Scott Elkin

Author: Scott

  • Scissor Sisters Concert

    At the concert right now. This is more an exercise of ‘look what I can do’ than of necessity. But so far it has been pretty humorous. Whereas at an Iron Maiden concert you get the 80’s hessians, here is a combo of transvestites, ravers and pimps. We are waiting for them to start and…

  • Palm OS Applications for my Treo 650

    Here is the list so far of what I have bought or planning to buy: BackupMan – backup to my SD Card. Sprint PCS Connection ManagerSprint Business Connect – sync my email with outlook in real time automatically. Butler 2.71 – random cool stuff like re-appropriating the volume buttons PlanPlus From Franklin Covey PdaNet for…

  • Bought the Treo 650

    I have been needing a new phone for a long time, but nothing out there was any interest to me. I didn’t want a clunky PDA since I have my laptop most of the time, and I didn’t want the new Sprint Videophones, because I dont care about it in the least. The only phone…

  • Stuck Mail in Outlook

    Nothing new here, but I seem to need this often enough to post it here also. When someone tries to send a large file in Outlook, it has a tendency to get stuck in the Outbox. Do the following to fix it within minutes: First, try setting Outlook offline using the File, Offline menu. Wait…

  • Wine and Cheese Dinner

    Last night was a first for me. I had my first dinner of just wine and cheese. And we had it at probably the best place to do it. The thing is, I can’t say where. It is so secret that they actually tell you not to tell anyone about it when you are there.…

  • Converting AAC to MP3

    I just downloaded JHymn and I am really excited about it. I love the iTunes music store, but I also love my TiVo and the ability to listen to music on my computer. The only way to listen to music on TiVo is to convert all my aac files to mp3 which translates to burning…

  • Back in LA

    Wow, it’s good to be back. Last few weeks has been a blur. I will have to do a brain dump of all that happened at a later time. There was just too much stuff we did to even confront writing it all down. Went through all my old mail and blogs. Things I’ve missed…

  • Arrived to Medan, Sumatra

    After 23 hours or so, I finally arrived here in Medan. Thank goodness for the Gameboy and the new Legend of Zelda game. I could of spent another 10 hours sitting on that plane with that game. We feel a bit like celebrities here. We are wearing these bright yellow shirts that translate to “Volunteer…

  • Problems Copying AAC Files to iPod

    I feel really dumb, but somehow in the last 6 months, I couldn't figure out how to copy an AAC file that I purchased on iTunes to my iPod. What I have tried: Dragging a file from “Purchased Music” to the iPod doesn' t work. When I drag the song over the iPod, it doesn't…

  • One Place Where Google Fails

    It bugs me when I am trying to find information on Tahiti, for instance, and the majority of what shows is travel sites. So for stuff like that in the future I am also going to use Answers.com. It gives you the definition, a concise encyclopedic entry, some maps, and links to other information. I…