic
32. RainbowNote
33. Spell Check - Check the spelling of words without a computer.
34. Google Earth
35. Stanza
36. eReader
37. WiFinder
38. Cards -
39. Nature SDS -
40. Phone Aid -
41. Weather Bug -
42. News USA - Daily news, like reading the newspaper every day.
43. IOU -
44. Matches Plus -
45. Say Where -
46. PictureDialer - Dial numbers with a picture.
47. Discover - File sharing with your Hard Drive.
48. AppVee - Brief video of different apps.
49. AppSniper - This worth it's weight in gold.
50. Kindle - by Amazon for the iPhone/iPod - Finally.
51. Send Photos - Send photos via E-mail without loading the E-mail program.
52. MMS - Send photos via text message instead of using E-mail.
53. Speed4touch - Speed dial for the iPhone.
54. InstaContact - Allows friends to enter only the data that they want you to have in your contacts list.
55. i.TV - TV listing on the iPhone/iPod.
56. Next Read - Make a list of the books you want to get with photos.
57. Craigsphone - Browse for services on Craigs List.
58. ClientTimer -
59. ColorSplash - Add color to Black & White photos.
60. iVibrate - Need I say more. Women love this program.
61. HolyWars - Make your opinion known to the rest of the program users.
62. Snap Tell -
63. AroundMe - Find nearby businesses around you present location.
64. Inventory - Inventory your assets.

I have others loaded however these are the ones that I seem to be using most of the time.

My Favorite Quotes

These are some of my favorite quotes:

We live in the Land of the Free, because of the Brave. Remember our troops yesterday and today.

Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The pen is in your hand, waiting for you to write the very best book you can. Have pages on understanding, and tales of overcoming hardships. Fill your story with romance, adventure, learning and laughter, Make each chapter reflect time well spent. Meet you obligations, but take time to greet your aspirations. If you live up to your potential, you'll never have to live down any disappointment. Remember: Goodness will be rewarded. Smiles will pay you back. Have fun. Find strength. Be truthful. Have faith. Don't focus on the things you lack. Realize that people are the treasures in life, and happiness is the real wealth. Have a story about doing your best each day, and...the rest will take care of itself. - Doublas Pagels

The healthiest part of a donut is the hole. Unfortunately, you have to eat through the rest of the donut to get there.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss

There is no snooze button on a cat that wants breakfast.

You don't know how much you don't know until your children grow up and tell you how much you don't know. - S.J. Perelman

Watch your 'Thoughts,' they become words.

Watch your 'Words,' they become actions.

Watch your 'Actions,' they become habits.

Watch your 'Habits,' they become character.

Watch your 'Character,' for it becomes your Destiny.

Feng Shui Horoscope*

Albert Einstein:
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide you sources.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Not everything that counts can be counted, and now everything that can be counted counts.
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one get for nothing.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

Apple News

These are my thoughts about these specific issues:

iPhone News:

I'm waiting for the following firmware updates:

1. Copy and paste function for the iPhone.
   
2. Flash doesn't work.
   
3. Wi-Fi syncing with iTunes so that I don't have to connect with a cord each day, this is getting old very quickly.
   
4. Landscape view for any screen that needs typing like URL's and E-mails etc.
   
5. Click on a photo to save it to the Photo log. Completed
   
6. Add the ability to create categories and allow the user to put the programs installed into specific categories like Play Music, Recording Programs etc. ( I use to use a program that would allow me to do this on the original iPhone which allowed me to bypass the 7 screen limitations by putting groups of programs into individual categories, like folders. This feature should be able to be used on the iPhone and the iPod with out jailbreaking it.
   
7. Macro feature for the iPhone camera.
8. Video capability and the ability to transfer the files to the HD.

iPod News:

1. Add a speaker and microphone to the iPod, like the iPhone without the phone cabibilities. I think this has been complete in the latest version, I'll check it out.
   
2. Since the iPod also has the ability to access the Internet, it should have the ability to use the 3G service.
   

iMac News:

This posting was left on the ProductsReviews for a question stating - Ad Wars: Is it good for Apple and Microsoft to fight? and my answer was as follows:

The Mac vs PC ads are great and it’s because of those ads that I began to look at the reality of my Microsoft operating system and after talking with my son who says that he and his wife have been using their Mac’s for three years now and have not had any operating system crashes, and I’ve had 5 in the last two years, helped me to make the decision to buy a Mac in the next 30 days since it’s obvious to me that the Mac operating system is more stable than the Microsoft and I’m tired of reinstalling Windows and all of my software every time it crashes. Hummm…. I’ts a no brainier and it’s also a done deal on payday.

Firmware 2.2 fixes I've read about:

1. Direct Podcast Downloads. This is what I'm seeing online a lot. - According to what I've been reading online, it looks as though this feature will be in the Firmware 2.2 when it's released. This would be great for us.
2. Rating apps on deletion. This is a great idea. Completed

There are more features listed for the 2.2 firmware that is coming however, these are what I'm hoping to see.

Greatest Inventions in my lifetime

These are some of the greatest inventions as I see it in my lifetime:

1. The Personal Computer (both Apple and Windows PC).
2. The Segway (personal transport vehicle).
3. The Cell Phone (which needs to have full time GPS even when the phone is turned off, for tracking abducted kids or rescueing people) this will cut down on preventable deaths.
4. The Internet (we now have access to all kinds of information that we didn't have when I was growing up)
5. 5 point safety harness for car seats.
6. Digital Camera's
7. Small video camera's
8. Camera's in cell phone so that everyone has a camera with them when they need one.
9. 
   

My Bucket List

These are a few things I plan to accomplish in my lifetime before I Kick The Bucket:

1. Live a storm chasers life for a month.
2. Visit Alaska (either by air or cruise).
3. Return to the greatest state I've seen so far which is Hawaii.
4. See more of my home state which is Arizona.
5. Visit Jamaica via cruise ship.
6. Visit my daughter and son-in-law in Japan before they come home (he is stationed in the Navy, based in Japan).
7. Visit my son and daughter-in-law in San Jose, Ca (who both work for Apple now).

FYI Videos

These are some of the video clips that might be of interest to you:


Cough & Cold Medicines under age 6 - From GMA

5 Point child safety harness car seat - From GMA

Days Off Chart - From GMA (Do the math, Charlie is on to something)

Books to Read

These are some of the books I've heard about on various TV shows that sounded very interesting and worth the reading. I recommend that you read them when you get the chance:

Eat, Pray, Love - Oprah Winfrey show.

From The New YorkerAt the age of thirty-one, Gilbert moved with her husband to the suburbs of New York and began trying to get pregnant, only to realize that she wanted neither a child nor a husband. Three years later, after a protracted divorce, she embarked on a yearlong trip of recovery, with three main stops: Rome, for pleasure (mostly gustatory, with a special emphasis on gelato); an ashram outside of Mumbai, for spiritual searching; and Bali, for "balancing." These destinations are all on the beaten track, but Gilbert's exuberance and her self-deprecating humor enliven the proceedings: recalling the first time she attempted to speak directly to God, she says, "It was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work.'" Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson - Oprah Winfrey show.

By Daniel McKinnon (Tewksbury, MA USA) - 'tuesdays with Morrie' is a short, simple book that proves a work doesn't need to be long or bloated to touch the soul or sell. Renowned sportswriter Mitch Albom reconnects with his professor from college after hearing the sad news that his beloved teacher is dying from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). What originally was supposed to be a visit inexplicably turned into the non-fiction book that never was meant to be, as Morrie decided that with his final time on this earth he had one more class to teach. As Morrie's health deteriorates, it doesn't stop him from sharing what he had learned in his life, wanting to help others, and reconnect with the individual that he considered to be like a son to him. There's no genre of reader that this applies to because this book applies to everyone. It's a short, quick read, and it will leave you thinking about how to enjoy life better and why family and friends are so vital. From someone who is used to covering baseball and sports comes a heart-warming tale that ensures that Morrie's legacy will live on much longer than his physical time on this planet. ***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

For One More Day - Oprah Winfrey show.

From Publishers WeeklyIn this second novel from Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven author Albom, grief-stricken Charles "Chick" Benetto goes into an alcoholic tailspin when his always-attentive mother, Pauline, dies. Framed as an "as told to" story, Chick quickly narrates her funeral; his drink-fueled loss of savings, job ("sales") and family; and his descent into loneliness and isolation. After a suicide attempt, Chick encounters Pauline's ghost. Together, the two revisit Pauline's travails raising her children alone after his father abandons them: she braves the town's disapproval of her divorce and works at a beauty parlor, taking an extra job to put money aside for the children's education. Pauline cringes at the heartache Chick inflicted as a demanding child, obnoxious teen and brusque, oblivious adult chasing the will-o'-the-wisp of a baseball career. Through their story, Albom foregrounds family sanctity, maternal self-sacrifice and the destructive power of personal ambition and male self-involvement. He wields pathos as if it were a Louisville Slugger—shoveling dirt into Pauline's grave, Chick hears her spirit cry out, " 'Oh, Charley. How could you?' "—but Albom often strikes a nerve on his way to the heart. (Sept. 26) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.